Extension Services
Extension agents or specialists with a NC State email address are considered current staff at NC State. You have the same borrowing privileges and access to resources as any other faculty or staff at the university. The NC State University Libraries is here to help you.
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- What can I do through the Libraries?
- What databases can I get to with an NC State login?
- What databases can I get to without logging in?
What can I do through the Libraries?
- Check out books, have books shipped to your site (with a return shipping label included), read articles online, request articles we don’t have, and more. Read more about borrowing privileges.
- Come visit us in person to check out technology like laptops and Go Pro cameras. Bring your Wolfpack One Card!
- Search and read articles online.
- Have your Data Management Plans reviewed.
- Get online support for all your library needs through Ask Us. Text, chat, email, or set up a meeting with us.
- Ask your librarians for help finding information, documents, data, or request workshops and training.
Other Online Resources
- Get help with your data: finding data, visualizing data, analyzing data, and building data management plans.
- Special Collections Research Center (SCRC): Excellent for finding Extension publications, historical documents related to NC State, and photographs. Contact the SCRC or Todd Kosmerick for assistance.
- NC LIVE: Log in with your NC State account to get access to articles, test prep resources, career development resources, and more.
- Want a virtual or in-person workshop on finding information, how to use the library, or something else? Contact your librarians and we’ll make it work!
- Is there a resource (book, ebook, journal, database, etc.) missing that you think we should have? Email us and let us know.
Databases
What databases can I get to with a NC State login?
Agricola
Covers the world's agricultural literature, including plant and animal sciences, forestry, soil and water resources, and earth and environmental sciences.
CAB Abstracts
Covers the significant research and development literature in the applied life sciences, including agriculture, forestry, human nutrition, veterinary medicine, and the environment.
How do I log into these databases from off campus?
When you select some library links, such as Agricola, you’ll be asked to log in using your Unity ID and password. This is the same login you use for your NC State email.
Even if you’re using the NC State VPN, you’ll be asked to log in to these resources using your Unity ID. But once you log into one resource, you won’t have to enter your login information for other library resources for the rest of your browser session.
What can I get to without logging in?
These resources are freely available to the public.
NC State Extension Publications
Numbered publications, factsheets, hard copy documents, authoritative sources & more
NC State Special Collections Research Center (SCRC)
Publications, images, historical documents, and more relating to the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Extension, and 4-H. Contact the SCRC or Todd Kosmerick for assistance.
Search Cooperative Extension across the US
Easy search access to resources provided by U.S. Land-Grant institutions including many of the Cooperative Extension websites.
Online Historical Agriculture Resources
Provided by the Libraries' Special Collections Research Center
Online Historical Cooperative Extension Resources
Provided by the Libraries' Special Collections Research Center
National Agricultural Library
The library for the USDA. Search collections and articles on nutrition, water quality, animal welfare, food safety, and more.
Ag Data Commons
Ag Data Commons provides central access to a variety of open agricultural research data funded in whole or in part by USDA
What if I don't have a NC State Login?
To use the NC State University Libraries' databases and electronic journals, you need a Unity ID and password. Most Extension personnel already have Unity accounts because they are generated automatically for anyone on NC State University's payroll. For help finding out your Unity ID and password, call 919-515-HELP(4357).
If you don't have a Unity ID (usually because you are considered a county employee and not on NC State University's payroll), contact Extension Information Technology to have one issued to you.