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NC
LIVE Information
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The NC LIVE
password
is changed
in August each year. |
The latest password
is available and operative July 31
of the current year.
It is available from the Circulation desk or can be requested by contacting
kodom@isothermal.edu.
(Please provide full name and Social Security number -OR- full name and
birth date for verification.)
The next password will be available at the end of next July. |
What
is NC LIVE?
NC LIVE
is a collection of databases made available by the state of North Carolina
to all its residents, via the
Internet, in all North Carolina public and
academic libraries. These
databases index encyclopedias, directories, proceedings, almanacs, worldwide
library catalogs, and the contents of many academically oriented magazines and journals useful
for research. EBSCOhost provides the full
text of a large number of journal, magazine and newspaper articles, and encyclopedia and directory
information is available in full text
in other databases.
How can I get to NC LIVE?
(--Read this section for
information on getting a
password.)
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On campus: NC
LIVE can
be accessed from Internet-connected terminals in the library and elsewhere
on campus, either via library webpage links or Internet browser links, or by entering the web address
(URL) www.nclive.org.
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Off campus:
Off-campus
access to www.nclive.org
can be gained
using a password which is available to current Isothermal students
and staff at the college library's circulation desk or by emailing
kodom@isothermal.edu. (Please
include your full name and Social Security number -OR- full name
and date of birth for verification.) Passwords
are
changed by NC LIVE staff once a year
in August. The latest password information will be posted at
the top of this page and on the Library home page.
Information from NC LIVE
about remote access.
What kinds
of information can I find there?
NC LIVE indexes a huge number of articles
in the databases of a number of vendors, and includes full text
articles of a great number of titles on a wide variety of topics, as well as
encyclopedias, directories, proceedings, almanacs, worldwide library catalogs.
How do I use NC LIVE to find information?
- Use
EZ Search,
found on the NC LIVE home page. Using EZ Search, many
of NC LIVE's databases may be searched at the same time; however, you must
search each database separately after it is identified as containing
information relevant to your
search term.
- Search multiple databases owned
by
one vendor by clicking
Browse Resources, then
Vendor
List. (A method recommended by
library staff.)
- Select a database
from
Subject
and
Type
lists
arranged by subject area or format.
- Search for a particular journal or magazine by clicking on
"Use our journal and
magazine search feature" on the NC LIVE home page underneath the
EZ Search feature.
A list of full text
titles available via NC LIVE, and a list of full text books that can be
found in NetLibrary, are downloadable at
http://www.nclive.org/libnrsrc.phtml#titlelist
(in Microsoft Excel and PDF formats). If your computer does not have Microsoft Excel
software, you may download an
Excel
viewer to look at these files.
What if I need
help using NC LIVE?
At the NC LIVE home page, you can
click on the Help tab on the far right of the heading. Here you
will find several sub-tabs.
Support Info
includes contact information for assistance. Next is a
FAQ
page, then
Intro to Searching NC LIVE
includes sections on how to use each
method of searching NC LIVE resources. Other resources under the Help tab are: a
Vendor Help and Training Guides
screen containing links to assistance in using the databases of individual
vendors and a
Glossary of Library Terms. If you need further assistance, the library staff would be glad
to help: in person; over the telephone (828-286-4636); or by
email.
NC LIVE Quick
Search Options
* These choices allow searching of
only one database per search.
** Contains no literary criticism for other than
contemporary (recent) literature. Use
EBSCOhost for
"lit crit."
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Disclaimer: These links are provided for your convenience.
However, the resources to which they link are maintained by
other entities and do not represent Isothermal Community
College.
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