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The COA online library catalog can find books and other items at our two campus libraries and community colleges across North Carolina.

Elizabeth City Campus students can find the library on the first floor of the B building. Semester hours: Mon.-Thur. 8-5. Closed Fridays, Holidays, and Weekends.

Dare Campus library is located near the front entrance of the Administration Building at the Russell Twiford Road location. Semester hours: Mon.-Thur. 8-5. Closed Fridays, Holidays, and Weekends.

Edenton-Chowan Campus students can use COA resources at the Shepard-Pruden Memorial Library, 106 W. Water St., Edenton.

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Research Guides
These aids list reliable print, video and online resources for specific subjects, courses or assignments. They also provide tips on research. Find materials for a class project or supplemental reading.

Plagiarism, Academic Integrity & Citations
Are you a little confused about these topics? Want to make sure you follow the rules correctly? This page will lead you to information on the why’s and the how-to’s behind academic integrity.

Writing Help
Find services offered by the library or other COA departments that can support your research, writing and study skills.

What About Computers?
Computers are available for student use on all three COA campuses. These policies refer to computers at library locations.

Resources in the Library
We offer books plus much more. Learn about resources and services here.

Fines, Loan Periods, & Policies
Find the rules regarding food, cell phones and other issues.

Archives
Find noteworthy documents and photos from COA’s 50-year history through the library’s digital archives.

Contact Us
Help is available from COA library staff members during library hours and from trained librarians through the statewide NCknows system around the clock.

Our Mission: To aid all students, faculty and staff at College of The Albemarle with their research and information needs. We provide resources and services to users in person and online. We seek opportunities to teach information skills.

Our Online Library

Wilson OmniFile Full Text provides access to articles from 4,500 periodicals, many available in full text. It excels in providing scholarly articles from academic journals.

Through NC Live, library users may access several collections of summaries, citations and full-text articles from hundreds of newspapers, magazines, academic journals and other sources. You can find full-text books and other useful research tools.

Literature Resources from Gale: Full-text, digital editions of several Gale literary criticism series. Find excerpts of essays on works written during nearly all periods of literary history.

Opposing Viewpoints: A one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. Find opinion essays; topic overviews; magazine, academic journal and newspaper articles; plus more. Includes Critical Thinking database.

Start your research with Encyclopedia Britannica, the world’s best-known general-interest encyclopedia. The Online Academic Edition contains thousands more articles than the print encyclopedia, plus photos, illustrations, videos and a feature for comparing statistics on any two countries side by side.

The Oxford English Dictionary tells the history of the English language word by word. Find the meaning, history and pronunciation of 600,000 words – past and present.

View any of 8,900 videos produced especially for academic use.  Films on Demand covers a range of relevant subjects including humanities, the sciences, business, technical fields, and careers.  You can stream the videos to classrooms, computers, and mobile devices.

Other Online Resources

Health Sciences Material: Includes Stat!Ref medical references and Software for Nurses.

Milestone Documents of American Leaders