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Miller Scholars, 2023 - 2024

Instructor: Giulianetti

UC Library Search (short version)

 UC Library Search infographic about what is included

UC Library Search is the University of California's unified discovery and borrowing system.

Access it directly or from the Library homepage to find most UC books, articles, media, archival collections, and more.

See the UC Library Search User Guide and ask for research help 24/7 for more information.

Sample Searches - UC Library Search

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1.  keywords;  phrase searches

   "food insecurity" AND "community intervention"
 

on the left, limit to scholarly/peer reviewed articles; or limit to books, by language...

2.  advanced search; variant word endings

advanced search 

   "food insecurity" OR hunger
      community
      intervention* OR solution*

* = truncation symbol/wildcard; child* = child, childs, children, childhood, childish...

2.  subject searches

     black* AND undocumented  (too broad)

look at official subject headings; click on the heading or redo the search as a subject search:

advanced search

     subject:  black* OR african*
    
 any field:  undocumented

 

foster youth* AND colleg*

subject:  foster children education higher

 

another keyword search:  "foster youth*" AND "higher education"

advanced search:

any field:  "foster youth*" OR "unaccompanied homeless youth*"
subject:  "higher education" OR colleg* OR universit*