PCC students, faculty, and staff now have unlimited access to thousands of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga from more than one hundred publishers. Every title is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on your computer, tablet, or phone. There are no limits as to how many people can access a single comic at any one time.
There are two ComicsPlus collections. One with access to everything for all age groups (including comics for adults), and another for children.
Access digital comics, graphic novels, and manga from more than one hundred publishers. Includes full access to material for all age groups: PreK - Adult. Read the Age-Appropriate Guidelines for more detailed information. You must have a myPittCC email account in order to access this resource.
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Includes comics and graphic reading material for the following age groups: PreK - Grade 8/Ages 3-14. The vendor provides Age-Appropriate Guidelines with more detailed information. You must have a myPittCC email account in order to access this resource.
Access
- You can find the ComicsPlus links on the Library's Databases page.
- Only those with an active myPittCC account can access ComicsPlus. The community patron login will not work for this database.
- Open ComicsPlus in a new tab or window.
- You will be prompted to sign in to myPittCC before you can access the database.
Download the ComicsPlus App
You can access and download ComicsPlus app on Google Play and at the App Store.
Learn more . . .
- About ComicsPlus
- List of Publishers
- Library Pass & ComicsPlus Videos, Webinars, and Tutorials
Teaching and Learning with Comics
- Teaching and Reading Guides [ComicsPlus / Library Pass]
- Understanding Manga [ComicsPlus / Library Pass]
- Raising a Reader: How Comics and Graphic Novels Can Help Your Kids Love to Read [Comic Book Legal Defense Fund]
Includes benefits for adult language learners, struggling readers, and more.
By setting up Library Links, you can access research articles licensed by PCC Library while using Google Scholar.
Go to Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com
If you have a Google account, go ahead and sign in. This way, you will always have your Library Link connected no matter where you log in to Google.
Click the sandwich menu in the top left.
From the drop-down menu, choose Settings.
From the Settings menu, choose Library Links.
In the search box under Show library access links for… type Pitt Community College.
Click the Search button.
Click to check the box next to Pitt Community College - Full-Text @ My Library.
You may also see options for PITT COMMUNITY COLLEGE-ProQuest Fulltext and/or Open WorldCat. You may check all three, but it is not necessary.
Click Save.
When you log in to your Google account and search Google Scholar, you will see Full-Text @ My Library along with other links out to the sides of articles.
To access the article, click one of the links out to the side (there may be more than one way to access an article).
When you see . . .
No link out to the side - You can submit an Interlibrary Loan request and we will try to find access via another library
[PDF] URL from a school (.edu) or other website (.org, .com, etc.) - Click to open the article
ProQuest Fulltext - Available in one of PCC's ProQuest databases; Click the link, login to mypittCC, get the article
Full-Text @ My Library - Available in one of PCC Library's databases; Click the link, login to mypittCC, get the article
NOTE: When you click a link that goes to content available via a Library database, you will be prompted to login to myPittCC before you can access the article.
If you have questions, or come across an article with a Full-Text @ My Library link that doesn’t actually take you to the article, please contact Angela Davis, PCC Librarian, at asdavis688@my.pittcc.edu
Updated: 5/30/2024 ASD