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LIBRARY DATABASES BY HCC COURSE CLUSTERS

  • ABI/INFORM Collection
    • Business research from journals, trade publications, market research reports, dissertations, and working papers.
  • Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection
    • Journal articles, reference reports, proceedings, and dissertations covering current news and topics as well as the trends and history influencing important accounting and tax issues.
  • Asian & European Business Collection
    • This database provides information pertinent to the study of business and finance topics across Asia and Europe, including academic journals, newspapers, newswires, and magazines. Find information on companies, economies, markets, international trade, and overall business conditions and practices throughout these regions.
  • Business Market Research Collection
    • This database contains company, industry, economic and geopolitical market research from three sources, including Hoover's Company Profiles, OxResearch from Oxford Analytica, and Snapshots.
  • Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database
    • Articles spanning Canadian agriculture, business and economics, education, government and politics, health sciences, history, literature, medical sciences, social sciences, and more, including scholarly content.
  • Data-Axle Reference Solutions
    • Reference and research tool providing instant, real-time access to accurate, in-depth information on 24 million U.S. businesses and 235 million U.S. residents. Data-Axle makes it faster and easier to find new business opportunities, research executives and companies, find news articles, conduct job searches, research papers, locate addresses and phone numbers, conduct market research and much more. Formerly known as ReferenceUSA.
  • Entrepreneurship Database
    • Information for entrepreneurs and researchers that includes business start-up plans, video clips, journals, business cases, and more.
  • State Data Center
    • The site includes population, economic, and income data as well as county profiles and rankings.

  • ChiltonLibrary.com
    • Authoritative automotive repair covers the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years.
  • Engineering Database
    • This database provides discipline-specific coverage of engineering, spanning thousands of publications, many in full text.

  • Education Database
    • Research on primary, secondary, and higher education, as well as special education, home schooling, adult education, and hundreds of related topics.
  • eLibrary
    • This easy-to-use curriculum and reference resource delivers one of the largest general reference collections of periodical and digital media content designed specifically for schools and libraries of all kinds, as well as additional subject-based material.
  • LearningExpress Library Complete and PrepSTEP Academic
    • Practice tests, interactive tutorials, and ebooks for students adult learners. Includes practices tests such as GED, GRE, SAT, TEAS, and supports those looking to improve core academic skills, pass a high school equivalency test, prepare for college, join the military, obtain occupational certification, find a job, change careers, become a U.S. citizen and much more.
  • Open Education North Carolina Collection
    • Contains free, open textbooks that have been curated for the most frequently taught courses across North Carolina's 2 and 4-year colleges and universities. Faculty can adopt these open educational resources (OER) to save their students money and lower the overall cost of higher education.

  • Biological Science Database
    • Research on animal behavior, aquatic life and fisheries, biochemistry, ecology, plant science, toxicology, virology, microbiology, health and safety science, entomology, and more.
  • GreenFILE
    • A free research database covering the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and governments and what can be done at each level to minimize negative impacts. It provides thousands of open access full-text records from scholarly, government and general interest sources.
  • Science Database
    • Applied and general science articles covering topics such as global warming, alternative energy sources, robotic engineering, genetically modified food, and more.

  • Criminal Justice Database
    • Research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends.
  • LawHelpNC
    • Find information and links about your legal rights, the law, the courts, legal forms and more.

  • Arts & Humanities Database
    • This database features hundreds of titles covering Art, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre and Cultural Studies.

  • Biological Science Database
    • Research on animal behavior, aquatic life and fisheries, biochemistry, ecology, plant science, toxicology, virology, microbiology, health and safety science, entomology, and more.
  • Career & Technical Education Database
    • Vocational information on technical topics, such as computing science, healthcare, building trades, auto mechanics, sales and retail, accounting, graphic design, and photography.
  • CINAHL Plus with Full Text
    • Database of nursing and allied health journals with additional materials that include nursing dissertations, conference proceedings, evidence-based care sheets, audiovisuals, and continuing education modules.
  • Consumer Health Database
    • Magazines and journals covering consumer health topics, such as sports injuries, women's health, food and nutrition, midwifery, eye care and dentistry.
  • CQ Researcher
    • Reports on issues shaping our world, with in-depth coverage of political and social issues, such as health, education, the environment, technology, and the U.S. economy.
  • LearningExpress Library Complete and PrepSTEP
    • Academic Practice tests, interactive tutorials, and ebooks for students adult learners. Includes practices tests such as GED, GRE, SAT, TEAS, and supports those looking to improve core academic skills, pass a high school equivalency test, prepare for college, join the military, obtain occupational certification, find a job, change careers, become a U.S. citizen and much more.
  • MedlinePlus
    • Common diseases and conditions, health promotion and wellness, drugs info, medical dictionaries and more.
  • Merck Manual Professional Version
    • Explains disorders, their symptoms, how they're diagnosed, and how they can be prevented or treated. For doctors and medical students.
  • NC Health Info
    • Online guide to quality health and medical information and local health services throughout North Carolina.
  • NC Health Info Español
    • NC Health Info tiene por objetivo ayudarlo a tomar decisiones informadas sobre atención médica. Aquí encontrará información confiable y fácil de comprender sobre diversos temas, incluidas afecciones, dónde encontrar opciones de tratamientos sin costo o de bajo costo y directorios de proveedores y servicios en Carolina del Norte.
  • ProQuest Central
    • General reference database for over 175 subjects from magazines, journals and newspapers, including peer-reviewed and scholarly works.
  • Public Health Database
    • This database allows you to search the core literature in the field of public health.
  • PubMed
    • Comprehensive resource containing citations (not full articles) to biomedical articles and life science journals.