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SuperSearch

Use the search box below to search for books/ebooks, articles, videos and more

SuperSearch video tutorial (3:24)

Find Streaming Videos

Use the links below, log in, and search for films by title, topic, or keyword

Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
Over 67,000 videos covering a wide variety of subject areas. Programs include documentaries, interviews, performances, news, raw footage, and archival materials. Also includes The PBS Video Collection of over 600 titles.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Over 20,000 streaming videos appropriate for academic research. Videos can be watched in their entirety, or as individual segments.
Kanopy This link opens in a new window
TCC Library subscribes to Kanopy streaming films that have been requested by faculty to support their online and hybrid classes.
Swank Motion Pictures This link opens in a new window
TCC Library subscribes to Swank streaming films that have been requested by faculty to support their online and hybrid classes.

Find eBooks

Use the eBook databases linked below to search by title, topic, or keyword

Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
Over 180,000 electronic books, with broad coverage on academic topics. Viewable with your web browser; also downloadable to e-readers or e-reader apps with some restrictions.
eBook Collection (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Over 200,000 electronic books, covering a large selection of multidisciplinary academic subjects. Books can be read through a web browser or downloaded.
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Digitized reference works, covering many disciplines. Very useful for background information on a topic.

Find Print Books

Search for books inside the library using the catalog linked below.

Library Catalog This link opens in a new window
Find items on the TCC library's shelves, as well as digital books from our ebook collections.

TCC Library Research Chat

Chat with a Librarian

Have a question? Need help researching? Not sure where to find what you need?

Use the box below to chat with a librarian 24/7

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Update: The Library will be closed over Spring Break

The library will be closed for the break starting from Friday, March 24th - through Sunday, April 2nd.

The library will open again on the first day of Spring quarter which is Monday, April 3rd

Library materials can be returned in one of the library's drop boxes. There is one drop box located to the right of the main library entrance and one behind the library, along the back entrance to building 7 (easiest for drive-up access)

Library hours

Spring quarter runs from Monday, April 3 - Friday, June 16

The library will be open the following days/hours:

Monday - Friday | 7:30a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday | Closed
Note: The library will be closed on the following days:
- Professional Development Day | Friday, April 21
- Memorial Day | Monday, May 29

After hours help:

For help after hours, over the weekend, or when a librarian is not available, please use the "Ask a Librarian" chat option linked below to chat with a 24/7 back-up librarian who can help guide you in how to search the library's resources, get citation help, and ask any additional questions.

Note: Questions submitted over the weekend & holidays will be responded to on the next open business day.

Library services

Check out items
- Books, DVDs, Newspapers & Magazines in the library's collection
- Course Reserve/Textbooks for some courses
- Technology equipment such as laptops, headphones, webcams, phone chargers, calculators, and more
- Water quality kits
- Interlibrary Loans (ILL)
  - See "Borrowing materials" under the "About" tab for more information about checking out and returning items.
Computer use & printing/scanning
- Printing from library computers, as well as wireless printing are available
- Wireless print drivers & information about wi-fi access
- Options including printing in black and white or color, and scanning from or to a USB drive using the copy machines.
  - See "Computers, printing & scanning" under the "About" tab for more information
Library Study Spaces & Group Study Rooms
- Open computer lab on both wings of the library, all equipped for printing (black & white, color)
- Study spaces with large and small tables and individual study carrels
- A Silent Study Room
- Four Group Study Rooms
- One Group Media Room
- The Pleneurethics Group Room/Music Room
  - See "Study rooms, library spaces & map" under the "About" tab for more information

Visitors/guests:

The TCC campus is open to the public and limited library resources and computer/printing access is available.
- See "Library policies & conduct" under the About tab for more information.

Questions? Contact the Library: (253) 566.5087 or email library@tacomacc.edu.

Need help with research or citation?. Come to the Research Desk during library open hours to work with a librarian or chat online with a librarian using the chat box on this page, or by using the link below.

Ask WA, a 24/7 chat service
If the TCC Library is closed, or you're working from home, and you need research help, you can still get a librarian's assistance 24/7 with the "Ask WA" chat service!

Free mini-course

COVID-19 Safe Start: "Do more by knowing more" free mini-course

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In collaboration with TCC's Safe Start "Combatting COVID-19 Together" task force, your TCC Library is offering a free, non-credit, mini-course that provides reliable information about COVID-19.

Course content is intended to empower you and others to make informed decisions based on up-to-date facts so we can all have a safe start, and do more by knowing more.

Click the course flier below, or the link below, to get started! Ask your instructors if they are participating in offering extra credit for completion of this course.

COVID-19 Safe start: "Do more by knowing more" mini-course enrollment
You may be prompted to log in with your TCC username and password.
Course is offered in English and 8 other languages.
TCC's Safe Start plan
Make sure that you understand what is required of you, and others, as we return to campus. Find out about vaccination, self-attestation and more.

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