HIS 3728 Finding Resources On North Carolina
Reference Sources in the IMC
EXPLORING THE SOUTHEAST STATES THROUGH LITERATURE
Ref 016.975 E96
HORIZONS OF NORTH CAROLINA: THE ORIGIN OF COUNTY NAMES
Ref 917.56 H8115
NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY FACT BOOK
Ref 975.6 T345no
Sources in the Main Reference Collection
CRIME IN NORTH CAROLINA (Statistics by County)
Ready Ref HV 7283 .A3a
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NORTH CAROLINA (2 vols.)
F254 .C53 1999
(also at: http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/cover.htm )
1990 CENSUS ATLAS OF NORTH CAROLINA
G1301 .E25 N55
NORTH CAROLINA ATLAS & GAZETTEER
Ready Ref G1300 .D45 1997
NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNMENT 1585-1979 (A narrative & statistical history)
JK 4116 .N67 1981 and JK 4131 .N68 1975
NORTH CAROLINA MANUAL
(State government directory, historical background of the state, its symbols, etc.)
Ready Ref JK 4130 .N6
NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS STATISTICAL PROFILE
(Pupils, personnel, finances by county)
Ready Ref G 102:S79
NORTH CAROLINA VITAL STATISTICS
(Population, marriages, divorces, births, deaths, leading causes of death, by county)
Ready Ref HA 551 .A4
OUTLOOK NORTH CAROLINA, 1998 - current
(Economic forcasting periodical)
Ready Ref HC 107 .N8 O98
STATISTICAL ABSTRACT OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES
HA 551 .S79
Guides in the IMC
DIRECTORY, NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUMS COUNCIL: A GUIDE TO NC MUSEUMS.
IMC Ref 069.09756 D598
FUN BOOK--CHAPEL HILL AND BEYOND!
(Ideas for field trips & other activities & experiences)
IMC Ref 975.6 W7353fu
NORTH CAROLINA TRAVELER: A VACATIONER'S GUIDE
IMC 917.5604 N864
STATE PARKS OF NORTH CAROLINA
IMC Ref 917.56 B592st
Web Sites for Agencies & Other Sources of Information
RESEARCH GUIDE FOR NORTH CAROLINA INFORMATION
(Compiled by ASU Librarians):
http://www.library.appstate.edu/reference/subjectguides/northcarolina.html
APPALACHIAN COLLECTION, Belk Library, top floor.
http://www.library.appstate.edu/appcoll/index.html
BROADFOOT'S OF WENDELL, 6624 Robertson Pond Rd., Wendell, NC 27591;
1-800-444-6963
(Bookstore offering NC books, teaching aids, A-V material, etc.)
http://broadfootsofwendell.com
CAROLINA CLIPS
(Developed and maintained by NCDPI; three sections include
"lighthouses," "waterfalls," and "Raleigh.)
http://www.itpi.dpi.state.nc.us/caroclips/default.html
FINDNC
(Central gateway for searching State of NC government information)
http://www.findnc.org/
EVALUTECH: THE ADVISORY LIST. (Published irregularly by the NCDPI Information
Technology Evaluation Services; reviews of educational materials correlated to the
NC STANDARD COURSE OF STUDY)
http://www.evalutech.sreb.org
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS CENTER, BELK LIBRARY, AppState:
http://www.library.appstate.edu/imc/index.html
NC COUNTY PROFILES
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37000.html
NC DEPT. OF CULTURAL RESOURCES
http://www.ncdcr.gov
ARCHIVES & HISTORY
http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/
MUSEUM OF HISTORY
http://www.museumofhistory.org
NC GENERAL ASSEMBLY
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/
NC GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
http://www.governor.state.nc.us/
NC PUBLIC SCHOOLS INFOWEB (Dept. of Public Instruction)
http://www.ncpublicschools.org
NC WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION
http://www.wildlife.state.nc.us/
STATE PARKS & RECREATION
http://ils.unc.edu/parkproject/ncparks.html
OFFICIAL WEB SITE OF NORTH CAROLINA
http://www.ncgov.com/
(Includes links to all state agencies & divisions)
THE CHARLOTTE HAWKINS BROWN MUSEUM
http://www.chbrownmuseum.nchistoricsites.org
THE TAR HEEL JUNIOR HISTORIAN ASSOCIATION
http://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/thjha/index.html
PENDERLEA HOMESTEAD MUSEUM
http://www.penderleahomesteadmuseum.org
Databases and Articles
(Available from ASU Library home page)
DATABASES BY SUBJECT: NORTH CAROLINA
ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER
(Index to magazine, newspaper, & journal
articles on a broad range of topics, 1984-date; many full text 1990-date)
ERIC INDEX
(Index to journal articles & other research in Education & related fields, 1966-
date; links to full text for many articles)
LEXIS NEXIS
(Full text; for regional newspaper articles, choose NEWS, then US NEWS and
limit to STATE: NC; for information about the state, choose REFERENCE, then
STATE PROFILES; NC)
MAS ULTRA
(provides full text of articles for over 700 high school magazines)
MIDDLE SEARCH PLUS
(provides full text of articles for over 40 middle school magazines)
MASTERFILE PREMIER
(Index to magazine, newspaper, & journal articles on a broad
range of topics, 1984-date; many full text 1990-date)
PRIMARY SEARCH
(Provides the full text of over 40 children's magazines as well as
abstracts & indexing for over 120 education journals)
Content Editor: Pat Farthing farthingsp@appstate.edu