General

• Old Farmer’s Almanac
  

  Published since 1792, the online version of the Old Farmer’s Almanac has weather forecasts, tidal and astronomical information, and the weekly wisdom and seasonal offerings that the almanac is famous for.

• Occupational Outlook Handbook
  

  Provides information about different occupations, including job trends and earnings.

• Perpetual Calendar
  

  Allows one to see any monthly or yearly calendar from the year 1 to 9999.

• Calendar Converter
  

  Converts days between the Gregorian, Julian, Hebrew, Islamic, Bahai, Persian, French Republic, Indian Civil, and Mayan Calendars.

• Calculator.com
  

  General and specialized calculator, conversion tools, including fractions, graphing, mortgage, time, loan, engineering, sports, and photography.

• Universal Currency Converter
  

  Convert any currency in the world with the current exchange rates.

• World Wide Metric Conversion Calculator
  

  Metric conversion calculator for length, weight, pressure, volume, and temperature.

Biographies & Quotes

• Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations
  

  Searchable versions of several quotation dictionaries, as well as other reference and literature resources.

• LifeQuotesLib.com
  

  Searchable database of more than 36,000 quotations from over 6,000 famous authors.

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

• Merriam – Webster Online
  

  The Merriam-Webster Language Center has both a dictionary and a thesaurus, as well as features such as the Word of the Day and other words.

• Thesaurus.com
  

  The online version of the famous thesaurus has an index of terms, an index of the six main classes of words, and links to online resources.

• Acronym Server
  

  Look up the meaning of an acronym.

• Britannica Online
  

  Over 120,000 articles, an updated world atlas, thousands of images and videos, an online dictionary and thesaurus, over 300,000 articles from respected magazines and journals, news headlines, a guide to the Web's best sites, and much more.

• Funk and Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia
  

  Updated annually, this database includes over 25,000 full text records, covering an array of subject areas.

Public Domain Literature on the Internet

• Project Gutenberg
  

  Begun in 1971, Project Gutenberg is the Internet's oldest producer of FREE electronic books (eBooks or eTexts).

• The Online Books Page
  

  The Online Books Page is a website that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet.

• Page by Page Books
  

  Science fiction, documents, papers, speeches, presidential inaugural addresses, Mysteries, short stories, fables, Greek classics, and essays are included.

• Librivox
  

  LibriVox provides free audio books from the public domain (published before 1923). Their goal is to record all the books in the public domain.

• Duke University Libraries Digital Collections
  

  Digitized historic photographs, advertisements, texts, sheet music, broadsides, football programs, posters, college yearbooks, diaries, & more from Duke's unique library collections.

• Internet Archive

  The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library, with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format.

News Media

• The Shelby Star
  

  Local news resource in Shelby, NC.

• The Charlotte Observer
  

  Regional and local news from the Charlotte Metro area.

• WSOC TV News – Charlotte, NC
  

  Local news satiation broadcasting from Charlotte, NC.

• News 14 Carolinas
  

  Local news from the Charlotte Metro area.

Government Information

• USA.gov
  

  Designed to be the primary, centralized resource for finding any information from local, state, and/or federal Government Agency websites.

• Census 2000 Gateway
  

  Provides census information for every state in the Union. Housing, income, labor, and social (demographic) information are provided for each county or city. Clickable maps make this site easy to use.

Everything NC

• Bills from the NC General Assembly
  

  Current and historical bills from the NC General Assembly. Search by attribute, bill number, chamber, committee, and more.

• Business ServiCenter
  

  Programs and resources that are designed to improve the profitability of companies.

• Crime in North Carolina
  

  The Uniform Crime Reporting Program collects data on the age, race, and sex of persons arrested for all crimes except traffic violations.

• DigitalNC
  

  Explore the history and culture of North Carolina through original materials from cultural heritage repositories across the state.

• Economic Development Information System
  

  Statistical, analytical and mapping tool designed to aid economic and community development decision making.

• Government Employee Telephone Directory
  

  A searchable alphabetical listing and departmental directory are included.

• Job Openings
  

  Job openings: NC state government jobs, America's Job Bank, and additional job search resources.

• NC Public Schools Statistical Profile
  

  Selected statistical data from the NCDPI on students, personnel and fiances.

• North Carolina Agricultural Statistics Service
  

  Provides statistical information in table, map, and graph format on farm animals, crops, cash recepits, and weather.

• North Carolina Community Newspapers
  

  Over 100 North Carolina community newspapers containing current or latest issue coverage.

• North Carolina Curriculum
  

  Specific DPI goals and objectives for classroom subjects and grade levels for North Carolina.

• North Carolina Driver's Manual
  

  Current DMV driver's manual in English and Spanish.

• North Carolina Education Directory
  

  Contains addresses and phone numbers of every NC public, federal, or charter schol, all employees of the DPI, contact information for education organizations, associations, and educational material suppliers.

• North Carolina Encyclopedia
  

  Includes links to information that students of all ages request about the state, its history, people, government, and educational institutions.

• North Carolina General Assembly
  

  Includes links to find representatives and senators for both the NCGA and the US Congress by county, district, and Zip code.

• North Carolina Homepage
  

  Provides comprehensive and online services for citizens, businesses, and state employees of North Carolina.

• North Carolina State Publications Collection
  

  Informational brochures and pamphlets, reports (annual, biennial, statistical), serials, (newsletters, checklists, magazines), handbooks, studies, and other information resources produced by state government.

• North Carolina Teacher Academy
  

  Links to Internet based resources for K-12 classroom teachers and educational sites recommended for students and parents.

• Regional Accounts Data-Local Area Personal Income
  

  Personal income and population summary estimates, detailed county annual tables of income and employment, wage and salary summary estimates.

• State Center for Health Statistics
  

  Health-related research and reports and a collection of health statistics.

• State Data Center
  

  The site includes population, economic, and income data as well as county profiles and rankings.

• State Demographics
  

  Provides state, county, and municipal population estimates and projections by year, age, race, and sex.

• Tax Forms via NC Department of Revenue
  

  Downloadable versions of current North Carolina individual and corporate income, franchise, sales, and witholding tax forms.

• Teaching Positions in North Carolina
  

  Links to the information needed to apply for a teaching job in North Carolina.