UC Berkeley Electronic DatabasesCompiled by the IGS LibraryMoffitt library guide to Government information |
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| Database | Type of Database | Dates of Coverage |
Truncation Symbol |
Boolean Capabilities (and/or/Not/etc.) |
Full Text? | Hints For Researchers |
| Melvyl |
Library/UC system catalog |
All dates for books and journal titles |
* for multiple characters; ? for single or internal |
Yes + proximity searching | No;provides links to other systems |
IGS
Library Catalog! Access to all UC Campuses. |
| Expanded
Academic ASAP |
Journal Article index (all subjects) |
1980-Present | *at end; or ?=1 character; !=internal |
Yes + Nesting of Searches | Yes + Pdf's. | Advanced Search yields best results. |
| ProQuest
(Research Library) |
Periodical and Newspaper Index | 1971-Present | *for multiple characters ?for 1 character ??for 2, etc. |
Yes + Proximity searching | Some | Advanced search yields best results. |
| Lexis/Nexis Academic Congressional Statistical |
6000 Newspapers and Journals | Dates vary by title | ! for ending on stem * for internal |
Yes = Proximity (must use Boolean to avoid implied AND) |
Yes | Narrow to date and location as specific as possible. |
| Access
World News (U.S. Newspapers) |
Newspaper index | Varies by title | ? for single character. | Yes + proximity searcing; use "searchterm" for phrase searching. |
Yes | Use America's
Newspapers to access Sacramento Bee, FresNo Bee, and San Diego Union-Tribune. |
| Web of KNowledge |
Citation database and periodical index |
SCI=1900-present SSCI=1956-present A&HHCI=1975-present |
* for author's names (use initial) $ for 1 or 0 characters |
Yes | Abstracts only | Includes cited reference search and author affiliation search. |
| Cambridge
Scientific Abstracts |
Contains databases: Sociological Abstracts, Social Service Abstracts, PAIS International, Eric and many others. Article index for the Social Sciences |
Sociological Abstracts: 1963-present |
* for multiple characters ? for single character |
Yes | No - citations only | Advanced search yields best results. |
| JSTOR |
Journal article archive | Journals covered from 1st issue Last 2-5 years not covered |
None | None | All
(doesn't carry last 2-5 years for some journals) + page images |
Searching by title yields better results. |
| Business Source Premiere | Journal article archive | 1965 - present or the first issue published | * for multiple characters ? for single character |
Yes | Yes | Advanced Search yields best results. |
