NC Live

The power of your library, online! We give you free access to eBooks, audio books, videos, online magazines, newspapers, journals, and more. Designed for at-home use, NC LIVE eBooks, magazines, newspapers, journals, media, and other online materials are available from any Internet connection via library websites, and through www.nclive.org. NC LIVE offers free electronic access to resources for all ages on topics ranging from careers, business, and investing, to auto repair, health, history, and genealogy. NC LIVE resources are available to all North Carolinians through their local public, community college, or academic library

Americas News

News happens everywhere, from small towns to big cities across the United States. America's News enables library patrons to pinpoint information on people, issues and events in the local area or around the country. This comprehensive resource offers tens of millions of current and archived full-text articles from news sources nationwide in a single, fully searchable online database. It includes the complete electronic editions of more than 1,890 U.S. news sources and news video clips—with 85% of these sources not available in any other library database.

African American Heritage

ProQuest® African American Heritage is a groundbreaking digital resource exclusively devoted to African American family history research.

This collection was created in partnership with leading African American genealogists and recognized leaders in genealogical information to develop a comprehensive mix of resources, records, and tools specifically pertaining to African Americans.

Ancestry- available inside the library

Ancestry Library Edition is a genealogy research tool that gives researchers a wide range of unique resources for genealogical and historical research. The collections in Ancestry Library Edition are continuously expanding, with new content added every business day.

Language Center

Our Language Center is by Powerspeak Languages.  The database is accessible remotely with your library card number and offers ESL, Spanish, French, German, and Mandarin Chinese.  Learning is interactive, fun, and engaging.  The lessons include both written and spoken language.  The program is self-paced and designed for a variety of learning styles to ensure success.

 

NCKnows

NCknows is a service that allows North Carolina residents to get help from librarians and use their library resources from their computer. By typing messages back and forth, you can communicate with a librarian, browse webpages together, receive articles from NC LIVE, and get answers to questions. It's free, helpful and easy.

Who is Ncknows? NCknows is staffed by librarians from academic, public and specialty libraries. By coordinating with participating libraries across the state and other libraries across the country, we are able to offer help around the clock.

Statistical Abstract of the United States

Published annually by the Federal Government since 1878, The Statistical Abstract of the United States is the best-known statistical reference publication in the country, and perhaps, the world. You’ll find it behind nearly every reference desk in U.S. libraries as the authoritative go-to source. Librarians value the Statistical Abstract as both an answer book (“How much corn is grown in Iowa?”) and a guide to statistical sources (“What organization has the most authoritative data on foreclosures?”). As a comprehensive collection of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States, it is a snapshot of America and its people.

Universal Class

Knowledge is power. Why not learn something new today? UniversalClass™ offers hundreds of affordable online classes taught by dedicated instructors sharing their knowledge on almost any imaginable topic. Join us today, and let's start learning together.  Universal Class provides online continuing education courses to schools, libraries, companies, educators, and individuals throughout the world. With a growing course catalog of over 500 online classes, Universal Class is committed to providing only the most affordable and highest quality continuing education.