Wikisource has original works on the topic: North Carolina
Welcome to the WikiProject North Carolina Resource Library! This page provides organized information guides and curated links to resources that might be useful in providing information, citations, and images to help build the various articles about North Carolina subjects.
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Organize lists from A-Z by first name, last name, in "Books"; and website publisher or name, in "Websites" and "Freely-licensed images and media".
Cheney, John L. Jr. (1974).
North Carolina Government, 1585–1974. – This book contains short histories of North Carolina and lists of public officials.
"North Carolina". davesredistricting.org. – Contains up to date and past district maps for NC and the US. While free to use, the maps can be downloaded as a shapefile or PNG if you create an account (which is also free to do so). The site also has statistics which can compare the vote swing in precincts all the way back to the 2012 presidential election.
"DigitalNC". DigitalNC. – Online archive containing items from libraries, museums, and archives in North Carolina.
"North Carolina Encyclopedia, NCpedia". NCpedia.org. – This website is an authoritative source for biographies and histories of North Carolina published by the North Carolina Government & Heritage Library. Many of the articles are based on William S. Powell's Encyclopedia of North Carolina.
"Archive". North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research. – Access to archives of North Carolina Insight, magazine on government and political affairs.
"State Mapping Resources". North Carolina Department of Transportation. – Various maps created by the NCDOT.
"North Carolina Newspapers". DigitalNC. North Carolina Digital Heritage Center. – Searchable database of full issues of newspapers across North Carolina from the late 1800s to the early 21st century.
"Counties". North Carolina Treasurer. – Organized list of annual fiscal reports carried out in each county; quality of reports vary between counties.
"Carolina Demography". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. – University program for the study of state demographics and statistics.
"Documenting the American South". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. – Sixteen, thematic collections of sources, for the study of: Southern history, literature, and culture.
"Our State". Our State. – North Carolina–focused magazine, mostly covers cultural topics. Some articles are labeled sponsored. Archives of old editions from 1933 onward are located at North Carolina Digital Collections
here.
"U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts". U.S. Census Bureau. – Official U.S. Census Bureau website which includes population counts and demographics of the 2010, 2020, and yearly census estimates for counties, towns, cities, etc. (
New Hanover County for reference).
"Carolana". Carolana. – Dedicated website to the history or North and South Carolina. All images and text are free for public and private reuse as long as the author of the site (JD Lewis) is credited (per
[1]).
"North Carolina Air National Guard". Flickr. – Official Flickr account of the Air National Guard; most photos uploaded with Wikimedia Commons–compatible licenses.
"North Carolina National Guard". Flickr. – Official Flickr account of the North Carolina National Guard; most photos uploaded with Wikimedia Commons–compatible licenses.
"Carolina Public Press". YouTube. – Official YouTube channel of Carolina Public Press, a nonprofit online news service for Western North Carolina; most videos uploaded with the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
"EducationNC". YouTube. – Official YouTube channel of EducationNC (EdNC), an education public policy-focused nonprofit; most videos uploaded before March 20, 2019, are under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
"Your Rowan". YouTube. – Official YouTube channel of Your Rowan, a tourism/economic promotion project developed by local governments and chambers of commerce in
Rowan County, North Carolina; most videos uploaded with the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.