For this assignment, pay close attention to where resources are physically located. Some materials will be in the Langson Library and others will be in the Science Library.
 

GENERAL ONLINE RESOURCES FOR C100

Library Subject Guides:

• Criminology, Law & Society

http://www.lib.uci.edu/online/subject/crim.html
• California Government Information

http://www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/collections/govinfo/calgov.html
• Medicine

http://www.lib.uci.edu/online/subject/med.html

• How to find books, articles, government documents, etc.

http://tutorial.lib.uci.edu/index.html
• Legal Tutorial: How to find Cases

http://tutorial.lib.uci.edu/legal-research/case-introduction.html
• Legal Tutorial: How to find Statutes

http://tutorial.lib.uci.edu/legal-research/statute01.html

ANTPAC: Locate books, journals, government documents, electronic resources, microform, video & more at UC Irvine.
http://antpac.lib.uci.edu

• Search by keyword and follow links to promising subject headings
• You can restrict your search to government publications, if desired, under "Select a Collection"

• Use REQUEST to order items not available at UCI through Interlibrary Loan

Lexis-Nexis
Guided News --> U.S. News --> California News Sources

Note: Lexis-Nexis only contains the most recent six months of the Los Angeles Times -- see Newsbank for stronger archival coverage of the Los Angeles Times and other California newspapers

News Search Tips:

• Search in Headline and Lead Paragraph
• Default search is previous six months -- you can change that
• If you get too many hits using the connector "AND" -- you can put search words closer together (w/5, w/10, w/s or w/p)

ABI/Inform		Business and Management, with strong coverage of Public Administration/Public Policy
Expanded Academic ASAP		Multidisciplinary -- health, sociology, public policy, etc.
LegalTrac		Law journals, reviews and newsletters
PubMed @ UCI		Medical and health-related literature
Lexis-Nexis Academic		Legal research -- law review or legal news

HEALTH ADVOCACY/INTEREST GROUPS (examples)

Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
http://www.bazelon.org/

California Coalition for Mental Health
http://www.mhac.org/Default.htm

California Health Care Foundation
http://www.chcf.org/

SOURCES OF PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS
Rand Health
http://www.rand.org/health/

Public Policy Institute of California
http://www.ppic.org

CQ Researcher
http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/

PRINT DIRECTORIES OF SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - CALIFORNIA/ORANGE COUNTY

Orange County Rainbow Resource Directory
Langson Library Reference Desk: F 868 O6 R47

Orange County Sourcebook
Langson Library Reference Desk: HF 5065 C2 O62

Parent's Guide to Orange County
Langson Library Reference: HV 98 C3 P37

The California lobbyists/PACs directory
Langson Library Reference: JK 8774.5 C35

Directory of lobbyists, lobbying firms, and lobbyist employers
Langson Library Reference Desk:  S400 D5Lo
http://cal-access.ss.ca.gov/Lobbying/

You have many options for getting research assistance from the UCI Libraries. You can:

• Call or visit the Reference Desk at the Langson Library (949) 824-4976 or Science Library (949) 824-3705
• Use Ask a Librarian EMAIL or LIVE
• Follow up with Judy Ruttenberg directly (contact info above)