Find journal articles on your topic. In some databases you'll find conference papers as well.
Use Get it at UC to locate the full text of articles, if the Library licenses it. Or find the print copy in the Library collections.
You must be logged into the VPN with 2-Step Secured - allthruucsd if working from off-campus or use the UCSD Protected WiFi (not guest) to access the information for any database with a blue lock icon. 
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Find books, textbooks and journals on your topic in the UCSD Libraries' catalog, UC Library Search.
Include "textbook" as a keyword to find textbooks. Use Find Journal to search for journal titles. Use Get it at UC if you have a specific journal article citation. Locate books outside of UCSD to request (fastest if a book is held at another UC) or with Circuit (SD area).
Circuit is really useful - books arrive in about a week. Since the current UCSD Library policy since 2020 is to stop recalls of UCSD Library books (except for Course Reserves), you might have to wait months to a year before you get notified that your hold on a UCSD Library book is available.
Google can give you a start on your research, but using Google Scholar is smarter. You'll search only academic resources, and if you set your Scholar Preferences to "University of California, San Diego - Get it at UC" you'll be able to use Get it at UC link resolver to get to article PDFs when you're off campus as long as you have VPN switched on with 2-Step Secured - allthruucsd.
