Davidson College Library How to Access NC LIVE Resources

Using NC LIVE What is NC LIVE? Accessing NC LIVE Databases Davidson Students, Faculty, & Staff Other NC Residents Questions? Ask a Librarian! What is NC LIVE? The North Carolina Libraries for Virtual Education (NC LIVE) is a consortium of public libraries, community college libraries, libraries at independent colleges and universities (such as Davidson), and libraries in the state's university system. It provides users of these libraries with free access to a wealth of electronic resources, including over 60 databases and full-text collections. NC LIVE is funded in part by the North Carolina General Assembly, the citizens of North Carolina, the Duke Endowment, the Cannon Foundation, and libraries at independent colleges and universities in the state, including the Davidson College Library. For more information, see About NC LIVE. Accessing NC LIVE Databases Davidson students, faculty, & staff | Other NC residents Davidson Students, Faculty, & Staff You can get on-campus and off-campus access to NC LIVE resources from the Library's Indexes & Databases pages. The databases are listed along with the Library's own database subscriptions; to identify NC LIVE titles, just look for the NC LIVE logo . Other NC Residents If you have a public library card, you can access NC LIVE resources! North Carolina residents can search NC LIVE resources from within any public library in the state as well as from home with a special password. To get the password for remote access, contact your local public library. Once you have the password, just go to the NC LIVE site to login. For more information, see NC LIVE's FAQ. Note: Passwords for remote access change every six months; your local public library can give you the current password. NC LIVE has resources for children, teenagers, and adults. Some popular NC LIVE titles include: Children's resources America the Beautiful (geography encyclopedia for grades K-8) Britannica Online School Edition (encyclopedia for students) Lands and Peoples (encyclopedia on cultures, countries, and current events) Primary Search (full text of over 60 magazines for children) Full-text articles Academic Search Premier (magazine and journal articles in all subject areas) America's Newspapers (North Carolina and select national newspapers) Business Source Premier (business magazines and journals) Newspaper Source (national and international newspapers) ProQuest Newspapers (national and North Carolina newspapers) Genealogy HeritageQuest (research source for tracing family history) Health Information Clinical Pharmacology (information about all types of drugs) Health Source (general health, nutrition, and medical information) High School & Middle School Students Annals of American History (year-by-year chronicle with selected primary sources) CQ Researcher (non-biased reports on contemporary issues) Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Historical Events of the 20th Century (narrative and analysis of major events) Literature in Context (historical and cultural context of major literary titles) LearningExpress Library (practice tests, including tests for the ACT, AP, and SAT) Masterfile Premier (full-text magazine and journal articles on a wide variety of topics) Middle Search Plus (reference tool for middle school students) World Data Analyst (current and historical statistics on the countries of the world) Information for Investors Morningstar Library Edition (information about stocks and funds) Reference Sources Britannica Online (the complete Encyclopedia Britannica with added tools Enciclopedia Universal en Español (Spanish-language encyclopedia) Gale Virtual Reference Library (full-text reference books) NoveList (information about works of fiction with recommendations) ReferenceUSA (residential and business directories) ... and much more!

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