NC LIVE

Don't know where to start your research? Try NC LIVE! NC LIVE is a statewide library cooperative providing library users with access to an online collection of over one billion full-text articles, eBooks, streaming videos, digitized newspapers, language learning tools, and more.

NC LIVE contains 85 of the databases on Mitchell's A-Z Databases list. With one search you can scour them all, rather than searching each database individually.

Tips & Tricks

Here are some best practices when searching for information to help yield relevant results:

• Keep it short and sweet. Long phrases or entire sentences do not work as well in most databases as they do in search engines, like Google. For the best results, limit your search terms to 2-3 words.
• Break out the thesaurus. If you find too few or no results, brainstorm synonyms for your search terms, like car and automobile.
• Be specific. If you find too many results, include specific language in your search terms to pare them down.
• Use the search limiters. In the Advanced Search field, narrow your search by selection publication dates, author, subject, and more.
• Use Boolean operators or quotation marks. Use Boolean operators (AND, OR and NOT) to link search terms (i.e., obesity AND children; oil NOT petroleum). Use quotation makers to limit results and search an exact phrase, like "Alice in Wonderland."