Are you teaching in a public school in North Carolina? Consider a Teacher Borrower Card from Appalachian State University. There is no cost for the card. You may borrow physical library materials and use the Idea Factory (limits apply). The loan period is 30 days. There is a limit of 15 items on a teacher borrower card at one time. Current, state-adopted textbooks are non-circulating.

NC LIVE is a database available through public libraries and North Carolina school systems. It is not as robust as the databases you have access to when you are a student, but there are some valuable resources you can access. Search the same way you would any other database. Select "Advanced Search" and use the boolean operators to help you find exactly what you need.