| Description | Local, county, and state government information is found (or perhaps equally likely, not found) in public and academic libraries, historical societies, government agencies, and even in corporate offices. Often, locating information about a certain topic is challenging and may require a researcher to travel from one institution to another to gather a complete view of a topic. With NC MOSAIC, the State Library of North Carolina attempts to bring together in one online location links to important collections of government information, including maps, publications, records, and historical documents that have been made available on the Internet by academic institutions or government agencies in North Carolina. The records found in NC MOSAIC do not contain government information themselves. Instead, they describe and link to online resources found all over the state. Searches within NC MOSAIC examine these descriptions for word and phrase matches and point researchers directly to relevant collections, whether they are housed in New Bern or Boone. |
