A-Z List of Databases
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
|
|
*Online Catalog (show description) |
Browse the library's collection of books & media; place a hold on a selection; renew items; or review your patron record. This is a free service available 24 hours a day
Subject: Youth Resources Literature
|
|
*Periodicals List (show description) |
View a list of full-text magazines, newspapers, and journals the Library has access to and where they are available. Listing includes full-text electronic resources, paper and microform holdings.
NA
Subject: Youth Resources Magazines & Journals Newspapers
|
| A |
Return to Top |
|
ABC-CLIO E-book Collection (show description) |
The Greenwood Digital Collection is a collection of digital ebooks complete and searchable by keyword, subject, author, and title. It includes the series Daily Life Through History, Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Authors, Historic Events of the 20th Century, Literature in Context, as well as American Slavery.
NA
Subject: Education & Social Sciences Almanacs & Encyclopedias History Genealogy Biography
|
|
Academic Search Complete (show description) |
Provides full text for nearly 1,850 publications, including over 1,250 peer-reviewed journals. Indexing and abstracts are provided for the 3,250 journals in the collection. Information is offered in the following areas: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies and more.
1984 - present
Subject: Youth Resources Magazines & Journals
|
|
American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography (show description) |
A collection of the life histories of former slaves in the United States compiled through nearly 4,000 interviews with ex-slaves.
Subject: History
|
|
ArchiveGrid (show description) |
ArchiveGrid gives access information on historical documents, personal papers, and family histories held in archives around the world so that individuals can contact archives to arrange a visit to examine materials, and order copies.
Subject: History
|
|
Art & Architecture Complete (show description) |
This resource provides full-text coverage of 380 periodicals and more than 220 books.
Subject:
|
|
Auto Repair Reference Center (show description) |
The Auto Repair Reference Center database includes automotive repair information including Chilton® Information and information from Delphi Integrated Service Solutions. The database content includes more than 33,100 vehicles covered from 1945 to present; over 250,000 drawings and step-by-step photographs.
Subject: Education & Social Sciences Almanacs & Encyclopedias
|
| B |
Return to Top |
|
Biography Reference Bank (show description) |
Contains biographical information on more than 400,000 people from past to the present plus thousands of images.
Subject: Youth Resources Almanacs & Encyclopedias Biography
|
|
Biography Reference Center (show description) |
This database provides access to a massive collection of over 600,000 in-depth biographies and obituaries.
Subject: Biography
|
|
Business Source Complete (show description) |
Contains full text from nearly 970 journals with indexing and abstracts for over 1,650 journals covering business, management, economics, banking, finance, accounting and much more. Also includes the Wall Street Journal.
1984 - present
Subject: Business
|
| C |
Return to Top |
|
CAMIO - Catalog of Art Museum Images Online (show description) |
CAMIO™ -- RLG's Catalog of Art Museum Images Online -- offers rights-cleared, high-quality art images for class projects, art history and studio art programs, course Web sites, lectures, presentations, and research resources.
Subject: Youth Resources Education & Social Sciences History
|
Chadwyck-Healey Poetry Collection (show description)
(In-library use only, visit your branch library to use this resource)
|
In-library use only- visit your branch library to use this resource.
A collection of poetry databases providing full text access to American, African-American and English poetry. Also contains the Faber Poetry Library collection, which includes some of the most influential poets of the twentieth century and spans the seventy-year history of this major publishing house.
Subject: Youth Resources Literature
|
|
Charlotte Observer - Newsbank (show description) |
Provides access to articles in the Charlotte Observer, searchable by name, word, or phrase.
1985 - present
Subject: Youth Resources Newspapers
|
|
CINAHL w/Full Text (show description) |
Provides full text for 320 journals, plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials. PDF backfiles to 1982. Also provides indexing for 2,717 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. The database contains more than 1,000,000 records dating back to 1982. Offers complete coverage of English-language nursing journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses' Association; covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. Offers access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals and book chapters. Searchable cited references for nearly 1,150 journals also included.
1982 - present
Subject: Education & Social Sciences Magazines & Journals Health
|
|
Consumer Health Complete (show description) |
Designed to support the information needs of patients, and to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics, CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.
Subject: Health
|
|
CQ Researcher (show description) |
Original research reports covering political, social, environment, education, technology, and health issues.
Subject: Magazines & Journals
|
|
CQ Weekly Online (show description) |
Complete and accurate reporting on the United States Congress. The CQ news team covers virtually every act of Congress, delivering nonpartisan news and analysis unavailable anywhere else.
Subject: Education & Social Sciences
|
| D |
Return to Top |
|
Daily Life Through History (show description) |
Detailed information about life during different periods of history, including Ancient Rome, Greece and Egypt, the middle ages, the Renaissance, colonial times, the Civil War and World War I and II. Topics such as the role of women and children, food and clothing, and work conditions are covered, as well as a time line of major events. Now part of the Greenwood Digital Collection. Click on the letter "D" to find this list of resources.
Subject: Youth Resources History
|
| E |
Return to Top |
|
EBSCOhost eBooks (show description) |
Comprehensive collection of ebooks.
Subject:
|
|
Encyclopedia Americana (show description) |
A General interest encyclopedia with in-depth articles on a variety of topics. Also includes maps, flags, tables, and hypertext links to related sites on the World Wide Web.
Updated annually
Subject: Youth Resources Almanacs & Encyclopedias
|
|
Encyclopedia of Animals (show description) |
Contains in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals with articles describing their nature and habitat. Also includes some pictures.
1990 - present
Subject: Youth Resources
|
|
Entrepreneurial Studies Source (show description) |
This database provides the academic researcher as well as the student with the latest insight on topics relevant to entrepreneurship and small businesses.
Subject: Business
|
|
Environment Complete (show description) |
This resource offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more.
Subject: Education & Social Sciences
|
|
ERIC (show description) |
ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center, provides full text educational information from more than 2,200 digests as well as citations and abstracts from over 1000 educational and education-related journals.
1967 - present
Subject: Education & Social Sciences
|
| G |
Return to Top |
|
Gale Virtual Reference Library (show description) |
A database, in e-book format, of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for research topics on the arts, biographies, education, the environment, history, medicine, multicultural studies, the nation and the world, religion, science, and social science.
Subject: Youth Resources Almanacs & Encyclopedias
|
|
Government Resources (show description) |
Listings of local, state, federal and international government resources online. Also included here are links to specific federal government documents.
Subject: Business Almanacs & Encyclopedias
|
|
GreenFILE (show description) |
GreenFILE offers information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
NA
Subject: Youth Resources Education & Social Sciences Health Almanacs & Encyclopedias
|
| H |
Return to Top |
|
Health Source Consumer Edition (show description) |
Contains 300 full text consumer health periodicals covering a wide spectrum of issues with indexing and abstracts for 300 more. Database also includes pamphlets, reference books, and Clinical Pharmacology, which provides drug monographs for all U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products, plus new and investigational drugs.
1984 - present
Subject: Health
|
|
Health Source Nursing/Academic Edition (show description) |
Provides nearly 600 full text journals (including nearly 450 peer-reviewed journals) and abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals that focus on many medical disciplines with strong coverage in nursing and allied health. Also includes Clinical Pharmacology, which provides drug monographs for all U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products, plus new and investigational drugs.
1975 - present
Subject: Health
|
|
HeritageQuest (show description) |
HeritageQuest Online is a library resource for census data, family records, and local histories. This collection assembles most extant U.S. federal census, family genealogies, local histories, tax lists, city directories, land and probate records, birth, marriage and death records, genealogical and local history serials, and more. HeritageQuest Online will grow to encompass the Periodical Source Index (PERSI), Freedman's Bank Records, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Index, and additional materials.
- Search the entire database of census records by single or multiple elements
- Search the bibliographic citations and full text of all monographs and serials
- Browse online the digital image of every page
- Jump directly to your keyword hit in a book or article
- Download the digital images in PDF and TIFF formats for more extensive viewing and printing
- Take notes and save them in a notebook, where you can email, print or download citations and notes at the end of your session
NA
Subject: Genealogy
|
|
Historic Events of the 20th Century (show description) |
Detailed information about the Holocaust, the fall of Communism in the Soviet Union, Civil Rights and World Wars I and II. Discusses major events and their impact on society. Now part of the Greenwood Digital Collection. Click on Subject Category and then HISTORY to find this list of resources.
Subject: History
|
|
Hoover's Online (show description) |
Hoover's gives you access data made up of 65 million companies, 85 million people, and 700 industries.
Subject:
|
| J |
Return to Top |
|
Job & Career Accelerator (show description) |
Job & Career Accelerator gives you information and access to job and career information, including over 5 million job listings. Users can easily create professional targeted resumes, master interviewing techniques, improve work related skills and prepare for occupation-related exams.
Subject: Business Education & Social Sciences
|
| L |
Return to Top |
|
Lands and Peoples Online (show description) |
Online student encyclopedia containing information on countries, cultures, and current events. Country information includes flags, table of facts and figures, related Internet links, and selected readings. Also includes archived current-event stories, culture comparison tools.
NA
Subject: Youth Resources Almanacs & Encyclopedias
|
|
Learning Express Library (formerly Learn a Test) (show description) |
An interactive database with over 25 practice tests ranging from the GED & ASVAB to standardized exams for students and professionals.
Subject: Youth Resources Education & Social Sciences
|
|
Legal Information Reference Center (show description) |
This Database contains hundreds of full-text publications and thousands of legal forms.
Subject: Legal
|
|
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text (show description) |
Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.
Subject: Education & Social Sciences
|
|
Literary Reference Center Plus (show description) |
Literary Reference Center™ is a comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes and includes MagillOnLiterature Plus.
Subject: Youth Resources Literature
|
|
Literature Resource Center Plus (show description) |
includes LRC, Scribner, Twayne US, Twayne English, and Twayne World Authors. Access biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline. Scribner's includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 1,600 authors and literary genres drawn from 13 acclaimed Scribner print series. Twayne World, US, and English Authors each contains the full text of 200 frequently used Twayne Literary Masters books on individual World, US, or English authors, for a total of 600 full-text titles.
Subject: Youth Resources Literature
|
| M |
Return to Top |
|
Mango Languages (show description) |
Mango Languages is a resource for foreign language learning with advanced technologies to make learning incredibly fun, simple and effective with in house and remote access for users. We offer 6 languages (see below). Mango Languages provides remarkable conversational results after each and every lesson. Learning a foreign language is now easy and convenient with Mango. (Flash 10 is needed to use basic courses and Flash 9 is needed for complete courses
Languages: Spanish, ESL Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, German, Italian, French
Subject: Youth Resources Education & Social Sciences
|
|
MAS Complete (show description) |
Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database contains full text for more than 550 popular high school magazines.
Subject:
|
|
MasterFILE Complete (show description) |
Provides full text for nearly 2,000 periodicals that include general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and more. Indexing and abstracts are available for all of the 2,650 publications in the collection. Features full-text book reviews, reference and travel books, biographies, primary source documents, and an image collection.
1984 - present
Subject: Youth Resources Magazines & Journals
|
|
Mergent Online (show description) |
Mergent Online is an electronic database that is easy to use and has global business and financial data for companies worldwide.
Subject: Business
|
|
Middle Search Plus (show description) |
A children's magazine database that provides full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays and also contains 84,774 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps and flags
Subject: Youth Resources
|
|
Military & Government Collection (show description) |
Offers current news related to the military. Provides periodicals, academic journals, and other content including full text for nearly 300 journals/periodicals and 245 pamphlets. Indexing and abstracts are available for nearly 400 titles. Examples of titles are Air Force Controller, Army Reserve Magazine, Defense Studies, Global Security Review, Joint Force Quarterly, FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, Foreign Affairs, and Military Technology.
Subject: Magazines & Journals
|
|
Morningstar Investment Research Center (show description) |
Offers real-time investment research. Patrons have access to many popular Premium features of Morningstar.com, including research and independent opinions on thousands of stocks and mutual funds; designed to fit the needs of library patrons and reference librarians.
Subject: Business
|
|
MyiLibrary ebooks (show description) |
Full-text online books. Variety of topics including language learning, medical, health, history, etc
Subject: Business Literature Health Biography Digital Media
|
| N |
Return to Top |
|
NC General Statutes (show description) |
The North Carolina General Statutes as they are posted on the website of the North Carolina General Assembly: While every effort was made to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the statutes available on the North Carolina General Assembly's web site, the North Carolina General Assembly will not be responsible for any errors or omissions which may occur in these files.
Subject: Legal
|
|
New York Times - Digital Microfilm (show description) |
Full-image newspaper content.
Subject: Newspapers History Digital Media
|
|
New York Times - Text (show description) |
Provides full text articles from 1999 to present and citations and abstracts from August 1986 to present. Offers superb coverage of national and international news, coverage of important speeches, and documents such as Supreme Court decisions and presidential press conference transcripts.
1986 - present
Subject: Newspapers
|
|
Newspaper Source Plus (show description) |
Newspaper Source™ Plus provides cover-to-cover full text for 149 national & international newspapers, including The New York Times, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Times (London), The Age, The Australian, The Toronto Star, The Irish Times and others.
1995 - present
Subject: Youth Resources Newspapers
|
|
North American Women's Letters and Diaries (show description) |
Over 150,000 pages of published letters and diaries plus 4,000 pages of previously unpublished materials depicting the personal experiences of hundreds of women.
Contains materials from Colonial times to 1950.
Subject: Youth Resources
|
|
North Carolina Information Resources (show description) |
A selection of external links to information about North Carolina. Highlights include the North Carolina Home Page, the North Carolina Encyclopedia, the Legislative Directory, and several links to statistical information.
Subject: Youth Resources
|
|
North Carolina Newspapers (show description) |
Full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community.
1985 - present
Subject: Newspapers
|
|
North Carolina State Publications Collection (show description) |
Created and maintained by the State Library of North Carolina this digital collection contains current and historical North Carolina state publications. Includes informational brochures and pamphlets, various reports (annual, biennial, technical, statistical, etc.), serials (newsletters, checklists, magazines, etc.), handbooks, studies, and a variety of other information resources produced by North Carolina state government.
The focus of the collection is on state government publications from
2002 to current, but also features historical North Carolina publications of enduring value that have been scanned from their original print format. New publications will be added to the collection monthly.
It is accessible from the "North Carolina" page on NC LIVE.
2002 - Current
Subject: Education & Social Sciences Magazines & Journals Legal
|
|
NoveList (show description) |
Provides thousands of reading recommendations to, adult fiction, young adult fiction, and children's literature. Also includes Feature Articles, Book Discussion Guides, and BookTalks. Well known as the best reader's advisory tool on the Internet.
1996 - present
Subject: Literature
|
|
Novelist K-8 Plus (show description) |
A readers' advisory service designed specifically for children in grades K-8. Books are searchable by author, title, series name, Lexile level (reading level), and plot (including character, topic, time period, and setting) to retrieve descriptions, reviews, discussion guides, and feature articles related to books of interest. Readers may select from information provided to find similar books that appeal to them. Updated and expanded monthly, the service also includes lists of award-winning fiction, book lists arranged by genre and subgenre, feature articles, thematic units and more.
Subject: Youth Resources Literature
|
| O |
Return to Top |
|
One Click Digital (show description) |
Digital audiobooks for downloading from Recorded Books.
Subject: Digital Media
|
|
Open Library (show description) |
Open Library is a free database of millions of digital books. You can view online or download to PDF, plain text, DAISY, ePub, DjVu, MOBi, and "Send to Kindle".
Subject: Digital Media
|
|
Overdrive (show description) |
Media Download Site: In addition to Audio eBooks, Music and eFlicks, you can now download eBook content! Digital materials are not available for download from Library computers. Downloads are only available to your personal PC, laptop, or PDA.
Subject: Literature Biography Digital Media
|
| P |
Return to Top |
|
PBS Video Collection (show description) |
NC Live is offering some of the best and most popular PBS educational and documentary programming in a streaming video format that can be viewed on your PC. Conveniently available through NC LIVE virtual library cooperative -- students, faculty, and library patrons can enjoy and learn from nearly 250 PBS programs including the Emmy award winning series “American Experience” and “Frontline,” as well as groundbreaking programs such as Ken Burns’ “The Civil War, “ “Baseball,” and “Jazz.”
Subject: History
|
|
Points of View (show description) |
This resource is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue.
Subject: Education & Social Sciences
|
|
Primary Search (show description) |
A children's magazine database with full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research.
Subject: Youth Resources
|
| R |
Return to Top |
|
Reference USA (show description) |
One of the world's largest databases of industry and company information, with contact information, sales and employee figures. Searchable by yellow page heading, SIC code, geography, and more.
Subject:
|
|
Regional Business News (show description) |
Regional Business News pulls together 67 regional business publications, 52 of which are full text, covering all metropolitan and rural areas with the United States, including Business North Carolina. Search by key word, publication or images.
Subject: Business
|
| S |
Return to Top |
|
S & P netAdvantage (show description) |
Daily Price Record is a database containing historical and current pricing data for securities
traded on the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, and American Stock Exchange.
Subject:
|
|
Sanborn Maps North Carolina (show description) |
Sanborn Maps for the state of North Carolina provides digital access to 11,173 large-scale maps of 158 North Carolina towns and cities. Users have the ability to easily manipulate the maps, magnify and zoom in on specific sections, and compare maps from different years.
Subject: Almanacs & Encyclopedias
|
|
Science Reference Center (show description) |
A comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content. Science Reference Center contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources.
Subject: Youth Resources Education & Social Sciences
|
|
Searchasaurus (show description) |
A search interface for elementary and middle school students. Includes two encyclopedias, a dictionary, children’s magazines, and photographs. Also provides a tutorial that covers topics such as searching, printing articles, and citing articles.
Subject: Youth Resources
|
|
Serials Directory (show description) |
Bibliographic information and pricing structures for popular magazines.
Subject: Magazines & Journals
|
|
SimplyMap (show description) |
SimplyMap is a web-based mapping application that enables you to quickly create professional-quality
thematic maps and reports using powerful demographic, business, and marketing data. SimplyMap turns
complex data into valuable information that is easily accessed through an innovative and user-friendly
interface.
NA
Subject: Almanacs & Encyclopedias
|
|
Small Business Reference Center (show description) |
- This resource offers a wide variety of information on small business and entrepreneurial subject areas, common business types, a help and advice section, and provides information on how to create business plans that lead to successful funding.
Subject: Business
|
|
Small Engine Repair Reference Center (show description) |
Through a collection of comprehensive full-text content, Small Engine Repair Reference Center provides users with detailed, yet user-friendly repair guides for all manner of small engines.
Subject: Education & Social Sciences
|
| T |
Return to Top |
|
TOPICsearch (show description) |
A current events database that allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics. TOPICsearch contains full text for over 60,000 articles including international and regional newspapers, including periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information.
Subject: Youth Resources Education & Social Sciences Magazines & Journals Newspapers
|
|
Tutor.com (show description) |
Live homework help from qualified tutors, 4:00 pm. - 10:00. 7 days week (with Spanish speaking tutors available Sunday - Thurs 4pm- 10pm).
Subject areas: Math, Science, English & Social Science
Subject: Youth Resources
|
| W |
Return to Top |
|
Wall Street Journal - Digital Microfilm (show description) |
Full-image newspaper content.
Subject: Newspapers History Digital Media
|
|
Wall Street Journal - Text (show description) |
Contains an index of newspaper articles from 1981 with many complete articles from1984 to the present. The financial newspaper of record offering in-depth coverage of national and international finance as well as first rate coverage of hard news.
1981 - present
Subject: Business Newspapers
|
|
What Do I Read Next? (show description) |
Locate what to read next in this extensive database of fiction and non-fiction titles for adults, teens and children. Search by author, title, series, character name, character description, time period, geographic setting and genre. A monthly highlight page features selections of award winners, upcoming titles, and titles on a featured topic.
NA
Subject: Literature
|
|
WorldCat (show description) |
Union catalog of materials held in libraries world-wide.
Pre-1000 BC - present
Subject: Literature
|
