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  • ArchiveGrid

    Access to primary source information, including birth and death records, ship logs, and cemetery records.

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  • Digital Library on American Slavery

    Digital Library on American Slavery (DLAS) is a freely available and searchable database focused on bringing to light the names of enslaved individuals from court petitions, historical newspapers, and deed records held by Register of Deeds offices across North Carolina.

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

  • DigitalNC

    Explore the history and culture of North Carolina through original materials from cultural heritage repositories across the state.

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  • LawHelpNC

    Find information and links about your legal rights, the law, the courts, legal forms and more.

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  • NC Health Info

    Online guide to quality health and medical information and local health services throughout North Carolina.

  • NCPedia

    Information about the state, its history, people, government, and educational institutions.

  • NCWorks Online

    Complete set of employment tools for job seekers in North Carolina. Search jobs, create résumés, find education and training.

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  • Occupational Outlook Handbook

    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.

  • Open Library

    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.

  • Our State Magazine Collection

    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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  • PubMed

    Comprehensive resource containing citations (not full articles) to biomedical articles and life science journals.

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  • State Data Center

    The site includes population, economic, and income data as well as county profiles and rankings.

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