History & Biography
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| Title | Recommended |
|---|---|
| ABC-CLIO E-book Collection | History & literature e-books, including the series Daily Life, Critical Companions, Literature in Context, as well as American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography. |
| Academic Search Premier | Magazines and journals on many subjects, includes peer-reviewed and scholarly works. |
| American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography | Life histories of former slaves compiled from 4,000 interviews with ex-slaves. |
| ArchiveGrid | Access to primary source information, including birth and death records, ship logs, and cemetery records. |
| DigitalNC | Explore the history and culture of North Carolina through original materials from cultural heritage repositories across the state. |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library | Searchable collection of titles such as Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, Islam and the Muslim World, Modern Asia, and more. |
| HeritageQuest | Treasury of American genealogical sources: unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. Includes historical census, PERSI, Revolutionary War records, and more. |
| MasterFile Premier | General magazines, journals, and newspapers covering many subjects. Includes peer-reviewed. |
| MyiLibrary | Online books in the areas of North Carolina history, American political and military history. |
| MyiLibrary eAudio Books | Histories & biographies on pivotal aspects of American history such as The Civil War, Vietnam, WWII, and social histories. Download them to your iPod or MP3. |
| NC LIVE Video Collection | Online videos on The Civil War, World War II, World War I, Colonial America, and more. |
| NetLibrary | Nearly 25,000 fiction, reference, scholarly, and professional books online. |
| 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. |
| OAIster | Catalog of digital books, articles, audiofiles, images, and more. |
| WorldCat | Catalog of books and other materials in libraries around the world. |
Articles
| Title | Recommended |
|---|---|
| Academic Search Premier | Magazines and journals on many subjects, includes peer-reviewed and scholarly works. |
| MasterFile Premier | General magazines, journals, and newspapers covering many subjects. Includes peer-reviewed. |
| OAIster | Catalog of digital books, articles, audiofiles, images, and more. |
Audio Books
| Title | Recommended |
|---|---|
| MyiLibrary eAudio Books | Histories & biographies on pivotal aspects of American history such as The Civil War, Vietnam, WWII, and social histories. Download them to your iPod or MP3. |
Biographies
| Title | Recommended |
|---|---|
| ABC-CLIO E-book Collection | History & literature e-books, including the series Daily Life, Critical Companions, Literature in Context, as well as American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography. |
| MyiLibrary | Online books in the areas of North Carolina history, American political and military history. |
| MyiLibrary eAudio Books | Histories & biographies on pivotal aspects of American history such as The Civil War, Vietnam, WWII, and social histories. Download them to your iPod or MP3. |
| NC LIVE Video Collection | Online videos on The Civil War, World War II, World War I, Colonial America, and more. |
| NetLibrary | Nearly 25,000 fiction, reference, scholarly, and professional books online. |
Peer-Reviewed
| Title | Recommended |
|---|---|
| Academic Search Premier | Magazines and journals on many subjects, includes peer-reviewed and scholarly works. |
| MasterFile Premier | General magazines, journals, and newspapers covering many subjects. Includes peer-reviewed. |
Primary Sources
| Title | Recommended |
|---|---|
| ABC-CLIO E-book Collection | History & literature e-books, including the series Daily Life, Critical Companions, Literature in Context, as well as American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography. |
| American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography | Life histories of former slaves compiled from 4,000 interviews with ex-slaves. |
| DigitalNC | Explore the history and culture of North Carolina through original materials from cultural heritage repositories across the state. |
| HeritageQuest | Treasury of American genealogical sources: unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. Includes historical census, PERSI, Revolutionary War records, and more. |
| 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. |
Videos
| Title | Recommended |
|---|---|
| NC LIVE Video Collection | Online videos on The Civil War, World War II, World War I, Colonial America, and more. |
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