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This guide is intended to familiarize you with basic and advanced database search skills. Some resources mentioned here are publicly accessible on the internet and others are library subscriptions. When you're off campus, library subscription databases require Off Campus Login.
When using publicly available websites, it's always a good idea to evaluate the information you find:
Use the tutorial to orient yourself to searching databases. Once you understand how to search one database (like Academic Search Complete) you can search in any of the ones listed on the Politics Research Guide or recommended on course-specific guides.
Academic Search Complete Database Tutorial
Developing Keywords
[Overview & strategies]
Take the Research Tutorial from UC Irvine (focus on Topics and Keywords and Advanced Search)
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Research & Instruction Assistance
The land on which we gather is the unceded territory of the Awaswas-speaking Uypi Tribe. The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, comprised of the descendants of indigenous people taken to missions Santa Cruz and San Juan Bautista during Spanish colonization of the Central Coast, is today working hard to restore traditional stewardship practices on these lands and heal from historical trauma.
The land acknowledgement used at UC Santa Cruz was developed in partnership with the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band Chairman and the Amah Mutsun Relearning Program at the UCSC Arboretum.
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