Encyclopedia of North Carolina Available Online Through NCpedia

RALEIGH, NC Feb. 15, 2013 – The University of North Carolina Press’s comprehensive “Encyclopedia of North Carolina” is now available online through NCpedia. The history of telephone service in North Carolina, the mystery of the Brown Mountain Lights, the range of growth of the Venus flytrap and thousands of other facts are now at your fingertips for free.

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NCpedia, the online encyclopedia about North Carolina, is managed by the Digital Information Management Program at the State Library of North Carolina’s Government & Heritage Library, in the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, and is hosted by NC LIVE, North Carolina’s statewide online library service. It is available at http://ncpedia.org and is optimized for mobile devices. A partnership between the State Library of North Carolina and the University of North Carolina Press was launched in February of 2012. State Library staff completed the process of integrating more than 1,900 articles from the “Encyclopedia” into NCpedia on Dec. 7, 2012, with the entry for “Zoning.”

“Researchers of all ages benefit from having the “Encyclopedia of North Carolina” available through NCpedia,” says State Librarian Cal Shepard.  “There has been a need for a reputable online resource about the vast array of topics covered by the “Encyclopedia.”  We are happy to partner with UNC Press to meet this need.”

“The Encyclopedia of North Carolina” was edited by William S. Powell, professor emeritus of history at UNC-Chapel Hill, and published by UNC Press in 2006.  Founded in 1922, UNC Press is the oldest university press in the South and one of the oldest in the United States.

NCpedia continues to grow as biographical essays from the UNC Press six-volume  ”Dictionary of North Carolina Biography” now are being added. The expansion of NCpedia is funded through a Library Services and Technology Act grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.

NCpedia is a project of the State Library of North Carolina, which is a unit of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources. For more on North Carolina’s arts, history and culture, visit Cultural Resources online.

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