We can provide computer access, but your personal logon and password can only be arranged by the State Library of North Carolina, or your local taxpayer funded public or college library.

NC LIVE is a statewide collaborative among the nearly 200 public and academic libraries in North Carolina.  Consisting of four Communities of Interest (COIs), the organization ranks include the libraries of the University of North Carolina System, North Carolina Community College System, the public libraries of North Carolina, serving all 100 counties, and the North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities.

NC LIVE provides the people of North Carolina with online access to a large and diverse collection of resources aimed at serving educational, economic, and informational needs of everyday life.

With content and indexing from more than 50,000 newspapers, journals, magazines, encyclopedias, e-books, e-audio, and streaming video titles, NC LIVE offers users the highest quality, most authoritative resources in the information market place. Students, faculty, and staff from any of North Carolina’s community colleges, independent colleges and universities, and public universities, as well as patrons from the state’s public libraries can all of NC LIVE’s content at no cost.

The organization is advised and governed by representative committees of librarians, and the staff operates from offices located on the campus of the host institution, North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina.

NC LIVE is supported by the North Carolina General Assembly through funding from its Communities of Interest. Generous funding from the Duke Endowment, The Cannon Foundation, and the Institute for Museum and Library Services have also contributed to the success of the organization.