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Library Databases

These are the databases subscribed to by the UC Libraries that are most frequently used by ARE researchers, see the UC Berkeley Libraries' electronic resources directory for a complete listing of databases available to UCB users.

  • Proxy Server instructions --Instructions for UC users for how to access subscription databases from off campus.
  • Agricola--Lists the holdings in the National Agricultural Library as well as indexing journals, books and government publications in agriculture and related fields.
  • CAB Abstracts--Indexes the international agricultural literature. Covers topics such as biodiversity, biotechnology, environmental pollution, natural resources, forestry, and environmental policy. An archive of literature from 1910-1972 is included.
  • Dissertations and Theses--Access to the full text of all dissertations from UC since 1997. The first twenty-four pages from all other dissertations are available. Indexes all dissertations back to 1861. This is the authoritative source for information about doctoral dissertations. Copies of dissertations may be ordered for a fee from this database.
  • EconLit--Indexes economic journals, book chapters, and working papers. Covers 1969-
  • Ejournal lookup--Directory of journals available electronically to UCB users, searchable by title and category. For complete information on a title, search Melvyl.
  • Factiva--News from more than 9,000 sources in 22 languages, including local, national and international newspapers, business magazines, trade publications, and news wires. Includes The Wall Street Journal (1979-present), the Financial Times, Dow Jones, Reuters and the Associated Press.
  • FAOSTAT--International time series data on food production, agricultural trade, forest products, and fisheries from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The free version of the database allows for limited downloads of up to 4000 records. For unlimited and "bulk" downloads a userid and password are required. Ask in the GF Library for assistance.
  • Global Financial Data--Financial and economic data including: long-term historical indices on stock markets, Total Return data on stocks, bonds, and bills, interest rates; exchange rates, inflation rates, bond indices, commodity indices and prices, consumer price indices, gross domestic product, individual stocks, sector indices, treasury bill yields, wholesale price indices and unemployment rates. Covers over 200 countries. Data is available in ASCII or Excel.
  • Historical Statistics of the U.S.--Comprehensive Historical US statistics primarily drawn from census data. Coverage varies by subject with some data going back to 1790. Users may download tables in Excel or CSV, and manipulate the data in other ways.
  • International Financial Statistics--From the IMF; data on exchange and interest rates, balance of payments, government finance, national accounts, prices, foreign reserves, and much more.
  • JSTOR--Multidisciplinary electronic archive of selected scholarly journals. JSTOR is not a current issues database. Depending on the title, there is 1-5 year gap between the current issue and the back issues available in JSTOR.
  • Lexis Nexis Academic--Fulltext from international, national, local newspapers and wire services; radio & television transcripts, and trade journals in business, medicine and law. Translations from foreign-language sources, as well as news services like the Associated Press, Agence France Press, El Pais and Xinhua (New China) News Agency.
  • Source OECD--Statistical data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
  • STAT-USA--From the US Dept of Commerce. In two sections: 1-State of the Nation (economic data from the federal government and related entities) 2-GLOBUS and NTDB (trade-related data, international market research, and country analysis).
  • UC-elinks Citation linker--Put in as much information as you have for a citation and find if there is an electronic copy available through the UC libraries.
  • Ulrich's--Directory of 250,000 serials published worldwide covering all subjects. Search here to find where a publication is indexed.
  • Web of Science (SSCI)--Web of Science includes the Social Science Citation Index and the Science Citation Index. Cited reference searching, unique to ISI databases, lets you determine how many times a particular article has been cited.
  • WorldCat--Combined catalog of over 1 billion items in over 10,000 libraries worldwide. If you type in the UCB zip code 94720, you can see the closest library that owns the item.
  • World Development Indicators(WDI)--From the World Bank. Time series data (1960-present) for 207 countries. Allows you to chart and map data as well as create reports.