Useful Websites

Non-profit organization whose library is housed in Sheppard Memorial Library in downtown Greenville, NC.

List of library and online resources dealing with genealogy and local history.

SLNC Government & Heritage Library guide to print and online resources useful to the study of family history and genealogy.

Includes tutorials on how to get started researching your family history.

The Foundation Center is a national nonprofit service organization recognized as the nation’s leading authority on organized philanthropy, connecting nonprofits and the grantmakers supporting them to tools they can use and information they can trust. Although the Foundation Finder and Grantmaker Web Search are free, the Grantseeker Tools are by subscription only.

Source for finding and applying for federal grants.

Official web site for the city of Greenville, North Carolina. Includes links to various departments such as Public Works (Sanitation, Traffic, etc.), Recreation & Parks, Fire/Rescue and so on.

To see the actual schedule, you have to scroll down and click on "Public Transit Schedules."

Find business and community information.

Includes a calendar of events, booking information, virtual tour, and more.

Lists county commissioners, news, departments and services, job opportunities, and more.

Gives information on county demographics, education, technology, industry, and more.

Serves as the teaching hospital for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University.

Collection of over 66,900 images. A friendly license allows teachers and students to use up to 50 educational clipart items in a single, non-commercial project without further permission.

Search for media, images, music, and videos.

USAJOBS.gov is the federal government's official one-stop source for federal jobs and employment information.

Detailed career information: job prospects, salary, educational requirements, etc.
NOTE: You may have to search for your career using a broader term. For example, pediatrician is included under the broad category of Physicians and Surgeons.

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) pages that display a ‘snapshot’ of national data obtained from BLS surveys and programs related to various industries.

Find links to Joyner Library (main campus), the Music Library (located in the A.J. Fletcher Music Center), and the Laupus Health Sciences Library (located on Moye Blvd. by the hospital). Each library allows you to search its library catalog online.

The public library website lets you search its online catalog, find out about library events, branch locations, and much more.

Provides support to the state's libraries, government agencies, the business community, genealogists, and the blind and physically handicapped.

"The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world."

The Digital Public Library of America brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world. It strives to contain the full breadth of human expression, from the written word, to works of art and culture, to records of America’s heritage, to the efforts and data of science.

Interactive United States atlas that lets you create and print your own maps. For outline maps (states & capitals) click on Printable Maps, then choose Reference & Outline Maps of the United States.

Maps of each region of the earth.

Nautical charts.

Maps, driving directions, find a business.

Get maps, driving directions, and look up phone numbers and addresses.

Create bar, pie, area, XY, and line graphs, that you can download or print.

Offers all types of graph paper including square graphs, music staff, guitar/fret diagrams, writing/penmanship paper, number lines, and more.

Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom.

Automatically converts many different types of measurements.

Online math and algebra lessons covering fractions, decimals, geometric formulas and much more.

CDC.gov provides users with credible, reliable health information on a variety of health topics.

Authoritative medical information for professionals and consumers in English and Spanish.

Free online access to this best selling medical reference book, brought to you as a service of Merck & Co.

The North Carolina AHEC Digital Library (ADL) is an online service of the North Carolina AHEC Program serving North Carolina healthcare professionals with a focus on clinical care and continuing education. The ADL provides access to current medical literature and other quality health information resources through electronic full-text journals, books and databases. Links to carefully evaluated clinical and educational tools are arranged by health topic and through alphabetic links. Certain licensed resources (many of the full-text journals, books and databases) are available only to ADL members.

Serves as the teaching hospital for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University.

Local daily newspaper.

Newspaper for the Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, and Cary areas.

Washington, Greenville, New Bern News Channel.

Covers the Greenville, Jacksonville, New Bern, and Washington viewing areas.

Raleigh, Durham, Fayetteville News Channel.

Cable News Network: covers national and world news.

National and world news.

Based out of London, BBC News gathers and produces national daily news, business, political and current affairs programs on BBC television and radio.

World newspapers, magazines, and news sites in English.

Database maintained by the UNC School of Government that allows users to find information about N.C. city governments.

Includes access to various types of health and demographic data for eastern North Carolina.

Official website for the state of North Carolina.

Facts about NC, its culture, people, and much more.

Site listing information about various arts, artists and events across the state.

Site maintained by the UNC School of Government Library.

Site maintained by the UNC School of Government Library.

Find court calendars, court directions, local rules, court costs, forms, docket sheets, court opinions, etc.

The North Carolina Digital Collections contain over 29,000 historic and recent photographs, state government publications, manuscripts, and other resources on topics related to North Carolina. The Collections are free and full-text searchable, and bring together content from the Archives and Library of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources.

The NCGA website provides information about legislators, committee assignments, text and history of bills, statutes, daily calendars, redistricting information, and more.

Click on "Search the Registry" to start your research.

See who is running for office, check your voter registration, check your provisional vote, view campaign finance reports, etc.

NC population, demographics, economic data, and more.

Find full text current and historic publications produced by North Carolina state government.

Provides support to the state's libraries, government agencies, the business community, genealogists, and the blind and physically handicapped.