Featured Resources
- SAGE Research MethodsBooks, reference work, and instructional videos about qualitative and quantitative methodologies in the social sciences. With Research Tools (for planning research and choosing methods), Cases (examples of real research), sample Datasets.
- APA PsycNet This link opens in a new window
APA PsycNet is a research database that provides access to psychological tests, measures, scales, surveys, and other assessments as well as descriptive information about the test and its development and administration. Includes APA Books.
- Chronicle of Higher Education This link opens in a new windowFull text articles in higher education (2015 - present); weekly. Ignore the "sign in" or "subscribe" options - these are for commercial (not academic) users. To retrieve Chronicle articles, pull up article, click on Share Arrow and Print and, at Destination, select Save to PDF or Save to Google.
- Harvard Educational ReviewScholarly journal of opinion and research in education, it provides an interdisciplinary forum for discussion and debate about the field’s most vital issues. Since its founding in 1930, HER has become a prestigious education journal for policymakers, researchers, administrators, and teachers. Quarterly, available 1964-present, vol. 34- .
- Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education Records, 1875-2012 (Collection 1923)The Los Angeles City Board of Education collection consists of minutes, board and committee reports, administrative guides, annual reports, bulletins, classification reports, index cards, financial records, school and teacher directories, maps, publications and subject files published from 1875-2012.
- Review of Educational Research(RER, quarterly, 1931-present; approx 640 pp./volume yr). Publishes critical, integrative reviews of research literature bearing on education. Reviews include conceptualizations, interpretations, and syntheses of literature and scholarly work in a field broadly relevant to education and educational research. Any discipline relevant to education (e.g., reviews of research in psychology, sociology, history, philosophy, political science, economics, computer science, statistics, anthropology, and biology); RER does not publish original empirical research unless it is incorporated in a broader integrative review.
- Teachers College Record OnlineThe Teachers College Record is a journal of research, analysis, and commentary in the field of education, published continuously since 1900 by Teachers College, Columbia University. Database states full-text access to articles for the past 10 years plus all articles that have appeared in print for the current year; reality: access is 2006-present.
Articles Databases
Education
- Education Source (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowIncludes more than 2,850 education journals, 550 books, and education-related conference papers.
- ERIC (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Index to journal articles and gray literature on educational research and practice from 1969 to the present and ERIC documents since 1966.
- Education Index Retrospective: 1929-1983 (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new windowIndex of education journals from 1929 to 1983.
- ERIC Documents (U.S. Department of Education)Access to the full text of ERIC Documents.
Psychology
- APA PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
Abstracts and citations to journal articles, books, book chapters, conference proceedings, and dissertations relevant to students, researchers, and professionals working in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences.
- APA PsycArticles This link opens in a new window
Full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber.
Multidiscipinary
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowA multidisciplinary database that indexes over 10,000 publications, with the complete text of over 5,500 periodicals, including a mix of peer-reviewed journals, magazines, and newspapers.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Full text back issues of core scholarly journals, browsable and searchable across multiple disciplines. Coverage starts with first issue, with moving wall for most recent 3-5 years. UCLA has access to selected JSTOR e-books only. JSTOR also includes primary source collections, including images from Artstor.
- Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Full text of current issues (from about 1990) of scholarly journals published by university presses, chiefly in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Browsable by discipline and full-text searchable across all disciplines. UCLA has access to Muse e-books published from 2017-present, plus a selected number of other e-book titles.
- SAGE Complete Journals This link opens in a new windowCollection of journals available from SAGE Publications.
- ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Articles and e-books in the sciences, technology, medicine, and social sciences. UCLA subscribes to a subset of this collection.
- SpringerLink This link opens in a new window
Immense array of books, chapters, conference proceedings and journal articles in the social sciences and sciences, published by Springer-Verlag. After searching, unclick Preview Only Content, whose materials are not under UCLA subscription. Advanced search enabled at wheel icon to right of search.
- Taylor & Francis Online This link opens in a new windowAccess to journals from Taylor & Francis, Routledge, and Psychology Press. UCLA subscribes to a subset of these titles. Please limit to (filter) by Access Type to “Only show content I have full access to.”
- Web of Science This link opens in a new window
A multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of most disciplines. Indexes major journals with all cited references captured. Combines the following citation databases: Science Citation Index Expanded; Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI); Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI); Conference Proceedings Citation Index.
- Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new windowMultidisicplinary sources in the socail sciences, management and sciences, from John Wiley & Sons.
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowSearches articles, theses, books, abstracts, patents, and court opinions from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities, and other web sites.
Art, Music, STEM
- Art & Architecture Source This link opens in a new windowFull-text coverage of more than 600 journals and 220 books on "a broad range of related subjects, from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design." It wholly incorporates and significantly expands on the coverage and contents of the Art Full Text and Art Index Retrospective databases. Indexes illustrations. Coverage: late 1920s-present.
- ARTbibliographies Modern This link opens in a new windowAbstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, PhD dissertations, and exhibition reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary art from the late 19th century onwards. Coverage includes performance art and installation works, photography, video art, computer and electronic art, body art, graffiti, artists' books, theatre arts, conservation, crafts, ceramic and glass art, ethnic arts, graphic and museum design, fashion, and calligraphy, as well as traditional media.
- Music Periodicals Database This link opens in a new windowProvides indexing and abstracts for several hundred international music periodicals from over 20 countries, plus full text for more than 140 of the indexed journals. Former database title: International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP) Full Text.
- Performing Arts Periodicals Database This link opens in a new windowArticles and reviews from a broad spectrum of the arts and entertainment industry - including dance, drama, theater, stagecraft, circus, opera, pantomime, puppetry, magic, performance art, film, television, and more. Former database title: International Index to Performing Arts (IIPA) Full Text.
- ScienceDirect This link opens in a new windowBook chapters, books and journals in the social sciences and sciences. Limit to 125 education journals: Set Domain=Social Sciences + Subdomain=Education.
- PubMed This link opens in a new window
Citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites. Also searches NCBI's integrated molecular biology databases, including nucleotide sequences, protein sequences, 3-D protein structure data, population study data sets, and assemblies of complete genomes in an integrated system. Note: This link uses a special address which turns on Get it at UC. Without that, PubMed does not link to UCLA's online subscriptions.
- Agricultural & Environmental Science Database This link opens in a new windowCoverage of the agricultural and environmental sciences, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications. Includes the AGRICOLA, TOXLINE, Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management, Ecology Abstracts, and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) databases. Can also be searched as part of the Natural Science Collection.
Sociology and Social Issues
- CQ Press Library This link opens in a new window
Reference resource for research in American government, politics, legislation, history, public policy, and current affairs. UCLA Library has selected access that includes CQ Almanac, CQ Researcher Plus Archive, and CQ Magazine (For CQ Press e-books, see Sage Knowledge).
- Family & Society Studies Worldwide This link opens in a new windowIndexes articles, books, conference papers, and reports in the fields of family science, human ecology, human development, and social welfare. Covers research, policy, and practice literature from 1970 to the present.
- Social Services Abstracts This link opens in a new windowCitations (with abstracts) of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. Coverage: 1980-present.
- Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences from 1,800+ serials publications; also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Coverage from 1952-present.
Ethnic Studies
- Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) This link opens in a new windowIndex of western-language monographs, articles, and book chapters on all parts of Asia and Asian Studies (East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Indian Ocean) published since 1971.
- Chicano Database This link opens in a new windowBibliographic materials on Mexican-American topics 1967 to the present. Scope expanded in 1992 to include the broader Latinx experience, including Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and Central American immigrants. Includes the Spanish Speaking Mental Health Database.
- Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS Web) This link opens in a new windowCitations for books, journal articles, conference papers, and websites that pertain to the disciplines covered by HLAS. Humanities coverage includes: art, history, literature, music, and philosophy. Social Sciences coverage includes archeology, ethnology, economics, geography, government and politics, international relations, political economy, and sociology.
- Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI) This link opens in a new windowIndexes journal articles about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States. Articles are drawn from more than 500 key social science and humanities journals. Produced by the UCLA Latin American Center.
Gender Studies
- GenderWatch This link opens in a new window
Full text publications focusing on the impact of gender across multiple subject areas. Include scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, and more.
- LGBTQ+ Life This link opens in a new window
Contains indexing and abstracts for LGBTQ-specific core periodicals, core books and reference works. In addition, other source-types such as grey literature, including newsletters, case studies, speeches, etc. are represented. Former database title: LGBT Life.
- Women's Studies International This link opens in a new window
Provides access to citations for a wide range of topics in the study of women and gender, 1972-present.
Law, Business, Policy
- Business Source Complete This link opens in a new windowComprehensive business articles database covering more than 8,500 scholarly, professional, and trade periodicals in all areas of business. Coverages dates back to 1886. Content also includes books, case studies, Datamonitor company and industry profiles, conference proceedings, country reports (from CountryWatch, EIU, Icon International, and others), market research reports, SWOT analyses, profiles of the most-cited authors, and more. Sole electronic resource for full text of the Harvard Business Review and California Management Review.
- HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
Includes 2500 legal journals, the entire Congressional Record, Federal Register, and Code of Federal Regulations, complete coverage of the U.S. Reports back to 1754, and entire databases dedicated to treaties, constitutions, case law, world trials, classic treatises, international trade, foreign relations, U.S. Presidents, and much more.
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Full-text news (including broadcast transcripts), business, legal, and reference information. Useful for finding full-text of current performing arts and media industry news in major newspapers. Includes biographical information from Who's Who titles. Formerly LexisNexis Academic.
- PAIS Index This link opens in a new window
International coverage of articles, books, conference proceedings, and government documents on social and political policy, political science, public administration, current affairs, and related topics from 1972 to the present. Includes PAIS Archive, which covers 1915 to 1976.
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international literature in political science, international relations, law, and public policy.
Language and Linguistics
- Language and Linguistics CompassOnline-only journal publishing original, peer-reviewed surveys of current research from across the entire discipline. In Wiley Online, 2007-present; monthly.
- Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) This link opens in a new window
Abstracts of articles from approximately 2,000 serials in the fields of linguistics, language behavior, and related disciplines, as well as books, book chapters, occasional papers, technical reports and dissertations.
- MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new windowIndexes worldwide publications on literature, language, linguistics, folklore, film, television, and theater from 1923 to the present. See also the MLA Directory of Periodicals.
- Citation LinkerLocate an article from your citation in journals within UCLA Library holdings.
- UC Library Search This link opens in a new windowSearch the UC Library Search catalog when looking for online OR print materials. Contains journal titles, books, conference proceedings and more, in print or electronic form, representing all Library holdings. Click on Online Access to get to full-text items. Here's a guide to learn more about searching UC Library Search.
If UCLA does not own an item, UC students, faculty, and staff can request it through the Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service. There is no charge for this service for UCLA students, faculty and staff.
- Your UCLA Library account number is the nine-digit number (aka your Bruin ID) that appears on the front of your BruinCard, plus the single digit that appears on the back side, lower righthand corner of your BruinCard. Enter all ten digits without any spaces.
- Only a University of California e-mail address or an address registered in your library account is valid.
- Submit an Interlibrary Loan Request. The Interlibrary Loan Service enables UC students, faculty, and staff to borrow materials not available in UCLA Libraries. You don't have to specify a location, UCLA will automatically search for availability in other libraries, both in this country and abroad.
- Check the status of your Interlibrary Loan Request. Sign in to your UCLA Library Account to determine the status of your ILL requests.
OFF-CAMPUS ACCESS
To access restricted 
resources from off campus, use either the Bruin OnLine Proxy Server (a setting in your Web browser) or the Virtual Private Networking (VPN) UCLA authentication option.
- UCLA Virtual Private Network (VPN)
A program you install on your computer, the UCLA VPN allows you to surf websites privately and securely as well as gain access to UCLA subscription websites and sources.
- UCLA OnLine Proxy Server
A simple browser setting which will automatically divert you to a UCLA logon page when you first access a restricted site.
- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
An extra layer of online protection for your access and account.
- Bruin OnLine / IT Support Help
Your UCLA IT experts, available for UCLA students, faculty and staff to contact with ANY access problem.
ON-CAMPUS ACCESS
To access restricted resources from your laptop or computer on the UCLA campus, use either the (preferred) EDUroam wireless network or the UCLA_WIFI wireless network.
- How to Connect to the EDUroam Wireless Network
Provides the highest level of security and is the recommended network for UCLA faculty, students, and staff. Devices must be configured in advance before using this network. Logon is username@ucla.edu. This is the only network that allows wireless printing from CLICC laptops.
- How to Connect to the UCLA_WI FI Wireless Network
- UCLA Wireless Networks
Note: Sign into EDUroam using your UCLA Logon ID with @ucla.edu appended (jbruin@ucla.edu) and password.
K-12 Digital Collections
- Library of Congress: Education ResourcesClassroom materials and professional development to help teachers use primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections.
- National Archives: Educator ResourcesProvides access to some of the nearly 50 million historic records created by more than 20 federal agencies on a wide range of topics. Includes information on activities and training for K-12 educators.
- Calisphere This link opens in a new windowOver one million photographs, documents, letters, artwork, diaries, oral histories, films, advertisements, musical recordings, and more from the collections digitized and contributed by all ten campuses of the University of California and other important libraries, archives, and museums throughout the state.
- Literature for LifeLiterature for Life is both a literary journal featuring fiction and nonfiction works by exceptional authors – most of them Los Angeles based or from Los Angeles – and an open resource for educators with original curriculum written to accompany each piece.
- Teachinghistory.org: National History Education ClearinghouseFree, quality history content, teaching strategies, best practices, and digital tools to improve U.S. history education in the classroom. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Teachinghistory.org is a project of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM) at George Mason University.
- XChange: Publications and Resources for Public School ProfessionalsOnline repository of publications and resources released in themed issues. In these issues, you will find articles, evaluation reports, research papers, lesson plans, professional development tools, dissertations, book reviews, and our own reflections on the work of transforming public schools, from UCLA's Center X.