EBSCOhost
Popular EBSCOhost databases include:
This multidisciplinary database from EBSCOhost contains:
- Scholarly Journal Articles
- Magazine Articles
- Newspaper Articles
Accessibility Features
- Text to Speech tool for listening to HTML & PDF articles
- Download MP3 versions of “Online full text” articles
- OCR (Optical Content Recognition) for PDFs uploaded after 2004, enabling the PDFs to be read by a screen reader
- Accessibility Content Remediation Requests, filled within 3-5 business days
Tips for Faculty
If using an EBSCOHost Article for a class, link to the article within EBSCOHost rather than uploading the PDF into your Canvas space. Linking allows students to take advantage of the text to speech and MP3 download option. It also enables students to directly request an article be remediated for accessibility if it is not accessible.
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Updated June 5, 2026
This multidisciplinary database from EBSCOhost contains:
- Scholarly Journal Articles
- Magazine Articles
- Newspaper Articles
EBSCOHost Databases
EBSCOHost databases using this interface that the Bellevue College library subscribes to include:
- Academic Search Complete
- Agricola
- Alt Health Watch
- Business Source Ultimate
- CINAHL Complete
- Computer Source
- ERIC
- Fuente Academica
- Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
- GreenFILE
- Health Source: Consumer Edition
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
- Legal Collection
- MAS Ultra School Edition
- MasterFile
- MedicLatina
- Medline
- Middle Search Plus
- Military and Government Collection
- Newspaper Source
- Primary Search
- Professional Development Collection
- PsycARTICLES
- Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
- Regional Business News
- Religion and Philosophy Collection
- TOPICsearch
- Vocational and Career Collection
For accessibility information regarding eBooks supplied by EBSCOHost, please see EBSCOHost eBooks Accessibility (future link)
Accessibility Features
- Text to Speech tool for listening to online full text and PDF articles
- Download MP3 versions of “Online full text” articles
- OCR (Optical Content Recognition) for PDFs uploaded after 2004, enabling the PDFs to be read by a screen reader
- Accessibility Content Remediation Requests, filled within 3-5 business days
Tips for Faculty
If using an EBSCOHost Article for a class, link to the article within EBSCOHost rather than uploading the PDF into your Canvas space. Linking enables users to view the HTML “full text” format if available, which, while lacking images, is generally the most flexible and accessible format. Linking also allows students to take advantage of the text to speech and MP3 download option. It also enables students to directly request an article be remediated for accessibility if it is not accessible.
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ProQuest Databases
ProQuest Databases the library subscribes to include:
- ABI Inform Trade and Industry
- Avery Index
- Consumer Health Database
- eLibrary
- Healthcare Administration
- History Study Center
- Literature: ProQuest Learning
- New York Times
- ProQuest Research Library
- Public Health Database
- Publicly Available Content
- SIRS Discoverer
- U.S. Newsstream
Accessibility Features
- Text to Speech feature available for “Full Text” articles in HTML format
- Ability to generate a text version of scanned image documents
- Content remediation requests, taking 1 – 3 weeks for articles
Tips for Faculty
If using a ProQuest article for a class, link to the article within ProQuest rather than uploading the PDF into your Canvas space. Linking enables users to view the HTML “full text” format if available, which, while lacking images, is generally the most flexible and accessible format. Linking also allows users to take advantage of the text to speech feature if available.
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JSTOR & ArtSTOR
The library’s JSTOR subscription primarily consists of journal articles, with some eBooks. ArtSTOR is primarily images. Journal articles are in PDF format, while eBooks can be in PDF or EPUB format.
There is a small amount of content in JSTOR & ArtSTOR that is contributed to the database by institutions. These are called Shared Collections. JSTOR cannot guarantee the accessibility of these uncontrolled collections. If there is an accessibility issue reported, JSTOR support will reach out to the contributor to request that they supply remediated content to the user.
Accessibility Features
- On demand PDF remediation if a PDF has not yet been made accessible
- Alternative text for images from a material’s metadata, with descriptive alt text generated on-demand
Tips for Faculty
If using JSTOR or ARTstor content for a class, link to the item within JSTOR in order for individuals to be able to access the accessible PDF or descriptive alt text.
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ACM Digital Library
The content in ACM Digital Library has historically been PDF files. To meet accessibility standards, ACM has started releasing HTML versions of articles. Newer content is more likely to be available in HTML content. Currently there is a mix of PDF only and PDF plus HTML content in ACM. Some legacy content remains in PDF format only and may not be fully accessible.
Accessibility Features
- New publications include accessible HTML alongside PDF files.
- Newer publications in HTML have math content in MathML, which can be read by screen readers and used in math equation editors
- eBooks published in 2025 and after are accessible
Tips for Faculty
If using ACM digital library content for a class, check to see if the content is available in HTML format. HTML format in ACM will be present the entirety of the content in the browser. If it is available in HTML, you should link directly to the article in ACM. If the content is only available in PDF, you’ll need to utilize the campus’s PDF remediation services or tool. Please contact eLearning for assistance.
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Statista
Content
Statista is a data aggregator. They present many statistics in the form or charts or graphs displayed through the browser. Presented reports that compile a variety of relevant statistics are available as downloadable PDF files.
Tips for Faculty
If using Statista content in your course, link to individual statistics that may be displayed within the browser. Avoid the reports in PDF format.
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