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Find yours below.</p> <section class="teasers u-space-mb o-box"> <article class="vm-teaser" > <div class="vm-teaser__figure category" style="width:20%;max-width:135px;" role='img' aria-label='Health Sciences Library Portal'> <a href="https://library.ucdavis.edu/health/" style="display:block;background-image:url(https://library.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/health-sciences-resources_thumbnail-135x135.jpg)" class="aspect--1x1 u-background-image" aria-label='Health Sciences Library Portal'> </a> </div> <div class="vm-teaser__body"> <h3 class="vm-teaser__title"><a href="https://library.ucdavis.edu/health/">Health Sciences Library Portal</a></h3> <div class="vm-teaser__summary">Key library resources and contacts to help with your research, studies, educational efforts and clinical care evidence questions.</div> </div> </article> <article class="vm-teaser" > <div class="vm-teaser__figure category" style="width:20%;max-width:135px;" role='img' aria-label='Research Guides by Subject'> <a href="https://library.ucdavis.edu/research-guides/" style="display:block;background-image:url(https://library.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Guides-620px-135x135.jpg)" class="aspect--1x1 u-background-image" aria-label='Research Guides by Subject'> </a> </div> <div class="vm-teaser__body"> <h3 class="vm-teaser__title"><a href="https://library.ucdavis.edu/research-guides/">Research Guides by Subject</a></h3> <div class="vm-teaser__summary">Lists of library resources organized by subject area and curated by UC Davis librarians, such as reference materials, books, journal articles, databases, statistics, and historical and primary sources — the perfect place to start your next research assignment or project.</div> </div> </article> </section></div> <div class="wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"> <h2 class='heading--underline' >Search Everything </h2> <p>We recommend these search tools to broadly search UC and worldwide libraries for materials of any kind.</p> <section class="teasers u-space-mb o-box"> <article class="vm-teaser" > <div class="vm-teaser__figure category" style="width:20%;max-width:135px;" role='img' aria-label='UC Library Search'> <a href="https://search.library.ucdavis.edu/" style="display:block;background-image:url(https://library.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/uclibsearch-135x135.jpg)" class="aspect--1x1 u-background-image" aria-label='UC Library Search'> </a> </div> <div class="vm-teaser__body"> <h3 class="vm-teaser__title"><a href="https://search.library.ucdavis.edu/">UC Library Search</a></h3> <div class="vm-teaser__summary">The integrated library catalog for all University of California campus libraries, including the UC Davis Library.</div> </div> </article> <article class="vm-teaser" > <div class="vm-teaser__figure category" style="width:20%;max-width:135px;" role='img' aria-label='Google Scholar'> <a href="https://library.ucdavis.edu/google-scholar/" style="display:block;background-image:url(https://library.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/googlescholar-135x135.png)" class="aspect--1x1 u-background-image" aria-label='Google Scholar'> </a> </div> <div class="vm-teaser__body"> <h3 class="vm-teaser__title"><a href="https://library.ucdavis.edu/google-scholar/">Google Scholar</a></h3> <div class="vm-teaser__summary">Access library licensed articles directly in Google Scholar by configuring your Google Scholar settings to work with our library subscriptions.</div> </div> </article> </section></div> <div class="wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"> <h2 class='heading--underline' >Search by Material Type</h2> <p>Looking for a particular type of material or specialized search engine (database)? Try one of these:</p> <section class="teasers u-space-mb o-box"> <article class="vm-teaser" > <div class="vm-teaser__figure category" style="width:20%;max-width:135px;" role='img' aria-label='Archives and Special Collections'> <a href="https://library.ucdavis.edu/archives-and-special-collections/" style="display:block;background-image:url(https://library.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/asc-reading-room2_thumbnail-135x135.jpg)" class="aspect--1x1 u-background-image" aria-label='Archives and Special Collections'> </a> </div> <div class="vm-teaser__body"> <h3 class="vm-teaser__title"><a href="https://library.ucdavis.edu/archives-and-special-collections/">Archives and Special Collections</a></h3> <div class="vm-teaser__summary">Explore primary sources, rare and historical items, including rare books, manuscripts, photographs, maps and aerial photographs, and the UC Davis University Archives.</div> </div> </article> <article class="vm-teaser" > <div class="vm-teaser__figure category" style="width:20%;max-width:135px;" role='img' aria-label='Databases'> <a href="https://guides.library.ucdavis.edu/az.php" style="display:block;background-image:url(https://library.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Database-620px-135x135.jpg)" class="aspect--1x1 u-background-image" aria-label='Databases'> </a> </div> <div class="vm-teaser__body"> <h3 class="vm-teaser__title"><a href="https://guides.library.ucdavis.edu/az.php">Databases</a></h3> <div class="vm-teaser__summary">Searchable collections of published works, including scholarly articles, newspapers, popular literature, properties, statistics, images, dissertations and more.</div> </div> </article> <article class="vm-teaser" > <div class="vm-teaser__figure category" style="width:20%;max-width:135px;" role='img' aria-label='Journals A-Z'> <a href="https://search.library.ucdavis.edu/discovery/jsearch?vid=01UCD_INST:UCD" style="display:block;background-image:url(https://library.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/journals_thumbnail-135x135.jpg)" class="aspect--1x1 u-background-image" aria-label='Journals A-Z'> </a> </div> <div class="vm-teaser__body"> <h3 class="vm-teaser__title"><a href="https://search.library.ucdavis.edu/discovery/jsearch?vid=01UCD_INST:UCD">Journals A-Z</a></h3> <div class="vm-teaser__summary">Search research journals by title or browse by subject in Journals section of UC Library Search.</div> </div> </article> <article class="vm-teaser" > <div class="vm-teaser__figure category" style="width:20%;max-width:135px;" role='img' aria-label='Journals via BrowZine'> <a href="https://library.ucdavis.edu/browzine/" style="display:block;background-image:url(https://library.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/browzine_logo_thumbnail-135x135.png)" class="aspect--1x1 u-background-image" aria-label='Journals via BrowZine'> </a> </div> <div class="vm-teaser__body"> <h3 class="vm-teaser__title"><a href="https://library.ucdavis.edu/browzine/">Journals via BrowZine</a></h3> <div class="vm-teaser__summary">A website and mobile app for reading library-licensed journal articles that allows you to build a personal library for easy access.</div> </div> </article> <article class="vm-teaser" > <div class="vm-teaser__figure category" style="width:20%;max-width:135px;" role='img' aria-label='Videos and Music'> <a href="https://library.ucdavis.edu/videos-and-music/" style="display:block;background-image:url(https://library.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/videosmusic-FnR2U1lXsBQ-unsplash_thumbnail-135x135.jpg)" class="aspect--1x1 u-background-image" aria-label='Videos and Music'> </a> </div> <div class="vm-teaser__body"> <h3 class="vm-teaser__title"><a href="https://library.ucdavis.edu/videos-and-music/">Videos and Music</a></h3> <div class="vm-teaser__summary">Find music, documentaries, feature films, theater performances on CD, DVD or streaming online. 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