Online resources

Online research, learning, and entertainment, all available (and free!) with your Durham County Library card.

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Twentieth-Century English Poetry

Category: Books and poetry
Audience: Adults, Teens
Access: Library card + PIN

English poetry from the last century.

Provided by NC LIVE

U. S. Patent and Trademark Office

Category: Business and entrepreneurship, Government
Audience: Adults
Access: No card required

Research copyright, patents, and trademarks. Search for U.S. patents, file patents, and check the status of a patent.

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Category: Government, Veterans
Audience: Adults
Access: No card required

Info about VA benefits, health care, education programs, and more for veterans.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Category: Government, Green resources, Science
Audience: Adults
Access: No card required

Info about the environment, with tips and fun ways you can help protect the environment and your health.

U.S. Newsstream

Category: Magazines and newspapers
Audience: Adults, Teens
Access: Library card + PIN

News from many national newspapers and news magazines.

Provided by NC LIVE

USA.gov

Category: Data and statistics, Government
Audience: Adults
Access: No card required

A central location for finding info from most U.S. government agencies.

Vital Records (National)

Category: Genealogy, Government
Audience: Adults
Access: No card required

Info about how to get birth, death, marriage, and divorce records by state.

Wall Street Journal

Category: Magazines and newspapers
Audience: Adults
Access: Library card + PIN

Coverage of national and international finance and news. Full text WSJ articles from 1984 to the present.

Provided by NC LIVE

Washington Post

Category: Magazines and newspapers
Audience: Adults
Access: Library card + PIN

Full text Washington Post articles from 1996 to the present, plus an index of articles from 1988 to the present.

Provided by NC LIVE

WorldCat

Category: Books and poetry
Audience: Adults
Access: Library card + PIN

See what titles other libraries around the world own. If you want a book that's not at Durham County Library, you can request it through interlibrary loan, and we'll try to borrow it from another library system for you.

Youth Employment Certificates

Category: Government, Job help
Audience: Adults, Teens
Access: No card required

Links to the form 14-to-17-year-olds need in order to work in North Carolina. Also gives instructions for completing the application.

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