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Future Flood Risk Perceptions Following Hurricane Matthew: A Study of Eastern North Carolinians
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-20)Floods are one of the most dangerous weather-related hazard events in the world. A flood event can develop quickly and cause catastrophic damage to life and property. Residents adequately preparing for floods can help ... -
The Future of OER Outreach
(2023-05-19)Over the past two decades, Open Educational Resources (OER) have been utilized in all types of education across all disciplines. In addition to saving learners money, OER offers educators the flexibility to customize ... -
The Future of Reading and Academic Libraries
(2015-01)The e-book is raising fundamental questions around the dynamics and habits of reading; the role of books in the academic library; and the role of librarians in addressing new realities of reading and learning. Print and ... -
The Future of Reading and Academic Libraries
(2014-11-07)The rise of the ebook is raising fundamental questions around the dynamics and habits of reading, and a perennial question - the importance of books in the academic library. Print and digital texts foster different styles ... -
The Future of Reading: The Importance of Preserving Hybrid Collections in the Digital Age
(2012-05-11)As e-books continue to grow in popularity and usage, it appears quite possible that they will one day not just supplement but outright replace print books. A growing body of evidence, however, suggests that reading off a ... -
GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF DUNE FORMATION AND ARTIFACT DEPOSITION AT BARBER CREEK (31PT259)
(2009-03)The stratified prehistoric site at Barber Creek, located on a relict sand dune in eastern North Carolina, has the potential to offer important insights into the previously poorly understood chronologies and typologies ... -
GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF SAND RIDGES IN A BACK-BARRIER ESTUARY, PAMLICO SOUND, NORTH CAROLINA
(East Carolina University, 2018-06-06)The Outer Banks of North Carolina have undergone significant geomorphic change, exhibiting varying degrees of barrier island continuity during the late Holocene. These changes affect the environmental conditions (salinity, ... -
Geophysical characterization of onsite wastewater treatment system effects on groundwater quality, eastern North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 1/13/16)Onsite wastewater treatment systems (OWS) are a potential non-point source of pollution that can result in water quality degradation in groundwater and surface water. Locating OWS wastewater plumes in the subsurface often ... -
Geophysical Detection of On-site Wastewater Plumes in the North Carolina Coastal Plain, USA
(East Carolina University, 2014)Nonpoint source pollution (NPS) continues to be the leading cause of water quality degradation in the United States. On-site wastewater systems (OWS) contribute to NPS; however, due to the range of system designs and ... -
GIS BASED ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE LOCATION MODELING IN PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
(East Carolina University, 2010)Archaeologists have employed Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software in the generation of predictive models for over thirty years. In the interest of creating a state wide predictive model, the North Carolina ... -
Giving Patrons What They Want: An Analysis of a Thesis and Dissertation Purchase-on-Demand Project at East Carolina University
(East Carolina University, 2010-04)Joyner Library's Interlibrary Loan Department has been purchasing theses and dissertations that it could neither borrow from other libraries nor find freely available online to fulfill patron requests. Purchased documents ... -
Good Medicine and Good Music: The Virtual Life of Mrs. Joe Person at East Carolina University
(East Carolina Universityhttp://www.nclaonline.org/NCL/ncl/NCL_62_2_Summer2004.pdf, 2004)Tells about a digital exhibit celebrating the life of North Carolina patent medicine entrepreneur and folk musician Alice Person. -
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Data Migration: a Case Study with ECU
(2018-05-31)In 2016, East Carolina University sought a user-friendly, innovative system for faculty activity reporting to replace their current technology. Although their requirements were straightforward—integration with institutional ... -
Google Wave
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GRAVITY SURVEY OF A BURIED TRIASSIC RIFT BASIN, BERTIE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
(East Carolina University, 8/5/2020)The North American rift margin includes of a series of Triassic rift basins along the eastern seaboard of the United States and Canada. This continent-scale rift basin system is comprised of complex and variable geometries ... -
Green Chemistry Web Resources
(2012)This article reviews a variety of authoritative Green Chemistry web resources. -
GROUNDWATER FLOW IN THE UPPER CASTLE HAYNE AQUIFER: NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS AND STRONTIUM ISOTOPIC INVESTIGATIONS
(East Carolina University, 2019-10-02)The Castle Hayne Aquifer System (CHAS) is the most extensively used aquifer system in the North Carolina Coastal Plain. Heavy groundwater withdrawals from the Upper Castle Hayne Aquifer (UCH) have occurred since the 1960’s ... -
"He Has Earned the Right of Citizenship" : The Black Soldiers of North Carolina in the Civil War; A Comment on Historiography, Treatment, and Pensions.
(East Carolina University, 2015)The Frederick C. Douglass Papers, held at the Joyner Library of East Carolina University are an important source of information concerning the black soldiers of North Carolina. Many historians have written about the various ... -
Helping Keep the Costs of Textbooks for Students Down: Two Approaches
(2018-05)Librarians at East Carolina University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro received a 2-year grant to support a combined alternative textbook project. This project engages in a two-pronged approach to reduce ... -
Herding Cats: Project Management for Digital Scholarship
(2017-03-16)