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Parents and Family Guide to the Mary and Jeff Bell Library: Collections

This guide is intended to help parents and other family members of current and prospective TAMU-CC students get to know what the Libraries have to offer their students.

Library Print Collections Overview

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View of Quick Search on the library's home page displaying additional search filters under the search box.

Quick Search is your best bet to find a book, ebook, journal article, streaming content, and more! First click on the search box to display the additional filters below. Then click on the filter you want to narrow down your results to just a single format. Commonly used filters are: 

  • Books/ebooks
  • Articles
  • Films/Video
  • Music/Audio Recordings
  • Full-text online (OPTIONAL: use this filter only if you want just online to display in your result list)
  • Peer Reviewed (OPTIONAL: use this filter only if you want just scholarly peer reviewed journal articles to display in your result list)

Then type in your specific title, surrounded by quotation marks. An example might be: "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe."

Research Databases

Sometimes you need to start with a more focused search in only one or two databases that specialize in certain topics, subject areas, or disciplines. The library has 399 different Research Databases. 

Use the Research Databases A-Z List to choose the best database for your needs.

This list links to all 399 databases available from the Bell Library. You can search alphabetically by title, subject, or content type. 

This image shows a partial view of the A-Z database page, and shows the subject menu open with the English subject database choice selected.

Streaming Video Databases

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The library has a category in the A-Z databases list that will display a list of all the Streaming Video databases. Kanopy (Netflix-like feature film and documentary film database) is a favorite!

Streaming Audio Databases

Browse the database A-Z list for Streaming Audio databases. Naxos Music Library is a fave!

Image Databases

Browse the database A-Z list for Image databases. Open Artstor is a favorite, but there are plenty of other wonderful image collections waiting for you to explore!