Daily Life Through History is a collection of e-books about life during different periods of history. These historical period includes Ancient Rome, Greece and Egypt, the middle ages, the Renaissance, colonial times, the Civil War and World War I and II. In additions 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.
Credo is an easy-to-use tool for gathering information and starting research. Information on topics come from from hundreds of full-text encyclopedias, dictionaries, quotations, and subject-specific titles. This resource also includes 500,000+ images and audio files and over 1,000 videos.
The Charlotte Post newspaper is minority owned and operated, and is a leading provider of diversified news, information, and entertainment from a Black perspective. Full text of issues from December 2006 to current is available.
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:
* 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:
Need help? Newsbank provides tips and tricks here.
The Periodicals List shows full-text magazines, newspapers, and journals that the Library has access to and tells how to find them. The list includes electronic resources, paper, and microform holdings.
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.
OverDrive/Libby is a collection of e-books, digital audiobooks, and digital magazines offered by the library. E-books, audiobooks, and magazines can be downloaded to your computer, tablet, (including Kindle), or mobile device for offline reading or listening.
Libby by OverDrive is a collection of e-books, digital audiobooks, and digital magazines offered by the library. E-books, audiobooks, and magazines can be downloaded to your computer, tablet, (including Kindle), or mobile device for offline reading or listening. Libby by OverDrive e-book titles can be read online using OverDrive Read and audiobooks can be listened to online using OverDrive Listen. Mobile and tablet customers, download Libby app for iOS and Android.
Getting Started
All you need to get started is your Charlotte Mecklenburg Library card number or ONE Access account number.
Access the Collection
Click the "Access Now" button below
Borrowing
You can have a maximum of 20 items checked to you out at any given time. For example, if three items are returned, you can check out three more to get back to 20. This limit is not effected by the day of the month. Digital magazine checkouts do not count towards your limit.
The default lending period for ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines is two weeks. The settings menu will let you customize your lending period to 7 days, 14 days, or 21 days.
If items are check out, place a hold. Customers are allowed 10 holds on their account at any given time. You will be contacted by email when your item is available to check out. You'll see an option to renew a title on your Loans page three days before it expires, as long as there are no holds. If the title has holds, you can request it again.
Return items when you are finished or they will be automatically returned when they are due so you never accumulate late fees!
Tips
Not all devices are compatible with Libby for OverDrive. Check the list of compatible devices.
Only interested in seeing content for Kids or Teens? Check out our Kids Reading Room and Teens Reading Room.
Looking for business, entrepreneurialism or job-related information? Access these resources on the Business Shelf.
Using Libby for OverDrive on your Kindle e-Reader? This tutorial will get you started.
Need additional help with the Libby for OverDrive site? Check here for troubleshooting or contact your local Library.
OverDrive/Libby es una colección de libros electrónicos y audiolibros digitales disponible a través de la biblioteca. Los libros electrónicos y los audiolibros se pueden descargar a su computadora, tableta (incluyendo a las tabletas Kindle) o dispositivo móvil. Los títulos de libros electrónicos de OverDrive/Libby se pueden leer en línea usando OverDrive Read y los audiolibros se pueden escuchar en línea usando OverDrive Listen. ¡La transmisión de video también está disponible! Los usuarios de móviles y tabletas pueden descargar la aplicación Libby para iOS y Android.
No todos los dispositivos son compatibles con OverDrive/Libby. Consulte la lista de los dispositivos compatibles.
¿Le interesa ver solo el contenido para niños o adolescentes? Échele un vistazo a nuestra Sala de lectura infantil y a nuestra Sala de lectura juvenil.
¿Busca información empresarial o laboral? Haga clic aquí para acceder al Estante de negocios.
Todo lo que necesita para comenzar es su número de tarjeta de la Biblioteca de Charlotte Mecklenburg o su número de cuenta ONE Access. Puede retirar hasta 20 artículos con un período máximo de préstamo de 21 días. También puede pedir los artículos que actualmente estén prestados. Devuelva los artículos cuando haya terminado o se devolverán automáticamente cuando se venzan. ¡Nunca se acumularán cargos por artículos atrasados! ¿Necesita ayuda con OverDrive/Libby? Consulte aquí para obtener ayuda o comuníquese con su biblioteca local.
¿Tiene un dispositivo móvil? Actualmente hay dos maneras para usar OverDrive.
Libby es una nueva aplicación desarrollada por OverDrive, diseñada para que su experiencia de lectura sea más rápida y fácil. Obtenga más información sobre Libby y encuentre ayuda aquí.
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:
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.
ArchiveGrid gives access to millions of historical documents, personal papers, and family histories held in archives around the world. Individuals may contact archives to arrange a visit, to examine materials, and order copies.
Access Video Collection (by Films on Demand) offers thousands of high quality streaming videos on business & economics, health & medicine, humanities & social sciences, and science & mathematics, as well as travel and fitness programming, home and how-to videos, indie films, and popular music performances. Includes Oscar, Emmy and Peabody award winning documentaries, interviews, instructional and vocational training videos, historical speeches and newsreels.
