Research Tools

NC LIVE (North Carolina Libraries for Virtual Education) is the state's electronic library, created to give you electronic access to magazine articles, national and local newspapers, business and professional journals, reference sources and research material. This exciting online information goes far beyond anything readily available on the Internet and represents a rich and diverse information resource to help you in your work, school and other aspects of your daily life.

NC LIVE is available at any public, university, college or community college library in North Carolina.

NC LIVE is also available to you, as a library cardholder, at home, at work or at any computer with an Internet connection, but you must have a password. You can obtain a password by calling or visiting your library and presenting your library card number.

Databases

		Learning Express	Pre-tests on a variety of subjects: GED, military, civil service, SAT, GRE, etc.
		Reference USA	Business and residential address access.
		Heritage Quest	A genealogical resource: U.S. Census record, passenger list, etc. databases.
		Auto Repair Reference Center	Auto-Repair Manuals from Ebsco Publishing. Vehicles from 1945 to present.
		NCEcho	Historical/Digital Database

		Gale Literature Resource Center	Comprehensive college level literature reference database.
		Ancestry.com	A genealogical resource containing 4000 databases with 1.5 billion names.