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Genealogy Resources

LibGuide for Genealogy Seminar.

Databases

African American History

Covering more than 500 years of the African-American experience, African-American History offers a fresh way to explore the full spectrum of African-American history and culture.

Criminal Justice Collection

Informs the research process for those studying law, law enforcement, terrorism, homeland security, forensic science, and more.

Criminal Justice Database

Research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends.

Dogwood Digital Library

Check out eBooks and audiobooks from Coastal Library and the NC Community College system. See also: Overdrive or Libby

Hoopla

Hoopla is digital media service that allows you to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics and TV shows to enjoy on your computer, tablet, or phone – and even your TV!

JSTOR

Leading resource for the humanities. Search for scholarly journals, primary sources, and books.

Salem Press

Online access to books on literary and historical topics.

NCLIVE Databases

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.

Historic North Carolina Digital Newspaper Collection

Newspapers.com North Carolina Collection. 3.5 million pages of digitized content from over 1,000 NC county newspapers.

US Newsstream

News content from many national and international newspapers, newswires and selected news magazines. Content includes the New York Times and the London Times.

Sanborn Maps North Carolina

Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970, provides access to large-scale maps of North Carolina towns and cities.

DigitalNC

The North Carolina Digital Heritage Center is a statewide digitization and digital publishing program housed at UNC’s Wilson Special Collections Library

Digital Public Library of America

The Digital Public Library of America amplifies the value of libraries and cultural organizations as Americans’ most trusted sources of shared knowledge.

Our State Magazine

The North Carolina Digital Collections contain over 90,000 historic and recent photographs, state government publications, manuscripts, and other resources on topics related to North Carolina. 

Gale Biography

Biographical information about thousands of individuals, from actors to criminals to writers and everything in between.

Books in our Collection

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