Research & Learning

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NC LIVE offers free electronic access to resources for all ages on topics ranging from careers, business, and investing, to health, history, and genealogy. Ebooks, audiobooks, videos, magazines, newspapers, journals, language-learning tools, and other online materials available through NC LIVE are designed for at-home use, and are available from any Internet connection via library websites, and at www.nclive.org

ABI/INFORM Collection	The database features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals such as the Economist, country-and industry-focused reports, and downloadable data. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world.
Consumer Reports	Popular collection of product reviews and recommendations for cars, appliances, electronics, personal finance, and health information.
Data Axle	Reference and research tool providing instant, real-time access to accurate, in-depth information on 24 million U.S. businesses and 235 million U.S. residents. ReferenceUSA makes it faster and easier to find new business opportunities, research executives and companies, find news articles, conduct job searches, research papers, locate addresses and phone numbers, conduct market research and much more.
Foundation Center Funding Information Network	The Iredell County Public Library is a member of the Foundation Center Funding Information Network. Through a collaboration with United Way of Iredell County, the library provides community organizations and nonprofits with access to thousands of sources for grant opportunities.
LawHelpNC	Find information and links about your legal rights, the law, the courts, legal forms and more.
Morningstar	Access market research, business data, and independent opinions on thousands of mutual funds, stocks, and hundreds of ETFs.
NC Live Business Information Center	Provides access to trade journals, legal help, business directories, market research, industry information, and North Carolina business. Includes resources for small business development and analytics.
ProQuest Business Market Research Collection	Conduct company, industry, economic and geopolitical market research with information from a variety of scholarly sources. Subjects covered include Business, Economics, and Market Research. Coverage ranges from 1986-Current.
ProQuest Central	ProQuest Central is the largest single periodical resource available, bringing together complete databases across all major subject areas, including Business, Health and Medical, Language and Literature, Social Sciences, Education, Science and Technology, as well as core titles in the Performing and Visual Arts, History, Religion, Philosophy. Includes thousands of full-text newspapers from around the world.
ProQuest Entrepreneurship Database	Reference and research tool providing instant, real-time access to accurate, in-depth information on 24 million U.S. businesses and 235 million U.S. residents. ReferenceUSA makes it faster and easier to find new business opportunities, research executives and companies, find news articles, conduct job searches, research papers, locate addresses and phone numbers, conduct market research and much more.
Wall Street Journal	Read full articles from the Wall Street Journal online (1982-current).

Cypress Resume	Cypress Resume is the simplest, most effective tool for resume creation on the market today. This online resume builder that lets you create professional-quality resumes in three quick and simple steps. Specifically designed for job seekers skittish about writing, Cypress Resume allows anyone to create a professional resume in a matter of minutes.
Data Axle	Reference and research tool providing instant, real-time access to accurate, in-depth information on 24 million U.S. businesses and 235 million U.S. residents. ReferenceUSA makes it faster and easier to find new business opportunities, research executives and companies, find news articles, conduct job searches, research papers, locate addresses and phone numbers, conduct market research and much more.
Ferguson's Career Guidance Center	Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center is a comprehensive resource that enables users to explore industries and careers, plan their education, and research best practices for resumes, cover letters, interviewing, networking, and salaries/benefits. The database includes articles, career advice blogs, and streaming video.
Learning Express Library /PrepSTEP	Suite of highly-acclaimed eLearning solutions which provide interactive tutorials, practice tests, e-books, flashcards and articles for academic skill-building, standardized test preparation, career development and more.
NorthStar Digital Literacy	Northstar Digital Literacy defines basic skills needed to perform tasks on computers and online. Northstar was developed in response to the needs of job seekers who may lack the digital literacy skills needed to seek, obtain, and retain employment, as well as to perform other tasks in daily life, but can also be used by children to learn basic computer skills such as using Microsoft word, Excel, Google Drive, and more. NorthStar includes a section for parents where they can learn the skills needed to help their child with remote learning.
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.

ABC-CLIO E-book Collection	Contains History & Literature eBooks, including the series Daily Life, Critical Companions, Literature in Context, as well as American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography.
Consumer Reports	Popular collection of product reviews and recommendations for cars, appliances, electronics, personal finance, and health information.
eBooks on EBSCOhost	Offers over 26,000 fiction, reference, scholarly, and professional books online.
Home Grown eBooks Collection	A collection of more than 1,000 eBooks from a variety of North Carolina publishers. Includes popular and scholarly nonfiction, novels by well-known NC authors, and award-winning short fiction and poetry.
Hoopla	Downloadable audio and ebooks on a variety of topics, including language learning, history, biography, classic literature, and more. Compatible with all popular e-readers. An app is available for download. Users will need to make a personal account to use this resource.
New York Times Magazine	Full articles from the New York Times (1980-current).
Open Library	Downloadable audio and eBooks on a variety of topics, including language learning, history, biography, classic literature, and more. Compatible with most iPods and WMA compatible MP3 players.
Our State Magazine Collection	Explore past issues of Our State, one of North Carolina's longest running and most popular magazines. Date coverage ranges from 1933-Present.
Overdrive/Libby	Overdrive features eBooks and digital audio books, including the latest bestsellers and the most popular authors. Read on your Kindle or Nook, or get the Libby App for your Apple, Android or Windows 10 device to read or listen anywhere on the go. Additionally, you can get eBooks for kids and teens, as well as eBooks in Spanish.
Wall Street Journal Magazine	Read full articles from the Wall Street Journal online (1982-current).

Cinahl Plus with Full Text	This comprehensive research database provides full text for nursing and allied health journals indexed in CINAHL Plus. Additional materials include full-text evidence-based care sheets, quick lessons and continuing education modules.
MedlinePlus	MedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library, it brings you information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand. MedlinePlus offers reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, for free.
NC Health Info	The Health Sciences Library (HSL) at UNC-Chapel Hill created NC Health Info to help you find reliable and easy-to-understand health and medical information and services. All the resources referenced on our page have been carefully selected by HSL librarians.

CQResearcher Online	Reports on issues shaping our world, with in-depth coverage of political and social issues, such as health, education, the environment, technology, and the U.S. economy.
Credo Reference	A premier virtual reference collection including encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, images, audio files, and videos in a wide expanse of subject areas.
ebook Central	Scholarly titles supporting student and faculty research, and general nonfiction on topics such as school & studying, career development, arts & leisure, and practical life skills.
Gale in Context: Biography	A biography database which merges Gale’s authoritative reference content, including Lives & Perspectives, with periodicals and multimedia. Includes more than 600,000 biographical entries covering international figures from all time periods and areas of study.
Gale Literary Sources	Combines Literature Resource Center with Gale Virtual Reference Library in one interface. Articles, critical essays, work and topic overviews, full-text works, and biographies covering authors, their works, and literary movements.
Learning Express Library /PrepSTEP	Suite of highly-acclaimed eLearning solutions which provide interactive tutorials, practice tests, e-books, flashcards and articles for academic skill-building, standardized test preparation, career development and more.
ProQuest Research Library	This Gale database offers articles, critical essays, work and topic overviews, full-text works, and biographies covering authors, their works, and literary movements.
SIRS Issues Researcher	Covers resources invaluable for argumentative essays, including Pro/Con issue articles and debate topics. Search for articles, primary sources, websites and graphics to support students with research, study and homework. Covers government, current issues, arts and humanities.
US Newsstream	US Newsstream enables users to search the most recent premium U.S. news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format.

Ancestry Library Edition	Ancestry Library Edition provides access to billions of historical documents, millions of historical photos, plus local narratives, oral histories, indexes and other resources in over 30,000 databases that span from the 1500s to the 2000s.
DigitalNC	Explore the history and culture of North Carolina through original materials from cultural heritage repositories across the state. Collections include yearbooks, newspapers, images, memorabilia, city directories, and audiovisual materials.
Digital Sanborn Maps	Sanborn fire insurance maps chart the growth and development of thousands of America towns and cities across a century. Genealogists and local historians will find the maps a valuable tool.
Heritage Quest Online	Discover your family history today! Heritage Quest Online is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, convenient research guides, interactive census maps, and more.
Historic North Carolina Digital Newspaper Collection	This historic collection of North Carolina newspapers contains 3.5 million pages of digitized content from over 1,000 NC county newspapers.
Historic Photograph Collection	The library's digital photograph collection has over 100,000 photographs of Iredell County history, including the Stimson Collection, the Tharpe Collection, high school yearbooks, and other unique photographs.
Local History Collection Indexes	Library staff and volunteers have created multiple indexes showing what information is available in the Local History Department. Types of information include birth, marriage, an death records, newspaper articles, and more.
Newspaper Archive	The world's largest online newspaper archive, including Statesville newspapers from 1874 to 1977. This unique archive spans more than 400 years of family history, small-town events, world news and more. Note: This resource is only accessible from the library's public computers.
Statesville Record & Landmark	Statesville Record & Landmark from 2007 to the current issue via NewsBank.

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Craftsy	Craftsy is an online resource for all creative makers, where you can find everything you need – from basic instruction to advanced techniques. It’s a community of enthusiastic makers, from quilters and sewers, to cake decorators and painters, wanting to create beautiful things and express their creativity.
Films on Demand Video Collection	Thousands of high quality videos on business & economics, health & medicine, humanities & social sciences, and science & mathematics, as well as travel and fitness programming, home and how-to videos, indie films, and popular music performances. Includes Oscar, Emmy and Peabody award winning documentaries, interviews, instructional and vocational training videos, historical speeches and newsreels.
Gale in Context: Biography	A biography database which merges Gale’s authoritative reference content, including Lives & Perspectives, with periodicals and multimedia. Includes more than 600,000 biographical entries covering international figures from all time periods and areas of study.
Just for Kids Streaming Collection	The Just for Kids Streaming Collection for public libraries gives children—and their parents—a thoroughly kid-safe, advertisement-free media platform they can freely explore and enjoy. Just for Kids has the educational videos children want to watch—Sesame Street, The Electric Company, The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss, The Berenstain Bears, Franklin, and thousands more—plus songs, games, and other interactives that are sure to entertain, educate, and inspire young patrons.
Learning Express Library /PrepSTEP	Suite of highly-acclaimed eLearning solutions which provide interactive tutorials, practice tests, e-books, flashcards and articles for academic skill-building, standardized test preparation, career development and more.
NC LIVE Resources	NC LIVE offers free electronic access to resources for all ages on topics ranging from careers, business, and investing, to health, history, and genealogy. Ebooks, audiobooks, videos, magazines, newspapers, journals, language-learning tools, and other online materials available through NC LIVE are designed for at-home use. Learn more about getting started with NC Live here.
Niche Academy	Learn how to utilize Google Docs, download eBooks through the Libby app, and more! Niche Academy is our library's very own video tutorial collection, containing easy to follow instructions for utilizing our databases and online resources.
Transparent Language	Provides a fun, effective, and engaging experience for learners of all levels looking to build their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in a foreign language. With over 110 languages to choose from, including English for speakers of over 30 languages, there is something for every learner. Transparent Language Online combines robust courses, supplemental vocabulary, extensive grammar resources, and mobile apps for a complete language-learning experience.
Universal Class	Universal Class offers hundreds of online continuing education classes facilitated by dedicated instructors sharing their knowledge on almost any imaginable topic. All courses are free with your Iredell County Public Library Card. Learn more about using Universal Class here.