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Academic Search Complete
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Articles from scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers covering every area of academic study and news.

Academic Video Online (AVON)
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Over 70,000 streaming video titles spanning a wide range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more.

America's Historical Newspapers
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Complete editions from hundreds of US newspapers providing primary source content covering eras such as the Revolutionary War, Civil War, World War I, Roaring Twenties, Great Depression, World War II, Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam War, Information Age and more.

Arts (ProQuest)
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Articles from journals and magazines covering art, architecture, design, history, philosophy, music, literature, theatre and cultural studies.

ARTstor (Now on JSTOR)
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Collection of images from the areas of the visual arts, the humanities, and social sciences.

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Benezit Dictionary of Artists
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Includes 149,000 artist biographies as well as auction records, exhibition histories, and over 11,000 images of artists’ signatures and stamps of sale.

Biography In Context
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Biographies of influential people worldwide and from many time periods. Includes encyclopedia articles, magazine articles, and some multimedia.

Black Life in America
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The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media.

A comprehensive library covering a broad selection of literary works, their authors and genres.

Business (ProQuest)
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Articles from journals, magazines and newspapers relating to business and economics including finance, international business, management, markets and company profiles.

Business Source Complete
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Articles covering all disciplines of business. Includes peer reviewed business journal articles, market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles, and SWOT analyses.

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Searchable database containing almost 200,000 reviews of academic titles.
News, information, and job postings for college and university faculty members and administrators.
CINAHL
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Full-text scholarly and peer reviewed articles for nursing and allied health topics.

Clinical Nursing Skills in Video
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Clinical Nursing Skills in Video is a growing collection of videos that offers essential visual examples for supporting the curriculum at all levels from undergraduate to professional.

Communication and Mass Media Complete
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Articles from scholarly journals, magazines and book chapters, in topics of communication, mass media and related fields of cultural studies, film studies, marketing and business.

CQ Researcher
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Full-text periodicals on issues from 1923 through current. All articles include an introduction to the topic, a lengthy overview, background information, the current situation, the outlook, and a pro/con section.

Credo Reference
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Articles from encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference sources from all subject areas. Includes images, audio pronunciation files, maps, and data tables.

Criminal Justice Collection
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Informs the research process for students in law, law enforcement, or terrorism, training for paralegal service, preparing for a career in homeland security, delving into forensic science, investigating crime scenes, developing policy, going to court and writing sociological reports.

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Dentistry & Oral Sciences Source
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Full-text scholarly and peer reviewed articles from dentistry and oral sciences journals and magazines.

Streaming video collection organized by disorder and includes dramatic scenarios to demonstrate each disorder and its symptoms.

DSM 5 Online
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Complete Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition.

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eBooks on EBSCOhost
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eBook collection covering a wide range of subjects. eBooks User Guide & Recommended Browser Settings

 

EBSCOhost
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Searches across all EBSCOhost databases simultaneously.

ERIC
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Education Resources Information Center contains articles covering all aspects and levels of education, as well as some other subject areas.

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Feature Films for Education
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Includes hundreds of full-length feature films of both current and hard-to-find titles, including dramas, literary adaptations, blockbusters, classics, science fiction, environmental titles, foreign films, social issues, animation studies, and award winners.

Ferguson's Career Guidance Center
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Career research database exploring industries and careers, planning education, and researching best practices for résumés, cover letters, interviewing, networking, and salaries/benefits.

Films on Demand
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Curriculum-focused, streaming video titles from producers such as Films for the Humanities and Sciences, A&E, History, ABCNews, BBC, NBC News, Biography, National Geographic and others.

Flipster
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Browse digital versions of the latest issues of popular magazines, such as Prevention, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, and Writer's Digest.

FMG Archival Films & Newsreels Collection
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A streaming video service offering thousands of award-winning documentaries, training films and theatrical releases across diverse subjects and disciplines.

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Gale Ebooks
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Collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries and topical content covering a variety of subject areas.

Covers the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, conservation, health and technology.

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Health & Medicine (ProQuest)
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Full-text articles covering health, medicine, substance abuse, and many other health-related topics.

Health Source: Consumer Edition
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Full-text consumer health magazines, health pamphlets, and reference books covering medical sciences, food science and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine, and general health.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
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Provides students, allied health professionals, nurses, and medical educators access to scholarly journals on many medical disciplines.

History (ProQuest)
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Articles covering civilizations, historical studies, military history, periods & events, US history, and world history.

Hoovers Online
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Company profiles, histories and financials for public and private companies around the world. Includes news sources, press releases, competitors and industry profiles as well as SWOT and analyst reports, revenues, etc.
 

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Hospitality and Tourism Index
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Articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers with limited full text. Covers the culinary arts, food & beverage management, hospitality law, hotel management, leisure & business travel, and market trends.

Human Anatomy
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Database offering interactive study of human anatomy through virtual 3D dissections, visual simulations, and reference content.
 

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JSTOR Arts & Sciences Archive Collection
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Contains digitized back issues of academic journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

Global Plants is the world’s largest database of digitized plant specimens and a locus for international scientific research and collaboration.

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On-demand streaming of classic cinema, indie films, and top documentaries. Films remain available for 72 hours. Students and staff are required to create a Kanopy user account in order to access this database.

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Daily legal news journal covering Pennsylvania legal news, information, and analysis. Only current 6 months available.

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Articles from journals, magazines and newspapers on librarianship and information technology with limited full-text.

Literature & Language (ProQuest)
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Articles covering English, American literature, world literature, and linguistics.

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Thirty foundational textbooks and supplemental material for nursing and health career students.

MasterFILE Premier
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MasterFILE Premier provides full-text for over 1,800 general interest, business, consumer health, general science, and multicultural periodicals. Also includes reference books, biographies, and images.

Medcom Video Training Program Collection
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Short videos covering specific skills in health care safety, emergency planning, checking vital signs, phlebotomy, and more.
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MEDLINE
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Authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and more. Uses Medical Subject Headings or MeSH.

Free resource - not a library database. Professional, Consumer, Veterinary.
Military & Government Collection
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Current news and scholarly research about all branches of the military, domestic and international politics, and governments.

MLA Handbook Plus
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The online version of the ninth edition of the MLA Handbook Plus (Modern Language Association of America Handbook for Writers of Research Papers).

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National Theatre Collection
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Drawing on 10 years of National Theatre (NT) Live broadcasts, alongside high-quality archive recordings never previously seen outside of the NT's Archive, the National Theatre offers 70 filmed performances split up into the three collections below. If clicking the main heading, all of the videos are present.
National Theatre 1 Collection
National Theatre 2 Collection
National Theatre 3 Collection

NewsBank America's Newspapers
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Articles from Pennsylvania and national newspapers.

Newspaper Source
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Full-text coverage for more than 40 newspapers and select text for 389 regional US newspapers.

Nursing Assessment in Video
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Streaming video from Medom-Trainex's nursing assessment and training series. Includes respiratory, digestive, nervous, and genitourinary systems.

Nursing Assistant Education in Video
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Streaming video collection focusing on training nursing assistants using step-by-step or hands-on instruction.

Nursing Education in Video
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Streaming video collection of full-length training videos from Medcom-Trainex for nursing and allied health programs including anatomy, basic clinical skills, and medication administration.

Nursing Video Search
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Search complete Alexander Street Press Nursing streaming video collections, Nursing Education in Video, Nursing Assistant Education in Video and Nursing Assessment in Video. Regularly reviewed for compliance.

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Comprehensive subject coverage with 75+ easy-to-navigate Sourcebooks on specific health disorders and diseases in the Health Reference Series Collection.

Open textbooks are licensed by authors and publishers to be freely used and adapted. Download, edit and distribute them at no cost.

Peer-reviewed, openly licensed textbooks, which are available in free digital formats and for a low cost in print. From Rice University.

Opposing Viewpoints
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Topic overviews, contrasting viewpoints, articles, primary source documents, statistics, videos, and recommended websites covering specific issues.

OverDrive
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Popular fiction, nonfiction, and audios titles are borrowed for use on your electronic device and are checked out for two weeks. Students need to log in using their H# and HACC employees should log in using their myHACC user ID.

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Comprehensive nursing and allied health portal for practice, education, research, and administration. Features access to 78 full-text journals from Wolters Kluwer.
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Oxford Reference Online
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Articles from encyclopedias, dictionaries, and reference sources from all subject areas. Includes quotations, maps, and illustrations.

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PBS Video Collection
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Collection of more than 1,200 streaming videos with a wide range of documentaries and series from PBS.

Professional Development Collection
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Articles from scholarly and peer-reviewed education journals and full-text educational reports.

ProQuest Central
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Searches across all ProQuest databases. Articles from scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers covering every subject area and news topics.

PsycARTICLES
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Full-text articles from American Psychological Association journals.

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
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Articles from journals on all aspects of psychology, psychiatry, and other related social sciences.

PsycINFO
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Collection of scholarly journal articles with limited full-text, book chapters, books, and dissertations . Covers general psychology and specialized basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology.

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R2 Digital Library
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Health sciences eBooks.

Regional Business News
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Full-text articles from US business journals, newspapers and newswires.

Religion & Philosophy Collection
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Articles from scholarly journals and magazines covering religion and philosophy worldwide.

Research Library (ProQuest)
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Articles from scholarly journals, magazines and reports covering every subject area.

Identifies resources for college library and technical schools by providing the latest recommended titles mapped to 58 curriculum-specific subject areas. Updated quarterly. Also includes career resources.

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Sage Journals Online
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Peer-reviewed articles from scholarly journals in business, engineering, medicine, humanities, and social sciences.

Salem Careers
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Covers basic and related occupations for the automotive industry, biology, chemistry, communications & media, engineering, music, nursing, psychology & behavioral science, and writing & editing.

Salem Health
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Combined searchable encyclopedia sets Magills Medical Guide, 9th ed. and Addictions & Substance Abuse (2018).

Salem History
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Searchable collection of primary historical documents, commentary, biographies and timelines.

Salem Literature
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Collection of literary criticism of selected novels and author biographies.

Salem Science
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Online encyclopedia (2009-2019). Covers forensic science, fire science, environmental issues and chemistry careers.

Science & Technology (ProQuest)
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Scholarly and popular articles from journals, magazines and newspapers. Biology, chemistry, physics, engineering and technology.

ScienceDirect College Edition
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Peer-reviewed scientific studies and review articles. Major focus: science and medicine. Minor focus: social science and humanities.

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Collection of legal materials on slavery in the United States and England, including statutes and case law from the colonial, state and federal level.

Social Sciences (ProQuest)
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Scholarly, peer-reviewed articles in anthropology, criminology, cultural studies, human services, sociology, political science and public welfare.

SocINDEX with Full Text
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Sociology, social work, human services, criminal justice, anthropology, and cultural studies. Peer-reviewed journals, magazines, book chapters and conference proceedings.

Summon Database Search
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Summon is a search engine that searches for articles, eBooks, and other resources using keywords. Summon searches MOST, but not ALL of our resources. If you need more specific or focused results, try searching the individual databases.

Swank Digital Campus
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Collection of feature films useful to all academic areas.

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Teacher Reference Center
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Covers best practices, curriculum development, pedagogy, instructional media and school administration. Limited full-text from peer-reviewed education journals.

Today's Science
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Articles, videos, interviews with scientists, annual digest of major research in anthropology, astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth science, environment, mathematics, medicine & health, physics, psychology and technology.

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US Newsstream
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Over 1,000 news sources including Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and LA Times.

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Vocational & Career Collection
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Technical industry-related publications. Trades/engineering focus.

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World News Digest
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US and international past and current events (1940-present). Historical documents, statistics, images, timelines and landmark events.

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