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ABI/Inform Complete

Business research of journals, trade publications, market research reports, dissertations and working papers.

Business Market Research Collection

Company, industry, economic and geopolitical market research from three sources: OxResearch from Oxford Analytica, Snapshots and Hoover's Company Profiles.

Consumer Reports via MasterFile Premier

Collection of product reviews and recommendations for cars, appliances, electronics, personal finance and health information.

Reports on issues shaping our world, with in-depth coverage of political and social issues: the environment, education, health, technology and the US economy.

Morningstar Investment Research Center

Includes research and independent opinions on thousands of mutual funds, stocks and hundreds of ETFs.

Proquest Entrepreneurship

Information for entrepreneurs and researchers including journals, business cases, videos, business start-up plans and more.

The premier source of business and residential information for reference and research.

US Statistical Abstract

An authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on US social, political and economic conditions.

Wall Street Journal

Full articles, 1981-current.

Centralina Career Headlight

Through powerful visualizations, learn about careers available in the Centralina region that pay well and are a good fit for you and your life goals. See career information in visual, interactive and easy-to-understand dashboards.

A software program that composes a resume, cover letter and reference sheet in a professional format.

Ferguson's Career Guidance Center

Career database enabling users to explore industries and careers, plan their education and research best practices for résumés, cover letters, interviewing, networking and salaries/benefits. Includes articles, career advice blogs and streaming video.

Testing & Education Reference Center (TERC)

A testing and education preparation resource with in-depth information on college, graduate and professional programs, professional training, scholarships, certifications, practice tests, entrance and licensing exams.

Universal Class

Learn something new today! Over 500 online non-credit continuing education courses.

Discover your family history and start a family tree. Try free and access over 7 billion genealogy records including Census, SSDI and Military. Temporary remote access.

Primary source information, including birth, death and cemetery records and ship logs.

Chronicling America

Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1836-1922 or use the US Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.

Digital Public Library of America

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 US. Find primary sources to use in school projects, academic research, family history research and more.

Presented by the NC Digital Heritage Center supported by Library Services and Technology Act funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the NC State Library, a division of the Cultural Resources Department.

Discover your family history through the world's largest collection of free family trees and genealogy records compiled by the Church of Latter Day Saints.

A free resource for finding the final resting places of famous folks, friends and family members. With millions of names, it's an invaluable tool for genealogical research.

The place for the web's premier collection of original US military records from many repositories including the US National Archives. Temporary remote access.

A treasury of American genealogical primary sources, finding aids, local and family histories. Includes historical census, PERSI, Revolutionary War records and more.

Historic NC Digital Newspaper Collection

3.5 million pages of digitized content from over 1,000 NC county newspapers searchable via Newspapers.com.

Independent Tribune Archives

Full-text, searchable, local news content, 2008-present, from the Independent Tribune via NewsBank, including special reports about current topics.

The newspaper industry's leading provider of online obituaries.

Local History/Lore Room

Cabarrus County Public Library's center for genealogical and historical research.

Interactive map for researching Cabarrus County properties with history information.

A dictionary of NC’s geographical place names documenting location, history and origins. First published by the UNC Press in 1968, it was compiled by noted NC historian William S. Powell, professor emeritus of history at UNC-Chapel Hill. A revised edition in 2010 co-edited by Michael Hill of the NC Office of Archives and History updated and expanded the volume. It contains information on over 20,000 places in NC.

NC Land Grant Images and Data

Contains searchable data for over 216,000 land grants issued by the state of NC from 1663 to 1960. Of these, 42,995 are linked directly to the page image from the corresponding Patent Book where the land description ("metes and bounds") was recorded. For all of Mecklenburg County and part of Wilkes County, grants are linked to over 42,000 high quality images of original warrants, surveys and other related documents.

Information about NC, its history, people, government and educational institutions.

Our State Magazine Collection

Premier travel, food and culture publication celebrating the best of life in NC. Every issue is in the NC Digital Collection from 1933 to 2011, advertisements and articles are full text searchable.

Register of Deeds

Online access to Cabarrus County deed transactions dating from 1792 to the present.

Sanborn Maps NC

Large-scale digital maps, 1867-1970, of NC towns and cities.

Reference database with authoritative and up-to-date auto repair and service information on more than 38,000 vehicles. All content comes from the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and includes step-by-step repair information, diagrams, maintenance schedules, parts and labor estimates, service bulletins and recalls.

Language learning software with courses in over 70 languages, including English.

Readers' advisory resource using appeal factor and expert review to offer read-alike and listen-alike recommendations for fiction, nonfiction and audiobooks.

Universal Class

Learn something new today! Over 500 online non-credit continuing education courses.

History and literature e-books: the series Daily Life, Critical Companions, American Slavery: Composite Autobiography and Literature in Context.

Home Grown eBook Collection

Over 1,200 fiction/non-fiction titles solely from NC publishers.

A wide range of eBooks, comics, audiobooks, music, movies and more. Hoopla spans genres and age groups with titles that entertain and are educational.

NC KIDS Digital Library

A digital collection of eBooks, audiobooks, videos and read-alongs for kids pre-K through 4th grade. NC Kids Digital Library is sponsored by NCPLDA: NC Public Library Directors Association, NCGA: NC General Assembly, with assistance from the State Library of NC and supported by an IMLS federal LSTA grant.

RBdigital eBooks, Audiobooks and Magazines

Exclusive recorded eAudio books, with content from major publishers, and an eBook service, combined in one collection for a comprehensive platform. Curated lists feature the best literature in a variety of genres including an outstanding collection of award-winning child and young adult titles.

A collection of animated talking picture books with fiction, non-fiction and foreign language titles, math stories, read-alongs (chapter books with sentence highlighting and narration but no animation), videos (National Geographic) and TumbleTV, pre-set playlists of a sequence of books, puzzles and games.

Health and Wellness Information Center

The new NC LIVE health portal includes free access to health information, news, journal articles, eBooks, videos, health resources in English and Spanish and more on topics including diet, fitness, illnesses, wellness and prevention. NC residents can freely and easily search premium content from top health and medical journals and books. Additionally, trustworthy web resources have been hand-selected by health science librarians at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Proquest Family Health

Magazines and journals covering consumer health topics, such as sports injuries, women's health, food and nutrition, midwifery, eye care and dentistry.

Proquest Nursing and Allied Health

Journals and dissertations: nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine.

Universal Class

Learn something new today! Over 500 online non-credit continuing education courses.

Biography Reference Center

A comprehensive collection of full-text biographies on popular and heavily-researched figures. Users locate biographies by browsing key categories, including occupation, nationality, publication and more than 30 genre categories including actors, artists, athletes, authors, current world leaders, explorers, scientists and many others.

Credo Reference

Premier virtual reference collection including atlases, encyclopedias, dictionaries, images, audio files, and videos in a wide expanse of subject areas.

Language learning software with courses in over 70 languages, including English.

NC KIDS Digital Library

A digital collection of eBooks, audiobooks, videos and read-alongs for kids pre-K through 4th grade. NC Kids Digital Library is sponsored by NCPLDA: NC Public Library Directors Association, NCGA: NC General Assembly, with assistance from the State Library of NC and supported by an IMLS federal LSTA grant.

Proquest Science Journals

Applied and general science articles. Topics include robotic engineering, genetically modified food, global warming, alternative energy sources and more.

Science in Context

Reference content plus journals, experiments, magazines, news and more. Covering science, mathematics, space, technology, history and biology.

SIRS Discoverer

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.

Testing & Education Reference Center (TERC)

A testing and education preparation resource with in-depth information on college, graduate and professional programs, professional training, scholarships, certifications, practice tests, entrance and licensing exams.

A collection of animated talking picture books with fiction, non-fiction and foreign language titles, math stories, read-alongs (chapter books with sentence highlighting and narration but no animation), videos (National Geographic) and TumbleTV, pre-set playlists of a sequence of books, puzzles and games.

US Statistical Abstract

An authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on US social, political and economic conditions.

World Book Online

Dynamic and interactive online encyclopedia for young students to adults.

NC LIVE - Our main database is NC LIVE. NC LIVE is a public service that provides North Carolinians with free 24/7 online access to reliable information and resources that enhance education, statewide economic development, and quality of life.

NC LIVE resources are online library resources that can be used from the convenience of your own home with an Internet connection. By working collaboratively, NC LIVE saves NC libraries money and puts all North Carolinians in a better position to make decisions, take action, and find the information they need.

What’s available:

25,000 eBooks
18,000 full text journals, magazines, newspapers 400 videos
Thousand of images and maps
Interactive tests and tools

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