Take a listen to the Spring 2021 edition of the Tar Heel Talk podcast brought to you by NCLBPH
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Check out the latest book added to NOBLE, Animals Among Us: A collection of short stories by Ruthann Anderson. Download this title and read it now
Vital records are important to research, but they are not always easy to find. In North Carolina, death certificates began to be issued on a statewide basis in October of 1913.
Check out these new issues of Guideposts Magazine available for download right now from NOBLE, the library's locally recorded book and magazine download site.
Would you like to learn more about the history of women in North Carolina, do research, or locate educational resources? Do you need resources online at your fingertips? Get started by visiting these resources that are freely available and accessible online anytime from anywhere.
This episode of Notable on NOBLE looks at The Civil War in North Carolina by John Gilchrist Barrett. Here is a 3-minute sample of the first chapter.
The Government & Heritage Library (GHL) offers free online access to the Black Historical Newspapers database to State Library of North Carolina cardholders and people visiting the library. This collection is brought to us by ProQuest and includes America’s longest-running, family-owned newspaper, The Baltimore Afro-American, from 1893 to 1988, and the Norfolk Journal and Guide, from 1916 to 2003. These historical newspapers provide genealogists, researchers, and scholars with coverage of events and issues important to the African American communities of Baltimore and Norfolk.
This all new episode of Heard Any Good Books Lately? for March 2021 features some mysterious themes and reading inspiration. Heard Any Good Books Lately? is produced by North Carolina Reading Service and brought to you by the Friends of The Library
On this edition of Allen's List just in time for Saint Patrick’s Day, a few books about Ireland
North Carolina’s Council for Women was established by Governor Terry Sanford’s Executive Order in 1963. Governor Sanford created an agency that would “advise the Governor, state agencies and the legislature on issues of concern to women.” The Council focused on issues of pay equity, w
The February 2021 edition of 10 Most Wanted Books changes things up this month and looks at the most checked out books in Large Print
This episode of the Notable on NOBLE podcast features Beyond the Darkness: A literary journal edited by Linda West Wooten. If you like what you hear, download the rest of the story from NOBLE, North Carolina's site for locally recorded books and magazines.
Here are the 10 most downloaded BARD audio titles for February 2021
Here are the 10 most downloaded BARD braille titles for February 2021
The State Library’s website has recently changed. Most of the content from the Government and Heritage Library can now be found under Research on the new site. There are separate sections for resources relevant to Government Information (including the state publications Clearinghouse), Educators and Students, and Genealogy. Resources used for research and tools to assist with your research can now be found on our Information for Researchers page.