Articles
The databases below are my recommendations for beginning your research, but if you aren't finding enough on your topic there, see also the complete article database listings in the following fields:
- Literature
- Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies
- German Studies (primarily in German)
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MLA International Bibliography
Indexes journal articles, series, monographs, dissertations, bibliographies, proceedings and other materials supporting critical scholarship on literature, language, linguistics, and folklore. Sponsored by the Modern Language Association.
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International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance with Full Text
Online bibliography of materials indexed by the Theatre Research Data Center. Contains the full text of more than 170 journals and over 350 monographs and reference books, and indexing of academic journals, magazines, newspapers, dissertations, and monographs from over 125 countries.
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International Index to Performing Arts (IIPA)
Indexes and abstracts over 250 scholarly and popular performing arts periodicals, documents, biographical profiles, conference papers, obituaries, interviews, discographies, and reviews. Covers a broad spectrum of the arts and entertainment industry including dance, film, television, drama, theater, stagecraft, musical theater, broadcast arts, circus performance, comedy, storytelling, opera, pantomime, puppetry, magic and more.
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Academic Search Complete
A multidisciplinary index to articles in more than 10,900 journals and other publications in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian and Portuguese; full-text is available for over 5300 journals.
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JSTOR
Includes over 1000 scholarly journals with access to more than 2 million articles. JSTOR is an archive which means that current issues (generally the most recent 3-5 years) of the journals are not yet available.
Citations and Journals
Have a citation? Use Citation Linker to go directly to the article.
Need to find a specific journal? Use E-Journal Titles A-Z to find it online or on the shelves at UC Berkeley.
Where's the PDF?
Once you've used an article database to find articles on your topic, you may need to use this button:
in order to locate and read the full text of the article.
UC-eLinks will link you to the online full text of an article if UCB has paid for online access; otherwise, UC-eLinks will help you locate a print copy on the shelf in the library. If UCB doesn't own the article in print or online format, UC-eLinks can also help you order a copy from another library.
For more information, watch this video tutorial (about 4 min.)
You can also set up UC-eLinks to work with Google Scholar. For more information, watch this video tutorial (about 2 min.)
Proxy server
To use library databases from off campus you have to set up the proxy server: this changes your browser settings.