General Reference
General Reference
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| Database | Description | Availability | Mobile | More Information |
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| Academic Search Complete | A multidisciplinary database providing full text access to scholarly and general interest journals, books, and reports. | UC Only |
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| Access World News (NewsBank) | Full-text access to national and international newspaper titles. | UC Only | More Information | |
| Acta Sanctorum | Electronic version of the print published by the Societé des Bollandistes | UC Only | More Information | |
| AMA DoctorFinder | Directory of physicians in the United States. | Public | More Information | |
| America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1876 | Newspaper archive | UC Only | More Information | |
| America's News Magazines | Full text of popular magazines | UC Only | More Information | |
| American Periodicals Series Online 1700-1900 | Full text archive of periodicals | UC Only | More Information | |
| American State Papers, 1789-1838 | U.S. congressional materials | UC Only | More Information | |
| Area Resource File Data Set | U.S. health care system data on a county level. | Public | More Information | |
| ArticleFirst | Journals table of contents index | UC Only | More Information | |
| ATLA Religion Database | Information on biblical studies, world religions, church history | UC Only |
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| Bates Visual Guide To Physical Examination | Videos delineating physical examination of the human body | UCSF Only | More Information | |
| Black Studies Center | Resources for research and teaching | UC Only | More Information | |
| Citation Information by National Institute of Informatics (CiNii) | Japanese academic society journals and univesity research bulletins | UC Only | More Information | |
| ClasePeriódica | Index of Latin American journals in the sciences, humanities, and social sciences | UC Only | More Information | |
| Columbia Gazetteer of the World | Names and descriptions of world places | UC Only | More Information | |
| Declassified Documents Reference System-US | Declassified U.S. government documents | UC Only | More Information | |
| Digital National Security Archive | Declassified government documents | UC Only | More Information | |
| Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) | Directory of open access books from academic publishers | Public | More Information | |
| Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) | Open access directory of scientific and scholarly publications | Public | More Information | |
| Dissertations and Theses | Doctoral dissertations and master's theses. | UC Only | More Information | |
| Early Encounters in North America | North American experiences | UC Only | More Information | |
| EconLit | Citations, with selected abstracts, of the world's economic literature. | UC Only | More Information | |
| Empire Online | Empire Studies | UC Only | More Information | |
| Encyclopedia of Biostatistics | Statistical Methods | UC Only | More Information | |
| eScholarship | Free full-text archive of scholarly work at the University of California. | Public | More Information | |
| Ethnic newsWatch | Ethnic and minority press | UC Only | More Information | |
| Everyday Life & Women in America c.1800-1920 | Social life and customs of women | UC Only | More Information | |
| Farber Gravestone Collection | Gravestone photographs and rubbings | UC Only | More Information | |
| FRANCIS | Humanities, social sciences, economics | UC Only | More Information | |
| Gerritsen Collection | Women's history | UC Only | More Information | |
| Google Scholar | Search and access peer-reviewed journal articles and other scholarly materials. | Public | More Information | |
| GreenFILE | Environmental index and abstracts with Open Access full text. | Public | More Information | |
| HarpWeek | Harper's Weekly: 1857-1912 | UC Only | More Information | |
| HATHITRUST: a shared digital repository | Research libraries digital repository | Public | More Information | |
| Heritage of the Printed Book | Index of European hand pressed books, c. 1455-1830 | UC Only | More Information | |
| Historical Abstracts | World history | UC Only | More Information | |
| Historical Newspapers | Newspaper index | UC Only | More Information | |
| Historical Statistics of the United States, Millennial edition | Quantitative data on many aspects of U.S. history, with accompanying essays | UC Only | More Information | |
| History of Science, Technology and Medicine | Literature about the history of science, technology and medicine. | UC Only | More Information | |
| House of Commons Parliamentary Papers | Parliamentary Papers | UC Only | More Information | |
| ICPSR Data Archive | Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Data Archive | UCSF Only | More Information | |
| IndexCat | Citations to Surgeon-General's Library, 1880-1961. History of medicine. | Public | More Information | |
| International Index to Black Periodicals | Abstracts, citations, some full text | Public | More Information | |
| JSTOR | Scholarly journal archive. | UC Only | More Information | |
| Latin America Data Base (LADB) | Full text articles and information on Latin America | UC Only | More Information | |
| LexisNexis Academic | Subset of LexisNexis. News and legal information. | UCSF Only | More Information | |
| LexisNexis Congressional | Comprehensive congressional information. | UC Only | More Information | |
| Library Literature & Information Science Full Text | Information Science Periodicals Index | UC Only | More Information | |
| LOCATORplus | National Library of Medicine's online catalog. | Public | More Information | |
| Los Angeles Times (1881-1985) | Full-text access to historical editions of the LA Times. | UC Only | More Information | |
| Melvyl | Articles, books, journals, and other materials held by UCSF, other UC campuses, and libraries worldwide. | Public | More Information | |
| Netter Presenter Atlas of Human Anatomy | Anatomical images | UCSF Only | More Information | |
| New York Times (1851-2003) | Full-text access to historical editions of the NY Times. | UC Only | More Information | |
| North American Women's Letters and Diaries | Collection of women's correspondence | UC Only | More Information | |
| Online Catalog (UCSF Library Catalog) | Books and journals at the UCSF Library. | Public | More Information | |
| Oxford English Dictionary | Full-text access to the Oxford English Dictionary. | UC Only | More Information | |
| Oxford Music Online | Music reference | UC Only | More Information | |
| Patrologia Latina: the full text database | Jacques-Paul Migne's first edition and indexes | UC Only | More Information | |
| Periodicals Index Online | Indexes art, humanities, and social sciences periodicals | UC Only | More Information | |
| Pivot Funding Opportunities & Researcher Profiles | Funding and researcher expertise information | UCSF Only | More Information | |
| PQDT Open | Open access dissertations and theses from ProQuest | Public | More Information | |
| ProQuest Newspapers | Full text access to the current editions of the NY Times, LA Times, and Wall Street Journal. | UC Only | More Information | |
| RAND California | California business, economic, and public policy information. | UCSF Only | More Information | |
| RefWorks | Online research management, writing and collaboration tool. | UCSF Only |
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| RILM Abstracts of Musical Literature | Bibliography of musical literature | UC Only | More Information | |
| TBRC Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center | Respository of Tibetan literature | UC Only | More Information | |
| THOMAS Legislative Information | Federal legislative information. | Public | More Information | |
| Twentieth-Century Drama | Theatrical plays | UC Only | More Information | |
| U.S. Congressional Serial Set | Senate and House of Representatives documents | UC Only | More Information | |
| Ulrich's Periodicals Directory | Comprehensive directory of periodicals in publication. | UC Only | More Information | |
| USPTO Patent Full-Text and Image Database | Patent information (grants and applications). | Public | More Information | |
| Wall Street Journal (1889-1989) | Full-text access to historical editions of the Wall Street Journal. | UC Only | More Information | |
| Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000 | Documents covering events and key players | UC Only | More Information | |
| WorldAlmanac: Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs | Almanacs and encyclopedia | UC Only | More Information | |
| WorldCat | International online catalog. | UC Only | More Information | |
| WorldCat Dissertations | Doctoral dissertations and master's theses. | UC Only | More Information | |
| WorldCat.org | International online catalog available via a public interface. | Public | More Information | |
| Worldwide Political Science Abstracts | Political science abstracts | UC Only | More Information |