Gale Directory Library provides digital access to reference works including the Encyclopedia of Associations, Market Share Reporter, National Directory of Nonprofit Organizations, and Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans.
Gale eBooks is 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.
Learn the essential skills needed to live and work in the 21st century. From Microsoft Office and email to reading, math, work skills, and more...125 tutorials, including more than 1,100 lessons, videos, and interactives, completely free.
This database offers reliable, comprehensive journal coverage of clinical and biomedical topics, consumer health, health administration and more.
HeritageQuest Online is a library resource for census data, family records, and local histories. This collection assembles US 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 includes special collections including the Periodical Source Index (PERSI), Freedman's Bank Records, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Index.
3.5 million pages of digitized content from over 1,000 North Carolina county newspapers.
The HistoryMakers is an oral history collection highlighting the accomplishments of individual African Americans and African-American-led groups and movements.
hoopla allows customers to instantly borrow e-books, comics, audiobooks, music, movies and television — with no holds, and no waiting! And there is no need to worry about late fees; hoopla features an automated service that returns your item once your time is up. Content can be streamed to computers, tablets or smartphones, and can be downloaded to mobile devices to allow for offline viewing any time.
Only interested in seeing content for kids and families? Visit your "Settings" in the hoopla app or Account page on the hoopla site and flip the toggle to put hoopla into Kids Mode. Doing so replicates the experience kids might have in the children's section of the Library.
Though our e-content services are free to customers, some of these services incur a cost to the Library each time someone borrows an item. This is the case with hoopla. To ensure our ability to provide access to hoopla year-round without exceeding our annual budget, there is a daily limit on hoopla lending. If demand is especially high, and the limit is reached, you might receive a message when you try to borrow an item that says, "Our collective daily borrow limit set by your library has been reached and will reset at midnight. Please browse and add titles to favorites so you can easily access them after midnight." We recommend you try to borrow as early in the morning as possible, since the limit resets after midnight.
Indie Author Project is a self-publishing program where local indie authors can share publish their e-book through the Library. Authors looking to promote their work and increase readership and exposure can submit their work to Charlotte Mecklenburg Library's Indie Author Project program to be featured in the statewide Indie North Carolina's collection, with the potential for national exposure.
How does the Indie Author Project Program work?
How do authors submit their work to Indie Author Project?
Authors can submit to Indie Author Project in three ways:
Access to more than 600 of the world's top newspapers.