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Alternate Name(s):Art & Architecture ePortal; Yale Art & Architecture ePortal
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Yale University

Online collection of backlist and out-of-print scholarly works in the fields of history of art, architecture, decorative arts, material culture, photography, and design.

Dates:
books published from 1962-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Exhibition Catalogs, Images, Photographs
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
EBSCO

Scholarly, multi-disciplinary database covering thousands of journals and other publications. Includes full-text access to peer-reviewed journals, and indexing/abstracts for magazines, monographs, reports, and conference proceedings.

Dates:
1984 to present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Book Reviews, Books, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles, Newspaper Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):AVON
Types:
Video Collection
Vendors:
ProQuest

Provides on demand access to videos spanning a wide range of subject areas, including documentaries, instructional videos, clinical videos, news, and artistic performances.

Dates:
1894-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Video
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):NewsBank
Types:
Full-Text Collection
News and Newspapers
Vendors:
NewsBank

Provides full-text information and perspectives from U.S. and international news sources, offering diverse viewpoints on local, regional and world issues. Provides comprehensive coverage of current events (history in the making) and historical events. Provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including specific information about local companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and the people in the community.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Newspaper Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Association for Computing Machinery Digital Library
Types:
Electronic Journal Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Association for Computing Machinery

Full-text repository of papers from ACM journal and newsletter articles and conference proceedings published, co-published, or co-marketed by the Association for Computing Machinery and other publishers.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles, Magazine Articles, Newsletter Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):American Chemical Society Symposium Series
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
American Chemical Society (ACS)

Contains peer-reviewed books developed from the American Chemical Society technical divisions' symposia. Series covers a broad range of topics including agricultural and food chemistry, cellulose and renewable materials, chemical education, organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, materials, and others.

Dates:
Up to 2014
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Books, Conference Proceedings
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
ProQuest

Electronic version of the complete printed text of Acta Sanctorum, from the edition published by the Société des Bollandistes in Antwerp and Brussels. Collection of documents examining the lives of saints, organised according to each saint's feast day, and runs from the two January volumes published in 1643 to the Propylaeum to December published in 1940. Contains the entire Acta Sanctorum, including all prefatory material, original texts, critical apparatus and indices. Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina reference numbers, essential references for scholars, are also included.

Dates:
published 1642-1940
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Vendors:
Springer

Reviews trends in modern biotechnology. Covers all aspects of this interdisciplinary technology where knowledge, methods and expertise are required for chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, genetics, chemical engineering and computer science. Special volumes are dedicated to selected topics which focus on new biotechnological products and new processes for their synthesis and purification. Online access is currently available for volumes from vol. 63 (1999) to present.

Dates:
1971 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
American Chemical Society (ACS)

Peer-reviewed book series containing chapter-length articles on a wide range of chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering, materials and related topics.

Dates:
1949-1998
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Books
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Vendors:
Springer

Presents critical reviews of the present and future trends in polymer and biopolymer science including chemistry, physical chemistry, physics and materials science.

Dates:
1958 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Vendors:
Springer

Book series with invited lectures presented at the Spring Meetings of the “Arbeitskreis Festkörperphysik” of the “Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft”. Invited talks are intended to reflect the most recent achievements of researchers working in the field both in Germany and worldwide.

Dates:
1954 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Conference Proceedings
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Bibliography
Electronic Book Collection
Electronic Journal Collection
Full-Text Collection
Image Collection
Maps and Mapping
News and Newspapers
Video Collection
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Documents the period of rapid colonial expansion by European imperialist regimes across the African continent during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, and the impact on the lives of peoples across the continent.

Dates:
Late 19th to early 20th century
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Correspondence, Diaries, Government Documents, Images, Journals (personal), Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Audio Collection
Electronic Journal Collection
Image Collection
Primary Sources
Video Collection
Vendors:
Coherent Digital

Africa Commons is a platform for discovering African historical and cultural materials held by organizations around the world. UCSB has access to the following modules:

  • History and Culture:  Searches across over 500,000 documents from over 4,000 collections and over 600 organizations, including libraries, museums, and archives, and links outward to the web repositories where the documents are located. 
     
  • Black South African Magazines: Digitized archives of 7 popular magazines of the mid-20th century, including Zonk!, Zonk! Film-Pic Photo Stories, Contrast, The Townships Housewife, Grace, Hi-Note!, and Drum.
     
  • Southern African Films and Documentaries: Over 100 films spanning the 1900s to the 2000s, including newsreels, propaganda, documentaries, feature films, and interviews.
     
  • East African Magazines, Newspapers, and Films: The Hilary Ng’weno Archive: Over 70 historical documentaries and digitized archives of Rainbow Children's Magazine, The Weekly Review, and The Nairobi Times, all created and edited by journalist Hilary Ng’weno.
Types:
Data Collection
Free/OA
Vendors:
World Bank Group

Detailed collection of data on Africa, containing over 1,600 indicators, covering 53 African countries and spanning the period 1961 to 2008. Data include social, economic, financial, natural resources, infrastructure, governance, partnership, and environmental indicators. Includes essays on key topics for Africa.

Dates:
1961 - 2008
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Business Data, Charts & Graphs, Datasets, Economic Data, Financial Data, Statistics
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Africa-Wide NiPAD, African Studies
Types:
Index
Vendors:
EBSCO

Combines bibliographic databases from around the world to form a multidisciplinary aggregation offering unique and extensive coverage of all facets of Africa and African studies. Includes content from South African Studies, African Studies, and African HealthLine, focusing on health relating to Africa and other developing nations.

Dates:
16th century-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Audio, Book Chapters, Books, Journal Articles, Newspaper Articles, Reports, Theses & Dissertations
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Index
Primary Sources
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Uncover the everyday lives of African Americans spanning two turbulent centuries. Focuses on Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, New York, and towns and cities in North Carolina. Presents multiple aspects of the African American community through pamphlets, newspapers and periodicals, correspondence, official records and in-depth oral histories, revealing the prevalent challenges of racism, discrimination and integration, and a unique African American culture and identity. Features a rich selection of visual material, including photographs, maps and ephemera. Key themes covered include desegregation, urban renewal and housing problems, civil rights activities and protests, and race relations and community integration.

Dates:
1863-1986
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Archival Materials, Correspondence, Ephemera, Images, Interviews, Maps, Newsletter Articles, Newspap
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Primary Sources
Vendors:
EBSCO

Primary source materials published 1829-1922, covering the history of African American life and religious organizations.

Dates:
1829-1922
Interface Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
News and Newspapers
Vendors:
Readex (NewsBank)

Features more than 270 newspapers from 35 states, including many rare and historically significant 19th century titles. These U.S. titles published by African Americans constitute valuable primary sources for researchers exploring such diverse disciplines as cultural, literary and social history; ethnic studies and more.

Dates:
1827-1998
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Newspaper Articles, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
News and Newspapers
Vendors:
Coherent Digital

Collection of African-American newspapers containing a wealth of information about the cultural life and history during the 1800s, and rich with first-hand reports of the major events and issues of the day, including the Mexican War, Presidential and congressional addresses, Congressional abstracts, business and commodity markets, the humanities, world travel and religion. Contains early biographies, vital statistics, essays and editorials, poetry and prose, and advertisements all of which embody the African-American experience.
 

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Our subscription includes access to the following titles:  The Colored American (1837-1840), Freedom's Journal (1827-1829), The National Era (1847-1860), The North Star (1847-1851), Weekly Advocate

Dates:
1827 - 1902
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Biographical Information, Newspaper Articles, Poetry, Primary Sources, Statistics
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
ProQuest

Nearly 3,000 poems written by African-American poets in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. For later works, see "Twentieth Century African-American Poetry".

Dates:
1750 - 1900
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Poetry
Materials Language:
English
Related Databases:
Twentieth-Century African-American Poetry
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Audio Collection
Full-Text Collection
Image Collection
Primary Sources
Video Collection
Vendors:
Alexander Street (ProQuest)

Covers the migrations, communities, and ideologies of the African Diaspora. Focuses on communities in the Caribbean, Brazil, India, United Kingdom, and France with digitized primary source documents, including personal papers, organizational papers, journals, newsletters, court documents, letters and ephemera.

Dates:
1860-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Archival Materials, Audio, Correspondence, Diaries, Ephemera, Films, Government Documents, Images, J
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Electronic Journal Collection
Free/OA
Vendors:
African Journals Online

Hosts peer-reviewed, African-published scholarly journals. Provides tables of contents, abstracts and full text of over 400 journals. Includes titles in agriculture, health, science and technology, and humanities and social sciences.

Dates:
Varies; some titles as early as 1997
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
News and Newspapers
Vendors:
Readex (NewsBank)

Offers coverage of the people, issues and events that shaped the continent during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Fully searchable historical African newspapers from Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. Languages include English, German, French, Portuguese, Afrikaans, Xhosa, Sotho, and others. 

 

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African Newspapers, Series 1, 1800-1922; African Newspapers, Series 2, 1835-1925. Access to these collections purchased in collaboration with the Center For Research Libraries (CRL).

Dates:
1800-1925
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Newspaper Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Heinemann's African Writers Series
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
ProQuest

Heinemann's African Writers Series publishing the key texts of modern African literature. Has a unique importance in the history of postcolonial writing. Includes volumes of fiction, poetry, drama and non-fictional prose, including works by Chinua Achebe, Ama Ata Aidoo, Steve Biko, Buchi Emecheta, Nadine Gordimer, Bessie Head, Doris Lessing, Nelson Mandela, Dambudzo Marechera, Christopher Okigbo, Okot p'Bitek and Tayeb Salih.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Audio Collection
Data Collection
Electronic Book Collection
Electronic Journal Collection
Full-Text Collection
Image Collection
Maps and Mapping
Primary Sources
Video Collection
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Primary source documents covering five centuries of exploration and colonization. Subjects include: journeys, scientific discoveries, the expansion of European colonialism, conflict over territories and trade routes, and decades-long search and rescue attempts.

Dates:
1420-1920
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Audio, Correspondence, Diaries, Journals (personal), Maps, Primary Sources, Video
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
ProQuest

Includes abstracts and citations from over 4,000 journals and other sources including conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books, and government publications.

Dates:
1967 to present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Charts & Graphs, Journal Articles, Technical Reports
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
CABI

Free, open access source of unpublished preprints across the agricultural sciences. Hosted and managed by CABI (cabi.org), an international, inter-governmental, not-for-profit organization that improves people’s lives worldwide by providing information and applying scientific expertise to solve problems in agriculture and the environment.

Dates:
2018 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Preprints
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):American Geophysical Union Digital Library
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Electronic Journal Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Wiley

Includes Earth and space sciences research from AGU’s preeminent journals, its book series, and the international newspaper, Eos. Provides a rich historical foundation for current work across the Geosciences.  The book series include important works in the Earth sciences. 

Dates:
1896 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Books, Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
National of Health (NIH)

Includes federally approved information on HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention guidelines Comprehensive database of government- and industry-sponsored HIV/AIDS clinical trials Information about approved and experimental HIV/AIDS drugs and vaccines Education and Resource Center, offering links and other downloadable resources. Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health: Office of AIDS Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Library of Medicine; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Health Resources and Service Administration; and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Dates:
Current information
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Government Documents
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):American Institute of Physics
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

AIP Conference Proceedings presented at many of the most important scientific meetings around the world. Valuable as topical status reports providing quick access to information before it appears in the traditional journal literature.

Dates:
1970 to present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Conference Proceedings
Materials Language:
English
Limited Users
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):華藝中文電子書, Hua yi Zhong wen dian zi shu; iRead eBooks
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Airiti Inc.

Collection of Chinese e-books from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao on humanities and social sciences. Available for online reading or checking out to read offline for 7 days as registered user.

Limited simultaneous users. Log out and/or close browser when finished.
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  • Users can create personal accounts to use special features.
Dates:
vary
Interface Language:
Chinese, English
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
Chinese
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Al Ahram; الأهرام
Types:
Full-Text Collection
News and Newspapers
Primary Sources
Vendors:
East View

One of the longest-running newspapers in the Middle East. Regarded as Egypt's most authoritative and influential newspaper, and one of the most important newspapers in the Arab world. Prior to 1960, the newspaper was an independent publication and was renowned for its objectivity and independence. After being nationalized by President Nasser in 1960, Al-Ahram ("The Pyramids") became the de facto voice of the Egyptian government and today the newspaper is managed by the Supreme Council of Press.

Dates:
1876-2014
Interface Language:
English, Arabic
Materials Indexed:
Newspaper Articles
Materials Language:
Arabic
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Encyclopedia
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project

Founded in 1997 by the Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project. Most material is in English; some material is also available in Arabic and Kiswahili. Extensive collection includes translations of the Qur'an, biographies of important figures in Islamic history and many more Shi'ite Muslim texts.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Images, Books, Images, Photographs
Materials Language:
English
Alternate Name(s):ADRL; UCSB Digital Collections
Types:
Archival Collections
Audio Collection
Image Collection
Vendors:
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)

UC Santa Barbara Library's home for collections of digital research materials. Intended to increase access to millions of hidden digital research assets in the UCSB Library's possession and, ultimately, serve as a single federated dashboard or front end to discovering all of the Library's resources. To view full text of UCSB digital theses and dissertations you either must be using a computer that is on campus, or you must authenticate using the UCSB proxy server. Users not affiliated with UCSB may order UCSB theses and dissertations through their institution's Interlibrary Loan service or purchase them directly through ProQuest.* NOTE:  Only a small number of theses and dissertations are available for the year 2011. Complete coverage begins with theses and dissertations submitted in 2012. UCSB theses and dissertations from 2014 to the present are available in eScholarship.

Dates:
vary
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Theses & Dissertations
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
EBSCO

Widely regarded as the leading guide to the alternative press in North America. Citations are drawn from roughly 380 alternative, radical, and left publications, which report and analyze the practices and theories of cultural, economic, political, and social change. Indexes such important periodicals as: Cineaste, Environmental Action, Socialist Review, and Women's Review of Books.

Dates:
1991 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles, Magazine Articles
Materials Language:
English
Related Databases:
Alternative Press Index Archive
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Index
Vendors:
EBSCO

Widely regarded as the leading guide to the alternative press in North America. Contains over 470,000 citations are drawn from roughly 700 alternative, radical, and left publications, which report and analyze the practices and theories of cultural, economic, political, and social change. Indexes such important periodicals as: Cineaste, Environmental Action, Socialist Review, and Women's Review of Books.

Dates:
1969 - 1990
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles, Magazine Articles
Materials Language:
English
Related Databases:
Alternative Press Index
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Archives Direct
Types:
Archival Collections
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

A suite of collections sourced from The National Archives, Kew – the official archive of the United Kingdom. Contains diplomatic correspondence, letters, reports, surveys, material from newspapers, statistical analyses, published pamphlets, ephemera, military papers, profiles of prominent individuals, maps and many other types of documents. Consists of the history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries from the British state’s point of view.

Dates:
19th century, 20th century
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Government Documents
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Adam Matthew
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Index
Primary Sources
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Publishes primary source collections from archives around the world.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Account Books, Architectural Drawings, Archival Materials, Biographical Information, Books, Case Stu
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Electronic Book Collection
Electronic Journal Collection
Full-Text Collection
Image Collection
Maps and Mapping
News and Newspapers
Video Collection
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Includes oral histories, correspondence, diaries, photographs, artifacts, and military records relating to military personnel and civilians during the Second World War. Covers both the United States home front and deployment overseas in Europe, the Mediterranean, the Pacific, China, Burma, and India.

Dates:
1939-1949
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Correspondence, Ephemera, Images, Interviews, Oral History Interviews, Primary Sources, Video
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
EBSCO

Contains citations to articles on the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Covers over 2,000 journals published worldwide. Includes selected historical journals from major countries, state and local history journals, and a targeted selection of hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanities.

Dates:
1964 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Book Reviews, Books, Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
Related Databases:
Historical Abstracts
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Electronic Journal Collection
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
EBSCO

Contains more than 6,500 historical periodical titles dating from 1691 to 1877. Released in five series which can be searched simultaneously or separately. 
 

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From the search screen, click on “Choose Databases,” and select specific portions of the series.

Series 1: 1691-1820 subject strengths include but are not limited to Afro-Americana, agriculture, children's literature, education, eighteenth-century imprints, leisure and hobbies, Masonic works, medicine, religion, science and technology, the trades, and women's literature. Long runs of popular magazines as well as unusual and short-lived titles can be found. The collection includes an early millennial publication, satirical serials, music journals, and titles printed and edited by women.

Series 2: 1821-1837 documents the growth and expansion of the new nation during the Jacksonian era, from the aftermath of the Panic of 1819 through the Panic of 1837. Topics cover agriculture, entertainment, literary criticism, domestic arts, technology, medicine (both traditional and alternative), and politics. The periodicals in this database reflect the important beginnings of the social movements and economic trends that set the stage for events that would come to define America in the nineteenth century.

Series 3: 1838-1852 reveals a rapidly growing young nation where industrialization, the railroads, regional political differences, and life on the western frontier were daily realities. Subjects covered in the collection reach into every facet of American life, including science, literature, medicine, agriculture, women’s fashion, family life, and religion, slavery, agriculture, children's literature, education, leisure and hobbies, medicine, religion, science and technology, the trades, and women's literature. The collection covers a broad range of geography (from Bangor, ME, to Madison, WI) as well as a diversity of languages (French, German, and Welsh), reflecting the rapid westward expansion that characterized the time period.

Series 4: 1853-1865 focuses on the Civil War, both leading up to and during, and also offers a diverse record of the continuance of daily life for many Americans. More detailed subject matter includes psychiatry, gardening, freed African Americans, temperance, the Irish question, Freemasonry, the U.S. Postal Service, and dentistry. The breadth of subject matter represented in the collection reveals the increasing diversity and affluence of the American population coupled with all of the political difficulties and the rising tensions that led to the Civil War.

Series 5: 1866-1877 reflects a nation that persevered through a most difficult set of circumstances: a bloody civil war that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, the incorporation of the recently freed African Americans into American life, and a population that rapidly expanded into the Western territories. Broad subject areas covered in the collection reach into every facet of American life, including science, literature, medicine, agriculture, women’s fashion, family life, and religion.

Dates:
1691-1877
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles, Magazine Articles, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):ABSEEES
Types:
Index
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides information on East-Central Europe, Eurasia, Russia, the Soviet Union and former Soviet republics. Covers journal articles, books, book chapters, book reviews, dissertations, and selected government publications.

Dates:
1989 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Book Reviews, Books, Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):ACS Journals
Types:
Electronic Journal Collection
Vendors:
American Chemical Society (ACS)

Allows searching of articles from over 25 electronic journals in chemistry published by the American Chemical Society.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Alexander Street (ProQuest)

Brings together more than 1000 sources of diaries, letters, and memoirs to provide fast access to thousands of views on almost every aspect of the war, including what was happening at home. Includes writings of politicians, generals, slaves, landowners, farmers, seaman, wives, and even spies. Letters and diaries are by the famous and the unknown, giving not only both the Northern and Southern perspectives, but those of foreign observers also. Materials originate from all regions of the country and are from people who played a variety of roles.

Dates:
1860 -1866
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
ProQuest

Contains more than 1,500 dramatic works from the early eighteenth century up to the beginning of the twentieth. Reflects American dramatic writing in all its richness and diversity including plays in verse, farces, melodramas, minstrel shows, realist plays, frontier plays, temperance dialogues and a range of other genres. Major dramatists include David Belasco, Rachel Crothers, Augustin Daly, Clyde Fitch, Edward Harrigan, James Herne, William Dean Howells and Joaquin Miller.

Dates:
1714 - 1915
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Plays
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):AFI Catalog
Types:
Index
Vendors:
ProQuest

The most comprehensive and detailed national filmography in the world. Documents all films produced in the United States from 1892 to 1971, as well as new content and important updates for all previous records. Includes records for the Institute's Top Ten Films for the years 2000 to 2004. Offers authoritative plot summaries and insider production notes, as well as subject and song indexing for each film record. If you need information on films not covered by the AFI Catalog, try Film Index International (the British Film Institute's Catalog). If you are not at a ucsb.edu address, try The Internet Movie Database.

Dates:
1892 - 1971; limited information for 2000-2004
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Films
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Image Collection
Maps and Mapping
News and Newspapers
Primary Sources
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Sourced from the Gilder Lehrman Collection, American History, 1493-1945 provides access to documents on American History from the earliest settlers to the mid-twentieth century. Modules include: Module I Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859; Module II Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945.

Dates:
1493-1945
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Correspondence, Diaries, Government Documents, Images, Journals (personal), Manuscripts, Newspaper A
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
Oxford University Press

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Contains biographies of men and women from all eras and walks to life, whose lives have shaped America. Articles trace a person's life in chronological order, from birth to death, through a sequence of significant events. Contextual information or hyper-linked articles are included to give background information. Concluding paragraphs put the person's life in historical perspective.

 

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Special features: Search by genres in American history: Black History, Women's History, Asian Pacific American Heritage, American Indian Heritage, and Hispanic Heritage. Search by topics in American history: American Literature, Arts in America, Black History, Civil Rights Movement, Civil War, Depression and New Deal, Frontier and Western Expansion, Gilded Age, Hispanic American Heritage, Native American Heritage, Women's History, and World War II.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Biographical Information
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
ProQuest

Paints a vivid picture of the American experience from colonial days to the dawn of the 20th century. Contents include Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine, the first American professional journals, and several consumer magazines still in publication, such as Vanity Fair, Harper's, and Ladies' Home Journal.

Dates:
1740 - 1900
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles, Magazine Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
ProQuest

Contains over 40,000 poems by more than 200 American poets from the Colonial Period to the early twentieth century. For later works, see "Twentieth Century American Poetry".

Dates:
1600 - 1900
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Poetry
Materials Language:
English
Related Databases:
Twentieth-Century American Poetry
Types:
Archival Collections
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Provides consolidated, coded, and organized access to papers from US presidents including: The Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Washington - Taft (1789-1913),  
The Public Papers of the Presidents: Hoover to Bush (1929-1993), The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents: Clinton - Obama (1993-2009). Also contains thousands of other documents such as party platforms, candidates' remarks, statements of administration policy, documents released by the Office of the Press Secretary, and election debates.

Dates:
1789 - 2009
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Government Documents, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Readex (NewsBank)

Contains the legislative and executive documents of Congress during the period 1789 to 1838. Provides a rich source of primary material on early American history as well as a complement to the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980. Approximately two-thirds of the publications cover the first 14 Congresses (1789-1817), whereas the remaining third chronologically overlap with the Serial Set from 1817-1838. 

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Covers such historical events as Lewis and Clark's Expedition, Burr's Conspiracy and Arrest, and the Treaty of the Creek Indians. Other documents address the Exploration of the Pacific Ocean, Free Negroes in North Carolina, Land for Female Academies, Protection of the Western Frontier, Trade with China and much more. Unlike the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, the publications in the American State Papers are not divided into reports and documents and do not include House and Senate journals.

Dates:
1789 - 1838
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Government Documents, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Image Collection
Maps and Mapping
Primary Sources
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Collection of primary sources such as original manuscripts, maps, ephemeral material and rare printed sources, that cover social, political, and economic aspects of the American West. Chronology and data maps help discover facts and events in the history of the American West and view visual resources in bespoke, searchable galleries.

Dates:
Early 18th to mid-20th century
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Ephemera, Images, Manuscripts, Maps, Photographs, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Explore the rise of the global human rights movement during the second half of the twentieth century through the International Secretariat records of Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Amnesty International.

Dates:
1961-1991
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Correspondence, Ephemera, Images, Oral History Interviews, Primary Sources, Reports
Materials Language:
English
Alternate Name(s):Gray’s Anatomy
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Image Collection
Vendors:
bartleby

Edition of Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body featuring 1,247 vibrant engravings—many in color—from the classic 1918 publication, as well as a subject index with 13,000 entries ranging from the Antrum of Highmore to the Zonule of Zinn.

Dates:
1918
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Images
Materials Language:
English
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Alternate Name(s):Ancestry.com; Ancestry
Types:
Archival Collections
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
ProQuest

Online genealogy resource with 4000+ databases of family information, including digitized images of the United States Federal Census from 1790 forward; the American Genealogical Biographical Index; Passenger and Immigration Lists Index; United Kingdom and United States Directories, 1680-1830; court, land, and probate records; and many other resources. Also includes telephone directory information for the U.S.

Dates:
16th century to present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Biographical Information
Materials Language:
English
Related Databases:
Ancestry.com
Alternate Name(s):朝鮮王朝實錄; Chosŏn wangjo sillok; 조선왕조실록; The Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
National Institute of Korean History

Comprise 1,893 books covering 472 years of the history of the Choson Dynasty, from the reign of King Taejo, the founder, to the end of the reign of King Cheoljong. Produced by the National Institute of Korean History, the database offers full texts and a full range of search capabilities.

Dates:
1392 - 1863
Interface Language:
Korean
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
Korean
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Alternate Name(s):ABELL
Types:
Index
Vendors:
ProQuest

Indexes monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays and doctoral dissertations published anywhere in the world; unpublished doctoral dissertations are covered for the period 1920-1999. Consists of 80 volumes, beginning in 1920 and issued annually. Available online through Literature Online (LION).

Dates:
1920 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Reviews, Books, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles
Materials Language:
English
Related Databases:
Literature Online (LION)
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Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Electronic Journal Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Annual Reviews

Provides the worldwide scholarly community with a useful and intelligent synthesis of the primary research literature for a broad spectrum of scholarly disciplines. Each year, Annual Reviews critically reviews the most significant primary research literature to guide you to the principal contributions of the field and help you keep up to date in your area of research.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
EBSCO

Combines Anthropological Literature (Harvard University) and Anthropological Index (Royal Anthropological Institute, UK). Provides extensive worldwide indexing of publications in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies.

Dates:
late 19th century - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Journal Articles, Reports
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Journal Collection
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
Wiley

Provides full-text anthropological resources from the publications of the American Anthropological Association. Contains more than 250,000 articles from AAA journals, newsletters, bulletins, and monographs covering a range of fields in anthropology.

Dates:
Vary
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
Alternate Name(s):Associated Press Newsreel Archive
Types:
Archival Collections
Free/OA
Primary Sources
Video Collection
Vendors:
YouTube

The film and video archive of the Associated Press, has launched a YouTube channel featuring newsreel clips from the past and present, some clips may go back as far as the 1890s. The channel is updated daily with content sourced from the AP’s global news network. 

Dates:
1890-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Films, Video
Materials Language:
English
Related Databases:
AP Images
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Alternate Name(s):PsycTests
Types:
Index
Vendors:
ProQuest

Produced by the American Psychological Association, this database provides access to thousands of test instruments, most of which are available for immediate download and use in teaching and research.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Language:
English
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Alternate Name(s):Apabi 数字资源平台
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Reference Book Collection
Vendors:
Apabi

Use the campus VPN connection when off campus. Consists of ebooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, yearbooks, and newspapers. Includes e-books on a variety of subjects, including literature, art, history, politics, language, etc.; volumes of statistic yearbooks on economics and social conditions; and reference works on all subjects.

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Dates:
vary (content ends with 2017)
Interface Language:
Chinese, English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Statistics
Materials Language:
Chinese
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Data Collection
Maps and Mapping
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Contains British government files from the Foreign, Colonial, Dominion and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices spanning the period 1948 to 1980.

Dates:
1948-1980
Interface Language:
English
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
ProQuest

Covers all aspects of aquatic science including aquaculture, biology, conservation, environmental quality, fisheries, freshwater environments, limnology, marine biotechnology, marine environments, meteorology, oceanography, policy and legislation, and wildlife management.

Dates:
1971 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Conference Proceedings, Journal Articles, Reports
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
New York University (NYU)

Project to digitize, preserve, and provide free open access to a wide variety of Arabic language books in subjects such as literature, philosophy, law, religion, and more. All materials are out-of-copyright, taken from major libraries around the world.

Dates:
1800 - present
Interface Language:
English, Arabic
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
Arabic
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Free/OA
Vendors:
Arabidopsis Book

Includes invited chapters, each reviewing in detail an important and interesting aspect of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana, with reference to what is known in other plants and in other kingdoms. Content is updated, to provide dynamic information resource that will evolve with the state of knowledge. TAB is a project of the American Society of Plant Biologists.

Dates:
Current information
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Essays
Materials Language:
English
ArcGIS Online
DREAM Lab
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DREAM Lab
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Data Collection
Vendors:
UCSB-Dream Lab

Available through the DREAM Lab. Provides access to a wide variety of demographic, environmental, and historical information displayed via a map interface.  Users can create, save, and share web maps using their own data as well as that provided by Esri and the ArcGIS Online user community. Web Map Applications allow a series of maps and visualizations to be packaged as presentations that can be shared with the UCSB community and the general public.

Available through the DREAM Lab. Expand "Additional Info" for access information.
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  • For more details on content and access, see the ArcGIS Online page.
  • For support using ArcGIS online, contact the DREAM Lab.
  • The UCSB Library provides a university-wide site license for the Esri suite of GIS software. This includes desktop and server software, ArcGIS Online, extensive cloud-based data services such as image analysis and address geocoding.
  • Datasets include census information from many different countries, detailed consumer data for the United States (Tapestry Layers) and other countries, near real-time traffic information for several regions around the world, and global soil and elevation datasets. 
     
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Business Data, Census Data, Datasets, Economic Data, Financial Data, Maps, Statistics, Technical Dat
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Readex (NewsBank)

A comprehensive historical collections that allows researchers to discover and explore the United States in unprecedented depth and detail. It is a unique collection of primary source materials on nearly every aspect of the United States over nearly three centuries. Includes books, pamphlets, broadsides and other imprints, newspapers, and government publications.

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Books, pamphlets, broadsides and other imprints: 

Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800 -- Books, pamphlets, broadsides and other imprints listed in the renowned bibliography by Charles Evans, including publications unavailable earlier.
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819 -- Books, pamphlets, broadsides and other imprints listed in the distinguished bibliography by Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker, including thousands of publications unavailable earlier.

Newspapers: 

Early American Newspapers, Series I, 1690-1876 -- More than a million pages of hundreds of historic newspapers listed in the authoritative bibliographies of Clarence Brigham and others.
Early American Newspapers, Series 2 complements Series 1 by offering more than 200 significant 18th and 19th-century newspapers. The bulk of Series 2 focuses on the period between 1820 and 1860, when the number of American newspapers rose dramatically. Based primarily on the newspaper collection of the American Antiquarian Society, Series 2 also includes titles from the holdings of the Library of Congress, the Wisconsin Historical Society and other organizations.

Government publications:

American State Papers, 1789-1838 -- U.S. congressional materials originating from 1789 and covering through 1838 but not published until the second and third quarters of the 19th century.
U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980 -- Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, originally published in approximately 13,800 bound volumes.

Dates:
1639 - 1980
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Government Documents, Magazine Articles, Newspaper Articles, Pamphlets, Primary Sources, Repo
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Archival Collections
Index
Primary Sources
Vendors:
OCLC

Includes descriptions of historical documents in libraries, museums, and archives. Use ArchiveGrid to learn what institutions have archival materials on a particular topic, and how to arrange a visit to examine the materials.

Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
GALE CENGAGE

Covers contemporary Latin American and Caribbean history, as well as historical perspective back to the colonial period (15th to 20th century). Provides information about the indigenous peoples of the region, the Conquest (la Conquista), colonial rule, religion, struggles for independence, and political, economic, and social progress and issues in newly independent nations.  Contains pages of historical material from archival collections in the United States and Europe. Provides original manuscripts, signed letters, expedition records, reports, maps, diaries, descriptions of voyages, ephemera, and more.

Dates:
vary
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Audio, Journal Articles, Maps, Primary Sources, Video
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Vendors:
GALE CENGAGE

Provides a robust and significant collection of primary sources for the historical study of sex, sexuality, and gender. Includes collections, with materials sourced from numerous libraries, including the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Historical Society; the ONE National Gay and lesbian Archive; the New York Public Library; the London School of Economics; the National Institutes of Health, and more.

Dates:
1940-2014
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Archival Materials, Correspondence, Newsletter Articles, Newspaper Articles, Photographs, Primary So
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
ARL

SPEC Kits gather information from Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member institutions on current research library practices and policies. Collection includes SPEC Kit 292 (2006) to the present. Online versions of SPEC Kits from 1973 through 2005 (SPEC Kit 1 - 291) are available through the HathiTrust.

Dates:
2006 - 2014
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
English
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Alternate Name(s):AAA: Architecture & Design; AAA: Art & Photography
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
ProQuest

A full-text archive of magazines comprising key research material in the fields of art and architecture, dating from the late-nineteenth century to the twenty-first. Subjects covered include fine art, decorative arts, architecture, interior design, industrial design, and photography. The issues are presented as full-color page images; detailed article-level indexing permits quick, efficient searching and navigation of this material.

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Alternate Name(s):Art Source
Types:
Index
Vendors:
EBSCO

Covers a broad range of arts-related subjects from advertising art to video art. Includes full-text articles and books along with indexing and abstracts from a variety of book, journals, and more in a range of languages.

Dates:
indexing: 1929 - present; full text: 1984 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Artworks, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Index
Vendors:
OCLC

Includes the holdings of 36 art li­braries and three consortia from Europe, North America, Asia and Australia.

Dates:
vary
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Video, Books, Video
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
ProQuest

Indexes publications about modern and contemporary arts starting with the late 19th century. Emphasis is placed upon adding new and lesser-known artists and coverage of foreign-language literature. Covers all aspects of modern and contemporary art, including performance art and installation works, video art, computer and electronic art, body art, graffiti, artists' books, theater arts, crafts, jewelry, illustration, as well as the traditional fine arts of painting, printmaking, sculpture, and drawing.

Dates:
1974 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Essays, Journal Articles, Theses & Dissertations
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Full-Text Collection
News and Newspapers
Vendors:
EBSCO

Archive of publications focused exclusively on US Hispanic history, literature and culture from colonial times until 1960. Context is written, indexed and searchable in Spanish and English. Series 1 focuses on the creative life of US Latinos and Hispanics. Series 2 chronicles Latino-Hispanic civil rights leaders, religious thinkers and women writers in the United States from the late 19th to mid 20th century.

Dates:
1800-1989
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Archival Materials, Books, Correspondence, Essays, Letters, Newspaper Articles, Pamphlets, Photograp
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language
Types:
Dictionary
Encyclopedia
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
University of Chicago

Includes a variety of databases for research in the French language, including a text-searchable database of works of French literature and databases of French women writers and of Provençal poetry. Links to a variety of other resources in French language and literature, including dictionaries and thesauri.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English, French
Materials Indexed:
Books, Essays, Poetry, Prose
Materials Language:
French
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
OCLC

Indexes over 12,600 journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture.

Dates:
1990 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
Clarivate

Web of Science covers thousands of research journals across hundreds of disciplines as well as some conference proceedings and books. To search only Arts & Humanities Citation Index, use the “Editions: All” selection tool and uncheck unwanted databases. Note that some humanities fields may overlap into the social sciences and sciences.

Dates:
Journal Articles: 1975 to present; Conference Proceedings: 1990 to present; Books: 2005 to present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Conference Proceedings, Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Image Collection
Vendors:
JSTOR

Contains digital images with accompanying data, as well as software tools to enable researchers to use the images actively. Allows searching and browsing of images from a wide range of cultures and time periods, focusing on but not limited to the arts. Designed to enhance teaching, learning, and scholarship in art history and many other disciplines.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Artworks, Photographs
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Cornell University

An e-print service which presents papers in physics, mathematics, nonlinear science, computer science, quantitative biology, and statistics. arXiv.org is a fully automated electronic archive and distribution server for research papers which functions as a means of communicating ongoing research information in these subject areas.

Dates:
1991 to present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles, Preprints, Reports
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Technical Library
Types:
Electronic Journal Collection
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)

Collection of publications from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). Includes full text of articles from their journals, ASABE standards, annual meeting papers, regional section meeting papers, conference proceedings and a variety of full-text textbooks, monographs, lectures and special publications. Topics include alternative fuels, animal waste management, soil erosion and watershed management among others of interest in agriculture and environmental science.

Dates:
journals: 1998 - present; other publications: 2001 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Conference Proceedings, Journal Articles, Technical Reports
Materials Language:
English
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Alternate Name(s):Asahi Shimbun, Kikuzo II Visual, Asahi Kikuzo II Visual 朝日聞蔵IIヴジュアル,
Types:
Index
News and Newspapers
Vendors:
Asahi Shimbun

One of the largest on-line newspaper database in Japan, containing over 8,000,000 articles. Includes four sections: Asahi Shinbun newspaper: 1945-present; AERA weekly magazine: May 1988-present; Shukan Asahi weekly magazine (news section only): April 2000-present; and Historical Photo Archive : 1930-1945. (10,000 historical photographs).

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English, Japanese
Materials Indexed:
Images, Magazine Articles, Newspaper Articles
Materials Language:
Japanese
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):American Society of Civil Engineers Library
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Comprehensive coverage of articles of  across all disciplines of civil engineering.  Subject areas include: Aerospace Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Bridges, Cold Regions, Computer Practices, Construction, Earthquake Engineering, Education, Engineering Mechanics, Environmental Engineering, Forensic Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Highways, Hydrology, Hydraulics, Irrigation and Drainage, Management, Materials Engineering, Structural Engineering, Transportation, Urban Planning, Water Resources, Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering.

Dates:
1983 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Conference Proceedings, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles, Newsletter Articles, Technical D
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Alexander Street (ProQuest)

Asian American Drama contains 252 plays by 42 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more.  Some 50% of these plays have never been published before. The database also includes selected playbills, production photographs and other ephemera related to the plays.

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Date Coverage: 1891 - present
Materials Indexed: Plays

Dates:
1891 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Plays
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
News and Newspapers
Vendors:
Readex (NewsBank)

Coverage of the Asian American experience sourced from American and global newspapers, including Asian American newspapers. Provides full-text searching as well as access to content by Topic, Event, and Eras in Asian American History.

Dates:
1704-2017
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Alternate Name(s):American Society of Mechanical Engineering Digital Collection
Types:
Electronic Journal Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

The ASME Digital Collection includes the research journals of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, covering all areas of mechanical engineering. 
Note that the UCSB subscription does not include archival journals prior to 2000, conference proceedings or e-books.

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Date Coverage: 2000 - present ## Materials Indexed: Journal Articles

Dates:
2000 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
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Alternate Name(s):AP Images
Types:
Image Collection
Vendors:
EBSCO

An electronic library containing the Associated Press wire service's current photos and a selection of pictures from their 50 million image print and negative library, plus the AP graphics archive of charts, graphs, etc.

Dates:
1995 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Images, Photographs
Materials Language:
English
Related Databases:
AP Newsreel Archive
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  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

Use the campus VPN for off-campus access. Full-text database of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Contains current and previous testing standards, ASTM journals, technical reports and other materials, searchable by keyword, author and standard numbers.

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Dates:
Current and recent
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles, Technical Reports
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Free/OA
Index
Vendors:
Harvard University

Digital Library portal for researchers in Astronomy and Physics, operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) under a NASA grant. Includes three bibliographic databases containing records on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics, and arXiv e-prints. Most data in the ADS consists of bibliographic records. Full-text scans of much of the astronomical literature can be browsed or searched via the full-text search interface. Provides access and pointers to a wealth of external resources, including electronic articles, data catalogs and archives.

Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Conference Proceedings, Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
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Alternate Name(s):Religion Database
Types:
Index
Vendors:
EBSCO

Indexes religious and theological scholarship from international titles and multi-author works in the field of religion. Provides links to the full text of many of the articles indexed via ATLAS (ATLA Serials).

Dates:
1946 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Reviews, Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
CDC

Toxicological Profiles from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (U.S. Public Health Service) contain over toxicological information on over 150 compounds. Rigorously peer-reviewed, covers the toxicological effects of hazardous substances, chemicals, and compounds. Profiles include an examination, summary, and interpretation of available toxicological and epidemiological data evaluations on the hazardous substance.

Dates:
Current information
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Technical Data
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Archival Collections
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Yale University

The Avalon Project (Yale Law School) includes digital documents (transcripts) relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. In some cases, links are added to supporting documents expressly referred to in the body of the text.

Dates:
4000 BCE - 2003
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Government Documents, Legal Literature
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
ProQuest

Indexes journal articles on architectural design, the history and practice of architecture, landscape architecture, historic preservation, interior design and decoration, and city planning. Covers the international scholarly and popular periodical literature, including the publications of professional associations, US state and regional periodicals, and major serial publications in the architecture and design of Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Australia.

Dates:
1934 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles, Magazine Articles
Materials Language:
English

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Alternate Name(s):Babel Scores : Contemporary Music Online
Types:
Musical Scores and Sheet Music
Vendors:
BabelScores

BabelScores® looks into and selects the works of the most creative, original and innovative composers of the past few decades offering a wide catalogue and setting up a powerful circulation platform addressed to instrumentalists, ensembles, orchestras, composers, musicologists, conservatories, universities and festivals throughout the world.

Interface Language:
English, French, Spanish
Materials Indexed:
Musical Scores
Materials Language:
Multiple Languages
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Bahá’í International Community

This site provides an extensive collection of primary writings and other books related to the Bahá'í Faith.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Biographical Information, Book Chapters, Books, Essays, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Reference Book Collection
Vendors:
bartleby

Includes a host of e-texts, all browsable and searchable, including reference works, verse and fiction, and non-fiction in a wide range of subject areas.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Image Collection
Vendors:
University of Oxford

The Beazley Archive at the University of Oxford is a collection of casts and photographs of classical Greek and Roman art. The digital archive includes extensive collections of images of Greek and Roman sculpture and Greek pottery.

Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Images, Images
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Archival Collections
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Reveal Digital

Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movements focuses on unearthing and digitizing the histories of civil rights activism by the everyday citizens of Black, Latine, Indigenous, and Asian American/Pacific Islander communities.

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Alternate Name(s):Berlin Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall; Digital Concert Hall
Types:
Audio Collection
Video Collection
Vendors:
Berlin Phil Media GmbH

The Berliner Philharmoniker Digital Concert Hall Provides access to live performances of the Berlin Philharmonic, as well as hundreds of concerts recorded over more than 50 years. The site also offers interviews, documentary films, and opera performances.

Dates:
1960s-Present
Interface Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
ProQuest

20 different versions of the English Bible from the 10th to the 20th century, including 12 full Bibles, 5 New Testament texts, 2 versions of the Gospels only, and William Tyndale's translations of the Pentateuch, Jonah and the New Testament. The King James Bible of 1611 is also available separately.

Dates:
990 - 1970
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
ProQuest

Covers literary works of approximately 300 American writers from the period of the Revolution to 1930.

Dates:
1770 - 1930
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
EBSCO

Indexes primarily western-language articles and book chapters on all topics pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia (especially humanities and social sciences).

Dates:
1971 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
Brepolis

Provides bibliographic data on historical writing dealing with the British Isles, and with the British Empire and Commonwealth, during all periods for which written documentation is available (from 55BC to the present).  It is a guide to the work of historians - it does not contain original sources, unless they have been edited and republished by historians.

Dates:
55 BC - Present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Index
Vendors:
Getty

Covers European and American art from late antiquity to the present. Includes and extends the coverage of its two predecessor art indexes: RAA (Repertoire d'Art et d'Archeologie) from 1973 to 1989 and RILA (International Repertory of the Literature of Art) from 1975 to 1989. For information more recent than 2009, use the International Bibliography of Art.

Dates:
1973 - 2009
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Theses & Dissertations, Book Chapters, Books, Conference Proceedings, Journal Articles, Magazine Art
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
National Academies

Brief biographies of deceased National Academy of Sciences members, written by those who knew them or their work. Provides a personal and scholarly view of the lives and work of America's most distinguished scientists and a biographical history of science in the United States. Memoirs collection includes more than 1400 memoirs.

Dates:
1877 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Biographical Information
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
ProQuest

Provides comprehensive coverage of biological science fields including animal behavior, aquatic life and fisheries, chemoreception, biochemistry, ecology, plant science, toxicology, virology, microbiology, immunology genetics, health and safety science, oncogenes, entomology, and endocrinology neuroscience.

Dates:
1982 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Electronic Journal Collection
Vendors:
Springer

Collection of hundreds of journals in medicine and biology. Open access, full text access to all original research papers published in any BMC journals. UCSB is a member of BioMed Central through the California Digital Library, and UC researchers may publish in the BMC journals with no page charges.

Dates:
1997 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Journal Collection
Vendors:
BioOne

Provides a unique aggregation of high-impact bioscience research journals, featuring timely content on a wide-array of today’s most pressing topics, including global warming, stem cell research, ecological and biodiversity conservation.

Dates:
Varies; mostly 1998 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Preprint server for the life sciences. Serves as a freely accessible preprint publishing venue. Accepts papers in the following subject ares: biochemistry, bioengineering, bioinformatics, cancer biology, cell biology, developmental biology, ecology, evolutionary biology, genetics, genomics, immunology, microbiology, molecular biology, molecular medicine, neurobiology, paleontology, pathology, physiology, plant biology, scientific communication, synthetic biology, systems biology and zoology.

Dates:
2013-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles, Preprints, Reports
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
Clarivate

Contains citations to items in journals, books, conference proceedings, and technical reports, in all areas of the life sciences and biology. Many citations include abstracts.

Dates:
1926 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Books, Conference Proceedings, Journal Articles, Technical Reports
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Birds of North America
Types:
Audio Collection
Data Collection
Encyclopedia
Full-Text Collection
Handbook
Image Collection
Video Collection
Vendors:
Cornell University

Powerful resource that brings deep, scholarly content from four celebrated works of ornithology into a single platform where biologists and birders can find comprehensive life history information on birds. 

Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Audio, Charts & Graphs, Datasets, Factual Information, Images, Maps, Photographs, Specimens, Statist
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Alexander Street (ProQuest)

Includes the full text of plays by African, African American, and other Black playwrights. Contains over a thousand plays, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. Includes selected playbills, production photographs and other ephemera related to the plays.

Dates:
1850 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Plays
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Index
News and Newspapers
Vendors:
ProQuest

Combines several resources in Black Studies: The Chicago Defender (1910-1975), The International Index to Black Periodicals (IIBP), Black Literature Index, Dissertations file, and Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience.

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  • The Chicago Defender (1910-1975) - a widely read and influential black newspaper which features local, national and international coverage & commentary on events of import to the Black diaspora. The database includes text and image backfiles. 
  • The International Index to Black Periodicals (IIBP) - includes cover coverage of U.S., African, and Caribbean periodicals. Citations, abstracts and selected full text articles are included. 
  • Black Literature Index - provides citations to fiction, poetry and literary reviews published in 110 black periodicals and newspapers from 1827-1940. 
  • Dissertations file - contains 1000 doctoral dissertations and masters' theses, written from 1970-2004, selected for their relevance to black studies.
  • Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience - a databases of essays on important black studies themes and issues.
Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Essays, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles, Newspaper Articles, Poetry, Prose
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Video Collection
Vendors:
Alexander Street (ProQuest)

Collection featuring award-winning documentaries, newsreels, interviews and archival footage surveying the evolution of black culture in the United States.

Dates:
1969-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Interviews, Video
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):International Index to Black Periodicals Full Text
Types:
Index
Vendors:
ProQuest

Includes citations and abstracts from scholarly journals and newsletters from the United States, Africa and the Caribbean -- and full-text coverage of core Black Studies periodicals. Coverage is international in scope and multidisciplinary--spanning cultural, economic, historical, religious, social, and political issues of vital importance to the Black Studies discipline.

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Formerly known as International Index to Black Periodicals (IIBP) Full Text

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Reviews, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles, Newsletter Articles, Newspaper Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Alexander Street (ProQuest)

Collection of approximately 100,000 pages of non-fiction writings by major American black leaders—teachers, artists, politicians, religious leaders, athletes, war veterans, entertainers, and other figures—covering 250 years of history. In addition to the most familiar works, Black Thought and Culture presents previously inaccessible material, including letters, speeches, prefatory essays, political leaflets, interviews, periodicals, and trial transcripts. The ideas of over 1,000 authors present an evolving and complex view of what it is to be black in America.

Dates:
1700-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Encyclopedia
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Wiley

Represents a diverse range of approaches and methodologies to key phenomena in phonological research. Interdisciplinary connections, such as those with the social and computational sciences, are covered, as well as statistical and experimental techniques. Contains illustrations, maps, and figures that can be opened in full screen size.

Dates:
2011
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Essays
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Formerly Berg Fashion Library
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
Bloomsbury Publishing

Online portal that makes a variety of fashion resources available for cross-searching, including The Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, 60+ Berg fashion ebooks, several major fashion journals, an extensive image bank pulling full color reproduction photos from major museums around the world, and much more.  

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Images, Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Vendors:
Nichigai Associates, Inc.

Indexes monographs published in Japan since 1926, often including tables of contents, summaries, and/or author information. Summaries and tables of contents are available for books published since 1986. Author information is provided for books published since 2001.

Dates:
Vary
Interface Language:
Japanese, English
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
Japanese
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Audio Collection
Image Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Alexander Street (ProQuest)

Provides access to primary documents, images, and video covering worldwide border areas, including: U.S. and Mexico, the European Union, Afghanistan, Israel, Turkey, The Congo, Argentina, China, Thailand, and others.

Dates:
19th-21st centuries
Interface Language:
English
Brandwatch
DREAM Lab Limited Users
  • UCSB Only
DREAM Lab Limited Users
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Formerly known as Crimson Hexagon
Types:
Data Collection
Full-Text Collection
Index
Primary Sources
Vendors:
UCSB-Dream Lab

Available through the DREAM Lab. A web-based library of social media posts (updated in real-time) and social media analysis software platform. Posts can be searched using keywords and then either downloaded for off-line analysis with third party tools or analyzed using Brandwatch’s data visualizations.

Available through the DREAM Lab. Expand "Additional Info" for access information.
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Dates:
Current
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Blogs, Ephemera, Websites
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
GALE CENGAGE

Digitized collection of about 4000 pamphlets held at the Oliveira Lima Library at the Catholic University of America, published chiefly in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Topics include Brazilian and Portuguese history, literature, and politics, but nearly all topics and time periods beginning with the colonial era are represented.

Dates:
19th - early 20th centuries
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Pamphlets, Plays, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):International Medieval Bibliography (IMB), Bibliographie de civilisation médiévale, International Bibliography of Humanism and the Renaissance
Types:
Index
Vendors:
Brepolis

Comprises articles about the medieval period derived from periodicals and miscellany volumes (conference proceedings, essay collections, Festschriften and exhibition catalogues). All articles are classified with full bibliographical details and subject classifications and indexing familiar to medievalists.

Dates:
300-1500 CE (topical)
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Brepolis

Covers European Medieval Studies such as Church History & Monasticism, Language and Literature, Manuscript Studies, Philosophy, Theology and History of Science. Book series include Utrecht Studies in Medieval Literacy, Studies in European Urban History (1100-1800), and Medieval Church Studies, among others.
 

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2017-2021 collections only. Please note that the Medieval Collection eBooks are in a system that also includes eBooks that UCSB does not have access to. Look for the green button which indicates your access once authenticated with VPN or via proxy server.

Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Books
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Brill

Resource for study of the ancient world. Brings together Felix Jacoby's Fragmente der Griechischen Historiker (a monumental collection of ancient Greek historical texts) and Brill's New Jacoby. Also includes new commentaries in English by contemporary scholars, as well as facing English translations of the Greek texts.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Essays
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Encyclopedia
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Brill

A Reallexikon or encyclopaedia of the ancient world. Comprises the complete original Der Neue Pauly (published 1996-2003) together with Brill's New Pauly (English edition of Der Neue Pauly).

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Essays
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Archival Collections
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Image Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
British Library

Access to fully digitised manuscripts held at the British Library, with their descriptions. Includes an extensive collection of Greek manuscripts, plus the Lindisfarne Gospels and the Old English Hexateuch.

Dates:
500 - 1900
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Manuscripts, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Free/OA
Image Collection
Vendors:
British Library

Scanned public domain images from The British Library.  Images may be downloaded and used however you like. Images are browsable by topical albums. Topics include World War I, advertising, magazine covers, space and science fiction, architecture, children's books and much more.

Dates:
1700 - 1920s
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Images, Images
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Archival Collections
Free/OA
Primary Sources
Video Collection
Vendors:
YouTube

Selections from the famous British Movietone newsreel archive. Contains newsreel clips and footage captured during the company’s ninety year history (1895-1986) and includes many major world events.

Dates:
1895-1986
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Video, Films, Video
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Video Collection
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Comprises around 7,000 early twentieth century Topical Budget newsreels drawn from the British Film Institute and Imperial War Museums.

Dates:
1911-1930
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Films, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Archival Collections
Free/OA
Primary Sources
Video Collection
Vendors:
YouTube

Since the 1890's, British Pathé began recording every aspect of global culture and news, for the cinema. Documentaries, newsreels, serials and films changed the way the world saw itself forever. Topics include war footage, celebrities and entertainment, sports, disasters and other noteworthy events from Great Britain and around the world.

Dates:
1890-1990
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Films, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Full-Text Collection
News and Newspapers
Primary Sources
Vendors:
ProQuest

Contains four separate collections of facsimile page images and searchable full text for nearly 500 British periodicals published from the 17th to the early 20th centuries.  Covers a broad range of subject areas.

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  • Collection I: Over 160 journals from the UMI microfilm collection Early British Periodicals. Topics covered include literature, philosophy, history, science, the fine arts and the social sciences.
  • Collection II: Over 300 journals from the UMI microfilm collections English Literary Periodicals and British Periodicals in the Creative Arts. Topics include literature, music, art, drama, archaeology and architecture.
  • Collection III: Leading publications from the early 20th century, taken from the “Great Eight” illustrated periodicals. Topics include news, politics, miscellany, art, photography, literature, and satire.
  • Collection IV : Eclectic mix of major popular titles from the 20th century.Topics include socialism, the labour movement, international affairs and conflicts, leisure, rural life, the arts, travel, empire, and childhood.
Dates:
Late 17th to early 20th century
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles, Magazine Articles, Newspaper Articles, Periodical Titles, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Image Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Primary source material chronicling the expansion of radio and television technology, and the rise of mass media empires in America. Includes access to the papers of David Sarnoff, President of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), and other industry papers. The bulk of the material spans the 1920s to the 1970s, representing the decades of David Sarnoff’s career at RCA. Some additional content covers pre-1920s broadcasting developments, and the final years of RCA before its sale in 1986.

Dates:
c.1920-1980
Interface Language:
English
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Archival Collections
Free/OA
Image Collection
Vendors:
Buddhist Digital Resource Center

Access to a vast collection of Tibetan Buddhist works, as well as to collections of Sanskrit, Chinese, Pali, Burmese, and Khmer materials. Includes scans of the original scripts as well as transliterations. Most materials are open access. Highlights include Dan Martin's Tibetan Histories, Treasures from Cambodian, and a rare woodblock printing of the Tibetan Buddhist canon: the Ragya Kangyur ( bka' 'gyur).

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Archival Materials, Books, Ephemera, Images, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
EBSCO

Covers all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.

Dates:
1886 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Business Data, Economic Data, Factual Information, Financial Data, Journal Articles, Magazine Articl
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Data Collection
Free/OA
Vendors:
Butterflies and Moths of North America

Searchable database of verified butterfly and moth records in the United States and Mexico. Data are updated regularly and come from a variety of sources, including citizen scientists. Includes distribution maps, photos of the adult and caterpillar (when available), information on size, identifying characteristics, life history, flight, caterpillar hosts, adult food, habitat, species range, conservation status, and management needs, species checklists for each county in the U. S. and state in Mexico.

Dates:
Current information
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Datasets, Photographs, Technical Data
Materials Language:
English

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  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue, Wellesley Index, Poole's Index, Periodicals Index Online (via C19), British Periodicals Collections, 19th Century Short Title Catalogue
Types:
Index
Vendors:
ProQuest

Comprehensive source for discovering nineteenth-century books, periodicals, official documents, newspapers and archives. Draws on the strength of established indexes such as the Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue, The Wellesley Index, Poole's Index and Periodicals Index Online. Provides integrated access to 12 bibliographic indexes, including almost a million records from the ongoing digitization of British Periodicals Collections I and II.

Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Essays, Government Documents, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles, Newspaper Articles, Primar
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Archival Collections
Image Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
California Digital Library (CDL)

An online archive illustrating California's history and culture, from the collections of the Bancroft Library. Selected from nearly two hundred individual collections, this unique resource uses the latest online archiving techniques to highlight the rich themes of California's history.

Dates:
1790 - 1980
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Photographs
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Archival Collections
Index
Vendors:
University of California, Riverside (UCR)

Project to describe and preserve California newspapers. Close to 9,000 California newspapers were inventoried in over 1,400 repositories throughout the state, 1.5 million pages of California newspapers were preserved and made available on microfilm, and 100,000 rolls of negative microfilm rolls are being processed for permanent storage at the UC Regional Library Storage Facilities. This database allows researchers to narrow their contacts to institutions holding relevant titles.

Dates:
vary
Interface Language:
English
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Archival Collections
Full-Text Collection
Index
Primary Sources
Vendors:
University of California

Gateway to digitized items — including photographs, documents, newspaper pages, political cartoons, works of art, diaries, transcribed oral histories, advertising, and other unique cultural artifacts — that reveal the diverse history and culture of California and its role in national and world history. Content has been selected from the libraries and museums of the UC campuses, and from a variety of cultural heritage organizations across California.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Artworks, Interviews, Newspaper Articles, Oral History Interviews, Photographs
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Cambridge University Press Journals Online
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Electronic Journal Collection
Full-Text Collection
Reference Book Collection
Vendors:
Cambridge University Press

Allows searching of articles from Cambridge University Press electronic journals. Includes electronic books and reference materials that we have selectively purchased from Cambridge University Press. To limit your search to just materials that are accessible to UCSB users, check the "Only search content I have access to" box below the search box.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Encyclopedia
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
bartleby

Considered the most important work of literary history and criticism ever published. Contains over 303 chapters and 11,000 pages, with essay topics ranging from poetry, fiction, drama and essays to history, theology and political writing. Encompasses a wide selection of writing on orators, humorists, poets, newspaper columnists, religious leaders, economists, Native Americans, song writers, and even non-English writing, such as Yiddish and Creole.

Dates:
1907 - 1921
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Essays
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Readex (NewsBank)

Includes books, pamphlets, almanacs, letters, ship logs, military reports, broadsides and ephemera, both from and about the Caribbean region. Geographic overlap includes West African coastal nations, Florida, Mexico, and Brazil. Most of the works are in English, and approximately 250 are in French.

Dates:
1535-1920
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Architectural Drawings, Archival Materials, Books, Correspondence, Diaries, Ephemera, Factual Inform
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
ProQuest

Focuses on the literary output of Caribbean authors from the 18th & 21st centuries. Composed of poems, drama, novels, stories, and related materials, written in European languages and local languages and dialects such as Papiamento, French Creole, etc. Searchable by authors’ names, nationality, ethnicity, gender, dates while living or work title, and date of publication.

Dates:
1700-2010
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Books, Plays, Poetry, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
News and Newspapers
Vendors:
Readex (NewsBank)

Large collection of fully searchable 18th and 19th-century Caribbean newspapers from 22 islands.

Dates:
1718-1876
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Newspaper Articles, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Video Collection
Vendors:
Alexander Street (ProQuest)

Features music, dance, interviews, cultural programming, and more housed in the Banyan Archives in Trinidad & Tobago. Banyan Productions was the first television producer for programs for, about, and by the Caribbean people and culture. Contains documentaries, dramas, music, and dance programs produced by the Banyan. 

Dates:
1974-2015
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Interviews, Television Broadcasts, Video
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Index
Vendors:
U.S. Government Publishing Office

Finding tool for federal publications that includes descriptive records for historical and current publications and provides direct links to those that are available online.

Dates:
1976 to present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Government Documents, Legal Literature, Primary Sources, Technical Reports
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Encyclopedia
Free/OA
Vendors:
New Advent LLC

The first major encyclopedia of the Catholic Church in English. Besides describing "the entire cycle of Catholic interests, action and doctrine" of its era, it includes "what Catholic artists, educators, poets, scientists and men of action have achieved in their several provinces."

Dates:
1905-1914
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Essays
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
University of College Cork (UCC)

Project, based at University College in Cork that aims to "bring the wealth of Irish literary and historical culture (in Irish, Latin, Old Norse, Anglo-Norman French, and English) to the Internet." The texts are browsable and searchable.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Essays
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):CRL Catalog
Types:
Index
Vendors:
Center for Research Libraries (CRL)

Consortium of North American universities, colleges and independent research libraries that acquires and preserves newspapers, journals, documents, archives and other traditional and digital resources for research and teaching. These resources are then made available to member institutions cooperatively, through interlibrary loan and electronic delivery.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English, French
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
Multilingual
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Full-Text Collection
News and Newspapers
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Center for Research Libraries (CRL)

Access to the following collections are available through our membership in the Center for Research Libraries: African Newspapers; American Periodicals; Brazilian Government Documents; 
Chinese Pamphlets: Political Communication & Mass Education; Digital Library for International Reserach (DLIR); Dziennik Zwiazkowy; Pamphlets and Periodicals of the French Revolution of 1848; and Slavery and Manumission Manuscripts of Timbuktu.

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  • African Newspapers: more than 40 newspapers published between 1800 and 1922 in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • American Periodicals: North American special interest and general magazines, labor and trade publications, scientific and literary journals, and other historically significant titles of the mid-nineteenth to early twentieth centuries, prioritized for preservation.
  • Brazilian Government Documents: Executive branch serial documents issued by Brazil’s national government between 1821 and 1993, and by its provincial governments from the earliest available to the end of the first Republic in 1930.
  • Chinese Pamphlets - Political Communication & Mass Education:  Pamphlets, picture books, and other propaganda issued during the early years of the People’s Republic between 1947 and 1954. This is the “street literature” of the revolution: comic books, leaflets, and other ephemera distributed to the general population of provincial cities and villages.
  • Digital Library for International Reserach (DLIR) - CRL has partnered with the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) to develop the Digital Library for International Research. DLIR aims to provide bibliographic and full-text access to print collections and other media held at CAORC-sponsored overseas research centers and allied partners.
  • Dziennik Zwiazkowy - The first ten years (1908–17) of Dziennik Zwiazkowy, founded in Chicago in 1908 by the Polish National Alliance. Representing local, national, and international issues of concern to the Polish community, the paper continues today as the Polish Daily News.
  • Pamphlets and Periodicals of the French Revolution of 1848 - Pamphlets and periodicals from the French Revolution of 1848 held by the Center for Research Libraries.
  • Slavery and Manumission Manuscripts of Timbuktu - Arabic nineteenth-century manuscripts relating to slavery and manumission in Timbuktu provide documentation on Africans in slavery in Muslim societies. From the Bibliothèque Commémorative Mama Haidara in Timbuktu, Mali.
Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Government Documents, Magazine Articles, Manuscripts, Newspaper Articles, Pamphlets
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Audio Collection
Maps and Mapping
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Collection of Foreign Office files, including correspondence, intelligence reports, agents’ diaries, minutes, maps, newspaper excerpts and other materials. Covers the history of Persia (Iran), Central Asia and Afghanistan from the decline of the Silk Road in the first half of the nineteenth century to the establishment of Soviet rule over parts of the region in the early 1920s.

Dates:
1834-1922
Interface Language:
English
Materials Language:
English
Limited Users
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Zhong yang ri bao, 台灣新聞智慧網
Types:
Full-Text Collection
News and Newspapers
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Hanzhen Daily Books

Central Daily News was first published in Shanghai in February 1928. and moved to Taiwan in 1949. Official news media for the KMT (Kuomintang) government for years. Provides informative reports on politics, economy, military, culture, foreign relations and the society. Its reports also captured the changes of society, tracked the interactions between China and foreign countries and the development leading up to World War II and the China Civil War. The print version of Central Daily News ceased in 2006; it is available only online since then.

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Dates:
1928-2006
Interface Language:
Chinese
Materials Indexed:
Newspaper Articles
Materials Language:
Chinese
Types:
Index
Vendors:
University of Texas San Antonio

Includes materials from the Annotated Chaucer Bibliography published annually in Studies in the Age of Chaucer. Sponsored by the NCS and the library of the University of Texas at San Antonio.  Note: "Title" searching is searching for the beginning of the title, not for keywords in the title.

Dates:
1975 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Books, Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Data Collection
Free/OA
Vendors:
European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Database of bioactive drug-like small molecules. Contains 2-D structures, calculated properties (e.g. logP, Molecular Weight, Lipinski Parameters, etc.) and abstracted bioactivities (e.g. binding constants, pharmacology and ADMET data). Links to compound records in PubChem and ChemSpider where available. Searchable by chemical structure or substructure, keyword, target protein sequence (BLAST search) and more.  Produced by the European Molecular Biology Laboratory - European Bioinformatics Instittue (EMBL-EBI).

Dates:
Current data
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Datasets, Technical Data
Materials Language:
English
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Alternate Name(s):Combined Chemical Dictionary
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Vendors:
Taylor & Francis

Electronic collection of several major reference works for chemistry and related sciences from Chapman and Hall/CRC Press. Fully sub-structure searchable. Note: Structure searching requires a free browser plug-in, which may not yet be installed on UCSB Library workstations. The Handbook of Chemistry & Physics and Polymers, A Property Database are fully searchable and offer the ability to produce tables customized to the user's preferences.

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Titles include:

  • Combined Chemical Dictionary
    • Dictionary of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds
    • Dictionary of Natural Products
    • Dictionary of Organic Compounds
    • Dictionary of Drugs, Dictionary of Analytical Reagents
  • Dictionary of Commonly Cited Compounds
  • The Handbook of Chemistry & Physics
  • Polymers: A Property Database
  • Properties of Organic Compounds
     
Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Books, Technical Data
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Cambridge University Press

Preprint server for chemistry and related sciences, operated jointly by the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society of Japan, Chinese Chemical Society, Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker and the Royal Society of Chemistry. All articles may be freely downloaded.

Dates:
2017 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Preprints
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Data Collection
Free/OA
Vendors:
Royal Society of Chemistry

Free chemical structure database providing fast access to over 30 million structures, properties and associated information. By integrating and linking compounds from more than 470 data sources, ChemSpider enables researchers to discover the most comprehensive view of freely available chemical data from a single online search. Owned by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Dates:
Not applicable
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Datasets, Technical Data
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Data Collection
Free/OA
Vendors:
Royal Society of Chemistry

Free database of practical procedures for research workers in synthetic chemistry, written by chemists for chemists. Searchable by text terms or chemical structure. Chemists are encouraged to submit their own experimental information for inclusion in CSSP, and to comment on procedures submitted by others. ChemSpider SyntheticPages provides information that may not generally be found elsewhere, such as: frequently encountered problems, trouble-shooting tips, repeatability, and scalability.

Dates:
Not applicable
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Datasets, Technical Data
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
News and Newspapers
Vendors:
ProQuest

Contains searchable and displayable full text coverage of the Chicago Defender, the oldest and most respected African-American newspaper in Chicago. It was a weekly newspaper from 1909-1956, when it switched to daily coverage. Note: Historical files of the Chicago Defender are available separately under Chicago Defender (Historical: 1909-1975).

Dates:
1999-present (full text); 1989-present (citation/abstracts)
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Reviews, Newspaper Articles, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
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Chicago Defender (Historical: 1909-1975), Chicago Defender / Daily Defender
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Types:
Archival Collections
Full-Text Collection
News and Newspapers
Vendors:
ProQuest

Contains searchable and displayable full text coverage of the Chicago Defender, the oldest and most respected African-American newspaper in Chicago. The Chicago Defender was a weekly newspaper from 1909-1956, when it switched to daily coverage. The Chicago Defender was the most influential black weekly newspaper by the start of WWI. Note: current files of the Chicago Defender (1989-present) are available separately under Chicago Defender (current: 1989 – current).

Dates:
1909-1975
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Reviews, Newspaper Articles, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
Related Databases:
Chicago Defender - Current (1999-present), Chicago Defender / Daily Defender
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Types:
Archival Collections
Full-Text Collection
News and Newspapers
Vendors:
ProQuest

The Chicago Defender newspaper has addressed local, national & international events. It has been a voice for many progressive activities, including advocating anti-lynching legislation, integrated sports, the integration of the United States Armed Services, and the "Great Migration" of blacks from south to north. The Defender has closely followed the careers of pioneering African-Americans & important figures of African descent worldwide.
 

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  • The Black Studies Center database contains backfiles of the weekly Chicago Defender (Jan. 1, 1910 - Dec. 27, 1975) & the Daily Defender (Feb. 6, 1956 - Dec. 31, 1957). 
  • Use the Ethnic NewsWatch database for complete text of current articles from the Chicago Defender (1999 to current).
Dates:
Chicago Defender: 1910-1975; Daily Defender: 1956/1957
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Newspaper Articles
Materials Language:
English
Related Databases:
Chicago Defender - Current (1999-present), Chicago Defender - Historical (1909-1975)
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Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Reference Book Collection
Vendors:
University of Chicago

An editorial style manual for writers.  Includes three main sections: the Publishing Process, Style and Usage, and Documentation. A valuable guide on formatting, grammar and word usage, punctuation, abbreviations, footnote and endnote style, bibliographies, and other topics.

Dates:
current edition
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Index
News and Newspapers
Vendors:
ProQuest

Keeps readers informed of the latest news from the Chicago area, the nation and the world every day. The Tribune has a reputation for investigative and public service journalism earning 24 Pulitzer Prizes since 1932.

Dates:
1985 - current
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Newspaper Articles
Materials Language:
English
Related Databases:
Chicago Tribune - Historical (1849-1987)
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Types:
Full-Text Collection
News and Newspapers
Vendors:
ProQuest

Searchable and displayable full text of the Chicago Tribune from 1849 to 1987.

Dates:
1849 - 1987
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Newspaper Articles
Materials Language:
English
Related Databases:
Chicago Tribune - Current (1985-present)
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Types:
Index
Vendors:
EBSCO

Contains records for all types of materials in the areas of Mexican-American topics. Since 1992 the database has also indexed materials on other Latino cultures, e.g., Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans and Central American immigrants. Subject coverage includes art, language, sociology, public policy, economics, history, literature, politics, and law.

Dates:
1967 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Books, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Electronic Book Collection
Image Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Primary source collection documenting children's literature and print culture. Includes titles from European publishers and some written in French or German but focuses primarily on American literature and culture.

Dates:
1810-1920
Interface Language:
English
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Primary Sources
Vendors:
GALE CENGAGE

Includes primary sources from libraries and archives across the world, including the Second Historical Archives of China and the British Library. It includes the following four modules:  Diplomacy and Political Secrets (1869-1950); Hong Kong, Britain and China (1841–1951); Records of the Maritime Customs Service of China (1854–1949); and The Missionary, Sinology and Literary Periodicals (1817-1949).

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  • Diplomacy and Political Secrets (1869-1950) comprises a compilation of 4,204 rare China-related historical documents carefully selected from three series within the India Office Records held at the British Library.
  • Hong Kong, Britain and China (1841–1951) presents a collection of British Colonial Office records on colonial Hong Kong.
  • Records of the Maritime Customs Service of China (1854–1949) include official correspondence, dispatches, reports, memoranda, and private and confidential letters.
  • The Missionary, Sinology and Literary Periodicals (1817-1949) includes seventeen English-language periodicals in or about China during a period of of over 130 years, when the People's Republic of China was founded.
Dates:
1800s-1980s
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Archival Materials, Correspondence, Ephemera, Essays, Letters, Manuscripts, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):中国方志丛书; Zhongguo Fangzhi Congshu; Superstar; Chinamaxx
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Beijing Superstar Information Technology Co. Ltd.

Reprints of local gazetteers compiled mainly in Qing Dynasty (1644-1910); a few in Ming Dynasty (1368-1644); and others from the republican era (1911-1949). Often compiled by local officials or elites, local gazetteers provide rich information on local administrations, local cultures, local economies, local officials, and local dignitaries.

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See the online catalog with detailed information on each title in the collection, including original publication date and author.

Dates:
1644-1910
Interface Language:
Chinese
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
Chinese
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):人民画报; Renmin huabao
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Beijing Superstar Information Technology Co. Ltd.

Contains back issues of China Pictorial from 1950-1998. Consisting of mainly photographs and illustrations, this publication is a good primary source for researching social and political life during the time period.

Dates:
1950-1998
Interface Language:
Chinese, English
Materials Indexed:
Magazine Articles
Materials Language:
Chinese
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Primary Sources
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Explores the cultural and trading relationships that emerged between America, China and the Pacific region between the 18th and 20th centuries. Manuscript sources, rare printed texts, visual images, objects and maps document this fascinating history.

Dates:
18th and early 20th century
Interface Language:
English
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Magazine Archive
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Access to pamphlets from Cornell University Library’s Charles W. Wason Collection on East Asia. Features secondary resources, including scholarly essays, an interactive chronology, mini guides, and editors’ choices from the collection.

Dates:
c1750-1929
Interface Language:
English
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Electronic Book Collection
Electronic Journal Collection
Maps and Mapping
Primary Sources
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Provides original source material detailing China's interaction with the West from 1793 to the Nixon visits to China in 1972-74.

Dates:
1793-1980
Interface Language:
English
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):SuperStar e-Books; SuperStar Chinese digital library; 中文集献; Chao xing shu zi tu shu guan; China Maxx
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Beijing Superstar Information Technology Co. Ltd.

Chinese e-book collection with over 50,000 books in literature, history, business, and politics. Contains carefully selected primary sources such as local gazetteers (difang zhi 地方誌) and literature and history sources (wen shi ziliao 文史资料) and reference works.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
Chinese
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
Chinese
Limited Users
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Zhongguo ji ben gu ji ku; Database of Chinese classic ancient books; Erudition
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Beijing Erudition Digital Research Center

Access is restricted to one user at a time. Revisit if you are unable to access. Includes pre-20th century texts with full-text and images from a variety of subject areas organized into four sections: Philosophy and Science, History and Geography, Art and Literature, and General Works. Available via Erudition. 

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Dates:
Before 1900 CE
Interface Language:
Chinese
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
Chinese
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):中共党史期刊数据库
Types:
Electronic Journal Collection
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
Dacheng Company

Full-text database, providing access to journal articles on Chinese Communist Party history from 1900-1945.

Dates:
1900-1949
Interface Language:
Chinese
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles
Materials Language:
Chinese
Limited Users
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Database of Chinese Local Records; Zhongguo fang zhi ku; Erudition; 中國方志庫
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Beijing Erudition Digital Research Center

Collection of 4,000 Chinese local gazetteers published from Song Dynasty to the Republic Era in Chinese. Only one user may access it at a time.

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Dates:
960 - 1949 CE (Song Dynasty to Republic Era)
Interface Language:
Chinese
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
Chinese
Alternate Name(s):CCEL
Types:
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Christian Classics Ethereal Library

Digital library of hundreds of classic Christian books selected for edification and education.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Vendors:
Brill

Bibliographical history of relations between the two faiths as they are reflected in works written by Christians and Muslims about the other and against the other. Covers all parts of the world from the year 1500 to 1914, including the ages of European expansion and colonialism. Contains thousands of comprehensive entries on individual works and their authors, together with introductory essays to the periods and areas covered, making it the fullest available source in this field.

Dates:
1500-1914
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Biographical Information, Essays, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Chronicle of Higher Education

Newspaper dedicated to covering colleges and universities, including their job board.

Interface Language:
English
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Free/OA
News and Newspapers
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Library of Congress (LOC)

Provides access to information about historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages.  A long-term effort to develop an Internet-based, searchable database of U.S. newspapers with descriptive information and select digitization of historic pages. Supported by NEH, will be developed and permanently maintained at the Library of Congress.

Dates:
1836-1922
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Newspaper Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Electronic Journal Collection
Full-Text Collection
Image Collection
Maps and Mapping
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Features publications from the Church Missionary Society (CMS), the South American Missionary Society and the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society (CEZMS) between 1804 and 2009.

Dates:
1804-2009
Interface Language:
English
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Encyclopedia
Full-Text Collection
Handbook
Vendors:
CIA

Annually updated collection of basic intelligence information on the countries of the world as compiled by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Contains information on the people, economy, geography and environment, communication, transportation and military of each country, as available.

Dates:
Current Information
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Government Documents
Materials Language:
English
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Alternate Name(s):CiNii: Citation Information by NII 論文情報; CiNii Books, CiNii Articles, CiNii dissertations
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
NII Scholarly Services

Database service that enables searching of information on academic papers published in academic society journals or university research bulletins, or included in the National Diet Library's Japanese Periodicals Index Database. Provides the capability to follow up on references to discover what sort of papers are referenced by the searched paper, and what sort of papers are citing the searched paper, and also enables access to the full text of papers.

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Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
Japanese
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles
Materials Language:
Japanese
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
News and Newspapers
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Coherent Digital

Contains the full text of major articles gleaned from over 2,500 issues of The New York Herald, The Charleston Mercury and the Richmond Enquirer. Begins with the events preceding the outbreak of war at Fort Sumter, continues through the surrender at Appomattox, and concludes with the assassination and funeral of Abraham Lincoln. Includes descriptive news articles, eye-witness accounts and official reports of battles and events, editorials, advertisements and biographies. Also includes articles describing non-military concerns of the day such as travel, arts and leisure, geographical descriptions, sports and sporting, social events, etc. Since the major events are described in detail by both Union and Confederate papers, their opposing perspectives are readily available for comparative evaluation.

Dates:
November 1, 1860 - April 15, 1865 (American Civil War)
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Newspaper Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
OCLC

Indexes documents published in Latin American and Caribbean journals specializing in the social sciences and humanities. Periódica covers journals specializing in science and technology. Indexes publications from 24 different countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Reviews, Books, Conference Proceedings, Essays, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles, Technical
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Full-Text Collection
Image Collection
Magazine Archive
Vendors:
Brill

Unique collection of digitized historical film magazines from the 1910s to the 1970s, providing easy access to rare and previously dispersed sources documenting the cinematographic history of the largest country in Latin America.

Dates:
1913-1974
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Magazine Articles, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
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Alternate Name(s):中国期刊全文数据库; Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure; CJFD; Zhongguo qi kan quan wen shu ju ku; Zhongguo xue shu qi kan; 中囯学朮期刊; Chinese journal network; CJN
Types:
Electronic Journal Collection
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI)

Bibliographic database and full text online provider for a wide assortment of journals from China. UC has access to the journals in the Literature/History/Philosophy, Economics/Politics/Law and Education/Social Science portions of the database, approximately 1,700 journal titles.

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  • CAJ: Series F - Literature/History/Philosophy
  • CAJ: Series G - Politics/Military affairs/Law
  • CAJ: Series H - Education/Social Sciences
  • CAJ: Series J - Economics/Management

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Dates:
1994 - present
Interface Language:
Chinese, English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles
Materials Language:
Chinese
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):China Population Census; 中国人口普查数据库; Zhongguo ren kou pu cha shu ju ku
Types:
Data Collection
Vendors:
Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI)

Includes hundreds of volumes of statistical yearbooks and thousands of entries (including statistical charts) collected in the database.

Dates:
2010 Census
Interface Language:
Chinese, English
Materials Indexed:
Census Data, Datasets
Materials Language:
Chinese, English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):CDMD; China Doctoral/Master Dissertations Full-text Database
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI)

Provides full-text access to theses and dissertations from a selection of major universities in China. Access includes all non-STEM modules.

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Dates:
1984-present
Interface Language:
Chinese, English
Materials Indexed:
Theses & Dissertations
Materials Language:
Chinese
Types:
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
Wilson Center

Disseminates new information and perspectives on the history of the Cold War, in particular new findings from previously inaccessible sources from the former Communist world. Designed as an outlet for Project historians, who have gained access to newly-available archives and sources, to share their results. Includes submissions by junior scholars from the former Communist bloc who have done research in their countries' archives and are looking to introduce their findings to a Western audience.

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From the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC

Dates:
Varies; Covers Cold War era (1945 - 1991)
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Biographical Information, Conference Proceedings, Pamphlets, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
University of Michigan

A multi-volume set of Lincoln's correspondence, speeches, and other writings (transcribed and annotated). The first major scholarly effort to collect and publish the complete writings of Abraham Lincoln. Searchable and browsable by keywords and phrases.

Dates:
1809-1865
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Correspondence, Essays, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Chinamaxx digital libraries 文史资料专题库全库; SuperStar digital library 文史资料专题库全库; Wenshi ziliao
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Beijing Superstar Information Technology Co. Ltd.

An important resource for scholars of 20th century China, this database contains full texts of more than 20,000 volumes (650,000 articles) of publications arranged by regions and provinces. The articles are mostly first-person narratives on history, culture, politics, economy, literature and ethnicity.

Dates:
1984-present
Interface Language:
Chinese
Materials Indexed:
Books, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
Chinese
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Portico

A collection of over 50 colloquia covering cell and molecular biology and biomedicine, including the neurosciences. Each colloquium is 50- to 100-pages long. Each synthesizes an important research or development topic, written by a prominent contributor to the field.

Dates:
Current material
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Primary Sources
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Documents on North America from 1606-1822 from The National Archives UK that cover early settlement, the American Revolution, legislation and politics in the colonies, as well as growth, trade, and development in the 17th and 18th centuries. Includes land grants, military material from the French and Indian War of 1756-63, the Boston Tea Party, military affairs and Native Americans, and trade within the American colonies and the Caribbean.

Dates:
1606-1822
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Account Books, Architectural Drawings, Archival Materials, Correspondence, Diaries, Ephemera, Govern
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Data Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Primary source documents covering the history of the various territories under British colonial governance. Includes administrative documentation, trade and shipping records, minutes of council meetings, and details of plantation life, colonial settlement, imperial rivalries across the region, and the growing concern of absentee landlords.

Dates:
1624-1872
Interface Language:
English
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Dictionary
Index
Vendors:
Columbia University Press

Database of names, descriptions, and characteristics of over 165,000 places in the world. Includes information on the political world, the physical world, and special places.

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Includes:

  • The political world: major geographic regions, counties, provinces, regions, states, districts, capitals, cities, town, villages, neighborhoods, special districts.
  • The physical world: continents, oceans, seas, gulfs, lakes, lagoons, rivers, bays, inlets, channels, streams, islands, archipelagos, peninsulas, atolls, mountains, mountain ranges, canyons, deserts, valleys, glaciers, volcanoes.
  • Special places: national parks, reserves and monuments, historic and archeological sites, resorts, airports, ports, dams, nuclear plants, mines, canals, shopping malls, theme parks, stadia, military bases, fortified lines, mythic places.
Dates:
Current and historical information
Interface Language:
English
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Communication Abstracts
Types:
Index
Vendors:
EBSCO

Full-text research database for communication studies. Offers hundreds of top communication journals, magazines and other sources covering all related disciplines, including media studies, linguistics, speech pathology, rhetoric and discourse.

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Combines Communication and Mass Media Complete and Communication Abstracts

Dates:
1977 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Books, Journal Articles, Reports
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Journal Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Sage

Includes full-text of journals published by SAGE and participating societies. Covers such subjects as Journalism, Public Opinion, Political Communication, Mass Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Cultural Studies / Intercultural Communication, Television / Film Studies, Media Studies, Business Communication, Organizational / Management Communication, Written Communication, Rhetoric, and Literacy Studies.

Dates:
1982 to present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
Elsevier

Comprehensive bibliographic database of scientific and technical engineering research available, covering all engineering disciplines. Includes citations and abstracts from engineering journals and conference proceedings.

Dates:
1884 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Conference Proceedings, Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Reference Book Collection
Vendors:
GALE CENGAGE

Provides information on the history of science through articles on the professional lives of scientists. Covers all periods of science from classical antiquity to modern times.

Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Biographical Information
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Free/OA
Index
Vendors:
Colorado State University

An inventory of publications in writing studies, including post-secondary composition, rhetoric, technical writing, ESL, and discourse analysis.

Dates:
1939-Current
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

British government documents coverings a broad sweep of history from the 1830s to the 1960s, taking in the all countries and territories of Africa, independent and ruled by colonial powers, with the exception of Egypt.

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Confidential Print: Africa, 1834-1966 is part of Archives Direct, a cross-searchable multi-product platform, sourced from The National Archives, UK.

Dates:
1834-1966
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Government Documents
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

British government documents (1830s-1960s) covering all countries of mainland South and Central America, plus Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Cuba. Topics covered include revolutions, wars, and territorial changes, relations with indigenous peoples, the fitful progress of democracy, the influence of foreign financial interests, industrial and infrastructural development, slavery, immigration from Europe, and so on.

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Dates: 1833-1969

Dates:
1833-1969
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Government Documents
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

British government documents covering the countries of the Levant and the Arabian peninsula, Iran, Turkey, Egypt and Sudan.  From the Egyptian reforms of Muhammad Ali Pasha, the Middle East Conference of 1921, the Mandates of Palestine and Mesopotamia and the Suez Crisis in 1956, to the partition of Palestine, post-Suez Western foreign policy and the Arab-Israeli conflict these documents inform the volatile situation in the region today. 

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Confidential Print: Middle East, 1839-1969 is part of Archives Direct, a cross-searchable multi-product platform, sourced from The National Archives, UK.

Dates:
1839-1969
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Government Documents
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

British government documents on the United States, Canada and the English-speaking Caribbean, with some coverage of Central and South America. Covers such topics as slavery, Prohibition, the First and Second World Wars, racial segregation, territorial disputes, the League of Nations, McCarthyism and the nuclear bomb. The bulk of the material covers the late nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century.

Dates:
1824-1961
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Government Documents
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

British government documents providing a comprehensive history of key events across Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos during a period of political upheaval, civil unrest and escalating conflict.

Dates:
1959-1979
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Government Documents
Materials Language:
English
Alternate Name(s):THOMAS
Types:
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Library of Congress (LOC)

Official website for U.S. federal legislative information. Provides access to accurate, timely, and complete legislative information for Members of Congress, legislative agencies, and the public. Presented by the Library of Congress (LOC) using data from the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, the Government Printing Office, Congressional Budget Office, and the LOC's Congressional Research Service.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Government Documents
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Index
Vendors:
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)

Contains data for all California specimens from member institutions, including UCSB. Over 2 million specimens are included from over 30 institutions.

Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Botanical Specimens, Herbaria Specimens, Plant Specimens, Specimens
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
GALE CENGAGE

Brings together relevant content from mainstream periodicals, "gray" literature, and the alternative press -- with a focus on the critical issues and events that influence women's lives in more than 190 countries. Includes English-language titles from East and West Africa, Asia, and South and Central America, the Caribbean, North America and Europe.

Dates:
1992 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles, Magazine Articles, Newsletter Articles, Newspaper Articles, Reports
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):German Philosophers Collection
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Intelex

Full-text collection of the works of some of the major European philosophers including Descartes, Fichte, Hegel, Kant, Leibniz, Spinoza and Wittgenstein. Some have been translated into English; some are in the original language.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Essays
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Archival Collections
Electronic Book Collection
Electronic Journal Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Cornell University

Agricultural texts published between the early nineteenth century and the late twentieth century. Covers agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, animal science, crops and their protection, food science, forestry, human nutrition, rural sociology, and soil science. Titles in this collection were selected for their historical importance.

Dates:
1620 - 1999
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Books
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Cornell University

Consists of over 1700 books, pamphlets and dissertations published before 1914 that were scanned from originals held by the Cornell University Library. Browsable by author and by book title and full text searchable.

Dates:
Before 1914
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Archival Collections
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Image Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cornell University

Lists the dozens of digital collections covering a wide range of topics hosted by the Cornell University Library. Collections include books, photographs, pamphlets, newspapers, geospatial data and multimedia.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Audio, Books, Images, Photographs, Primary Sources, Technical Data; Video
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Video Collection
Vendors:
Alexander Street (ProQuest)

Contains streaming video files of actual therapy sessions, training videos, and reenactments conducted by renowned counseling professionals. Provides a firsthand look at the realities of working with clients and the challenges associated with putting theoretical concepts into practice.

Dates:
1985-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Video
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Reference Book Collection
Vendors:
Taylor & Francis

Electronic version of the classic standard reference work for basic chemical and physical property data. Browsable by the table of contents, or searchable by keyword, or by ranges of property values. In many cases, the data tables are "live" and may be sorted by any column in the table.

Dates:
Current Information
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Technical Data
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Reference Book Collection
Vendors:
Taylor & Francis

Includes handbooks from a wide range of areas. Handbooks are browsable by table of contents, or keyword searchable, either individually or combined. Note that UCSB does not subscribe to the entire CRCnetBASE collection.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Books
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
Clarivate

Indexes the bibliographic data for articles from thousands of scholarly journals.  Its unique feature is the ability to browse issue by issue tables-of-contents for any of the journals indexed.

Dates:
1998 to present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
News and Newspapers
Primary Sources
Vendors:
East View

Presents a selection of Russian-language press materials from the immediate post-Soviet period (1992-2010), carefully translated into English. Translations are intended for use in teaching and research. They are therefore presented as documentary materials without elaboration or comment, and state the opinions and views of the original authors.

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Cross-searchable with Current Digest of the Soviet Press (1949-1991) and Current Digest of the Russian Press (2011-present)

Dates:
1992-2010
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Newspaper Articles, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
News and Newspapers
Primary Sources
Vendors:
East View

Presents a selection of Russian-language press materials from the Russian Federation (2011-present), carefully translated into English. Translations are intended for use in teaching and research. They are therefore presented as documentary materials without elaboration or comment, and state the opinions and views of the original authors.

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Cross-searchable with Current Digest of the Soviet Press (1949-1991) and Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press (1992-2010)

Dates:
2011-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Newspaper Articles, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
News and Newspapers
Primary Sources
Vendors:
East View

Presents a selection of Russian-language press materials from the Soviet Union (1949-1991), carefully translated into English. Translations are intended for use in teaching and research. They are therefore presented as documentary materials without elaboration or comment, and state the opinions and views of the original authors.

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Cross-searchable with Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press (1992-2010) and Current Digest of the Russian Press (2011-present)

Dates:
1949-1991
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Newspaper Articles, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
American Mathematical Society (AMS)

Indexes publications in statistics, probability, and related fields. Includes the complete contents from 160 core journals, selected articles with statistical content from 1,200 journals, and about 11,000 books.

Dates:
1975-2018
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Conference Proceedings, Journal Articles, Statistics
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Wiley

Collection of standard research methods in the biosciences. They include: step-by-step protocols with annotations that alert you to special considerations, tips, and optional procedures; alternate and support protocols to accommodate different equipment and desired results; materials lists for each protocol; detailed recipes for reagents, solutions, and culture media; expert commentaries with troubleshooting instructions, and planning considerations; tables and figures to clarify complex procedures; and appendices filled with useful reference material.

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The online protocols available to UCSB include:

  • Current Protocols in Bioinformatics
  • Current Protocols in Cell Biology
  • Current Protocols in Cytometry
  • Current Protocols in Human Genetics
  • Current Protocols in Immunology
  • Current Protocols in Microbiology
  • Current Protocols in Molecular Biology
  • Current Protocols in Neuroscience
  • Current Protocols in Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • Current Protocols in Pharmacology
  • Current Protocols in Protein Science
  • Current Protocols in Toxicology
Dates:
Current Information
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Technical Data
Materials Language:
English

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  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Dacheng Laojiukan Quanwen Shujuku
Types:
Electronic Journal Collection
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
Dacheng Company

Provides access to over 6,000 journals published between 1883-1949. Essential research tool for Chinese studies for the late Qing Dynasty and the Republican era.

Dates:
1883-1949
Interface Language:
Chinese
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles
Materials Language:
Chinese
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Video Collection
Vendors:
Alexander Street (ProQuest)

Contains streaming video files of dance productions and documentaries by influential performers and companies of the 20th century. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance.

Dates:
20th Century
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Video
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):EduSearch, EcoLink, IslamicInfo, AraBase, Humanindex, and Mandumah Dissertations
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Electronic Journal Collection
Full-Text Collection
Magazine Archive
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Dar Almandumah for IT Co

Comprehensive online full-text database for Arabic scholarly output. Full-text database of close to 1.2 million Arabic items, including 65,000 items mainly in English and other languages. Dissertations and theses include full-text and abstracts for about 150,000 titles from 170 schools across the Arab world.

Dates:
1922-Present
Interface Language:
Arabic, English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Book Reviews, Books, Conference Proceedings, Essays, Journal Articles
Materials Language:
Arabic, English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
Clarivate

Indexes data sets from selected repositories around the world, and also enables the user to find data sets which cite a particular work.

Dates:
1900-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Business Data, Economic Data, Financial Data, Technical Data
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Chinese Cultural Revolution Database 中国文化大革命文库; The Chinese Anti-Rightist Campaign Database 中國反右運動數據庫; The Chinese Great Leap Forward Great Famine Database 中國大躍進──大饑荒數據庫;
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Chinese University of Hong Kong

Primary sources on the Chinese Cultural Revolution, the Anti-Rightist Campaign, the Great Leap Forward and the Great Famine, and other related campaigns. Titles searchable in Chinese and English.

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Includes:

  • Database of the Chinese Political Campaigns in the 1950s: From Land Reform to the State-Private Partnership 中國五十年代初中期的政治運動資料庫:從土地改革到公私合營 
  • The Chinese Great Leap Forward Great Famine Database 中國大躍進──大饑荒數據庫 
  • The Chinese Cultural Revolution Database 中國文化大革命文庫 
  • The Chinese Anti-Rightist Campaign Database (1957–) 中國反右運動數據庫 (1957–)
Dates:
1960-present
Interface Language:
Chinese, English
Materials Indexed:
Government Documents, Newspaper Articles, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
Chinese
Types:
Free/OA
Maps and Mapping
Vendors:
Cartography Associates

Includes hi-resolution scans of 85,000 maps, primarily of historic interest. Maps cover many topics, but are strong in early mapping of the Americas. Users can pan-and-browse map images, as well as download hi-resolution files.

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The maps are physically housed at Stanford University’s David Rumsey Map Center

Dates:
1492-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Maps
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Journal Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Nurimedia Co. Ltd.

Multi-disciplinary full text database including 1,900 scholarly journals published by major Korean academic societies and research institutes.

Dates:
1918-present
Interface Language:
Korean
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles
Materials Language:
Korean
Types:
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Brown University

Contains the full text of Boccaccio's Decameron with extensive background on the historical and societal context of the stories.

Dates:
14th Century
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
Italian, English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Explores the study and analysis of gender through centuries of advice literature for men and women. The term “gender”, in this case, is used to refer to socially constructed characteristics associated with masculinity and femininity. Includes sources that perpetuate conservative and traditional models of gender, as well as sources which discuss the idea of gender in their own terms.

Dates:
1450-1919
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Essays, Pamphlets
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Encyclopedia
Vendors:
Taylor & Francis

Identifies current challenges and development paths influencing materials and surface science, chemistry, biomedicine, computer technology, information processing, and mechanical, optical, and electrical engineering. Examines the design, application, and utilization of devices, techniques, and technologies critical to research at atomic, molecular, and macromolecular levels ranging from 1-100 nanometers.

Dates:
Current information
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Essays
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
Clarivate

Indexes patents of chemical, electrical and mechanical inventions from 40 patent-issuing authorities worldwide. Searchable by topic, inventor, patent assignee, patent number, classification codes, as well as searching by cited patents, and by chemical compounds.

Dates:
1963- present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Government Documents, Patents & Trademarks
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Reference Book Collection
Vendors:
GALE CENGAGE

Provides biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.

Dates:
Current Edition
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Biographical Information
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Old English Corpus
Types:
Dictionary
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
University of Toronto

A complete record of surviving Old English except for some variant manuscripts of individual texts. Includes 3037 texts.

Dates:
600-1100
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Dictionary
Vendors:
University of Toronto

The Dictionary of Old English: A to I online contains some 435 headwords, as well as revised versions of the nine previously published fascicles (1986-2016). Includes hotlinks to related words, bibliographic references of an Old English citation or its Latin source; links to the online OED2/3, MED, and CoNE; and 693 annotations on palaeographical cruxes with thumbnail images, when available.

Dates:
600-1150
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Dictionary
Free/OA
Vendors:
Dictionary.com, LLC.

Provides reliable access to millions of word definitions, synonyms, spelling, audio pronunciations, example sentences, and translations from its Web properties at Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com.

Dates:
Current Information
Interface Language:
English
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Free/OA
Image Collection
Vendors:
Boston College

Includes photographs and illustrations of European and American architecture by Prof. Jeffery Howe of the Fine Arts department of Boston College.

Dates:
Prehistoric - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Photographs
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Image Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Princeton University

Contains Latin American and Caribbean Ephemera originally created around the turn of the 20th century and after. Includes pamphlets, flyers, leaflets, brochures, posters, stickers, and postcards. Items were originally created by a wide array of social activists, non-governmental organizations, government agencies, political parties, public policy think tanks, and other types of organizations in order to publicize their views, positions, agendas, policies, events, and activities. The vast majority are rare, hard-to-find primary sources unavailable elsewhere.

Dates:
20th century to present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Artworks, Ephemera, Government Documents, Images, Pamphlets, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Dictionary
Vendors:
Albert C. Muller

Contains over 38,000 entries, including Buddhist terms, texts, schools, temples, and persons. Entries range from short glossary terms, to full-length encyclopedic articles.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Essays
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
ProQuest

Contains the most comprehensive set of declassified government documents available. Includes over 45 collections consisting of over 80,000 meticulously indexed documents, with more than 500,000 total pages. Covers the most critical world events, countries, and U.S. policy decisions from post World War II through the 21st century.

Dates:
1945-21st century
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Government Documents
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Image Collection
Vendors:
University of Chicago

Contains full-text dictionaries, reference books, journals, bibliographies, maps, statistics and links to other resources dealing with South Asia.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Images, Journal Articles, Maps, Photographs, Statistics
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Audio Collection
Full-Text Collection
Video Collection
Vendors:
Digital Theatre

Includes streaming video and audio of plays and performances produced on the contemporary British and American stage, interviews with professional practitioners and masterclasses on technique, study guides on classic works, and pedagogical guides for the classroom and theater production.

Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Audio, Dialogues (plays), Interviews, Monologues (plays), Plays, Poetry, Video
Materials Language:
English
Alternate Name(s):DVL; DigiVatLib
Types:
Archival Collections
Free/OA
Image Collection
Vendors:
Vatican Library

Provides free access to the Vatican Library’s digitized collections: manuscripts, incunabula, archival materials and inventories as well as graphic materials, coins and medals, printed materials (special projects).

Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Artworks, Books, Images, Manuscripts
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
ProQuest

Premier collection of German writing. Covers the works of major authors spanning eleven centuries and includes historical, philosophical, theological, political and art history texts. Collections of essays, speeches and other non-literary material add context and background material.

Dates:
early German writing - 19th century
Interface Language:
English, German
Materials Indexed:
Books, Essays
Materials Language:
German
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Video Collection
Vendors:
Digitalia

An online platform for streaming cinema from Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, Spain, and Europe. Films are available in their original language, e.g., Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese, French, etc. Most films include subtitles (click on the cc icon on the viewer) with some exceptions.

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No need to create an account to watch these films but if you are off-campus make sure that you log in through the library.

Dates:
1950-Present
Interface Language:
English & Spanish
Materials Indexed:
Films
Materials Language:
Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, French, German & Russian
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Digitalia

Spanish e-book platform that offers books from Spain, Latin America, & the Caribbean on subjects such as literature, literary criticism, linguistics, humanities, and social sciences. Expand “Additional Info” for details on how to use the books.

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  • Books can be read online or download them to your computer for a 20-day loan.
  • Users need to create an account and download Adobe Digital Editions to access these features.
  • Printing is allowed online/offline. Limit to 10 pages at a time for most books with some exceptions.
Dates:
Vary
Interface Language:
Spanish, English & French
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
Spanish
Alternate Name(s):DOAB
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)

Covers open access books from publishers who publish academic, peer reviewed books.

Dates:
vary
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Audio Collection
Primary Sources
Video Collection
Vendors:
Alexander Street (ProQuest)

Brings together archives, video, and other primary sources for the study of history, media, the arts, political science, education, and other areas where the contributions of the disability community are typically overlooked.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Types:
Archival Collections
Audio Collection
Free/OA
Primary Sources
Vendors:
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Database of master recordings made by American record companies during the 78rpm era. Includes information on more than 350,000 master recordings (matrixes) made by Victor, Columbia, OKeh, Berliner, Edison, Zonophone, Leeds & Catlin, Brunswick, and Decca.

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Part of the American Discography Project (ADP)—an initiative of the University of California, Santa Barbara that is edited by a team of researchers based at the UCSB Library.

Dates:
1892-1934
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Music Recordings
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Electronic Journal Collection
Free/OA
Vendors:
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Database of open access journals covering all scientific and scholarly subjects.  Use to identify open access journal titles.  Journals can be browsed by title or by broad subject area.  Articles are searchable by article author or title, ISSN, journal title, abstract, or key words.  Full-text is not searchable but is fully accessible.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Archival Collections
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (UNC)

Collection of full-text sources on Southern history, literature and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th century. Includes  books and manuscripts, in fourteen thematic collections, including "First Person Narratives of the American South", "Library of Southern Literature", "North American Slave Narratives", "The Southern Homefront, 1861-1865", "The Church in the Southern Black Community", "The North Carolina Experience, Beginnings to 1940", and "North Carolinians and the Great War."

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Images, Biographical Information, Books, Essays, Images, Maps, Poetry, Primary Sources, Prose
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Hate in America: White Nationalism and the Press in the 1920s
Types:
Archival Collections
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Reveal Digital

Includes papers promoting as well as those opposing white nationalism. Brings together for the first time local, regional, and national newspapers published by Klan organizations and by sympathetic publishers from across the U.S. Includes key anti-Klan voices from newspapers published by ethnic, Catholic, and Jewish organizations. For more information about white nationalism, the Ku Klux Klan, and the voices that opposed them, go to the Context page.
 

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Statement from the Database Provider:

The primary mission of Reveal Digital’s open access publishing program is to document a range of viewpoints that chronicle the historical record of 20th century America, whether driven by racial, gender, social or political motivations. The publications that make up our collections are the product of their time and place. Some contain extreme images and remarks that readers may consider offensive today. Bigotry and hate have no place in our society, yet they persist. By publishing these primary source collections Reveal Digital seeks to expose the opinions and thoughts of their authors for scrutiny in scholarship and public discourse.

Dates:
1921-1932
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Newspaper Articles, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Video Collection
Vendors:
Docuseek

Includes streaming films with a focus on environmental studies and sciences, sociology, anthropology, global studies, area studies, women’s studies, history, political science, criminal justice, health, psychology, the arts, and more. Features: perpetual access; closed captions, subtitles, or no dialog for 99% of the collection; clip, citation, and playlist tools; searchable, interactive transcripts.

Dates:
1921-2022
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Films
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Archival Collections
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cornell University

Consists of nearly 150 bound volumes of Nuremberg trial transcripts and documents from the personal archives of General William J. Donovan (1883-1959). Contain both original statements from the defendants in German and typed translations in English prepared by the Allies.

Dates:
1941-1945 (World War II)
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Government Documents, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
Related Databases:
Nuremberg Trials Project
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  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):DragonSource; 龍源期刊网; Long yuan qi kan wang
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
Dragonsource.com Inc.

Provides access to thousands of Chinese popular magazines and journals in full text. UCSB has subscription to 1000 titles. They can be read from cover to cover in image file of the print copy in its entirety, or in text format, which offers "copy and paste" as well as"search" functions.

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Dates:
vary
Interface Language:
Chinese
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles, Magazine Articles
Materials Language:
Chinese
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Audio Collection
Video Collection
Vendors:
Anthology of Recorded Music

DRAM Contains American music represented by the New World Records and CRI label(s), which merged in 2007. From folk to opera, Native American to jazz, 19th century classical to early rock, musical theater, contemporary, electronic and beyond, New World has served composers, artists, students and the general public since its inception in 1975 with a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. 

Interface Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Bloomsbury Publishing

Comprehensive collection of over 1,875 playtexts which includes texts from Sophocles and Shakespeare to Harold Pinter and Caryl Churchill. Includes major foreign works in translation from Bertolt Brecht, Luigi Pirandello, Eduardo De Filippo, and Frank Wedekind, as well as student editions and first night program texts.

Dates:
Vary
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Plays
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Data Collection
Free/OA
Index
Vendors:
Dryad

Curated resource that makes research data discoverable, freely reusable, and citable. Provides a general-purpose home for a wide diversity of data types. Serves as a repository for tables, spreadsheets, flat files, and all other kinds of published data for which specialized repositories do not already exist. All data files in Dryad are associated with a published article, and are made available for reuse under the terms of a Creative Commons Zero waiver.

Dates:
Vary
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Datasets
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Handbook
Vendors:
American Psychiatric Association

Includes access to the DSM-5, the DSM-5 Handbook of Differential Diagnosis, DSM-5 Clinical Cases, DSM-5 Handbook on the Cultural Formulation Interview, and Guía De Consulta De Los Criterios Diagnósticos Del DSM-5.

Dates:
2013
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Archival Collections
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Image Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Duke University

Hosts a variety of digitized collections, including an extensive collection on American advertising and consumer culture, African-American history, women's history, and more general collections of photography, art music and architecture. Some collections are restricted to Duke University access only.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Video, Artworks, Books, Magazine Articles, Newspaper Articles, Primary Sources, Video
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):讀秀學術搜索
Types:
Dissertations and Theses
Electronic Book Collection
Electronic Journal Collection
Index
Vendors:
Beijing Superstar Information Technology Co. Ltd.

Comprehensive Chinese studies database. Provides full text searching of e-books, dissertations, journals, magazines, web pages and newspapers. The first 17 pages of each e-book are available for preview. Document delivery is also available. Its comprehensiveness and functionality can be best related as the Chinese version of Google Books and Google Scholar.

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Materials Indexed: Books; Journal Articles; Magazine Articles; Newspaper Articles; Theses & Dissertations

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
Chinese
Materials Indexed:
Books, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles, Newspaper Articles, Theses & Dissertations
Materials Language:
Chinese
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Projekt Dyabola
Types:
Archival Collections
Vendors:
Biering & Brinkmann

Index to scholarly journals and collected works on classical, early Christian, Byzantine, early Medieval, and ancient Middle Eastern art and archaeology.

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Note: Though the database offers an English language option, much of the interface and help material is still in German.

Dates:
1956-present
Interface Language:
English, German, Spanish
Materials Indexed:
Artworks, Images, Photographs
Materials Language:
English, German

E

  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
ProQuest

Offers the full text of 875 first editions of American novels and short stories by such authors as Louisa May Alcott, Herman Melville, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Mark Twain, as well as a host of minor writers of the period.

Dates:
1789-1850
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Prose
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
NewsBank

Serves as a foundation set for research involving early American history, literature, philosophy, religion, and more. An excellent resource for information about every aspect of life in 17th- and 18th-century America, from agriculture and auctions through foreign affairs, diplomacy, literature, music, religion, the Revolutionary War, temperance, witchcraft, and just about any other topic imaginable.

Dates:
1639-1800 (17th- and 18th-century America)
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Pamphlets, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Readex (NewsBank)

Provides full-text access to the 36,000 American books, pamphlets and broadsides published in the first nineteen years of the nineteenth century. 

Dates:
1801-1819 (19th century)
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Pamphlets, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Full-Text Collection
News and Newspapers
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Readex (NewsBank)

Offers more than 700 historical American newspapers from 23 states and the District of Columbia printed between 1690 and 1876.

Dates:
1690-1876
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Newspaper Articles, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Full-Text Collection
News and Newspapers
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Readex (NewsBank)

Offers more than 290 significant 18th- and 19th-century newspapers from every region of the United States. Focuses on the period between 1820 and 1860, when the number of American newspapers rose dramatically.

Dates:
1758-1900
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Newspaper Articles, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
GALE CENGAGE

The first full-text searchable digital library of early printed books in Arabic script. Covers religious literature, law, science, mathematics, astrology, alchemy, medicine, geography, travel, history, chronicles, and literature. Includes European translations of Arabic works and Arabic translations of European books. Exemplifies the long exchange of ideas and learning between Europe and the Arabic-speaking world.

Dates:
1475-1900
Interface Language:
Multilingual
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
Multilingual
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Vendors:
Alexander Street (ProQuest)

Contains letters, diaries, memoirs and accounts of early encounters in North America. Centered on present-day Canada and the United States with some limited coverage of Mexico. Papers may be browsed by author, source, year, peoples, places, images, fauna, flora, environment, personal events and cultural events.

Dates:
1534-1870
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Diaries, Letters, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):EEBO
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
ProQuest

Contains books in English from first book published in English through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare. Searchable by author, title words, subject words, or identification number.

Dates:
1475-1700
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Books
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):EEBO TCP
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
University of Michigan

Consists of the works represented in the Early English Books Online collections known as Short Title Catalogues I and II (based on the Pollard & Redgrave and Wing short title catalogs respectively), as well as the Thomason Tracts and the Early English Books Tract Supplement collections. Together these trace the history of English thought from the first book printed in English in 1475 through to 1700.

Dates:
1475-1700.
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
ProQuest

Collection of works from the period 1500-1700, exploring the rich diversity of prose fiction in English in the period preceding the emergence of the realist novel as its dominant form. Offers the full text of works by key writers such as John Bunyan, Sir Philip Sidney, Thomas Nashe and Aphra Behn.

Dates:
1500-1700
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Prose
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
ProQuest

Tool for accessing and exploring all works printed in Europe before 1701, drawing together a diverse array of printed sources, regardless of language, as well as works published further afield. Opens the door to some of the world's most significant collections of early printed books. Includes over 30,000 books from the start of printing in Europe to 1701. UCSB has access to Collections 1-25.

Dates:
1470-1701
Interface Language:
Multilingual
Materials Indexed:
Books, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
Multilingual
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Looks at two centuries of everyday, political, religious, working, trading and administrative life in early modern England (16th-17th centuries). Covers an array of topics with a significant focus on the lives of ‘everyday’ people. Correspondence from more prominent families look at governance, politics, monarchy, relations between landowners and tenants, war, politics and relations with England’s neighbours.

Dates:
1500-1700
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Correspondence, Ephemera, Letters, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
ProQuest

Allows users to simultaneously perform a search in any or all of the following databases: ASFA Marine Biotechnology Abstracts, ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts, Earthquake Engineering Abstracts, GeoRef, TOXLINE. For more information on the individual databases, see their respective entries in the Databases list.

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Materials Indexed: Book Chapters; Books; Conference Proceedings; Journal Articles; Magazine Articles; Technical Data

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Books, Conference Proceedings, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles, Technical Data
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
Cornell University

An open-access preprint system for the Earth Sciences. Scientists use preprint systems to share their work with their peers prior to publication. Preprints are citable and shareable immediately after submission. Sharing a preprint maintains enthusiasm about the research and leads to helpful feedback, which makes the ultimate submission to a peer-reviewed journal better.

Dates:
Vary
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Preprints
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
ProQuest

Contains earthquake engineering and earthquake studies from journal articles, conference papers, technical reports, maps, videos, slides, and computer files. Topics include structural dynamics, seismology, geology, architecture, political science, economics, planning, public policy, and hazards mitigation.

Dates:
1971 to present.
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Conference Proceedings, Journal Articles, Maps, Technical Reports, Video
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Contains primary source documents from the India Office Records held by the British Library, the single most important archive for the study of the East India Company. From 16th-century origins as a trading venture to the East Indies, through to its rise as the world’s most powerful company and de facto ruler of India, to its demise amid allegations of greed and corruption – the East India Company was an extraordinary force in global history for three centuries. 

Dates:
16th century-20th century
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Archival Materials
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):ProQuest Ebook Central
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
ProQuest

Access to thousands of the UCSB Library's purchased ebooks via ProQuest Ebook Central. Search across all full text content or within an individual book. With a free personal account, provides the ability to highlight, annotate, and save titles to a bookshelf. Includes books formerly available through ebrary.

Dates:
1991-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):EBSCOhost e-Book Collection, netLibrary
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
EBSCO

UCSB-purchased books from EBSCOhost's collection of reference, academic, general interest and professional electronic books, plus the EBSCOhost public domain collection.

Dates:
1990-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Index
Preprints
Vendors:
California Digital Library (CDL)

Hosts preprint papers focusing on Ecology, Evolution and Conservation.

Dates:
2018-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Preprints
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
ProQuest

Covers the international literature on economics. Provides bibliographic citations, with selected abstracts, of journal articles, books, dissertations and working papers.

Dates:
1969-present.
Interface Language:
English, French, Spanish
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Books, Journal Articles, Theses & Dissertations
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Economist

Provides timely analysis and forecasts of the political, economic, social, and business environment in a total of 126 reports about more than 180 countries. Present the political and economic structure of the country, the current political scene, economic policy, domestic economy (covering industry, agriculture, money and finance), foreign trade and payments. These publications supplement the often less timely information published by governments and international organizations. For those countries that normally do not produce current information, these studies are a primary means of determining the conditions within a nation.

Dates:
1996-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Economic Data, Financial Data
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
Cornell University

Hosts preprints in the areas of electrochemistry and solid state and interface science and technology.

Dates:
2018-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Preprints
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
Cornell University

EdArXiv hosts preprint papers in all areas of education.

Dates:
2019-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Preprints
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Shakespeare, Editions and Adaptations
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
ProQuest

Contains eleven major editions of Shakespeare from the First Folio to the Cambridge edition of 1863-6, twenty-four separate contemporary printings of individual plays, poetry, selected apocrypha and related works and more than one hundred adaptations, sequels and burlesques from the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Dates:
1591-1911
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Plays, Poetry
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Education Full Text
Types:
Index
Vendors:
EBSCO

Covers literature in education including periodicals, monographs and yearbooks. Full text of articles included cover to cover for selected titles, including 87 journals not covered by ERIC. 

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Indexing of periodicals as far back as 1929, with abstracts beginning in 1994. Full text of articles from selected journals as far back as 1996.

Dates:
1929-present.
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
Sage

Includes text of 19 education journals published by SAGE and participating societies. Covers such subjects as Adult and Continuing Education, Assessment, Multilingual Education, Content Areas, Curriculum, Early Childhood Education, Administration, Policy, Psychology, Elementary and Primary Education, High School and Secondary Education, Higher Education, International Education, Leadership, Measurement and Testing, Middle School Education, Multicultural Education and Diversity, Educational Philosophy, Professional Development, Research Methods and Evaluation, School Counseling, Funding, School Health, School Reform, Special Education and Gifted Education, Standards, Teaching Methods, Technology, Theory of Education, and Vocational Education.

Dates:
1965-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
Alternate Name(s):YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
Types:
Archival Collections
Free/OA
Vendors:
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

An international project to preserve, digitize, and virtually reunite YIVO’s prewar library and archival collections located in New York City and Vilnius, Lithuania, through a dedicated web portal. Will also digitally reconstruct the historic, private Strashun Library of Vilna, one of the great prewar libraries of Europe.

Dates:
1800s-1970s
Interface Language:
English, Hebrew
Materials Indexed:
Books, Essays
Materials Language:
English, Hebrew
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):18th Century Collections Online, ECCO
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Index
Primary Sources
Vendors:
GALE CENGAGE

Contains digital images of 150,000 books published during the 18th Century. Allows researchers new methods of access to critical information in the fields of history, literature, religion, law, fine arts, science and more.

Dates:
1701-1800
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Artworks, Books, Images, Journal Articles, Lyrics, Maps, Musical Scores, Pamphlets, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):18th Century Drama
Types:
Archival Collections
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Digital materials from Larpent Collection, a unique archive of almost every play submitted for licence between 1737-1824. Larpent preserved the original submissions, over 2,500 of which are presented here. Also includes diaries of Larpent’s wife and professional collaborator Anna, recording her criticisms of plays, as well as insights into theatrical culture and English society. Contains documents including playbills, theatre records and correspondence provide social context.

Dates:
1737-1824
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Plays; Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):18th Century Fiction
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
ProQuest

Includes 96 complete works of English prose from the period 1700–1780 by writers from the British Isles. Key figures covered include Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Eliza Haywood, Samuel Richardson, Tobias Smollett, Laurence Sterne and Jonathan Swift.

Dates:
1700-1780
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):18th Century Journals
Types:
Archival Collections
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Contains material from archives across the UK and the US, with the aim of representing the rich variety of the eighteenth-century press. Provides access to unique and extremely rare eighteenth-century periodicals online, each chosen to convey the eclecticism and evolution of the publishing world between 1685 and 1835.

Dates:
1685-1835
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Magazine Articles
Materials Language:
English
Alternate Name(s):Albert Einstein Archives
Types:
Archival Collections
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Provides the first online access to Albert Einstein’s scientific and non-scientific manuscripts held by the Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and to an extensive Archival Database, constituting the material record of one of the most influential intellects in the modern era.

Dates:
1896-1955
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Free/OA
Image Collection
Vendors:
ECAI

Combines global mapping, imagery, and texts. Provides a research resource based on digital technology which presents complex combinations of data from multiple disciplines visually and immediately. Projects listed here make some use of the ECAI technology, and come from a wide range of institutions.

Dates:
Vary
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Maps
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):The Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
Types:
Encyclopedia
Vendors:
Wiley

The largest single reference work ever published in the biological sciences. Core subjects include Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Evolution, Genetics & Molecular Biology, Immunology, Microbiology & Virology, Neuroscience, Plant Science, and Structural Biology. Articles are peer-reviewed and regularly updated; some are aimed at the general reader and some at researchers in the field and the level is clearly designated.

Dates:
Current information
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Essays
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Encyclopedia
Primary Sources
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Collection of original documents relating to Empire Studies from 1492-2007 sourced from libraries and archives around the world. Uses images of the texts rather than transcriptions. Features thematic essays by leading scholars in the field of Empire Studies. Essays relate directly to the source material covered by the online publication with 30-50 hypertext links per essay to documentary evidence.

Dates:
1492-present.
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Biographical Information, Books, Images, Journal Articles, Pamphlets, Photographs, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Encyclopedia
Vendors:
Brill

Includes articles about the contents of the Qurʾān. An encyclopaedic dictionary of Qurʾānic terms, concepts, personalities, place names, cultural history and exegesis extended with essays on the most important themes and subjects within Qurʾānic studies.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Biographical Information, Essays
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Encyclopedia
Vendors:
Oxford University Press

Covers international aesthetics across a variety of disciplines, including the arts, music, theater, dance, literature, television, film and popular culture. Surveys "the full breadth of critical thought on art, culture, and society --from classical philosophy to contemporary critical theory"; includes coverage of international aesthetics, modern aesthetics, new media such as computer art, and areas such as neuroaesthetics.

Dates:
2014
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Account Books, Biographical Information, Essays
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Encyclopedia
Free/OA
Vendors:
Johns Hopkins University Press

Covers the history, philosophy, arts, and cultures of the United States in relation to the world, from pre-colonial days to the present, from various perspectives and the global American Studies movement.

Dates:
Current information
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Biographical Information, Factual Information
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Encyclopedia
Vendors:
Brill

Covers all aspects of Arabic languages and linguistics. Represents different schools and approaches in order to be as objective and versatile as possible. Includes topics from interdisciplinary fields, such as anthropology, psychology, sociology, philosophy, and computer science.

Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Essays
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Encyclopedia
Vendors:
Brill

Offers a systematic and comprehensive treatment of all aspects of the history and study of the Hebrew language from its earliest attested form to the present day.  Features advanced search options, as well as extensive cross-references and full-text search functionality using the Hebrew character set. 

Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Essays
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Encyclopedia
Vendors:
Brill

Sets out the present state of our knowledge of the Islamic World. Includes articles on distinguished Muslims of every era and origin, on tribes and dynasties, on crafts and sciences, on political and religious institutions, on the geography, ethnography, flora and fauna of the various countries and on the history, topography and monuments of the major towns and cities. Encompasses the old Arabo-Islamic empire, the Islamic countries of Iran, Central Asia, the Indian sub-continent and Indonesia, as well as the Ottoman Empire and all other Islamic countries. 

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Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Biographical Information, Essays
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Encyclopedia
Vendors:
GALE CENGAGE

Looks at Islam's role in the modern world, doing so in the context of the religion's history and development over the last 13 centuries. Contains thematic articles, biographies of key figures, definitions, illustrations, maps and more.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Essays
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Encyclopedia
Vendors:
Brill

The first cohesive and discreet reference work which covers the Jews of Muslim lands particularly in the late medieval, early modern and modern periods.

Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Essays
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Encyclopedia
Free/OA
Vendors:
Thomson Reuters

Covers the broad area of the economic impact of legal structures. Topics include History and Methodology; Private Property; Common Property and Regulation of the Environment; Tort Law & Unjust Enrichment; General Contract Law; Regulation of Contracts; Tax Law, Social Security and Administrative Law; Civil and Criminal Procedure; Criminal Law, Economics of Crime and Law Enforcement; and Production of Legal Rules.

Dates:
Current information
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Essays, Legal Literature
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Encyclopedia
Vendors:
GALE CENGAGE

Presents a cross-cultural approach that emphasizes religion's role within everyday life and as a unique experience from culture to culture.

Dates:
2005 (2nd edition)
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Essays
Materials Language:
English
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Alternate Name(s):Taiwan Wenxian Congkan; Taiwan wen xian cong kan
Types:
Archival Collections
Electronic Book Collection
Encyclopedia
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
United Digital Publication Co., Ltd

Includes abstracts and indexing from thousands of books and is the largest single database on Taiwanese history in the Chinese language. Covers multiple dimensions of study, including geography, local customs, politics, economics, sociology, laws and culture.

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Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
Chinese
Materials Indexed:
Books, Government Documents, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
Chinese
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Encyclopedia
Vendors:
Brill

Contains critical essays on women, Muslim and non-Muslim and Islamic cultures in every region where there have been significant Muslim populations. Covers every topic for which there is significant research, examining these regions from the period just before the rise of Islam to the present. 

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Biographical Information, Essays
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Encyclopedia
Vendors:
Sage

Focuses on women's status starting approximately in the year 2000 and going forward. Covers the full range of issues in contemporary women’s studies, including arts and media; business and economics; criminal justice; education; family studies; feminisms, health; media; military; politics; science and technology; sports; religion; and women in different cultures and countries.

Dates:
2000-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Essays
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Dictionary
Electronic Book Collection
Encyclopedia
Free/OA
Vendors:
Oxford University Press

Contains encyclopedias, dictionaries, and thesauruses including The Columbia Encyclopedia, Oxford’s World Encyclopedia, and the Encyclopedia of World Biography with facts, definitions, biographies, synonyms, pronunciation keys, word origins, and abbreviations.

Dates:
Current information
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Biographical Information
Materials Language:
English
Alternate Name(s):EBBA
Types:
Archival Collections
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Offers a fully-searchable database of over 1,800 broadside ballads, mostly of the seventeenth century and mostly in black-letter print. Ballads are accessible as facsimiles, as facsimile transcriptions, and as recorded songs. Also provides full citations for the ballads as well as background essays about ballad culture of the period.

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Created by the Early Modern Center in the English Department at UCSB, the English Broadside Ballad Archive (formerly, Pepys Ballad Archive).

Dates:
ca. 17th century
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Artworks, Poetry, Primary Sources, Prose
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
ProQuest

Collection of more than 3,900 plays in verse and prose tracing the development of drama in English from the medieval mystery cycles to the comedies of Oscar Wilde.

Dates:
1280-1915
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Plays
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
ProQuest

Contains essentially the complete English poetic canon from the 8th century to the early 20th. Over 160,000 poems by more than 1,250 poets are drawn from nearly 4,500 printed sources.

Dates:
700-1900
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Poetry
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
ProQuest

Builds on the achievement of the original English Poetry collection with enhanced functionality and the addition of more than 20,000 poems. Offers incomparable representation both of the literary heritages of former colonial countries and of the poetic legacies of English writers who have only been brought back to scholarly attention during the last thirty years.

Dates:
600-1945
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Poetry
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Index
Vendors:
British Library

Provides extensive descriptions and holdings information for letterpress materials printed in Great Britain or any of its dependencies in any language.

Dates:
1473-1800
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Pamphlets
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Handbook
Reference Book Collection
Vendors:
Taylor & Francis

Includes access to the latest handbooks in civil,mechanical, and electrical engineering.
 

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Includes these files:

  • CivilENGINEERINGnetBASE
  • ElectricalENGINEERINGnetBASE
  • GeneralENGINEERINGnetBASE
  • IndustrialENGINEERINGnetBASE
  • MechanicalENGINEERINGnetBASE
  • MiningENGINEERINGnetBASE
Dates:
varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Technical Data
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Open Engineering

An open access preprint server for all areas of engineering. Articles may be submitted free of charge; all published articles may be downloaded free of charge.

Dates:
2016-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Preprints
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
ProQuest

Contains the essential primary sources for studying the history of the film and entertainment industries, from the era of vaudeville and silent movies through to 2000. Includes US and UK trade magazines covering film, music, broadcasting and theater. Also includes film fan magazines and music press titles. 

Dates:
1880-2000
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Film Reviews, Magazine Articles, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Handbook
Reference Book Collection
Vendors:
Taylor & Francis

Provides complete access to references on methods for site assessment, remediation, and soil and water quality monitoring. Describes new tools and technologies for remote sensing, GIS, and photogrammetric environmental monitoring.

Dates:
varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Books, Technical Data
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
EBSCO

Offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more.

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Formerly known as Environmental Issues & Policy Index and Environmental Knowledgebase

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Audio Collection
Electronic Journal Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Alexander Street (ProQuest)

This interdisciplinary collection of multimedia materials brings together primary source documents, archives, films, text and photographs to support the study of key environmental challenges and events from the 20th and 21st centuries, including climate change, water/air pollution, biodiversity, conservation, agriculture, deforestation and more.

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Alternate Name(s):Water Resources Abstracts
Types:
Index
Vendors:
ProQuest

Summaries of the world's technical and scientific literature on water-related topics covering the characteristics, conservation, control, pollution, treatment, use and management of water resources.

Dates:
1967-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Journal Articles, Technical Reports
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
ProQuest

Covers education-related literature. Provides access to ERIC documents and journal articles. 

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A freely accessible site covering 1966 to the present is also available.

Dates:
1966 to present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
Alternate Name(s):UC eScholarship; Escholarship; EScholarship : UC open access publications
Types:
Dissertations and Theses
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
University of California

Open access repository for the University of California academic community. Faculty researchers are able to share the full range of their scholarly output, from working papers and seminar series to previously published articles. Student work on eScholarship includes electronic theses and dissertations as well as undergraduate capstone projects.
 

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UCSB Materials in eScholarship include:

  • UCSB materials by academic unit
  • UCSB journals
  • UC Santa Barbara Electronic Theses and Dissertations (2014-present)
  • Library Award for Undergraduate Research Winners
Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Books, Conference Proceedings, Journal Articles, Preprints, Theses & Dissertations
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
European Patent Office

Provides detailed searching of EPO, PC, US and other patent applications. Some older patents may be searchable only by patent number. Full text of patents and applications is available as PDF files.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English, French, German
Materials Indexed:
Government Documents, Patents & Trademarks
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
Authorea.com

An open access host for preprint papers and posters in all areas of earth and space science, including meteorology and climatology, geochemistry, geophysics, oceanography, planetology, solar system physics and more.

Dates:
2018-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Preprints
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
News and Newspapers
Vendors:
ProQuest

Contains news, culture and history from the ethnic, minority and native press. Includes complete articles and archival material. Searchable in both English and Spanish, with titles in both languages; more than 100,000 articles are in Spanish.

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Materials Indexed: Newspaper Articles, Book Reviews

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English, Spanish
Materials Indexed:
Book Reviews, Newspaper Articles, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English, Spanish
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Alternate Name(s):Alexander Street Anthropology
Types:
Video Collection
Vendors:
Alexander Street (ProQuest)

Comprehensive online resource for the visual study of human culture and behavior and the largest, most affordable streaming video collection of its kind. Contains classic and contemporary documentaries produced by leading video producers in the discipline; previously unpublished footage from working anthropologists and ethnographers in the field; and select feature films.

Dates:
vary
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Video
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Ethnomusicology
Types:
Archival Collections
Audio Collection
Video Collection
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Gives access to the cultural and social lives of the source communities represented within the recordings, allowing users a unique insight into the musical traditions of these communities. Allows for the study of cultural identity, social norms, religion and ritual, and gender roles, as well as many other themes.

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Produced in collaboration with the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive – a world centre for the study of Ethnomusicology

Dates:
1950-1980
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Audio, Interviews, Primary Sources, Video
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Index
Vendors:
ETS

Ccontains information on ETS-authored or published works, such as ETS Research Reports, ETS Research Memorandums, or publications written by ETS researchers and published by third parties, such as scholarly journals.

Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Reports
Materials Language:
English
Alternate Name(s):European Digital Mathematics Library
Types:
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
European Digital Mathematics Library

Provides access to European mathematics literature. Includes indexing and full text.

Dates:
1870 - about two years before present
Interface Language:
English and other European language
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English and other European language
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s): EURA: A Reference Corporation World Area Studies Database
Types:
Archival Collections
Bibliography
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Areastudies.com

Provides intensive area coverage (especially for economic development, investment, trade and technological industries) for Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union, Central Asia-Inner Asia, and coverage of Western Europe. Provides unusual historical depth for Soviet and WWII history, including diplomatic/historical documentation such as diplomatic papers and the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials in full-text. 

Dates:
20th century
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Conference Proceedings, Economic Data, Essays, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles
Materials Language:
East European and Central Asian Languages
Types:
Archival Collections
Electronic Book Collection
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Brigham Young University (BYU)

Connects to European primary historical documents that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated. They shed light on key historical happenings within the respective countries and within the broadest sense of political, economic, social and cultural history. The order of documents is chronological wherever possible.

Dates:
Prehistory - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Government Documents, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
Multiple languages
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Primary Sources
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Covers American social, cultural, and popular history. Includes fully searchable images (alongside transcriptions) of monographs, pamphlets, periodicals and broadsides addressing 19th and early 20th century political, social and gender issues, religion, race, education, employment, marriage, sexuality, home and family life, health, and pastimes. Especially rich in conduct of life and domestic management literature, offering vivid insights into the daily lives of women and men, as well as emphasizing contrasts in regional, urban and rural cultures.

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Primary source material from the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History, Duke University and The New York Public Library

Dates:
19th and early 20th century
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Photographs, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
Alternate Name(s):American FactFinder
Types:
Data Collection
Free/OA
Vendors:
U.S. Census Bureau

Provides access to Census Data, from the US Census Bureau. Includes data about the United States, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas.

Dates:
2000-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Business Data, Census Data, Charts & Graphs, Datasets, Economic Data, Statistics
Materials Language:
English

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  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Audio Collection
Free/OA
Image Collection
Primary Sources
Video Collection
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Makes available invaluable primary sources for the study of the Great War. Content highlights the experiences of soldiers, civilians and governments on both sides of a conflict. Includes material from personal collections, rare printed material, military files, artwork, and audio-visual files.

Dates:
1914-1918
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
ProQuest

Collection of some of the most influential poets of the twentieth century. Includes the poetry of Thom Gunn, Siegfried Sassoon, T.S. Eliot, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, Wendy Cope and Seamus Heaney. In total The Faber Poetry Library contains 140 volumes by 50 poets.

Dates:
20th Century
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Poetry
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
Factiva, Inc.

Provides access to global news and business information, including U.S. and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, websites, photographs, and trade and industry publications. Provides company information including market data, competitors, company profiles, financial comparisons, stock price data, and stock charting. Includes full-text of the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Business Data, Economic Data, Financial Data, Images, Newspaper Articles
Materials Language:
English, Multiple languages
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Reference Book Collection
Vendors:
bartleby

Contains over 11,000 searchable quotations.

Dates:
1911 edition
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Essays, Plays, Poetry, Prose
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
EBSCO

Indexes publications from a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, sociology, psychology, demography, health sciences, education, economics, law, history, and social work. Includes related websites, internet documents, professional journals, conference papers, books, book chapters, selected popular literature, government reports, discussion and working papers, unpublished material such as poster sessions, statistical documents, theses and dissertations and other sources.

Dates:
1970-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Conference Proceedings, Government Documents, Journal Articles, Theses & Dissertations
Materials Language:
English
Alternate Name(s):Federal Digital System
Types:
Free/OA
Government Documents
Index
Vendors:
U.S. Government Publishing Office

Laws, regulations, reports, data, and other information provided through the Government Printing Office, often in full text. Includes the Federal Register, Congressional Record, Congressional Bills, United States Code, Economic Indicators, and GAO Reports.

Dates:
Varies.
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Government Documents
Materials Language:
English
Alternate Name(s):Core Documents of U.S. Democracy
Types:
Archival Collections
Free/OA
Government Documents
Vendors:
U.S. Government Publishing Office

Basic US Federal Government documents. Some documents, such as the Constitution and Declaration of Independence, are available as scanned images of the original manuscripts. Documents range from the Articles of Confederation to the current United States Government Manual, Statistical Abstracts and Code of Federal Regulations.

Dates:
1774 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Government Documents, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Index
Vendors:
University of Iowa

Indexes journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages. 

Dates:
1996-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Book Reviews, Essays, Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):International Index to Film Periodicals
Types:
Index
Vendors:
ProQuest

Contains citations from academic and popular film journals. 

Dates:
1972-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles, Magazine Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
ProQuest

A major information resource for entertainment films and personalities. Uses scholarly, inclusive approach to all areas of film studies - from the very first silent movies, to art house classics or the latest blockbusters. Provides truly international coverage, indexing films from over 170 countries.

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Produced in collaboration with the British Film Institute

Dates:
1900-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Biographical Information, Video
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Global Financial Data
Types:
Data Collection
Vendors:
Global Fiancial Data, Inc.

The most complete collection of historical and current financial and economic data available in the world. Covers more than 150 different countries. Provides over 30,000 different data series that are immediately downloadable from the website. Most series can also be viewed in graph format. In addition to economic and financial data, the GFDatabase includes a COVID-19 dataset and a dataset of events that includes global recessions, sovereign defaults, and when particular state and military leaders were in power.

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  • Fixed Income Data back to 1694
  • Exchange Rates back to 1590
  • Inflation Data back to 1271
  • Commodity Prices back to 1257
  • Total Returns on Stocks, Bonds, and Bills back to 1800
     
Dates:
1271-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Datasets
Materials Language:
English
Alternate Name(s):FIMo
Types:
Maps and Mapping
Vendors:
Historical Information Gatherers, Inc.

Fire Insurance Maps online, produced by Historical Information Gatherers (HIG), provides user-friendly access to a unique and extensive historical map collection. These Fire Insurance Maps (FIMs) date from roughly 1875-1950s, and maps are high resolution color where available. California content includes maps primarily published by Sanborn, as well as several other publishers.

Dates:
1875-1950s
Types:
Archival Collections
Audio Collection
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Image Collection
Primary Sources
Video Collection
Vendors:
University of Oxford

Online repository with text, images, audio, and video for teaching, learning, and research. Consists of primary material from major poets of the period, including Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg, Robert Graves, Vera Brittain, and Edward Thomas. This is supplemented by a comprehensive range of multimedia artifacts from the Imperial War Museum, a separate archive of over 6,500 items contributed by the general public, and a set of specially developed educational resources.

Dates:
1914-1918 (First World War)
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Audio, Photographs, Poetry, Primary Sources, Video
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Reference Book Collection
Vendors:
Harvard University

Provides authoritative, up-to-date information on the names, relationships, characteristics, and distributions of the approximately 21,000 species of plants that grow outside of cultivation in North America north of Mexico.

Dates:
Current information
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
University of Pittsburgh

Browsable collection of texts and links to texts, created by Prof. D. L. Ashliman (Univ. of Pittsburgh, Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literatures). Includes commentary essays by him.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Poetry, Prose
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Primary Sources
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Covers the deep links between food and identity, politics, power, gender, race, and socio-economic status, as well as charting key issues such as agriculture, nutrition, and food production. Topics include food and drink technologies and regulation, global and ethnic cuisines, restaurant culture and food rituals, cookbooks, food and gender, health and nutrition, gastronomy, and more.

Dates:
1514-2010
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Archival Materials, Books, Correspondence, Ephemera, Films, Images, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
Primarily English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Handbook
Reference Book Collection
Vendors:
Taylor & Francis

Gives access to expert guidance on food safety, quality assurance, processing, brewing, regulations, and microbiology. Offers information on latest functional foods, antioxidants, food borne pathogens, and packaging technologies.

Dates:
varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Books, Technical Data
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):FBIS Daily Report
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Readex (NewsBank)

The United States' principal historical record of political open source intelligence for more than half a century. FBIS monitors, records transcribes and translates intercepted radio broadcasts from foreign governments, official news services, and clandestine broadcasts from occupied territories. Provides a wealth of information from all countries outside of the U.S.—from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.

Dates:
1941-1996
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Radio Broadcasts
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Includes all British Foreign Office files dealing with China, Hong Kong and Taiwan between 1949 and 1980. Documents consist of diplomatic dispatches, letters, newspaper cuttings, maps, reports of court cases, biographies, summaries of events, and a variety of other materials.

Dates:
1919-1980
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Government Documents, Letters, Maps, Newspaper Articles, Primary Sources, Reports
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

 Includes British government documents related to India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and Kashmir, as well as other regions. Files look at trade, industrial policy, education and the media through a vast array of material including diplomatic dispatches, inward and outward telegrams, newspaper cuttings and transcripts, maps, photographs, etc.

Dates:
1947-1980
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Correspondence, Government Documents, Primary Sources, Reports
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Includes documents from the British government on Japan. Provides significant insight into the events between First World War victory and Second World War defeat, crucial to understanding the political journey of Japan during this period. Topics  include ultra-nationalism and the Japanese agenda of imperial dominance in the Far East, employment and social conditions in a time of global economic instability, etc.

Dates:
1919-1952
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Correspondence, Government Documents, Primary Sources, Reports
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Maps and Mapping
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Provides documents from the British government on Southeast Asia during 1963-1980. Covers the creation of Malaysia, tensions between Indonesia and Malaysia, as well as rising animosity towards the perceived threat of communism at this time.

Dates:
1963-1980
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Correspondence, Government Documents, Primary Sources, Reports
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Includes documents from the British government on the Middle East in the 1970s. Contains complete runs of Foreign Office files, providing an expansive view of key events and their global political impact.

Dates:
1971-1981
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Correspondence, Government Documents, Primary Sources, Reports
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Handbook
Reference Book Collection
Vendors:
Taylor & Francis

Includes works by esteemed criminologists and forensic practitioners, as well as an ever-growing number of essential references in crisis management and negotiation methods, arson and homicide investigation, expert witnessing, and forensic pathology.

Dates:
varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Books, Technical Data
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Archival Collections
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
National Archives and Records Administration

Provides searching and full-text of thousands of records from George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. Includes over 119,000 searchable documents, fully annotated, from the authoritative, federally funded Founding Fathers Papers projects.

Dates:
18th/19th centuries
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
Alternate Name(s):PASCAL
Types:
Free/OA
Index
Vendors:
National Center for Scientific Research (CRNS)

An international index to 3,000 journals across major scholarly disciplines, with a particular emphasis on current trends in European and world literature. Covers a wide range of multilingual, multidisciplinary information in the humanities, social sciences, and economics.

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Searches can be limited to French language only. Provides an archive of the PASCAL and FRANCIS bibliographic databases produced by the l’Inist-CNRS (1972 and 2015). 

Dates:
1972-2015
Interface Language:
English, French
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English, French
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Image Collection
Maps and Mapping
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Multi-archive collection concerning the lives, experiences and colonial encounters of people living at the edges of the Anglophone world from 1650-1920. Covers settlements across the various frontiers of North America, Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Documents the creation of new states, trade networks, and movements of people in these regions alongside the marginalisation and decline of Indigenous peoples.

Dates:
1650-1920
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Archival Materials, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Journal Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
EBSCO

Multidisciplinary database of full-text Spanish and Portuguese language scholarly journals from Latin America, Portugal, and Spain. Covers journals from the Humanities, Sciences, Medicine, and Social Sciences.

Dates:
1941-present
Interface Language:
Spanish, Portuguese, English, others
Materials Indexed:
Books, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles, Periodical Titles, Reports
Materials Language:
Spanish, Portuguese

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  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Primary Sources
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Documentd the Gilded Age and Progressive era, including personal and business papers of key industrialists; records of rail, steel and oil corporations; material on labor disputes, politics and progressivism; and rich visual content on fashion, material culture and architecture. 

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Highlights include personal correspondence and holograph manuscripts from author Edith Wharton, records and drawings from the architecture firm McKim, Mead and White, and political satire and cartoon collections.

Dates:
1870-1920
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Gale Digital Library Scholar
Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
GALE CENGAGE

Platform for text analysis, data mining, and data visualization using UCSB’s Gale Primary Sources. Researchers can also upload their own documents.

Interface Language:
English
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Biography in Context
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Index
Vendors:
GALE CENGAGE

Comprehensive database of biographical information on more than one million people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death years and places, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search path.

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formerly known as Biography Resource Center

Dates:
Books: 1962 - present; Articles: 1983 - present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Biographical Information, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Reference Book Collection
Vendors:
GALE CENGAGE

Collection of online reference books in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Audio Collection
Electronic Journal Collection
Full-Text Collection
Image Collection
Vendors:
National Library of France

Collection of digital archives of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Among others, there is Gallica: Voyages en France, a collection of 3000 books, 6000 images and 130 documents presenting a panorama of the history of France.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English, French
Materials Indexed:
Archival Materials, Images, Images, Journal Articles, Maps, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
French
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Vendors:
EBSCO

Gateway to North America: People, Places, and Organizations of 19th-Century New York from the New-York Historical Society, features content from residential and business directories, organization records, urban guidebooks, and other sources rich in names and places that present a history of the people of New York City from the late eighteenth century through the early twentieth century.

Dates:
18th-20th Centuries
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Records, Directories, Guidebooks, Yearbooks, Maps
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Free/OA
Index
Vendors:
University of Cologne

Searchable database providing access to pertaining to feminist theory, feminist literary criticism and gender studies focusing on English and American literature.

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Created at the University of Cologne (Köln)

Dates:
1950's-present
Interface Language:
English, German
Materials Indexed:
Books, Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English, German
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Audio Collection
Bibliography
Data Collection
Image Collection
Primary Sources
Video Collection
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Offers three centuries of primary source material for the exploration of gender history from traditional constructions of femininity and masculinity, to the struggle for women’s rights and the emergence of the men’s movement. Explore records from men’s and women’s organisations, advice literature and etiquette books to reveal developing gender roles and relations.

Dates:
19th-21st centuries
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Archival Materials, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
ProQuest

Focuses on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas. Covers scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, booklets and pamphlets, conference proceedings, and government, non-governmental-organization and special reports. Provides in-depth coverage of the subjects that are uniquely central to women's lives, and the impact of gender and gender roles on society.

Dates:
1970's-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Archival Materials, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Handbook
Reference Book Collection
Vendors:
Taylor & Francis

Collection of handbooks covering engineering design, engineering management, packaging, systems engineering and related fields.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Books, Technical Data
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):GSA Journals
Types:
Electronic Journal Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Geological Society of America (GSA)

Online access to journals and books published by the Geological Society of America.  Our subscription includes GSA Bulletin, Geology, Geosphere, Lithosphere, and GSA Today. It also includes the GSA book series.

Dates:
1945-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
Related Databases:
GeoScienceWorld (GSW)
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
ProQuest

Provides citations from journals, serials, maps, theses and dissertations, government publications, books, and reports in the fields of geology and geophysics. Topics include energy sources, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, groundwater pollution, nuclear reactor sites, landslides, and erosion, as well as the history of the earth, the structure of the earth, the study of ore deposits, and geostatistics.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Government Documents, Journal Articles, Maps, Pamphlets, Reports, Theses & Dissertations
Materials Language:
English
Related Databases:
GeoScienceWorld (GSW)
Types:
Archival Collections
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Royal Collection Trust

Part of a project to digitize documents in Britain's royal archives' collection of Georgian papers. While the vast majority of the collection comprises papers from George III, papers from Kings George I, George II, George IV and William IV will also be made available.

Dates:
Georgian Period
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Archival Materials, Diaries, Letters, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Electronic Journal Collection
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
GeoScience World

Includes journals published by scholarly societies in the geosciences. Our access includes all journal titles, plus the book series from the Geological Society of America. GSW also includes 4.5 million records from the GeoRef database, allowing for additional discovery of information in the field. 

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Includes OpenGeoSci – a free, public map based toolset that allows users to search for cross sections, charts, tables, figures, and data from GeoScienceWorld publications.

Dates:
1890-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Books, Charts & Graphs, Conference Proceedings, Guidebooks, Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
Related Databases:
GeoRef, Geological Society of America (GSA) Publications
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Der literarische Expressionismus Online
Types:
Electronic Journal Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Includes Expressionist literary journals, anthologies, yearbooks and collections. Provides online access to the journal’s literary, artistic, cultural-political, aesthetic, propagandist and feuilleton contributions as digital facsimiles, thus preserving them in context of their original text and design. The text material has also been indexed to the very highest technical level. 
 

Dates:
early 20th century
Interface Language:
English, German
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Journal Articles
Materials Language:
German
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
ProQuest

In the late 1800's, Dutch physician and feminist Aletta Jacobs and her husband C.V. Gerritsen began collecting books, pamphlets and periodicals reflecting the revolution of a feminist consciousness and the movement for women's rights. By the time their successors finished their work in 1945, the Gerritsen Collection was the greatest single source for the study of women's history in the world, spanning four centuries and 15 languages.

Dates:
1843-1945
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Getty

An open, online repository of more than 250 Getty publications, available as high-quality scans to read online, or to download in their entirety. The Virtual Library includes titles published by the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Conservation Institute, and the Getty Research Institute.

Dates:
1966-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Getty

Provides global access to digitized art history texts in the public domain. Through this multilingual, multicultural union catalog, scholars can search and download complete digital copies of publications for the study of art, architecture, material culture, and related fields. The Portal is free to all users.

Dates:
vary
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
English
Alternate Name(s):ESRI GIS Bibliography
Types:
Index
Vendors:
Esri

Browsable and searchable index to the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Literature produced by ESRI, the developer of the ArcGIS suite of software products. This database is the most comprehensive index to the GIS literature available. Contains descriptions (and where available, links to full-text) for scholarly and technical journal articles, books, whitepapers, and conference presentations.

Dates:
1890-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Conference Proceedings, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles, Technical Reports
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Global Commodities
Types:
Archival Collections
Full-Text Collection
Image Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Contains primary materials related to the history of global commodities, trade and transformations of societies. Includes the exploration and exploitation of raw materials in Africa, Americas, and Asia since the 15th Century, development of major ports, historical documents on the origins, transportation, consumption and impact of commodities on societies. Focuses on fifteen commodities - chocolate, coffee, cotton, fur, oil, opium, porcelain, silver and gold, spices, sugar, tea, timber, tobacco, wheat, and wine and spirits. Includes data visualizations and interactive maps as well as, art, images, and commodity exhibitions.

Dates:
18th-20th Century
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Archival Materials, Diaries, Ephemera, Essays, Journals (personal), Manuscripts, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Encyclopedia
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
GALE CENGAGE

Covers LGBTQ topics in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East, as well as North America. Takes an interdisciplinary approach to the subject, using film, literature, human rights, politics, landmark legislation, activism, the arts, language, sports, and historical events as points of entry into the content.

Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Essays
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Archives Unbound
Types:
Archival Collections
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
GALE CENGAGE

Documents the broad range of nineteenth century religious missionary activities, practices and thought in the United States by reproducing pivotal personal narratives, organizational records and biographies of the essential leaders, simple missionaries and churches.

Dates:
1800-1899
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Biographical Information, Primary Sources, Reports
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Coherent Digital

A collection of objective, fact-based research from the world’s leading policy experts, think tanks, IGOs and NGOs: policy reports, briefs, analyses, working papers, and datasets.

Types:
Encyclopedia
Free/OA
Vendors:
glbtq Archives

Encyclopedia about gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer people and culture. Features over one thousand articles in the arts, humanities, social sciences and health issues.

Dates:
Current information
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Essays
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Coherent Digital

Indexing and full text of Godey's Lady's Book, a magazine intended to entertain, inform, and educate the women of America. Includes fashion descriptions and plates, biographical sketches, articles about mineralogy, handcrafts, female costume, the dance, equestrienne procedures, health & hygiene, recipes & remedies, etc. Gradually the periodical became an important literary magazine and contained extensive book reviews and works by celebrated 19th century authors. 

Dates:
1830-1855
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Newspaper Articles, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Image Collection
Video Collection
Vendors:
Google

Brings together images and videos from over 890 contributing institutions from around the world. Users can browse by institution or thematic collection, by user-created galleries, or search for specific works or artists. Images in the "Art Project" collection may also be browsed by Medium, Event, Place, Person, Media Type and Date. The Performing Arts Collection includes behind-the-scenes videos of orchestral, opera, dance, theatre and performance art performances. 

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Users with a Google account can log in and create personal galleries of selected images. Images may be magnified for closer viewing, or dragged and dropped to a side-by-side comparison window.

Dates:
Antiquity-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Artworks, Images, Video
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Index
Vendors:
Google

Enables users to find datasets stored across the Web through a simple keyword search. Surfaces information about datasets hosted in thousands of repositories across the Web, making these datasets universally accessible and useful.

Dates:
Current
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Business Data, Census Data, Datasets, Economic Data, Technical Data
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Index
News and Newspapers
Vendors:
Google

Provides an easy way to search and explore historical archives. Search for events, people or ideas and see how they have been described overtime. Results include content from a number of sources, including both partner content digitized by Google through their News Archives Partner Program and online archival materials that they have crawled. Search results can include content that is freely accessible as well as content that requires a fee.

Dates:
vary
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Newspaper Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
Google

Enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web. 

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  • The Google Scholar link in the database list is proxied to allow UCSB users to easily access subscription resources after discovery in Google Scholar.
  • The UC has partnered with Google Scholar to allow our users to click on the familiar "Get it at UC" button to reach full text of materials that are available through the UCSB Library.
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Dates:
Varies.
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Books, Journal Articles, Preprints, Technical Reports, Theses & Dissertations
Materials Language:
English
Alternate Name(s):GDZ
Types:
Archival Collections
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Göttingen Digitization Center

Includes a large number of electronic volumes grouped in subject collections. Major collections include: Autobiographies, Itineraries/Travel Literature, Mathematics, Early North Americana, History of Humanities and Sciences, and Siberica (literature dealing with Siberia). Most of the works are in German.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Journal Articles, Maps, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
German
  • UCSB Only
Vendors:
OCLC

Index to U.S. government documents published by the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) on a wide range of subjects.

Dates:
1976-present.
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Government Documents
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):The Grand Tour
Types:
Archival Collections
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Consists of manuscripts, visual and printed works on the history of travel during 1550-1850 from libraries and archives around the world, including the Beinecke Library, the Paul Melon Centre, the Chaney Library, the British Library, and other selected sources. Topics include European political and religious life; British diplomacy; material culture; everyday life; and life at court.

Dates:
1550-1850
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Architectural Drawings, Diaries, Guidebooks, Journals (personal), Letters, Maps, Travel Writing
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
Clarivate

Discover awarded grants from the leading government and private funding agencies from around the world. Search by Topic, Principal Investigator, Funding Agency and Grant Type, and more. Search for Researchers by Name, Author Identifier (e.g. ORCID) or Organization.

Dates:
1953-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
EBSCO

Covers all aspects of human impact on the environment. Includes content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done on each level to minimize negative impact. Topics covered include global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. Draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
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  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China; Biaodian ban gujin tushu jicheng
Types:
Archival Collections
Electronic Book Collection
Encyclopedia
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
United Digital Publication Co., Ltd

Chinese encyclopedia first compiled from 1701-1706 by a renowned scholar, Chen Menglei, during Qing Emperor Kangxi’s reign. Later Qing Emperor Qianlong ordered its revision from 1723-1725 by another scholar and official, Jiang Tingxi. Includes all the most important classics of ancient China through the early Qing Dynasty. Cites more than 6,000 works in various subjects with more than 6,000 illustrations. Its size is four to five times of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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Dates:
1701-1725
Interface Language:
Chinese
Materials Indexed:
Books, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
Chinese

H

  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Vendors:
Springer

Aims for a complete description of the environment and of transformations occurring on a local or global scale. Environmental chemistry also gives an account on the impact of man's activities on the natural environment by describing observed changes.

Dates:
1999-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Books
Materials Language:
English
Alternate Name(s):HLAS
Types:
Free/OA
Index
Vendors:
Library of Congress (LOC)

Bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Offers Latin Americanists an essential guide to available resources. Provides rapid, comprehensive access to future, current, and retrospective volumes of the Handbook.

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Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress

Dates:
1936-present
Interface Language:
English, Portuguese, Spanish
Materials Indexed:
Books, Conference Proceedings, Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English, Portuguese, Spanish
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Harper's Weekly
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Index
Magazine Archive
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Alexander Street (ProQuest)

Provides electronic access to Harper’s Weekly, America's leading 19th century illustrated newspaper. Discover the lively news stories, illustrations, cartoons, editorials, biographies, literature and even advertisements that shaped and reflected public opinion in this era. Browse through issues page by page or locate specific articles through searching.

Dates:
1857-1912
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Newspaper Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
JSTOR

Collection of images of architecture, covering the Western world, the Middle East, and the Americas, from the ancient world to the present.

Dates:
Antiquity-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Artworks, Images, Photographs
Materials Language:
English
Alternate Name(s):HathiTrust Digital Library
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Free/OA
Vendors:
HathiTrust

HathiTrust offers access to a collection of millions of titles digitized from academic and research library collections from around the world.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Electronic Journal Collection
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
HathiTrust

Digital repository of scanned books, journals, and other library materials. All users may access the bibiliographic information for materials in the database. Full text is viewable for "Full View" (public domain and open access) materials. Those with a UCSBnet ID and password can download the full text of the Full View materials. HathiTrust is a partnership of major research institutions and libraries (including the UCSB Library) working to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and accessible long into the future.
 

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Limited (search only) Materials:

Full text is not available for materials which are under copyright protection or do not have the necessary permissions for open access. You can use the database to search for relevant materials and then use UC Library Search or WorldCat to locate those items in a library. All users can access bibliographic information about materials included in the repository without logging in.

Full View (public domain and open access) Materials:

Materials that are no longer protected by copyright or have the necessary permissions for open access are viewable to all users. Users with a UCSBnet ID and password may download the full text of Full View materials.

Logging In: 

Click on the "Log in" link in the upper right-hand menu of the screen. Select "University of California, Santa Barbara" from the list of partners and click on the "Login" button. Enter your UCSBnet ID and password.

Searching: 

Perform a search and then browse through the results. When you click on a link for "Full View" you will be able to view the full text. To download the entire book, click on "Download PDF – whole book" and you will see the "Login" link in the pop-up box that comes up. Log in as described above.

Creating Collections:

Logged-in users can create personal "collections" for private or public use by selecting records from search results and then grouping them into a collection. These collections can be saved for subsequent use and may be shared with and accessed by others.

Dates:
varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Audio, Books, Maps, Music Recordings, Musical Scores, Video
Materials Language:
English
DREAM Lab
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Data Collection
Vendors:
UCSB-Dream Lab

Available through the DREAM Lab. As a member of the Hathi Trust consortium, UCSB affiliates may access Hathi’s full corpus of scanned books via virtual machines or web-based analytics. HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC) Analytics is designed to be a source of data for those interested in mining the text of 16 million volumes of printed texts, mostly in English but including over 400 languages.

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Types:
Free/OA
Index
Vendors:
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Find information about hundreds of Games, Publications, Resources, Organizations, and Events – all focused on the use of digital games for health and health care.

Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Blogs, Games, Grant Opportunities, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles, Reports
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Journal Collection
Index
Vendors:
Sage

Includes the full text of journals published by SAGE and participating societies. Covers a broad range of subjects in the health sciences.

Dates:
Vary
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Free/OA
Index
Vendors:
Cornell University

Core electronic collection of books and journals in Home Economics and related disciplines. The first phase of this project focused on books published between 1850 and 1925 and a small number of journals. Future phases will include materials published between 1926 and 1950. Full text of these materials, as well as bibliographies and essays on the wide array of subjects relating to Home Economics, are all freely accessible on this site.

Dates:
1850-1950
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
Hein

Contains comprehensive coverage of more than 2,500 periodicals. Also contains the Congressional Record bound volumes in entirety, complete coverage of the U.S. Reports back to 1754, constitutions for every country in the world, classic books from the 18th & 19th centuries, all United States Treaties, the Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations from inception, and more.

Dates:
Vary
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Government Documents, Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
News and Newspapers
Vendors:
Readex (NewsBank)

Compiles Spanish-language newspapers printed in the U.S. during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Dates:
1808-1980
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Newspaper Articles, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English, Spanish
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):HAPI
Types:
Index
Vendors:
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Authoritative, worldwide information about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States. Contains citations to articles, book reviews, documents, original literary works, and other materials appearing in key social science and humanities journals published throughout the world.

Dates:
1970 to present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Archival Collections
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Southern Methodist University

Contains informational pamphlets, government reports, instructions, regulations, declarations, speeches, and propaganda materials distributed by the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) during the Second World War. Documents, which reflect the thinking of the time, range widely in topics. View information on many categories, such as women's issues, children's issues, pocket guides to other countries, etc. Includes series, like the Victory Bulletin and 10 issues of the State Summary of War Casualties

Dates:
1941-1945 (World War II)
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Government Documents, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
EBSCO

Contains citations to articles on the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life). Indexes journals published throughout the world. Also includes a targeted selection of journals in the social sciences and humanities that are of special interest to researchers and students of history.

Dates:
1967-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
Related Databases:
America: History and Life
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Electronic Journal Collection
News and Newspapers
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Coherent Digital

History Commons is a platform for discovering digitized historical and cultural materials.

  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
EBSCO

Describes journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations in the history of science, technology, and medicine and allied historical fields. Integrates four bibliographies: the Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science, the Current Bibliography in the History of Technology (Technology and Culture), the Bibliografia Italiana di Storia della Scienza and the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine.

Dates:
1976 to present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Reviews, Books, Conference Proceedings, Journal Articles, Theses & Dissertations
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):ProQuest History Vault
Types:
Archival Collections
Full-Text Collection
News and Newspapers
Primary Sources
Vendors:
ProQuest

ProQuest History Vault consists of manuscript and archival collections digitized from a wide variety of archival institutions. Collections are arranged into the following modules:

Civil Rights and the Black Freedom Struggle
Southern Life, Slavery, and the Civil War
Women's Studies
Workers, Labor Unions, and Radicals
American Indians and the American West
American Politics and Society (from Kennedy to Watergate)
International Relations and Military Conflicts
Revolutionary War and Early America
Latinx History

Learn more about using History Vault with ProQuest's History Vault LibGuide.
 

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Collections are arranged into 8 subject modules:

  • Civil Rights and the Black Freedom Struggle
  • Southern Life, Slavery, and the Civil War
  • Women's Studies
  • Workers, Labor Unions, and Radical Politics
  • American Indians and the American West
  • American Politics and Society from Kennedy to Watergate
  • International Relations and Military Conflicts
  • Revolutionary War and Early America
  • Latino Civil Rights during the Carter Administration
  • American Federation of Labor: Samuel Gompers Era Records,1877-1937
  • Southern Life and African American History, 1775-1915, Plantation Records, Part 3 

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Dates:
1775-1995
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Diaries, Letters, Manuscripts, Photographs, Primary Sources, Scrapbooks
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Slavery and the Law
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
ProQuest

Slavery and the Law features petitions on race, slavery, and free blacks that were submitted to state legislatures and county courthouses between 1775 and 1867. These petitions were collected by Loren Schweninger over a four-year period from hundreds of courthouses and historical societies in 10 states and the District of Columbia. Also included are State Slavery Statutes, a master record of the laws governing American slavery, covering 1789–1865. Materials in the collection cover virtually every aspect of the regulation of Blacks of the period.

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Dates: 1775 - 1867
Materials indexed: Judicial cases and laws

Dates:
1775 - 1867
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Government Documents, Legal Literature
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):The HistoryMakers Digital Archive
Types:
Primary Sources
Video Collection
Vendors:
HistoryMakers

Collection of video oral histories. Testimonies reveal the broad scope of narratives of African American men and women who have made significant contributions to American life, history, and culture during the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. Note: If you are having trouble accessing this resource content, please try resizing your browser window to allow additional page elements to load. If you are still having trouble, please email library-collections@ucsb.edu for help.

Dates:
1912-present (19th, 20th, and 21st centuries)
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Archival Materials, Biographical Information, Oral History Interviews, Transcripts, Video
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

The nation's collection of documents related to homeland security policy, strategy, and organizational management. Composed of homeland security related documents collected from a wide variety of sources. Includes federal, state, tribal, and local government agencies, professional organizations, think tanks, academic institutions, and international governing bodies. Resources are carefully selected and evaluated by a team of librarians and subject-matter specialists.

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Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's National Preparedness Directorate, FEMA and the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security. 

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Government Documents
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
ProQuest

Historical record of Britain, its former Colonies and the wider world. Rich and detailed primary sources for the history of the past two centuries. Our subscription covers the papers of the 19th century (1801-1900).

Dates:
1801-1900
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Government Documents, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):eHRAF Archaeology
Types:
Index
Vendors:
Yale University

Provides access to archaeological materials for comparative studies within and across regions. Covers major archaeological/cultural traditions from around the world indexed according to a modified Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM) for quick retrieval of information. Each major tradition typically contains an overview by an expert and descriptive materials on 5 to 7 sites.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Journal Articles, Primary Sources, Theses & Dissertations
Materials Language:
English
Related Databases:
Human Relations Area Files (eHRAF) World Cultures
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):eHRAF World Cultures
Types:
Index
Vendors:
Yale University

Compilation of a collection of ethnographic and other texts that are indexed by culture and subject, from 400 member institutions located in over 30 nations. Information is indexed by culture and subject.

Dates:
1949-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Journal Articles, Primary Sources, Theses & Dissertations
Materials Language:
English
Related Databases:
Human Relations Area Files (eHRAF) Archaeology

I

  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Vendors:
Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Collection covers the history, literature, art and language of Latin America, the Spanish Caribbean and Spain. Most books are in Spanish, German, and English. Few are in Portuguese and French. Iberoamericana Vervuert is a leading scholarly publisher in Spanish and Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

 

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  • All titles can be accessed from https://www.degruyter.com/partner/vervuert. eBook titles are continually being added to UC Library Search.
    The majority of the eBooks require authentication, however Open Access and free books are available in this collection.
Dates:
1979-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Books
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Data Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
IBISWorld

Provides access to Industry Reports—full-text, fully searchable U.S. industry analyses, covering over 790 industries at the 5-digit NAICS level. Search or browse by industry (by NAICS code number classifications), or search by keyword or company name. UCSB's subscription also includes access to the U.S. Specialized Industry Reports; Industry Data Wizard; State Industry Reports; and the U.S. Business Environment Profiles (these are found under the tab "Industry Risk Ratings").

Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Business Data, Datasets, Factual Information, Reports, Statistics
Materials Language:
English
DREAM Lab
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Data Collection
Index
Vendors:
UCSB-Dream Lab

Available through the DREAM Lab. ICPSR is a membership-based organization providing access to a vast archive of computer-based research and instructional data for the social sciences. Data holdings cover a broad range of disciplines, including political science, sociology, demography, economics, history, education, gerontology, criminal justice, public health, foreign policy, and law. The data and codebooks may be downloaded by UCSB faculty, students, and staff.

Available through the DREAM Lab. Expand "Additional Info" for access information.
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  • For support using ICPSR: Social Science Research Data, contact the DREAM Lab.
Dates:
Varies.
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Statistics
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Journal Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Contains full text documents from IEEE journals, transactions, magazines, letters, conference proceedings, standards, and IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology) publications.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Conference Proceedings, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Journal Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)

Archival collection of ournals and magazines published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in the United Kingdom (formerly known as the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) and the British Institution of Radio Engineers.) The UCSB Library only has subscription access to the archival material, though some current (2006 to present) articles are available as open access. The IET journals cover all areas of electrical engineering in the broadest sense, as well as some computing and physics areas. 
 

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Creating an account with IET allows you to save searches, create a personalized table of contents, and create search alerts.

Dates:
1872-2006
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles, Magazine Articles
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Archival Collections
Full-Text Collection
Index
News and Newspapers
Primary Sources
Vendors:
East View

Comprises out-of-copyright Russian newspapers spanning the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, up to the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. Core titles are from Moscow and St. Petersburg, complemented by regional newspapers across the vast Russian Empire.

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Also includes two e-book editions (full-text searchable) of pertinent reference books: an in-depth bibliographic record of all known newspapers published in Imperial Russia (over 10 key bibliographies) and a unique collection of dozens of contemporaneous (mostly nineteenth century) reference works offering detailed subject bibliographies of the articles appearing in the specific newspapers of the Imperial Russian Newspapers collection.

The Imperial Russian Newspapers collection was made possible thanks to the active support of the National Library of Russia. Open Access to this collection is made possible through the generous support of the Center for Research Libraries and its member institutions.

Dates:
1782-1917
Interface Language:
English, Russian
Materials Indexed:
Archival Materials, Newspaper Articles, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
Russian
Import Genius
Registration Required
Registration Required
Types:
Data Collection
Vendors:
Import Genius

Collects and organizes hundreds of millions of shipping manifests and customs records from government agencies and private companies around the world. Useful for researching private and public companies to find out what they import and export, learn who their trading partners are, analyze industry trends, and more. In order to access this resource, UCSB students, faculty, and staff must create a free account using their university email address.

Dates:
2006-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Business Data, Datasets
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Index
Primary Sources
Vendors:
JSTOR

A four-year project to digitize over 1 million pages from the magazines, journals and newspapers of the alternative press archives of participating libraries.

Dates:
1960's, 1970's, and 1980's
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Magazine Articles, Newsletter Articles, Newspaper Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
ProQuest

Indexes literature on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. Covers almost 100 years of publications on the world of Islam. Includes not only work written about the Middle East, but also about the other main Muslim areas of Asia and Africa, plus Muslim minorities elsewhere. 

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Over 3,000 journals are monitored for inclusion in the database, together with conference proceedings, monographs, multi-authored works and book reviews. Journals and books are indexed down to the article and chapter level.

Dates:
1906-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Conference Proceedings, Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
Princeton University

Indexes images and information related to the iconographic traditions of the medieval world. Includes Christian, other medieval faith traditions, and secular imagery. Records may be searched by subject, location, medium, style, school and a variety of other characteristics.

Dates:
Early apostolic times up to A.D. 1550
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Artworks, Images, Photographs
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
EBSCO

Indexes art journals published in the US during the 19th century, providing nearly complete coverage. Describes the entire journal contents - articles, art notes, illustrations, stories, poems, and advertisements - and offers information on popular culture and industry, artists and illustrators, painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, architecture and design, exhibitions and sales, decorations, and collecting.

Dates:
1840-1907
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Images, Artworks, Images, Journal Articles, Photographs
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Image Collection
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

The wonderfully rich and diverse South Asian manuscript collections of the National Library of Scotland are extremely varied, ranging from the papers of key East India Company representatives and colonial officials to records of daily life in Agra, Bombay, Lahore, and Madras. This collection weaves the story of India and Empire through the writings of Governor-Generals, Commander-in-Chiefs, Indian Princes, soldiers, traders, missionaries, explorers, historians, and so on.

Dates:
17th-19th century
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
IndiaStat
Limited Users
  • UCSB Only
Limited Users
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Data Collection
Index
Vendors:
Datanet India Pvt. Ltd.

Note: Database access is limited to one user at a time. Please log out when you finish your research. Statistical data from Indian government and private sources on finance, agriculture, health, housing, transportation, and many other areas. Data is derived from documents, reports and policies from the states and national government of India. Information is classified into 30 major sections and includes census data. 

Limited simultaneous users. Log out and/or close browser when finished.
Dates:
Current data
Interface Language:
English (default; multiple languages available)
Materials Indexed:
Business Data, Census Data, Datasets, Economic Data, Government Documents, Statistical Information
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Dictionary
Electronic Book Collection
Image Collection
Maps and Mapping
News and Newspapers
Primary Sources
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Covers interactions between Indigenous Peoples and Europeans from their earliest contact, continuing through the turbulence of the American Civil War, the on-going repercussions of government legislation, to the civil rights movement of the mid- to late-twentieth century. This resource contains material from the Newberry Library’s Edward E. Ayer Collection.

Dates:
Early 16th Century - Late 20th Century
Interface Language:
English
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
News and Newspapers
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

North American Indigenous journalism spanning two centuries, featuring publications from a range of communities, with an extensive list of periodicals produced in the United States and Canada, including Alaska, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Nevada and Oklahoma, from 1828 to 2016.

Dates:
1828-2016
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Newspaper Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Handbook
Reference Book Collection
Vendors:
Taylor & Francis

This collection of handbooks covers manufacturing and processing, operations research, plant engineering, production systems, quality control and reliability, and textile manufacturing.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Books, Technical Data
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
Ingenta

Offers a broad collection of academic and professional research articles online. Full text is available only to subscribers through ingentaconnect. The UCSB Library does not subscribe to all journals listed in ingentaconnect but may provide access through other sources.

Dates:
1988-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Books, Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):IOP Journals
Types:
Electronic Journal Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Institute of Physics (IOP)

Allows searching of articles from electronic journals in physics published by IOP and allied publishers.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):IBSS
Types:
Index
Vendors:
ProQuest

Includes references to journal articles and to books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951. It is unique in its broad coverage of international material.

Dates:
1951-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
Alternate Name(s):ICDL
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
University of Maryland

A collection of books that represents outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world. Ultimately, it hopes to have every culture and language represented so that every child can know and appreciate the riches of children's literature from the world community. It currently contains thousands of books in over fifty languages.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):ICT
Types:
Data Collection
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Handbook
Reference Book Collection
Vendors:
Knovel

Contains an enormous amount of critical data on inorganic and organic compounds, and pure substances. May be browsed by the table of contents, or searched by keyword, or by ranges of property values. Some tables of properties are "live" and may be sorted by any property in the table.

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This classic and well-known reference was originally published for the National Research Council in 7 volumes.

Dates:
1926
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Datasets, Technical Data
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Image Collection
Vendors:
Wiley

Spans the breadth of communication studies, including coverage of theories, media and communication phenomena, research methods, problems, concepts, and geographical areas. Entries range from extended explorations of major topics to short descriptions of key concepts, written and edited by an international team of the world's best scholars and teachers.

Dates:
2008
Interface Language:
English
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Encyclopedia
Reference Book Collection
Vendors:
Oxford University Press

Provides authoritative information on all forms of worldwide traditional, classical, and popular dance, from all periods of history up to the present. Includes survey articles on countries and on topics such as costumes, lighting, and scenic design. Covers techniques, companies, genres, dancers and choreographers, works, instruments, steps, and more.

Dates:
varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Essays
Materials Language:
English
Alternate Name(s):INIS
Types:
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

One of the world's largest collections of published information on the peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology. Also offers online access to a unique set of non conventional literature such as scientific and technical reports, conference proceedings, patents and theses, not available through commercial channels.

Interface Language:
English, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish
Materials Indexed:
Conference Proceedings, Patents & Trademarks, Reports, Technical Reports
Materials Language:
Multiple languages
Alternate Name(s):WayBack Machine
Types:
Archival Collections
Audio Collection
Electronic Book Collection
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Image Collection
Primary Sources
Video Collection
Vendors:
Internet Archive

An archival digital library of Internet sites (the WayBack Machine), moving images, texts, audio files, software and other cultural artifacts. Provides free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Audio, Books, Images, Music Recordings, Video
Materials Language:
Multiple languages
Related Databases:
Internet Archive Scholar
Types:
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
Internet Archive

Includes research articles and other scholarly documents preserved in the Internet Archive. The collection spans from digitized copies of eighteenth century journals through the latest Open Access conference proceedings and pre-prints crawled from the World Wide Web.

Dates:
18th Century CE - current
Interface Language:
Multiple languages
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles
Materials Language:
Multiple languages
Related Databases:
Internet Archive
Types:
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Fordham University

Contains several large collections of primary full-texts and other useful materials organized by era and by region/culture. Topics include ancient history, medieval history, modern history, African history, east Asian history, global history, history of science, Indian history, Islamic history, Jewish history, women's history, LGBTQ+ history, and more.

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Created by Paul Halsall of Fordham University

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Essays, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
Multiple languages
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
University of Texas San Antonio

A freely available non-profit archive of electronic texts about religion, mythology, legends and folklore, and occult and esoteric topics, worldwide. Texts are presented in English translation and, in some cases, in the original language. This site has no particular agenda other than promoting religious tolerance and scholarship.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
Multiple languages
Types:
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
University of Victoria

Fully annotated and printable texts of Shakespeare's plays and poems, multimedia materials and records of his plays in performance, and historical information about Shakespeare's life and the Renaissance. 

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The Internet Shakespeare Editions is a non-profit organization supported by the University of Victoria and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. UCSB Library is a supporting member of ISE.

Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Plays, Poetry
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Magazine Archive
Primary Sources
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Access to prominent and lesser-known periodicals published throughout the interwar period, covering arts and culture, fashion, home and family life, travel, world cultural affairs, class, social and welfare issues.

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Dates: Module I: 1919-1929; Module II: 1930-1939

Dates:
1919-1939
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Magazine Articles, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
IPASource.com

Resources for singers, teachers, and all those interested in the correct and knowledgeable performance of vocal literature. Includes literal translations and International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions on the web. Intended to promote the comprehension and accurate pronunciation of foreign language texts in art song and opera in order that the singer may imbue each syllable with the appropriate emotional content.

Interface Language:
English
Materials Language:
Latin, Italian, German, French, Spanish, and English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Index
Vendors:
EBSCO

Bibliography on the Renaissance (1300-1700) and Middle Ages (400-1500). Includes citations for books, journal material, dissertations, and essays in books.

Dates:
1843-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Reviews, Books, Essays, Journal Articles, Theses & Dissertations
Materials Language:
Multiple languages
Types:
Dictionary
Full-Text Collection
Reference Book Collection
Vendors:
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) sets the international standards for chemical nomenclature and terminology. This work, (known as the "Gold Book") collects all of the IUPAC standards, plus some related mathematical and physical standards (e.g. units of measurement). Searchable by text and structure, and includes links between related terms and concepts.

Dates:
1979-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Chapters, Books
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Full-Text Collection
News and Newspapers
Primary Sources
Vendors:
East View

Provides access to older issues of the Russian newspaper Izvestiia (1917-2011). Izvestiia was founded in March 1917 and was the official organ of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR during the Soviet period. Remarkable for its serious and balanced treatment of subject matter, Izvestiia has traditionally been a popular news source within intellectual and academic circles.

Dates:
1917-2011
Interface Language:
English, Russian
Materials Indexed:
Newspaper Articles, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
Russian

J

Use VPN
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Kin-gendai shiryō dētabēsu; Japan digital archives center; Kingendai shiryō dētabēsu
Types:
Archival Collections
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
MARUZEN-YUSHODO Company, Limited

If you experience difficulties when using this database from off-campus, try the campus VPN client. This digital primary source archive focuses on post-war Japanese political and economic history. Expand “Additional Info” to see which sections we own.

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We own the following contents: 

  • Collection of Materials Related to Social and Energy Policy 社会政策・エネルギー政策関係資料集
  • Documents Related to Miki Takeo 三木武夫関係資料
  • Documents Related to Ōhira Masayoshi 大平正芳関係文書
  • Documents Related to Ōkita Saburō 大来佐武郎関係文書
  • Documents Related to Political Scientist Yabe Teiji 矢部貞治関係文書
  • Documents Related to Wagatsuma Sakae 我妻栄関係文書
  • Kusuda Minoru Collection (Satō Eisaku Papers) 楠田實資料 (佐藤栄作官邸文書)
  • Local System and Decentralization in Post War Japan 地方制度と地方分権
  • Records of War Crime Tribunals: Mainly Related to Tokyo Trials, from the Former Archives of the Ministry of Justice 法務省旧蔵東京裁判
  • Tokyo Army Military Proceedings on February 26 Incident (Part 1) 二・二六事件 東京陸軍軍法会議録
Interface Language:
English, Japanese
Materials Indexed:
Primary Sources
Materials Language:
Japanese
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Shakai bunkashi dētabēsu; Japan Digital Archives Center
Types:
Archival Collections
Full-Text Collection
Magazine Archive
Vendors:
MARUZEN-YUSHODO Company, Limited

Includes two databases: Seifūzoku kishō zasshi korekushon 性風俗稀少雑誌コレクション (Collection of Magazines on Japanese Mass Entertainment and Sexual Customs) and “Nihon Shinrei” dejitaru ākaibu 「日本心霊」デジタルアーカイブ (“Nihon Shinrei” Digital Archive, Bulletin of Spirit Society of Japan, 1915-1939).
 

Interface Language:
Japanese
Materials Indexed:
Archival Materials, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles
Materials Language:
Japanese
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Advertising America
Types:
Archival Collections
Primary Sources
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)
Dates:
1900-2000
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Correspondence, Images, Memorandums, Newspaper Articles, Primary Sources, Reports
Materials Language:
Primarily English
Types:
Archival Collections
Electronic Book Collection
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
University of Oxford

Gathers together pages of fiction written in Jane Austen’s own hand. Users can access, read, and compare high quality images of original manuscripts whose material forms are scattered around the world in libraries and private collections. Unlike the famous printed novels, all published in a short span between 1811 and 1818, these manuscripts trace Jane Austen’s development as a writer from childhood to the year of her death; that is, from 1787 (aged 11 or 12) to 1817 (aged 41).

Dates:
1787-1817
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Manuscripts, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Index
News and Newspapers
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Japan Times

Provides online access to a searchable English-language trove of over a century of Japanese history. All issues are searchable and downloadable. Includes complete photos and illustrations. Features an innovative and user-friendly interface. As the only English-language Japanese newspaper archive of this depth, no prior knowledge of Japanese is necessary to use the database.

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Imperial Periods Covered: 

  • Meiji ([1868-1913] 1897-1912)
  • Taishō (1912-1926)
  • Shōwa (1926-1989)
  • Heisei (1989-present)
Dates:
1897-present (except current year not available)
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Newspaper Articles
Materials Language:
English
Alternate Name(s):JARDA
Types:
Archival Collections
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Image Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
University of California

Documents the forced evacuation and relocation of nearly 122,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry on the west coast of the United States during World War II. Contains personal and official photographs, letters and diaries, transcribed oral histories, art, etc. Also shows the faces of the men, women, and children who were incarcerated; the prewar neighborhoods and wartime camps; and daily life there.

Dates:
1941-1945 (World War II)
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Biographical Information, Images, Oral History Interviews, Photographs, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
JapanKnowledge
Limited Users
  • UCSB Only
Limited Users
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):ジャパンナレッジ, Japan Knowledge
Types:
Electronic Book Collection
Electronic Journal Collection
Reference Book Collection
Vendors:
JapanKnowledge

Includes reference tools such as encyclopedias and dictionaries (e.g., 日本大百科全書, 日本国語大辞典, 國史大辭典, Encyclopedia of Japan, etc.) as well as ebooks (e.g. 群書類従, 東洋文庫, 風俗画報, and 新編日本古典文学全集 series).

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  • Upon entering the database, you must click on the login (ログインする) button to begin.
  • Click on logout (ログアウト) button when finished.
Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
Japanese
Materials Indexed:
Biographical Information, Books
Materials Language:
Japanese
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Full-Text Collection
Image Collection
Maps and Mapping
Primary Sources
Vendors:
AM (Adam Matthew)

Primary sources collection documenting Jewish Life in the United States since the first arrival circa 1645 to 1954. Consists of a variety of original manuscript documents ranging from a peddler’s certificate signed by Benjamin Franklin to records of organizations such as the Baron de Hirsch Fund. Topics covered include but are not limited to Jewish settlements, participation in the Civil Rights Movement, religious life, etc.

Dates:
c.1654-1954
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Encyclopedia
Vendors:
Johns Hopkins University Press

A resource for scholars and students of literary theory and discourse. Presents a comprehensive historical survey of the field's most important figures, schools, and movements and is updated annually. Includes entries and subentries on critics and theorists, critical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods.

Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Essays
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Data Collection
Vendors:
Clarivate

Provides analysis of the article publication and citation patterns of major journals in the sciences and social sciences. Information available for each journal includes the total number of article published, total citations to articles from the journal, Impact Factor (ratio of number of citations to number of articles), Immediacy Index, Journal Half-Life, Impact Factor Trends and more. These indices are widely used in comparing and evaluating scholarly journal quality.

Dates:
2007-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Datasets, Statistics
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
Oxford University Press

Collections of conference proceedings on various aspects of cancer and related diseases, published on an irregular basis by the National Cancer Institute.

Dates:
1998-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Conference Proceedings
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Video Collection
Vendors:
JoVE

Video database supporting science education, teaching laboratory fundamentals.

Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Video
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Video Collection
Vendors:
JoVE

Includes techniques for fundamental and applied research in organic, inorganic, analytical, and physical chemistry.

Dates:
03/2017-03/2020
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Video
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Video Collection
Vendors:
JoVE

Includes techniques for fundamental and applied research in developmental biology.

Dates:
3/2017-3/2020
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Video
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Video Collection
Vendors:
JoVE

Includes techniques and experimental approaches in the fields of cellular, molecular, and organismal biology.

Dates:
vary
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Video
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Video Collection
Vendors:
JoVE

Demonstrates how to execute basic techniques commonly used in cellular and molecular biology.

Dates:
Current
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Video
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Video Collection
Vendors:
JoVE

Demonstrates how to use standard pieces of laboratory equipment essential in many experiments.

Dates:
Current
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Video
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Video Collection
Vendors:
JoVE

Provides videos of experimental approaches to study gene function, gene expression and regulation, epigenetics, genetic disorders, population genetics and evolution.

Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Video
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Index
Vendors:
JSTOR

Includes full text of journals and books in a wide range of subject areas. Also includes high-quality primary sources and images from around the world, including artworks, maps, photographs, and more (including those from Artstor).

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Images, Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Image Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
JSTOR

Collection of nearly three million high-resolution type specimens and related materials from partner herbaria around the world. Includes partner-contributed reference works and primary sources, such as collectors’ correspondence and diaries, illustrations, and photographs. Relevant journal articles from JSTOR, the Biodiversity Library, the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, and Tropicos are linked.

Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Botanical Specimens, Herbaria Specimens, Plant Specimens, Primary Sources, Specimens
Materials Language:
English

K

  • UCSB Only
Types:
Video Collection
Vendors:
Kanopy

Authenticate with your UCSBnet ID/password to see videos currently licensed by UCSB Library. Provides streaming access to educational videos from producers including Criterion Collection, PBS, Great Courses, Kino Lorber, BBC, A&E, Films for the Humanities and Sciences, National Geographic, and others.

UCSBnet ID Required
Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Video
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Korean Citation Index
Types:
Index
Vendors:
Clarivate

Provides a comprehensive snapshot of the most influential regional content from researchers in South Korea. Search and view critically important regional content with international impact. Includes a mixture of open-access and subscription titles. Most citations link to the publisher's full text.

Dates:
1980-present
Interface Language:
English, Korean, other languages
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles
Materials Language:
Korean
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
ProQuest

The classic English translation of the Bible, which had a profound influence on the development of the English language. This version is browsable and searchable by keyword or by book, chapter and verse.

Dates:
published 1611
Interface Language:
English
Materials Language:
English
Limited Users
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):紀伊國屋書店学術電子図書館; Kinoden
Vendors:
Kinokuniya

Our license allows 3 concurrent users. Please close browser when finished. Provides full text access to Japanese e-books, journals, and reference materials.

Limited simultaneous users. Log out and/or close browser when finished.
Dates:
Late 19th century-late 20th century
Interface Language:
Japanese
Materials Language:
Japanese
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Encyclopedia
Vendors:
Wiley

A wide-ranging, authoritative source of information on chemicals and chemical processes, with detailed references for each article. Includes the current Fourth Edition, with some articles updated each year.

Dates:
Current
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Essays, Technical Data
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):한국 의 핵심 지식 정보 자원; Han'guk ŭi haeksim chisik chŏngbo chawŏn; KISS: Korean Information Service System
Types:
Electronic Journal Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Korean Studies Information Co. Ltd.

A full-text, multidisciplinary database of Korean scholarly journal articles, university publications and research papers.

Interface Language:
Korean and English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles
Materials Language:
Korean
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Elsevier

Provides access to a wide range of handbooks and other reference works in engineering (chemical, civil, electrical, mechanical, materials and biotechnology), chemistry and biochemistry, earth and environmental sciences among other areas. You may search within a particular work, or across the entire Knovel collection. Searching may be done by keyword, or by numeric data ranges.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Technical Data
Materials Language:
English

L

  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Année Philologique; L'Annee Philologique
Types:
Index
Vendors:
Brepolis

Contains citations to scholarly work on classical antiquity published in any language globally. Subjects include Greek and Latin literature and linguistics, including early Christian texts and patristics, Greek and Roman history, philosophy, art, archaeology, religion, mythology, music, science and scholarly sub-specialties such as numismatics, papyrology and epigraphy.

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Coverage begins in the second millennium B.C.E. with pre-classical archaeology, and ends with the period of transition from late antiquity to the middle ages (roughly 500-800 C.E.), extending from the physical centers of ancient Greece and Rome to Northern and Eastern Europe, Asia Minor, the Middle East, and North Africa.

Dates:
1949-2004
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Book Reviews, Books, Journal Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Electronic Book Collection
Full-Text Collection
Vendors:
Portico

A vast collection of volumes of tables of physical and chemical properties of materials.  We have access to the archival collection of LB online via the Portico site.

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At present, the volumes are listed alphabetically by their English titles, but eventually will be grouped into subject sections for easier browsing. Earlier volumes (to the 1980's) are in German.

Dates:
1918-2009
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books
Materials Language:
English
Use VPN
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Data Collection
Vendors:
UCSB-Dream Lab

The dataset is an estimate of population per 30 arc second pixel (better than 1 square kilometer) for the entire earth for the years 2000-2011. UCSB has access to this dataset via a web application, from inside of desktop GIS software, and as one large file available in the DREAM Lab. The 2011 dataset includes population distributions changes based on the 2010 US Census and the 2011 Japanese earthquake and nuclear disaster. Expand “Additional Info” for Access Methods.

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Use VPN when off campus
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There are three methods of access:

  • A web application is available on campus and off-campus via the VPN or the proxy server. We strongly recommend the campus VPN; LandScan is much less stable via proxy
  • Desktop GIS users can access the dataset from inside your applications via these two URLs:

Additional information is available directly from EastView. LandScan is produced by Oak Ridge National Laboratory.  

Dates:
2000-2011
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Datasets
Materials Language:
English
Types:
Archival Collections
Electronic Book Collection
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Primary Sources
Vendors:
University of Texas at Austin

The LANIC (Latin American Network Information Center) Etext Collection contains full-text resources including research papers written by Latin American studies scholars; theses and dissertations; etext versions of books; conference proceedings; speeches by Latin American leaders; periodical publications; and official documents.

Dates:
Varies
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Conference Proceedings, Government Documents, Magazine Articles, Theses & Dissertations
Materials Language:
English, Spanish
Limited Users
  • UCSB Only
Alternate Name(s):Wan Qing qi kan quan wen shu ju ku; 全国报刊索引; NICNP
Types:
Archival Collections
Electronic Journal Collection
Full-Text Collection
Magazine Archive
Vendors:
Shanghai Tuqing Information Co., Ltd

Contains historical articles from 600 periodicals, this collection covers the Opium Wars, Westernization Movement, Reform Movement of 1898, and Revolution of 1911. 

Limited simultaneous users. Log out and/or close browser when finished.
Dates:
1816-1911
Interface Language:
English, Chinese
Materials Indexed:
Magazine Articles
Materials Language:
Chinese
Types:
Free/OA
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
University of New Mexico

Searchable database of articles from the publications NotiCen, NotiSur, and SourceMex, drawn from a variety of Latin American news sources and journals. This digital repository is housed at the University of New Mexico and freely available to anyone.

Dates:
1980-2010
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Journal Articles, Newsletter Articles, Newspaper Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Archival Collections
Full-Text Collection
News and Newspapers
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Brill

This online collection documents the formative anarchist and anarcho-syndicalist episode (1890-1920) in the history of Latin American and Caribbean labor movements. It includes 971 Latin American anarchist and labor periodicals organized by country including the Argentine periodicals La Protesta, La Vanguardia and Acción Obrera; the Brazilian O Exempio. Jornal do Povo and Battaglia; the Chilean Voz del Mar; and the Mexican Ariete, Redención Obrera, Revolución Social and El Sindicalista. The primary source online reader allows zoom and download.

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Dates: 1880-1940 
Materials Indexed: Magazine Articles, Newspaper Articles

Dates:
1880-1940
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Magazine Articles, Newspaper Articles
Materials Language:
English
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
News and Newspapers
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Readex (NewsBank)

Collection of full-text historical newspapers from all over Latin America. Users may search the entire database, or selected newspapers. Searches may be limited by date, language or place of publication.

Dates:
1805-1922
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Newspaper Articles, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
Related Databases:
Latin American Newspapers, Series II
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
News and Newspapers
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Readex (NewsBank)

Full-text historical collection of newspapers from throughout Latin American. You may search the entire collection or selected newspapers. Searches may be limited by date, language and place of publication.

Dates:
1822-1922
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Newspaper Articles, Primary Sources
Materials Language:
English
Related Databases:
Latin American Newspapers, Series I
  • UCSB Only
Types:
Full-Text Collection
Index
Vendors:
ProQuest

An extensive searchable collection of prose, poetry, and drama composed by women writing in Mexico, Central America, and South America. Includes essays by Latin American feminists and about the feminist movement that address both the universal concerns of women in every age and the distinctive issues of their struggles in the region.

Dates:
18th Century-present
Interface Language:
English
Materials Indexed:
Books, Monologues (plays), Plays, Poetry
Materials Language:
Spanish
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