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These are library resources to help everyone get started on their research project.

For more subject-specific tools, click on the tab for your track.

Please contact a librarian if you need additional help.

Encyclopedia articles to get you started

• Access Science (only 2 simultaneous users can get in) : This resource is a good starting point for research and  includes science encylopedia articles, definitions of scientific and technical terms, illustrations, videos and biographies.

Books and Journals at the UCSD Library

• UC Library Search : Access books and journal articles in the UCSD libraries through the link.

Articles from Journals and magazines

• Academic Search Complete : Multidisciplinary database that indexes abstracts articles in more than 10,900 scholarly journals, popular and trade magazines, and other publications, with full-text available for over 5,300 publications.

• Google Scholar : Indexes scholarly articles through a Google interface. Please read more about Google Scholar to learn about its features and searching. More about Google Scholar.

• Web of Science : Indexes more than 12,000 scholarly journals (including 8,300 in science and engineering), as well as conference proceedings and some books. Excellent starting place for science and engineering research.

Get It at UC:  

Get It at UC helps you get to the full text of the article if it's available or links you to our catalog to check for things that are available in print.