COMM 190: Sponsored Content (Fall 2019): Find the Full Text

Looking for More?

• Subject Guides (find subject-specific databases)
• Databases A-Z (databases by name)

For in-depth searches, try databases. Use databases to search for articles, books, newspapers, and more on a particular topic. Choose broad subject areas (e.g., history, art, political science) and interdisciplinary databases, or ones that search across multiple disciplines. The Library has access to hundreds of databases -- organized by broad subject areas. 

Set up Google Scholar for full-text access.

1. Go to scholar.google.com
2. Click settings from the top menu of the browser window
3. Choose Library links 
4. Search for University of California, San Diego - Get it at UC
5. Mark check box next to the option
6. Save

In many databases, you will see a "PDF full text" or "HTML full text" link next to a citation. If so, clicking on the link will bring up the full text of the article.

If you don't see one of those links, you should see a  next to the citation. Clicking this button will take you into UC Library Search, where you can find options for obtaining the full text.

If a book or article you want isn't available at UCSD, the Circuit libraries or other UC libraries, try our free Interlibrary Loan service. We'll try to locate the item at another library and request it for you.