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Database Access for Alumni and Community Members

Community members and alumni can use any of the library’s research databases from within the library building. For home access to research databases, use NC Live or the free databases listed below.

NC LIVE Databases

NC LIVE offers research database access, articles, eBooks, newspapers, streaming videos, language learning tools, and more to anyone with a library card from a North Carolina public library.

App State alumni can get a 10-day pass to access NC LIVE even if they do not have a public library card. After 10 days, alumni will be directed to sign up for permanent access through a public library card.

Free Research Databases

The following research databases are available for free on the web. Alumni and other community members can access them from home.

  • Agricola
    Includes citations for recources relating to all aspecs of agriculture, materials acquired by the National Agriculture Library (NAL) and cooperating institutions.
  • American FactFinder
    Provides access to census and survey data about the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas.
  • ArchiveGrid
    ArchiveGrid connects you with primary source material held in archives, special collections, and manuscript collections around the world.
  • BASE
    BASE is a multi-disciplinary search engine for academically relevant OAI (Open Archives Initiative) sources worldwide.
  • Bureau of Economic Analysis
    The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) promotes a better understanding of the U.S. economy by providing relevant and accurate economic accounts data in an objective and cost-effective manner.
  • Bureau of Justice Statistics
    The Bureau of Justice Statistics collects, analyzes, and publishes information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.
  • Code of Federal Regulations
    Codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the departments and agencies of the U.S. Government.
  • Congress.Gov
    Federal legislative information including bills, resolutions, activity in Congress, Congressional Record, schedules and calendars, committee information, Presidential nominations, and treaties.
  • Current Population Survey
    The Current Population Survey (CPS) is a monthly survey of about 50,000 households conducted by the Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • DigitalNC
    Digital versions of primary sources from cultural heritage institutions around North Carolina.
  • Dimensions
    Dimensions is a linked research knowledge system that re-imagines discovery and access to research.
  • Economic Census
    Provides a detailed portrait of the United States' economy once every five years, from the national to the local level.
  • English Short Title Catalog
    All recorded English monographs printed between 1475 and 1700 are now represented in the file, as are eighty percent of the recorded serials titles for the period 1620-1800.
  • EnviroFacts
    The Envirofacts Multisystem Query integrates information from a variety of databases and includes latitude and longitude information.
  • Equality Before the Law
    Original documents and teaching materials from unpublished and unfamiliar legal cases, stories, and histories that have legacies in the U.S. today.
  • FLITE
    Contains the full text of 7,407 U.S. Supreme Court Decisions issued between 1937 and 1975.
  • FRED Maps
    Allows you to create, customize, and share geographical maps of data found in FRED® (Federal Reserve Economic Data).
  • Geolex
    A search tool for lithologic and geochronologic unit names. Provides the lexicon of geologic names of the United States.
  • Global Financial Development
    The sole repository for statistics on the external debt of developing countries, with data for 135 individual countries that report to the World Bank’s Debtor Reporting System.
  • Google Scholar
    Use Google Scholar through the library to be automatically linked to the full text of articles we own.
  • GovInfo
    Information products produced by the federal government. Most databases date back to 1994, with digitized historical content dating back to 1793. Includes FDsys and GPO Monthly Catalog.
  • Hurricane Helene Disaster Relief Resources
    Resources to assist North Carolina citizens, libraries, and others impacted by the devastation of Hurricane Helene, put together by the State Library of North Carolina.
  • LawHelpNC
    Find information and links about your legal rights, the law, the courts, legal forms and more.
  • Lens
    The Lens ingests, cleans, aggregates, normalizes and serves over 225 million scholarly works, 127 million global patent records, and 370 million patent sequences.
  • Library Search
    Search holdings for Appalachian State as well as other UNC system schools, and expand search to include items you can request from libraries worldwide.
  • MedlinePlus Español
    Brinda información sobre enfermedades y condiciones comunes, promoción de la salud y el bienestar, información sobre medicamentos, diccionarios médicos y otros.
  • NCPedia
    Information about North Carolina, its history, people, government, and educational institutions.
  • NCWorks Online
    Employment tools for job seekers in North Carolina. Search jobs, create résumés, find education and training.
  • North Carolina Digital Collections
    These collections contain over 158,000 historic and recent photographs, state government publications, manuscripts, and other resources on topics related to North Carolina.
  • North Carolina General Assembly
    Provides access to NC statutes and session laws, bills and legislation, committee assignments, audio broadcasts of House and Senate sessions, the legislative calendar, and a citizen guide.
  • OAISter
    Contains records of digital resources from open-archive collections worldwide.
  • Occupational Outlook Handbook
    Specifics on various jobs and careers, including working conditions, educational or training requirements, pay, and future outlook.
  • Open Library
    Find ebooks from libraries across the country.
  • Open Video Project
    Videos include documentaries, historical events, educational and ephermeral topics, and lectures.
  • OpenAlex
    An open access discovery tool searching over 240 million works, similar in scope to Google Scholar.
  • OSTI.GOV
    Find research results from the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI).
  • Our State Magazine
    North Carolina’s premier travel, food, and culture publication, available in full text online.
  • Oxford Text Archive
    Develops, collects, catalogues, and preserves electronic literary and linguistic resources for use in higher education, in research, teaching, and learning.
  • PubMed (includes MEDLINE)
    Citations and abstracts in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care systems, and preclinical sciences.
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
    Provides bibliographic citations to working papers, journal articles, books, and book chapters, many in full text, covering all aspects of economics.
  • Social Science Research Network – SSRN
    A world wide collaborative of over 185,000 authors and more than 1.3 million users that is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research.
  • State Data Center
    Includes North Carolina population, economic, and income data as well as county profiles and rankings.
  • U.S. Census: Data
    Access data through products and tools including data visualizations, mobile apps, interactive web apps, and other software.
  • World Development Indicators
    Compiled from officially-recognized international sources providing 331 indicators, from agriculute to urban development, covering 209 countries.
  • World Factbook
    Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.