Check out these databases for information on artificial intelligence and robotics!
If you are off-campus, you will need to login using your W Number and HCC password to access the databases.
Quickly access articles from a database of scholarly journals and other trusted periodicals. Best for academic research.
This scholarly collection offers full text coverage of information in many areas of academic study including: animal science, anthropology, astronomy, chemistry, engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, science, geography, law, mathematics, music, health sciences, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women's studies, and many other fields.
Indexes journal articles from more than 450 publications plus books, research reports, and conference proceedings and patents. (Bibliographic; no full text)
A general purpose database that includes the full text of many magazines and journals from a number of fields and disciplines. Good for popular, current event, opinion-oriented, practical, and how-to topics. (Some full-text). Learn to Use ProQuest Research Library
Online access to Science Magazine. Our subscription includes Science from 1997-present. Over one-dozen open access partner journals are included as well. Table of contents information is available for the other AAAS journals.
The Science and Technology Ebook Subscription offers more than 28,000 carefully curated ebooks spanning coverage in all science and technology topics with exceptional strength in computers and IT, engineering, life and physical sciences, and math. It is designed to facilitate the research workflow and outcomes for your library and its users. The Subscription included renowned publishers such as Wiley, Island Press, World Scientific Press, University of North Carolina Press, Elsevier Science, Rutgers University Press, and Temple University Press.
Provides full-text access to over 800 journals covering aeronautics, astrophysics, chemistry, computer technology, geology, aviation, physics, archaeology, and materials science; as well as indexing and abstracts for more than 1,700 publications. (Some full-text)
Resources for the natural sciences, technology, material science, and engineering. The SciTech Premium Collection provides thousands of full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications, and more. Primarily full-text.
Use Journal Finder to locate print journals and journals from all the HCC Library databases. Almost 42,000 titles available to HCC students, faculty and staff are included in this search!
Perhaps the most confusing thing about selecting materials for your research is understanding the difference between types of periodicals. Periodicals are distinguished as being either scholarly journals or magazines. Usually your professors will require that your sources be peer-reviewed, or scholarly journals. Find out how to tell the difference below.
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