A - Z DATABASES
A list of all our resources organized alphabetically, with a short description of each one. Please contact us if you ever have trouble logging on from off campus. Any database not discoverable from our front page search box is marked Summon.
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History and literature ebooks, including the series Daily Life, Critical Companions, Literature in Context, as well as American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography. |
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Business research from journals, trade publications, market research reports, dissertations, and working papers. |
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Complete source for peer-reviewed scholarly articles across all academic disciplines |
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Academic Video Online is the most comprehensive video subscription available to libraries. It delivers video titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more. Curated for the educational experience, the massive depth of content and breadth of content-types (such as documentaries, films, demonstrations, etc.) makes this database a useful resource for faculty and students alike. |
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Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection Journal articles, reference reports, proceedings, and dissertations covering current news and topics as well as the trends and history influencing important accounting and tax issues. |
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Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database Full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications. |
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Find poems from 1750-1900 including Lucy Terry Prince, Phillis Wheatley, Jupiter Hammon, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and more. |
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Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection Articles plus searchable charts, figures, graphs, maps, photographs and tables representing all major environment topics. |
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Articles on farming, horticulture, and agriculture-related fields |
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Images from the Library of Congress covering centuries of archived content, including eBooks, maps, and images. |
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AMICA Library Art Museum Images One of the finest and largest art image database on the internet, selected by prominent museums worldwide. Cultures and time periods represented range from contemporary art, to ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian works. Types of works include paintings, drawings, watercolors, sculptures, costumes, jewelry, furniture, prints, photographs, textiles, decorative art, books and manuscripts. |
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Find poems written from 1650-1920. Includes Anne Bradstreet, Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, Phillis Wheatley, Walt Whitman and Herman Melville. |
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Access to primary source information, including birth and death records, ship logs, and cemetery records. |
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Subject-specific primary source collections support multidisciplinary research and targeted needs. |
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Small subcollection of e-books across several disciplines |
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This database features hundreds of titles covering Art, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre and Cultural Studies. |
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Asian & European Business Collection This database provides information pertinent to the study of business and finance topics across Asia and Europe, including academic journals, newspapers, newswires, and magazines. Find information on companies, economies, markets, international trade, and overall business conditions and practices throughout these regions. |
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Australia & New Zealand Database This database provides ongoing full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in Australia and New Zealand |
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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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Biography and Genealogy Master Index Summon Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI) provides more than 20 million biographical citations on more than 6 millions persons, living and deceased, from all fields of activity, covering more than 2,000 years of human history. |
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Book Review Index (Gale Literature) Summon Includes 5 million review citations, with links to 630,000+ full-text reviews. |
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Articles on accounting, marketing and management, and related fields. |
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Case studies, articles and robust data sets coupled with references and analytic tools |
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Business Market Research Collection This database contains company, industry, economic and geopolitical market research from three sources, including Hoover's Company Profiles, OxResearch from Oxford Analytica, and Snapshots |
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Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database Articles spanning Canadian agriculture, business and economics, education, government and politics, health sciences, history, literature, medical sciences, social sciences, and more, including scholarly content. |
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Over 300 Canadian newspapers from Canada's leading publishers, including the complete available electronic backfile for most newspapers, providing full access to the articles, columns, editorials and features. |
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Career & Technical Education Database Vocational information on technical topics, such as computing science, healthcare, building trades, auto mechanics, sales and retail, accounting, graphic design, and photography. |
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ChiltonLibrary.com Summon Authoritative automotive repair covers the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years. |
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Database of nursing and allied health journals with additional materials that include nursing dissertations, conference proceedings, evidence-based care sheets, audiovisuals, and continuing education modules. |
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An engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on a wide array of subjects. |
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Communications and Mass Media (Gale OneFile) Articles on advertising and public relations, linguistics, and related fields. |
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Computer Science (Gale OneFile) News and reviews on electronics, engineering, communications and more. |
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Scholarly journals, trade publications, and consumer titles covering topics such as artificial intelligence, automation, gaming, graphics, networking, security, database management, systems administration, information science and hardware. |
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Magazines and journals covering consumer health topics, such as sports injuries, women's health, food and nutrition, midwifery, eye care and dentistry. |
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Popular collection of product reviews and recommendations for cars, appliances, electronics, personal finance, and health information. |
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Contemporary Women's Issues (Gale OneFile) Features current full text and pertinent backfile coverage of topics relevant to women around the world. |
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This database provides ongoing full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in many European countries. |
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Reports on issues shaping our world, with in-depth coverage of political and social issues, such as health, education, the environment, technology, and the U.S. economy. |
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A premier virtual reference collection including encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, images, audio files, and videos in a wide expanse of subject areas. |
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Criminal Justice (Gale OneFile) Articles on law, law enforcement, security, terrorism, and more |
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Research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends. |
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Recipes, restaurant reviews, industry information, and more |
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Cypress Resume is the simplest, most effective tool for resume creation on the market today. Specifically designed for job seekers skittish about writing, Cypress Resume allows anyone to create a professional resume in a matter of minutes |
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Data-Axle Reference Solutions Summon Reference and research tool providing instant, real-time access to accurate, in-depth information on 24 million U.S. businesses and 235 million U.S. residents. Data-Axle makes it faster and easier to find new business opportunities, research executives and companies, find news articles, conduct job searches, research papers, locate addresses and phone numbers, conduct market research and much more. Formerly known as ReferenceUSA. |
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Digital Public Library of America Summon The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) provides access to millions of photographs, manuscripts, books, sounds, moving images, and more from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States. Find primary sources to use in school projects, academic research, family history research, and more. |
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Digital Sanborn Maps (1867-1970) for North Carolina Summon Digital Sanborn Maps (1867-1970) for North Carolina delivers detailed property and land-use records that depict the grid of everyday life in 158 North Carolina towns and cities across a century of change. |
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DigitalNC Summon Explore the history and culture of North Carolina through original materials from cultural heritage repositories across the state. |
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Digital Public Library of America Discover 46,709,301 images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the United States. DPLA features highlights of collections from libraries, archives and museums across the United States, organized into easy-to-navigate topics, including extensive primary source sets. |
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Diversity Studies (Gale OneFile) Articles that explore cultural differences, influences in society, and more |
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Earth, Atmospheric Aquatic Science Database The Earth, Atmospheric Aquatic Science Database contains full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications. |
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This database provides ongoing full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in many East Asian and South Asian countries. |
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East Europe, Central Europe Database This database provides ongoing full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in East European and Central European countries. |
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Ebook Central Academic and Public Library Complete Scholarly titles supporting student and faculty research, and general nonfiction on topics such as school & studying, career development, arts & leisure, and practical life skills. |
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Over 26,000 fiction, reference, scholarly, and professional books online. |
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Economics and Theory (Gale OneFile) Articles on economics, interviews with CEOs and entrepreneurs, and more. |
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Educator's Reference Complete (Gale OneFile) Academic articles, reports, news, book reports, and more in the field of education |
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Research on primary, secondary, and higher education, as well as special education, home schooling, adult education, and hundreds of related topics. |
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This easy-to-use curriculum and reference resource delivers one of the largest general reference collections of periodical and digital media content designed specifically for schools and libraries of all kinds, as well as additional subject-based material. |
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This database provides discipline-specific coverage of engineering, spanning thousands of publications, many in full text. |
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English Poetry Summon Find poems written from 600 to 1900 including Thomas Percy, Walter Scott, Robert Dodsley, Francis Turner Palgrave, and more. |
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Entrepeneurial Mindset Training Course Summon This online, self-paced course will help you recognize opportunities that others overlook and determine whether starting a business is right for you. |
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Entrepreneurship (Gale OneFile) Full-text insights, tips and strategies for students and entrepreneurs |
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Information for entrepreneurs and researchers that includes business start-up plans, video clips, journals, business cases, and more. |
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Environmental Studies (Gale In Context) Academic articles, videos, case studies, and more on topics in environmental studies. |
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Environmental Studies and Policy (Gale OneFile) Academic articles, videos, case studies, and more on topics in environmental studies |
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Faber Poetry Library Summon Find poems written by modern poets such as Wendy Cope, T. S. Eliot, Thom Gunn, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Tom Paulin, Sylvia Plath and more. |
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Ferguson's Career Guidance Center Summon A comprehensive resource that enables users to explore industries and careers, plan their education, and research best practices for résumés, cover letters, interviewing, networking, and salaries/benefits. The database includes articles, career advice blogs, and streaming video. |
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Films on Demand Video Collection Thousands of high quality 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. Also includes content formerly in the NC LIVE Video Collection. |
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Articles art history, music, drama, filmmaking, and related fields. |
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Explore this database of encyclopedias and reference sources within the Gale eBooks platform. For multidisciplinary research. |
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Discover the world's most influential people by searching narrative biographies, news, magazine, and multimedia content. |
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Combines Literature Resource Center with Gale Virtual Reference Library in one interface. Articles, critical essays, work and topic overviews, full-text works, and biographies covering authors, their works, and literary movements. |
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Gale Literature Resource Center Find up-to-date biographies, overviews, full-text criticisms, audio interviews, and reviews on writers from all eras. |
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Gardening and Horticulture (Gale OneFile) Articles on the practical aspects of gardening, horticulture, and more. |
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Articles on gender studies, family/marital issues, health, and more. |
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Magazine, news, and journal articles on general interest topics and current events. |
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Global Breaking Newswires provides timely access to newswire content from around the globe as well as growing archive of news. |
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Global Issues (Gale In Context) International academic perspectives on global issues |
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GreenFILE is a free research database covering the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and governments and what can be done at each level to minimize negative impacts. It provides thousands of open access full-text records from scholarly, government and general interest sources. |
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HathiTrust is a not-for-profit collaborative of academic and research libraries preserving 17+ million digitized items. |
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Clinical research plus consumer and health administration titles. |
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Health and Medicine (Gale OneFile) Find reliable information on fitness, pregnancy, nutrition and much more. |
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Healthcare Administration Database Research supporting professional healthcare management and healthcare administration. |
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HeritageQuest Summon Treasury of American genealogical sources: unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. Includes historical census, PERSI, Revolutionary War records, and more |
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Historic North Carolina Digital Newspaper Collection Summon Newspapers.com North Carolina Collection. 3.5 million pages of digitized content from over 1,000 NC county newspapers. |
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A collection of primary and secondary sources on global history from ancient times to the present day. |
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HomeGrown Ebooks Collection Summon Ebooks from a variety of North Carolina publishers. Includes popular and scholarly nonfiction, novels by well-known NC authors, and award-winning short fiction and poetry. |
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hoopla Summon Downloadable audio and ebooks on a variety of topics, including language learning, history, biography, classic literature, and more. Compatible with all popular e-readers that support apps. An app is available for download. Users will need to make a personal account to use this resource. |
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Hospitality and Tourism (Gale OneFile) Articles on the hospitality and tourism fields, plus travel guides and more. |
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Humanities, Social Issues and Religions A collection of titles that provide additional perspectives on social issues and religions |
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ProQuest Indian Journals is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary resource providing full-text, scholarly journals, all published in India. |
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Information Science (Gale OneFile) Articles on the information and library science profession and related topics. |
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Informe Academico (Gale OneFile) Una coleccion de revistas hispanicas con textos completos. |
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International Newsstream provides information from more than 660 of the world's top newspapers, including The Times (London), The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, Asian Wall Street Journal, and the BBC Monitoring series of publications. |
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Just for Kids Streaming Collection Summon The Just for Kids Streaming Collection gives children—and their parents—a thoroughly kid-safe, advertisement-free media platform they can freely explore and enjoy |
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Latin America & Iberia Database This database provides ongoing full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in many Latin American countries, Spain, and Portugal |
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LawHelpNC Summon Find information and links about your legal rights, the law, the courts, legal forms and more. |
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LearningExpress Library Complete and PrepSTEP Academic Summon Practice tests, interactive tutorials, and ebooks for students adult learners. Includes practices tests such as GED, GRE, SAT, TEAS, and supports those looking to improve core academic skills, pass a high school equivalency test, prepare for college, join the military, obtain occupational certification, find a job, change careers, become a U.S. citizen and much more. |
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Covers U.S. cases, laws, regulations and legal practice, plus international law. |
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This database allows you to search the full-text of leading library and information science journals. This collection provides full-text coverage of 125+ core titles. |
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This database includes full-text journals and other sources in linguistics, covering all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. |
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Literature Criticism (Gale Literature) The largest, most extensive compilation of literary commentary. |
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Literary works, biographies, images and much more for the lit student |
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General reference magazines and publications covering a wide-range of subject areas including business, health, education, general science and multicultural issues. Includes peer reviewed publications. |
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MedlinePlus Español Summon MedlinePlus le brinda información sobre enfermedades, condiciones y bienestar en un lenguaje fácil de leer. |
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Merck Manual Professional Version Summon Explains disorders, their symptoms, how they're diagnosed, and how they can be prevented or treated. For doctors and medical students. |
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This database provides ongoing full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in many Middle Eastern and African countries. |
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Articles from topics across all government and military branches, including international relations, political science, criminology, defense, aeronautics and space flight, communications, civil engineering, and more. |
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Military and Intelligence (Gale OneFile) Articles on governmental policies, socioeconomics effects of war, and more |
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Morningstar Investment Research Center Includes research and independent opinions on thousands of mutual funds, stocks, and hundreds of ETFs. |
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NC Health Info Summon Online guide to quality health and medical information and local health services throughout North Carolina. |
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NC Health Info Español Summon NC Health Info tiene por objetivo ayudarlo a tomar decisiones informadas sobre atención médica. Aquí encontrará información confiable y fácil de comprender sobre diversos temas, incluidas afecciones, dónde encontrar opciones de tratamientos sin costo o de bajo costo y directorios de proveedores y servicios en Carolina del Norte. |
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NCPedia Summon Information about the state, its history, people, government, and educational institutions. |
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Full articles from the New York Times (1980-current). |
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Regional, national, and world newspapers |
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North American Women's Letters and Diaries Women's writings from the Colonial period to 1950. Includes writings by Abigail Adams, Louisa May Alcott, Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Dorothea L. Dix, Julia Ward Howe, and more. |
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NoveList Plus Summon A readers’ advisory resource that uses appeal factors and expert reviews to offer read-alike and listen-alike recommendations for fiction, nonfiction, and audiobooks. |
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Nursing & Allied Health Database Journals and dissertations covering nursing, allied health, and alternative and complementary medicine. |
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Occupational Outlook Handbook Summon Profiles for hundreds of occupations including sections like What They Do, Work Environment, How to Become One, Pay, and more. Each profile also includes Bureau of Labor Statistics employment projections for the 2010–20 decade |
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Open Education North Carolina Collection Summon Open Education North Carolina Collection contains free, open textbooks that have been curated for the most frequently taught courses across North Carolina's 2 and 4-year colleges and universities. Faculty can adopt these open educational resources (OER) to save their students money and lower the overall cost of higher education. |
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Open Library Summon A downloadable eBook collection with books contributed from libraries across the country. Create a username and password to borrow up to five books at a time. |
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Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context) Continuously updated information and opinions cover hot issues. |
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Our State Magazine Collection Summon Search or browse Our State magazine, North Carolina's premier travel, food, and culture publication celebrating the best of life in the state. Every issue from 1933 to 2017 is online in the North Carolina Digital Collections, and articles and advertisements are full text searchable. |
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Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine (Gale OneFile) Articles on treatment techniques, experimental research, and more. |
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Political science and international relations journals, dissertations and working papers on topics such as comparative politics, political economy, international development, and environmental policy. |
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Pop Culture Studies (Gale OneFile) Articles on popular culture analysis and more. |
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Large collection of free and downloadable eBooks in the public domain. |
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General reference database for over 175 subjects from magazines, journals and newspapers, including peer-reviewed and scholarly works. |
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Full-text works of poetry, prose and drama, and secondary sources such as author biographies, literary criticisms, essays, reviews and interviews. Designed with schools and public libraries in mind. |
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General reference database from business and political science to literature and psychology scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and daily news content, accessible to readers and researchers at every level. |
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Clinical and social psychology articles on topics such as genetics, psychology of business and economics, communication, criminology, addiction, neurology, social welfare, and more. |
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Articles on personality, the human mind, memory, and more. |
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This database allows you to search the core literature in the field of public health. |
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Comprehensive resource containing citations (not full articles) to biomedical articles and life science journals. |
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Religious news and information, informative details on doctrines and philosophies, and scholarly reports on religious history and related archaeology. |
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Religion and Philosophy (Gale OneFile) Articles on world religions, philosophies, and related field. |
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ProQuest Research Companion Summon An award-winning, cloud-based information literacy solution that enables educators and librarians to guide students through research projects efficiently. |
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Applied and general science articles covering topics such as global warming, alternative energy sources, robotic engineering, genetically modified food, and more. |
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Academic articles, videos, experiments, and more. |
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Designed specifically for elementary and middle school students, SIRS Discoverer offers articles, nonfiction books, images, activities, and websites curated for educational relevance, age appropriateness, and readability. |
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SIRS Issues Researcher Summon Research the pros and cons of current issues and enduring social issues through full-text articles, multimedia, primary sources, government documents and reference materials |
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Research covering topics in sociology, social work, anthropology, and politics. |
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Sociological and social work research including culture and social structure, history and theory of sociology, social psychology, substance abuse and addiction, and more |
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State Data Center Summon The site includes population, economic, and income data as well as county profiles and rankings. |
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Statistical Abstract of the United States Summon An authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. |
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Fast answers to medical questions. 3D images of anatomy and physiology, interactive board review tools, and a full-text library of medical titles. |
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Covers topics including computer applications, data communications and data transmission systems, electronic data processing, information science and information theory, radio and television. |
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Transparent Language Online Summon Transparent Language Online provides a fun, effective, and engaging experience for learners of all levels looking to build their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in a foreign language. Combining robust courses, supplemental vocabulary, extensive grammar resources, and mobile apps, Transparent Language Online is the most complete language-learning system. With over 110 languages to choose from, including English for speakers of over 30 languages, there is something for every learner |
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This database provides ongoing full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in Turkey |
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Twentieth-Century American Poetry A database of modern and contemporary American poetry from the early twentieth century to the present. Presently includes 36,000 poems drawn from 460 volumes by 217 poets. |
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Twentieth-Century African American Poetry 62 of the most important African-American poets of the last century: Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, Imamu Amiri Baraka, Audre Lorde and Rita Dove. |
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Twentieth-Century English Poetry Modernist poems (1900-1999): W.B. Yeats, Rudyard Kipling, Wilfred Owen, Robert Graves, A.E. Housman, D.H. Lawrence, Carol Ann Duffy, and more. |
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This database provides ongoing full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. |
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U.S. History (Gale In Context) Academic articles, videos, primary documents, and more on topics in U.S. history. |
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Robust coverage for both novice historians and advanced researchers. |
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News content from many national and international newspapers, newswires and selected news magazines. |
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Vocations and Careers (Gale OneFile) Articles on job searching, building a career, and more. |
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Full articles from the Wall Street Journal (1981-current). |
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War and Terrorism (Gale OneFile) Articles on war and its causes, current events, terrorism, and more |
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Full articles from The Washington Post (1996-current). |
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World History (Gale In Context) Academic articles, videos, case studies, and more on topics in world history. |
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Well-rounded coverage of current thinking and scholarly work. |
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World Scholar: Latin America and the Caribbean (Primary Sources) Primary documents are sourced from collections in the U.S. and abroad. |