NC LIVE

According to the organization's web site, 'NC LIVE is a statewide collaborative among the nearly 200 public and academic libraries in North Carolina'. The organization buys access to a large array of online databases and makes them available to the patrons of member libraries. I'm currently investigating whether our library is eligible for participation [update 5/22/09: unfortunately, we don't qualify for membership]. In any case, all residents of the state can access NC LIVE through their county public library system.

• Durham County Libraries Web Site
• Wake County Libraries Web Site

In addition, Art Institute students can access NC LIVE through the Durham County Public Library system, regardless of whether they are a resident of Durham County. To get a Durham County library card and an NC LIVE password, visit the main branch of the Durham County Public Library (just a couple of blocks away from campus: map) and bring your Art Institute student ID card and one other form of ID. Once you have a library card you will be able to get the NC LIVE password, as well as borrow books and videos.



Highlights of NC LIVE (truly a huge collection of databases):

Academic Search Premier
Multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 8,200 journals in the collection.

CAMIO
Provides rights-cleared, high-quality art images for class projects, art history and studio art programs, course Web sites, lectures, presentations, and research resources. [This resource may be discontinued in future due to low usage.]

Career Library
Career Library offers a comprehensive information resource for career and college research. Five user-friendly components help users match their interests to occupations, education prospects, and more.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale Virtual Reference Library provides respected authoritative essays on varied topics from numerous subject areas, all in E-Book reference title format.

NetLibrary
NetLibrary e-books offers easy access to the full text of more than 22,000 refrence, scholarly, and professional full-text books online. [This resource may be discontinued in future due to low usage.]

PBS Video Collection
A selection of nearly 250 PBS programs, including films from award winning documentarian Ken Burns, and series such as Scientific American Frontiers, American Experience, and Frontline. These videos are available using video stream and require Adobe Flash Player Version 9.0 or higher.

Simply Map
SimplyMap is a web-based mapping application that lets users quickly create professional-quality thematic maps and reports using powerful demographic, business, and marketing data.