Article Databases
Search an article database to find citations (title, author, title of journal, date, page numbers) for articles on a particular topic. The Library gives you access to over 200 article databases covering different disciplines.
1. Think about which academic disciplines might write about your topic. Examples: literature, film, anthropology, history...
2. Find the appropriate article database by subject (academic discipline or department). Look for "Recommended" databases.
Library home > Articles > Article Databases by Subject
Search Results
- click on the title to see full record (including abstracts and descriptors)
- to limit by publication type (peer-reviewed journals, conferences, books, etc.) click on the appropriate tab or link
- if necessary,look for other limits (latest update, journal articles only, english only) and more advanced searches
- select records to save to your personalized list; lists may be e-mailed, downloaded, printed
UC-eLinks - Find Article Text/Location
Once you've searched a database to find articles, you may need to use 
to link to a PDF or html file if the full text is not immediately available. Each database is a bit different, but a good rule of thumb is this: when you see the Uc-eLinks icon click on it to view your article access options, which can range from full text to a call number to an Interlibrary Loan request:
For more information, here's a tutorial on using UC-eLinks.
Sample Searches - Article Databases
Sample searches in Proquest Social Science databases:
Library home > Articles > Article Databases by Subject > Ethnic Studies > ProQuest Social Sciences to search multiple social science databases
1. Example of a search using multiple terms, phrase searching, alternative terms, truncation,etc
african american* or black* (all fields + text)
single parent* or single mother* or single father* (all fields + text)
keywords = searches most important parts of the record
* = truncation symbol or wildcard; child* = child, childs, children, childish, childhood
results too broad? try eliminating full text:
african american* or black* (all fields no full text)
single parent* or single mother* or single father* (all fields no full text)
narrow even more: use an official subject term
african american* or black* (subject)
single parent* or single mother* or single father* (subject)
limit to scholarly journals
2. look through your search results for additional useful terms
cannabis or marijuana (keywords)
decriminalization (keywords)
note other potential search terms such as: policy legalization marijuana laws etc.
3. to find more results, especially when the topic is too new for academic journal articles: broaden your terms
sb 1070 (keywords)
broaden your terms:
arizona (keywords)
immigra* (keywords)
Access World News: especially good for California newspapers
Library home > Articles > News Article databases > Access World News
California newspapers
(all text) undocumented or "illegal alien*"
(all text) education
(all text) richmond