Digital Research Resources
Discover NC newspapers from 1751 to the present from the comfort of your own home! Simply use your MCPL library card number to log-in and access obituaries, birth announcements, marriages and more.
Genealogy & Local History
Visit our Genealogy page to view the variety of print resources located in the Abe Simmons Genealogy Room and online ancestral research databases.
NC Live Database
NC LIVE offers free electronic access to resources on topics ranging from careers, business, and investing, to health, history, and genealogy.
Not sure where to start? Try researching NC Live’s Databases by Topic.
Chilton Auto Repair Library
Includes repair manuals of automobiles from 1940 to 2016. Access the database from any internet-enabled device.
Gale LegalForms
Authentic fill-in-the-blank legal forms—national and state-specific.
NC Cardinal
Through our online catalog you can find a wide selection of titles; our collection includes 5.1 million and is growing. If the topic your’re researching isn’t carried by any library in NC Cardinal, please fill out our Contact Form. We always appreciate feedback from our patrons.
e-iNC Library
Available through Libby, you can now download over 12,000 materials to your internet-enabled device with your library card. While boasting a large fiction collection, you can also find cookbooks, memoirs, study guides, and the latest medical titles here as well. Items return themselves, so you’ll never have a late fee.