LibGuides: Raiders of the Lost Databases: Home

Thanks for joining us at Raiders of the Lost Databases!

indiana jones fedora hat "With more than 120 online research databases in HCC Libraries' repository, who can keep up? Join us for a refresher on - or first-time discovery of - some lesser-known gems, and their features and tools."

- Session description, FPD agenda, 10/20/20
Photo by Clément Bucco-Lechat via Creative Commons

View the session video (53:57)

Databases we raided - plus a bonus *

Academic Video Online

Films on Demand

Fergusons Career Guidance Center

Coronavirus Research Database

Global Road Warrior

New York Times Historical

Peterson's Test Prep Education & Career Center

Finding online library resources

Academic Video Online

Academic Video Online (Alexander Street Press) Academic videos on wide range of subjects—sciences, arts and humanities, business, social sciences, and more. Funded by FLVC group license. Here is a tutorial.

Video tutorials:

How to view and save segments on Academic Video Online database (4:16) - from HCC Libraries
ASP Clip-Making Tool (1:51) - from the vendor

Films on Demand

Films on Demand (Infobase Publishing) Videos covering a wide range of subjects across the spectrum of college and university curricula. Include public performance rights for use in educational settings. Funding source: Statewide allocation

Video tutorials:

How to view and save segments on Films on Demand database (00:04:10) - from HCC Libraries.
FOD Custom Segments (00:02:13) - from the vendor.

Fergusons Career Guidance Center

Fergusons Career Guidance Center (Infobase Publishing) Comprehensive career research database. Includes profiles of more than 2,900 popular jobs in 93 industries. Also includes Career Opportunities News, a newsletter about colleges and the job market. Funding source: FLVC group license

Here are Ferguson's Training resources and Educators guide.

Coronavirus Research Database

Coronavirus Research Database (ProQuest) Ihis database curates openly available content related to coronaviruses, including COVID-19, from the world’s leading publishers. Free resource.

This new resource was added after the Spring 2020 shutdown. A student researching "environmental impacts of the coronavirus" this semester found what he could use in this database!

Global Road Warrior

Global Road Warrior (World Trade Press) Extensive country-by-country resource for learning about culture, customs, history, and language worldwide. Funding source: FLVC group license. Here is a tutorial.

Global Road Warrior's product brochure describes, with screenshots, the many topics included in each country profile.

New York Times - Historical - and More!

Historical

New York Times - Historical (ProQuest) Full-text and full-image articles for The New York Times®. Coverage dates from 1851 through four years prior to the present year.

Using New York Times Historical database to find first-hand accounts (2:33) Quick demo of Advanced Search features that help you find first-hand or breaking news accounts of an historical event, i.e. articles that ran in the paper the day after the event happened. Includes how to get the full-page view.

Current

New York Times - Current (Gale) Articles from The New York Times dating from January 1, 1985 to today. A subset of Gale General OneFile. Use the search box labeled, Search Within Publication. Funding source: State Library of Florida. Here is a tutorial.

Peterson's Test Prep Education & Career Center

Peterson's Test Prep Education (Gale) A tool for standardized test prep. Funding source: Statewide allocation. Here is a tutorial.

Here are TERC's resource guide and college planning tips.

Finding online library resources

Introduction to PRIMO, the library catalog and general search engine (00:03:42) A short video introducing the library catalog, Primo.
How to log-in to Library resources Descriptions and brief videos of the multiple ways to log into library resources.
How to find HCC Libraries Online--and databases--from Canvas (00:03:35) How to find the databases. How to pick a database whether or not you have been given the name of a specific one.

To search HCC databases for a specific journal - use Find a Journal - located under "Research Tools" on the HCC Libraries Home page.