Accessibility Tips for Library Resources
This guide offers policies and tips on how to use accessibility features present in online resources such as databases, eBooks, and publishers. If you have any questions, please contact HCC Library Staff at: library@hcc.edu.
African American Experience
Publisher-provided accessibility statement
Bloom's Literature
Publisher-provided accessibility statement
If you have accessibility issues or requests, please contact library@hcc.edu or contact the database provider at 800.322.8755 or database.support@infobase.com.
CQ Researcher
Publisher-provided accessibility statement
The CQ Researcher platform allows you to download DRM-free content in PDF format. You can contact online.accessibility@sagepub.com to request downloaded content in an alternate format.
For additional accessibility issues or requests, please contact library@hcc.edu or contact the database provider at online.accessibility@sagepub.com.
DSM Library
Publisher-provided accessibility statement
If you have accessibility issues or requests, please contact library@hcc.edu or contact the database provider at 202.459.9722 or psychiatryonline@psych.org.
Ebsco Ebooks
Publisher-provided accessibility statement
If you discover that an eBook file does not include sufficient accessibility support, EBSCO can provide a DRM-free copy of the eBook upon request.
You can make a request by using the "Accessibility support" tool in the eBook viewer:
You can also ask a librarian to submit a request using this remediation form, or send an email to accessibility@ebsco.com with the name of your library, title and ISBN of the eBook in question, and the targeted assistive technology.
EBSCO will return the DRM-free eBook file to the requesting librarian via email (or an alternate requested location) as soon as possible, within 3 to 5 business days of the request.
Ebsco Databases
HCC currently subscribes to the following Ebsco databases:
- Academic Search Complete
- Ageline
- APA PsycInfo
- Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic
- Business Source Complete
- CINAHL Plus with Full Text
- Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text
- Environment Complete
- ERIC
- European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750
- Exploring Race in Society
- Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
- GreenFILE
- Health Source - Consumer Edition
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
- LGBTQ+ Source
- Library Information Science & Technology Abstracts
- MAS Reference eBook Collection
- MAS Ultra - School Edition
- MasterFILE Premier
- MEDLINE
- Military & Government Collection
- Newspaper Source
- Newswires
- OpenDissertations
- Primary Search
- Regional Business News
- Religion and Philosophy Collection
- Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson)
- Sociological Collection
- Teacher Reference Center
- The Serials Directory
Publisher-provided accessibility statement
If you encounter content with accessibility issues in these databases, use the “Accessibility support” tool in the top right corner of the screen:
For other accessibility issues or requests, please contact library@hcc.edu, or contact the database provider at 800.758.5995 or accessibility@ebsco.com.
Ebook Central
Publisher-provided accessibility statement
You can listen to ebooks using a screen reader by enabling Text Only Mode:
- Ebook Central: Text Only Mode for Screen Readers (proquest.com)
- How To Turn Text Only Mode On (or Off) on Ebook Central (proquest.com)
If you have accessibility issues or requests, please contact library@hcc.edu or contact ProQuest Technical Support online or by calling 800.889.3358.
Encyclopedia Britannica
For the publisher’s accessibility statement, go to the Help section, then click on General Information at the top of the page, then click Accessibility Commitment on the left side of the page. To learn about accessibility features, go to the Help section, then click on Tools for Learning and Accessibility on the left side of the page.
For accessibility issues or requests, please contact library@hcc.edu, or contact Britannica Customer Support at 800.621.3900 ext. 7160 or edsupport@eb.com.
Films on Demand
Publisher-provided accessibility statement
If you have accessibility issues or requests, please contact library@hcc.edu, or contact the database provider by calling 800.322.8755 or emailing video.support@infobase.com.
FindLaw
Publisher-provided accessibility statement
If you have accessibility issues or requests, please contact library@hcc.edu, or contact the database provider at findlawconsumerfeedback@findlaw.com.
Gale
HCC currently subscribes to the following Gale databases:
- Academic OneFile
- Agriculture
- Business
- Communications and Mass Media
- Criminal Justice
- Culinary Arts
- Diversity Studies
- Economics and Theory
- Entrepreneurship
- Environmental Studies and Policy
- Fine Arts
- Gardening and Horticulture
- Gender Studies
- Health and Medicine
- High School Edition
- Home Improvement
- Hospitality and Tourism
- Information Science
- Insurance and Liability
- Leadership and Management
- Military and Intelligence
- News
- New York Times Article Archive
- Nursing and Allied Health
- Opposing Viewpoints
- Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine
- Pop Culture Studies
- Popular Magazines
- Psychology
- Religion and Philosophy
- Science
- U.S. History
- Vocations and Careers
- War and Terrorism
- World History
Publisher-provided accessibility statement
If you have feedback or inquiries, including requests for accessible versions of documents, please contact library@hcc.edu, or contact the database provider at Accessibility.Gale@cengage.com.
Issues and Controversies in American History
Publisher-provided accessibility statement
If you have accessibility issues or requests, please contact library@hcc.edu, or contact the database provider by calling 800.322.8755 ext. 7, or by emailing Database.support@InfobaseLearning.com.
JSTOR
Publisher-provided accessibility statement
If you need content in an alternative format, find an accessibility issue with the website, or need general assistance, you can contact library@hcc.edu, or you can contact JSTOR via web form, by phone at 888.388.3574, by text at 734.887.7001, or by email at support@jstor.org.
Kanopy
Publisher-provided accessibility statement
If you have accessibility issues or requests, please contact library@hcc.edu, or contact OverDrive, the company that owns Kanopy: feedback@overdrive.com.
Latino American Experience
Publisher-provided accessibility statement
New York Times
Publisher-provided accessibility statement
Newsbank
Publisher-provided accessibility statement
If you have accessibility issues or requests, please contact library@hcc.edu, or contact the database provider by emailing custservice@newsbank.com or calling 800.243.7694.
Oxford Art Online
Publisher-provided accessibility statement
To get access to content from this database in a specific format to meet your needs, you can contact an HCC librarian at library@hcc.edu to submit an accessibility request.
Oxford Music Online
Publisher-provided accessibility statement
To get access to content from this database in a specific format to meet your needs, you can contact an HCC librarian at library@hcc.edu to submit an accessibility request.
ScienceDirect
Publisher-provided accessibility statement
If you have accessibility issues or requests, please contact library@hcc.edu, or contact the database provider at accessibility@elsevier.com.
