Library databases come from a variety of domestic and international companies. EBSCO, Gale and ProQuest provide a substantial number of databases and these vendors are compliant with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and/or W3C WAI WCAG 2.0. Specific information about each vendor is provided below.

Use the Ask a Librarian service if you are experiencing difficulties with a database.

EBSCOhost databases provide a text to speech option for HTML Full Text articles. However, many articles are not available in HTML. When you have located an article, click on HTML Full Text and there will be an option to listen. You can also download these audio files in MP3 format.

Newer PDFs in EBSCO are ADA compliant. EBSCO Publishing began providing its scanned PDFs with an Optical Character Reader (OCR) text layer in September 2004.

For more information

• EBSCO Accessibility FAQs

• EBSCO FAQs about JAWS

• EBSCOhost Text to Speech

Elsevier - Science Direct

• Elsevier Accessibility Statement

• AccessText Network

  Find and request accessible textbooks from many publishers.

• Disability Request Form

  Request electronic files of purchased resources for students with disabilities.