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NCpedia is an online encyclopedia. Its purpose is to highlight North Carolina's unique resources, people, and culture to enrich, educate, and inform. As of December 1, 2012, NCpedia included 2,953 entries and 3,580 images! <Learn more>

NCpedia is coordinated and managed by the Government and Heritage Library at the State Library of North Carolina, part of the NC Department of Cultural Resources. Please visit our list of project partners and contributors.

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Are you interested in experiencing all 100 North Carolina icons that are listed in Our State Magazine? The Government & Heritage Library has created a list of resources to help. It includes links to many articles included in NCpedia and is online at http://statelibrary.ncdcr.libguides.com/100ncicons.

NCpedia is expanding! Through a partnership with the University of North Carolina Press and a Library Services and Technology Act grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, NCpedia will grow over the next three years to include content from the Encyclopedia of North Carolina and the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography.

NCpedia received the 2011 Gale Cengage Learning Award for Excellence in Reference and Adult Services.

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