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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

Exciting library news!

She's retiring!

Meet Oanh Tran

Oanh has played a significant role in making the library what is it today, as she has been responsible for acquisitions and cataloging here in the TCC library for over three decades! Because of her dedication, all of us here at the TCC Library want to acknowledge and honor our fellow colleague and her coming retirement after 34 years of hard work and dedication serving the TCC community.

She's retiring! Meet Oanh Tran!
After 34 years working at the TCC library, Oanh is retiring! Click to learn more!

Library hours for Fall quarter 2022

Welcome back to campus! The Library will be open for in-person services for both TCC students, faculty, and staff, as well as the general public. Students are welcome to come to the library to check in/out materials and equipment, use a computer in the library, and/or use a study space in the library.

Masks are not required in the library, but they are strongly encouraged (and readily available at the library & building 7 entrances).
For information on health guidelines for a safe return to in-person learning, please visit "Covid-19 Information" on the TCC website ( https://tacomacc.edu/covid-19/index)

Fall quarter

Fall quarter runs from Monday, September 26th - Thursday, Dec. 15th

The library will be open the following days/hours:

Monday - Friday | 7:15 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday | Closed
Note: The library will be closed for the following holidays:
- Veteran's Day | Friday, November 11th
- Thanksgiving | November 23rd - 25th (Wednesday - Friday)

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.

In celebration of Oanh Tran!

Oanh, celebrating her 33rd year at TCC back in 2021

Always thoughtful, Oanh brings goodies to celebrate!

Oanh and her family - her sons, Linh & Luan, and her husband, Phi

Oanh with her beloved dog, Bella

Oanh always enjoys a good time...even when her son has to force her as he did here, at the Puyallup fair!

Oanh, recognized for her 30 year of service at the holiday luncheon in 2018.

Oanh and her beautiful 30 year service award

Such a remarkable achievement!

Some gifts and celebration for 30 years, 2018

Celebrating 30 years with colleagues and friends, 2018

Family is the most precious thing for Oanh!

A day in the sun with Oanh, her mom, and two older sisters

Oanh's father, Anh - greatly loved and missed

Her hardworking father tried for years to bring his family out of Viet Nam after the war. Once here, he continued to serve, always wanting to “carry their daily burden” of work - and always encouraged Oanh and her siblings to continue with their education.