Your Digital Library
This library never closes and its content can be read or downloaded on your computer or portable device. Several services are available to find downloadable content. Simply log in to the sites using your WCPL library card number and PIN (How to get a Library Card). If you have questions or need assistance with using these digital resources, you may Ask A Question or Borrow A Librarian.
Downloadables
Popular books, magazines and educational videos.
- Overdrive/Libby – Popular fiction and nonfiction books, audiobooks, and magazines
(for help, check out the how-to guides.) - Hoopla
- FilmsOnDemand – Educational videos via NC Live.
Journals and Newspapers
NCLive – Content includes an online collection of 1.6 billion full-text articles, eBooks, streaming videos, digitized newspapers, language learning tools, and more.
ProQuest Central – General reference database for over 175 subjects from magazines, journals and newspapers, including peer-reviewed and scholarly works.
Goldsboro News-Argus – Search full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and more from current and archived issues of Goldsboro News-Argus.
History and Genealogy
African-American Historical Serials Collection – An archive of periodicals that document the history of African American religious life and culture between 1829 and 1922. It includes newspapers and magazines, plus reports and annuals from African American religious organizations.
Heritage Quest – Powered by Ancestry.com, library patrons have access to additional genealogy collections for research.
Fold3 – Browse a robust collection of military records from the Revolutionary War to recent wars.
Education and Language
Gale Presents: Udemy– connects you to thousands of on-demand video courses for the most in-demand skills taught by top instructors across 75 categories in business, technology, design, and more. You will need to create a free account, using your name and email address.
Transparent Language – over 110 languages to choose from, including English for speakers of over 30 languages. Provides courses, supplemental vocabulary, extensive grammar resources, and mobile apps.
Learning Express Library – interactive online tutorials, practice tests, articles, eBooks, and support for test and career preparation. Use your library card number to create an account.
Careers
Peterson’s Career Prep – brings together tools to help you assess strengths, search for jobs, and use templates to develop visually interesting résumés, cover letters, and websites that can be shared with prospective employers.
Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center – explore industries and careers, plan your education, and research best practices for résumés, cover letters, interviewing, networking, and salaries/benefits.
Legal
LawHelpNC – Find information and links about your legal rights, the law, the courts, legal forms and more.
Hein Online Social Justice Suite – provides more than 200 million pages of multidisciplinary periodicals, essential government documents, international resources, case law, and much more.
Small Business
Browse this extensive list of online databases.
Books
NoveList Plus – A readers’ advisory resource that uses appeal factors and expert reviews to offer read-alike and listen-alike recommendations for fiction, nonfiction, and audiobooks.
NC Live – Scholarly books
Health
MedlinePlus – Common diseases and conditions, health promotion and wellness, drugs info, medical dictionaries and more.
Consumer Health Database – Covers a wide range of topics, including food and nutrition, children’s health, eye care, dentistry, and women’s health.
Consumer Information
Consumer Reports – Popular collection of product reviews and recommendations for cars, appliances, electronics, personal finance, and health information.