Research and Learn: Search
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library has the tools you need for any research or informational need. The Library provides free access to newspaper and magazine articles, homework help, genealogy, job and career help, financial resources, and more. These resources help you find quality materials that you can trust.
Please note, some resources require your library card or ONE Access ID number and PIN to access resources outside the Library.
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BiblioBoard Library
In BiblioBoard Library, you will discover local content from self-published North Carolina authors as well as the NC LIVE Home Grown e-book Collection.
In BiblioBoard Library, you will discover local content from self-published North Carolina authors as well as the NC LIVE Home Grown e-book Collection.
Indie North Carolina
- Enjoy titles from your local, independently published author in North Carolina in this collection. Check out the highlights to find the top picks from Library Journal !
Home Grown e-book Collection from NC LIVE
- This module from NC LIVE contains a wide selection of content including innovative fiction, nonfiction, mystery & suspense, horror, fantasy, travel guides and much more. This e-book collection provides North Carolina library customer's access to more than 1,000 e-book titles from North Carolina-based publishers and features a range of content, including novels by popular North Carolina authors, poetry, short stories, and non-fiction.
Popup Picks
- Popup Picks is your go-to collection for your next Community Read! Filled with top independently published eBooks, all with unlimited-use access, it is perfect for readers of all ages.
Library Board Core
- K-12 Curated Classroom Content accompanied with common core teaching guides. A perfect collection to share with your schools. Covering a wide-range of topics—including Literature, Philosophy, History, Geography and Science.
Access to titles in BiblioBoard is unlimited. No holds and no waiting!
Titles in this collection can also be accessed with the Biblioboard mobile app.
App Name: Biblioboard Library
- Search for "Biblioboard Library" in your app store. Download.
- Login with your Biblioboard account. If you don't have an account, you must create an account first using a desktop coming. Access Biblioboard from the Library's Research and Learn page and create a personal account. An account will also allow you to use customization features like saving books as favorites, adding notes or comments and bookmarks.
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Biblioteca de Tumblebook
TumbleBooks es una colección de libros ilustrados animados y parlantes, ¡los cuales pueden ser leídos por usted o se le pueden leer a usted! Nuestra colección incluye libros de cuentos, libros en francés y español para el aprendizaje de idiomas, libros de conocimiento, rompecabezas y juegos, cuentos de matemáticas y novelas gráficas.
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Biological Science Database (ProQuest)
Research on animal behavior, aquatic life and fisheries, biochemistry, ecology, plant science, toxicology, virology, microbiology, health and safety science, entomology, and more.
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Black Freedom Struggle in the United States (ProQuest)
Black Freedom Struggle in the United States is a website featuring select primary source documents related to critical people and events in African American history.
ProQuest presents primary source documents from several of the time periods in American History when the river of the Black Freedom Struggle ran more powerfully, while not losing sight of the fierce, often violent opposition that Black people have faced on the road to freedom.
This website contains approximately 1,600 documents focused on six different phases of Black Freedom:
- Slavery and the Abolitionist Movement (1790-1860)
- The Civil War and the Reconstruction Era (1861-1877)
- Jim Crow Era from 1878 to the Great Depression (1878-1932)
- The New Deal and World War II (1933-1945)
- The Civil Rights and Black Power Movements (1946-1975)
- The Contemporary Era (1976-2000)
The documents presented here represent a selection of primary sources available in several ProQuest databases. The databases represented in this website include American Periodicals, Black Abolitionist Papers, ProQuest History Vault, ProQuest Congressional, Supreme Court Insight and Alexander Street’s Black Thought and Culture.
The goal of this website is to provide a selection of primary source documents that may be used by a wide range of students, from middle and high school students to college students and independent scholars. Examples of assignments may include National History Day projects or research papers about Black Freedom.
Teachers can use these documents to teach with primary sources on a specific topic or person such as the Abolitionist Movement or Frederick Douglass. In addition, any person might use this website to learn more about Black Freedom.
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Black Life in America (Newsbank)
Black Life in America is a unique digital archive covering the African American experience from the early 18th century to the present day.
Black Life in America is a unique digital archive covering the African American experience from the early 18th century to the present day. This primary source collection offers a window into centuries of African American history, culture, and daily life from more than 19,000 American and global newspapers including over 400 current and historical Black publications. Updated daily this resource provides critical perspectives on the experiences of being Black in America. Black Life in America provides full text searching as well as access to content organized by era for easy browsing or choose from nearly 800 suggested searches such as "Emancipation Proclamation," "Brown v. Board of Education," and "Black Lives Matter."
Watch this video for tips on how to use Black Life in America.
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Books and Authors (Gale)
Looking for a good book, but not sure where to start? Books and Authors is a literary collection that lets you browse by character, subject, location and time period.
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Business Market Research Collection (ProQuest)
This database contains company, industry, economic and geopolitical market research from three sources, including Hoover's Company Profiles, OxResearch from Oxford Analystica, and Snapshots.
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Chadwyck-Healey Poetry Collection
Chadwyck-Healey Poetry Collection is a collection of poetry databases providing full text access to American, African-American and English poetry. This collection also contains the Faber Poetry Library collection, which includes some of the most influential poets of the twentieth century.
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Charlotte Business Journal
Charlotte Business Journal has daily business news updates, dozens of popular topics from around the nation and the latest networking for Charlotte and surrounding areas.
Troubleshooting
- Make sure you are still signed in to the Library's Charlotte Business Journal account. You should see [email protected] in the right top. If you don't see that, go back to the Library's Research and Learn page, Charlotte Business Journal, and click Access Now.
- To return to the Home page of Charlotte Business Journal, click on the "Charlotte Business Journal" logo in the left corner. Do not click the back arrow.
- Access The Book of Lists and Current Week's edition from the "Your News" section on the right side of the page. Do not try to access it from the footer.
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Charlotte Observer
Newsbank provides library customers with digital access to The Charlotte Observer. Databases can be searched separately as well as together. Articles are searchable by name, keyword or phrase.
Included in our access:
- Charlotte Observer (Historical access, 1886-1984) is an image database.*
- Charlotte Observer, The (NC) is a text database** and provides access from 1985 to the current date.
- Charlotte Observer, The (NC) 2018-current is an image database.* Use this option to view the daily paper.
- Charlotte Observer: The Blogs (NC) is a text database** that includes all the blogs published by the Charlotte Observer from 2005 to current.
- Charlotte Observer, The Web Edition Articles (NC) are available from 2007 to current.
- Charlotte Post, The (NC) content is available from 2006 to current.
- Charlotte Semi-Weekly Observer (1892-1892).
* Image database: When you view or select a date, phrase, etc. the results will show an image of the article as it appeared in print.
** Text database: A text database provides access to the text of the article, but it does not include images or display that article as it appeared in print.
How to access The Charlotte Observer content with your library card:
- Use the ACCESS NOW link below. You will be prompted to enter your library card or ONE Access account number.
- Choose which database you want to search. Options are on the left side of the page under Shortcuts. Click “Charlotte Post” or “Charlotte Observer Historical and Current”.
- If you select “Charlotte Observer Historical and Current” you can search both databases using the search box at the top of the page. If you want to search a specific year, review the options listed under "Source" and click the link to the Charlotte Observer that contains the year you would like to search.
- Articles can be printed, saved as PDF or emailed.
Need help? Newsbank provides tips and tricks here.
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