Answered By: Vicki Sciuk
Last Updated: Jan 29, 2026     Views: 30

To access the library databases click on the A-Z Databases tile on the library page. You can find a database related to your topic by checking the dropdown list under All Subjects for Business, Criminal Justice, Health and Medicine, etc., then picking a database listed for that subject. You can also use the alphabet to go directly to a database that you know the name of, like P for ProQuest Central. 

Here are links to the major databases used for Berkeley classes:

  • ABI/Inform - the major Business database for articles
  • Business Insights - the best place to get profiles of companies, competitors, SWOT reports, etc.
  • Opposing Viewpoints in Context - great for researching issues and to get Pro & Con articles.
  • Bloom's Literature - essays and literary criticism about authors and works of literature
  • EBook Central - 200,000+ full text online books about all different topics
  • IBISWorld - great for Industry reports and large US company info
  • Nursing & Allied Health - the ProQuest collection of articles from Nursing publications
  • Criminal Justice Database - articles on crime, policing, corrections, etc.
  • Statista - statistics on almost any topic
  • Westlaw - legal database of court decisions, laws, regulations, secondary sources
  • WWD (formerly Women's Wear Daily) - major magazine covering the Fashion industry
  • ProQuest Central - has thousands of articles from newspapers, magazines & journals for 175 different subject areas

 

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