HSL Launches North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection
The Health Sciences Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is proud to announce the debut of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection database. This database consists of books, journals, reports, bulletins, minutes, proceedings, and histories covering topics in medicine, public health, dentistry, pharmacy, and nursing, dating from 1849 to the present.
“We’re proud to be able to document the history of health care in North Carolina, and make a wealth of historical materials available online,” Special Collections Librarian Dawne Lucas said. “This collection demonstrates the development of health care and health professions in our state, and makes up a significant part of our cultural heritage.”
The database features full-text and image searching; a full listing of PDFs are available on the Health Sciences Library website.
This project was made possible by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant. NC ECHO is funded by the State Library of North Carolina through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and the dedicated work of Pedro Chavez, Christie Degener, Lynn Eades, Jennifer Louya, Dawne Lucas, Travis Matthews, William McLean, Mike Millner, Jenn Riley, Fred Stipe, Daniel Smith, Rich Szary, and Managers and staff of the Internet Archive Book Digitization Team.
The Health Sciences Library plans to continue adding appropriate materials to this collection as they become available.
