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The statewide library consortium NC LIVE begins a new subscription cycle this year. As a result, there are many new databases available for your use.

Several new article databases are available:

Other new databases include:

  • ClinicalKey: Medical books, journal articles, patient education materials, etc.; a Wake Forest School of Medicine Library subscription
  • DSM-5 Library: Clinical manual of mental disorders; also includes DSM-5 Clinical Cases and DSM-5 Handbook of Differential Diagnosis
  • ebrary Academic Complete: Scholarly and general nonfiction e-books in a broad range of subject areas
  • Films on Demand: Multidisciplinary streaming video collection
  • Hoover’s Company Profiles: Profiles of more than 40,000 companies across 600 industries
  • Natural Standard: Information on complementary and alternative medicine
  • Pronunciator: Language learning tool, with over 75 languages plus ESL in over 50 languages
  • ProQuest Entrepreneurship: Articles, books, market research, company profiles, business cases and other content specific to entrepreneurship
  • Science in Context: Topic-based general science reference database, including links to relevant journal articles, news stories, websites, etc.
  • SIRS Knowledge Source: Search portal covering current social issues, science, history, government and the arts and humanities
  • Statistical Abstracts of the World: Statistical information from over 40 countries, generally issued by national statistical offices

There have also been some changes to existing databases:

  • Academic Search Complete and Business Source Complete have been replaced by Academic Search Premier and Business Source Premier. Please note that any article-level permalinks you may have saved from either Academic Search or Business Source Complete will no longer work. Contact your library liaison if you need assistance.
  • Digital Sanborn Maps now includes Sanborn Maps GeoEdition. In the past, North Carolina maps had been browse-able, but not searchable. GeoEdition provides digital access to large-scale historical maps of North Carolina towns and cities, now searchable by address and GPS coordinates.

NC LIVE has discontinued its subscriptions to the following databases:

  • Auto Repair Reference Center
  • CINAHL
  • Consumer Health Complete
  • Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
  • EBSCO K-12 databases (Kids Search, Primary Search, MAS Complete, etc.)
  • MasterFile Complete
  • Mergent Intellect
  • Novelist
  • Regional Business News
  • Science Reference Center
  • Serials Directory
  • Small Business Reference Center
  • TOPICsearch