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| Libby, by OverDrive: Borrow e-books and e-audiobooks from Brunswick County LIbrary's collection to read on your phone or tablet using the Libby by OverDrive app. You can even send your borrowed e-books to your Kindle e-reader (U.S. only)! It’s free and easy to get started for new users. | ||
| NC Kids Digital Library and NC Kids Level Up offers e-books, audiobooks, streaming videos, and Read-Alongs. NC Kids collection focuses on PreK – 4th grade materials, while the Level Up collection focuses on 4th-8th grade materials. These collections were designed for youth ages pre-K through middle grades and includes picture books, youth fiction, youth non-fiction, and more. Titles are accessed via the Libby app. | ||
| Hoopla provides downloadable e-audiobooks and e-books on a variety of topics, including language learning, history, biography, classic literature, and more. An app is available. This collection is provided by the State of North Carolina, not BCL. Users will need to make a personal account to use this resource. | ||
| Star-News Collection - 1994 to current Explore Wilmington history through local news, events, and people with the Star-News Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles, and content only published online. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device. | ||
| Brunswick Beacon via NewsBank Search full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and more from current and archived issues. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device. To view further coverage of this title (1985-1994), see the DigitalNC collection. | ||
| State Port Pilot collection The State Port Pilot issues from 1935-1976 and 1992-1999. Newspapers were scanned from issues held by the Southport Historical Society and Margaret and James Harper, Jr. Library. To view further coverage of this title (1977-1991), see the UNCW collection. | ||
| America's News via NewsBank Explore and stay informed on local and national topics, people, and events from newspapers across the U.S. including many local North Carolina newspapers. Available remotely 24/7 on any device. Includes Wilmington Star-News, The Brunswick Beacon, The Myrtle Beach Sun News, and more. | ||
| Full articles from The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, The Economist, and The Wall Street Journal are available for free with your library card. Access each newspaper and search for articles. | ||
| Consumer Reports - Free access to this popular collection of product reviews and recommendations for cars, appliances, electronics, personal finance, and health information. | ||
| Digital NC offers digital copies of newspapers, yearbooks, and more. Explore original materials from 317 libraries, museums, and archives across North Carolina. Local newspapers available include historic issues of the Southport Herald, The Southport Leader, State Port Pilot, and The Brunswick Beacon. | ||
| The HomeGrown Ebooks Collection contains e-books 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. Read on your computer or other device; there is no app needed for this resource. | ||
| NoveList Plus Find book recommendations based on your favorite books, authors, genres, and more. Read-alikes are suggested by librarians, not AI, in this database! | ||
Search Business & Management on NC LIVE
| LearningExpress Library Complete and PrepSTEP Academic: Practice tests, interactive tutorials, and ebooks for students adult learners. Includes practices tests such as GED, GRE, SAT, TEAS, and supports those looking to improve core academic skills, pass a high school equivalency test, prepare for college, join the military, obtain occupational certification, find a job, change careers, become a U.S. citizen and much more. | |
| Ferguson's Career Guidance Center: Explore careers and best practices for job searching, take a career interest assessment. | |
Data-Axle Reference Solutions: Find data about U.S. companies. Identify company ownership and sales volume. Research local businesses and markets. | |
| Morningstar Investment Research Center: Includes research and independent opinions on thousands of mutual funds, stocks, and hundreds of ETFs | |
Entrepreneurship Database: Database that includes business start-up plans, video clips, journals, business cases, and more. | |
| Northstar Digital Literacy: Northstar offers self-directed online instruction and practice resources, and the ability to track your progress. Earn certificates through proctored assessments in Basic Computer Skills, Internet Basics, Windows 11, Mac OS, Microsoft Word, Social Media, and more. | |
ABI/INFORM Collection: Business research from journals, trade publications, market research reports, dissertations, and working papers. | |
| Got Resume Builder: Free resume builder with sample resumes an assisted writing. Create a log-in to save your resume for later. Multiple formatting and downloading options. | |
Social Explorer: Visualization and data-mapping tool with thousands of data indicators across demography, economy, crime and more. | |
Search History & Biography on NC LIVE
| Ancestry Library Edition: Ancestry Plus delivers billions of records in census data, vital records, directories, photos, and more. Ancestry Plus is an unprecedented online collection of individuals from North America, the UK, Europe, Australia, and more. Only available on-site at library locations; you can use a library computer or your own device as long as you are on the Brunswick County Library network. | |
| 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. | |
| Digital Sanborn Maps (1867 to 1970) for North Carolina: Digital Sanborn Maps (1867 to 1970) for North Carolina delivers detailed property and land-use records that depict the grid of everyday life in 158 North Carolina towns and cities across a century of change. | |
Search Health & Wellness on NC LIVE
Consumer Health Database: Magazines and journals covering sports injuries, women's health, nutrition, eye care, dentistry, and more. | |
MedLine Plus: Common diseases and conditions, health promotion and wellness, drugs info, medical dictionaries and more. MedLine Plus Drugs, Herbs And Supplements: Guide to prescription and over-the-counter medications, herbs, and supplements. | |
NC Health Info: Online guide to quality health and medical information and local health services throughout North Carolina. | |
CINAHL Plus with Full Text: Nursing and allied health journals, education modules, care sheets, research instruments and quick lessons. | |
Omnigraphics Health Reference Sourcebooks: Straightforward and authoritative ebooks on consumer health topics. | |
Search Videos on NC LIVE
| Films on Demand provides thousands of high-quality videos on business and economics, health and medicine, humanities and social sciences, and science and mathematics, as well as travel and fitness programming, home and how-to videos, indie films, and popular music performances. | |
| The Just for Kids Streaming Collection gives children - and their parents - a thoroughly kid-safe, advertisement-free media platform they can freely explore and enjoy. | |
Find more online resources at NC LIVE
SIRS Discoverer: SIRS Discoverer: Articles, nonfiction books, activities, and websites intended for elementary and middle school students. | |
CQ Researcher: Find pro/ con essays and background information about current events | |
Credo Reference: Find background information on many subject areas. Includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, images, and videos. | |
| Transparent Language Online 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. Combining robust courses, supplemental vocabulary, extensive grammar resources, and mobile apps, with over 110 languages to choose from, including English for speakers of over 30 languages, there is something for every learner. Note: You must create a sign-in when you first access this resource. | |
| LearningExpress Library Complete and PrepSTEP Academic: Practice tests, interactive tutorials, and ebooks for students adult learners. Includes practices tests such as GED, GRE, SAT, TEAS, and supports those looking to improve core academic skills, pass a high school equivalency test, prepare for college, join the military, obtain occupational certification, find a job, change careers, become a U.S. citizen and much more. | |
| The Just for Kids Streaming Collection gives children - and their parents - a thoroughly kid-safe, advertisement-free media platform they can freely explore and enjoy. | |
| Films on Demand provides thousands of high-quality videos on business and economics, health and medicine, humanities and social sciences, and science and mathematics, as well as travel and fitness programming, home and how-to videos, indie films, and popular music performances. | |
| Northstar Digital Literacy: Northstar offers self-directed online instruction and practice resources, and the ability to track your progress. Earn certificates through proctored assessments in Basic Computer Skills, Internet Basics, Windows 11, Mac OS, Microsoft Word, Social Media, and more. | |
| North Carolina Literary Map is an open and ongoing project by the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. |