Electronic Resources
In-house databases by type: Data & Demographics | Genealogy & History | Library & Information Science | Periodicals | Reference | Links
Remote access and NC LIVE
Remote access to selected databases is available to state agency employees with State Library cards. Databases marked by an asterisk (*) are only available in-house. Some of the databases listed below are made available through NC LIVE. Click on the NC LIVE logo below to access their site directly.
If you have questions, or would like more information, please call the Reference desk M-F 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., at 919-807-7450.
Databases accessible on-site
Databases followed by an asterisk are not available remotely. The following links will take you directly to the database if you are in the State Library of North Carolina's Government & Heritage Library. Users with remote access privileges will be prompted for a library card number.
Data and Demographics (visit Demographics & Statistical Information pages for more resources)
- American FactFinder (US Census Bureau)
- EDIS (Economic Development Intelligence System from NC Dept. of Commerce)
- LINC (Log Into North Carolina from NC State Data Center)
- Simply Map (NC LIVE)
Genealogy & History
- ArchiveGrid (NC LIVE)
- African American Experience
- American Slavery (NC LIVE)
- Ancestry Library Edition*
- Biography & Genealogy Master Index*
- Biography Reference Center (NC LIVE)
- Digital Sanborn Maps (NC LIVE)
- Fold3 (formerly Footnote.com)*
- HeritageQuest (NC LIVE)
- JSTOR
- North American Women's Letters and Diaries (NC LIVE)
Library & Information Science
- Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text (NC LIVE)
- Library Literature Full Text
- WorldCat (NC LIVE)
Periodicals
- Augusta Archives*
- CQ Researcher (NC LIVE)
- CQ Weekly (NC LIVE)
- EBSCOhost (NC LIVE)
- Environment Complete (NC LIVE)
- GreenFILE (NC LIVE)
- JSTOR
- ProQuest Newspapers (NC LIVE - Wall Street Journal only)
- Newspaper ARCHIVE
Reference
- Art & Architecture Complete (NC LIVE)
- Business Source Complete (NC LIVE)
- Consumer Health Complete (NC LIVE)
- Entrepreneurial Studies Source (NC LIVE)
- Environmental Abstracts
- Gale Virtual Reference Library (NC LIVE)
- Hoover's (NC LIVE)
- Justice Research and Policy
- Legal Information Reference Center (NC LIVE)
- Literary Reference Center Plus (NC LIVE)
- NC LIVE
- NCpedia
- Small Business Reference Center (NC LIVE)
Links to free online databases
- Scitopia - for scientific information
- ERIC
- IngentaConnect (free abstracts)
- NC Periodicals Index (ECU)
- NC Digital Collections (from State Library and State Archives)
- WorldCat
