HACC Articles & Databases: Databases A-Z

Off-campus Access

Off-campus access to the HACC Library Databases is granted to current students/faculty/staff of Harrisburg Area Community College only.

HACC STUDENTS & STAFF: Please enter your myHACC portal Username and your myHACC portal Password to access databases from off-campus.

New / Trial Databases

The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.

Feature Films for Education

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Hundreds of full-length feature films for educational instructional purposes. We recommend you use Internet Explorer or the latest version of Chrome.

Free Resources offered by Publishers/Vendors

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A list of TEMPORARY free resources that publishers & vendors are offering during the COVID-19 crisis.

Open Textbook Library

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Open textbooks are textbooks that have been funded, published, and licensed to be freely used, adapted, and distributed. These books have been reviewed by faculty from a variety of colleges and universities to assess their quality. These books can be downloaded for no cost, or printed at low cost. All textbooks are either used at multiple higher education institutions; or affiliated with an institution, scholarly society, or professional organization.

OpenStax

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OpenStax has created peer-reviewed, openly licensed textbooks, which are available in free digital formats and for a low cost in print.
Owner: Rice University

General Databases

Academic Search Complete
Articles from scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers covering every area of academic study and news.
MasterFILE Premier
Articles from general interest magazines covering a broad range of subjects. Also includes reference books, biographies, primary sources documents, and images.
ProQuest Central
Searches across all ProQuest databases. Articles from scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers covering every subject area and news topic.
Research Library (ProQuest)
Articles from scholarly journals and magazines and reports covering every subject area. Includes images and statistics.
Sage Journals Online
Full text articles from scholarly journals in business, humanities, and social sciences.

Technology Troubleshooting Tips

Troubleshooting guide for HACC Library users having database issues which can be found on the HACC Library website under Libguides / Library Information / Troubleshooting Guide for HACC Users / Database Issues. Topics include emailing full-text articles, help viewing full-text PDF files, and commonly reported database issues.

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HACC Database Tutorials A-Z

CINAHL Advanced Searching
CQ Researcher
DSM-IV (Diagnostic Statistical Manual)
EBSCOhost's Article Databases - Introductory Video
This video shows EBSCOHost's Academic Search Complete, but will apply to many similar databases.
EBSCOhost: Advanced Searching
Ovid: Advanced Searching
Ovid Basic Search
Proquest
Link to a variety of ProQuest Tutorials
PsychINFO
Science Direct: Basic Searching
Science Direct: Reviewing Your Results

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