Social Ecology P275 Julia Gelfand
Psychology and Law Science Library 228
Spring 2006 jgelfand@uci.edu
949-824-4971
In order to complete the reading assignments and submit discussion questions for this course and prepare a research study proposal and presentation to successfully fulfill the course expectations, this handout has been created. It is prepared in two sections: Psychology content and Legal content and will introduce you to appropriate resources and methods to help you find the information you need.
Remember that you want to:
Psychology Content - material on this topic is proliferating quickly and there are many resources. In order to find journal articles you may want to use the following databases:
These databases are part of the CSA platform and the default platform used to search these databases in the Advanced Search mode. You can conduct a search in any of these databases separately or run a search that covers all databases that you identify by clicking on "Select Databases."
Other databases that
may be of interest to you depending on your topic include:
Other Reference Tools
that may give you some background information (appropriate subject headings
for books when you search ANTPAC or MELVYL may include Forensic Psychology; Law
- psychological aspects; Psychology - legislation and jurisprudence; etc):
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Legal Content -
1.
Hein Online - includes full-text
cover to cover from volume 1 to most recent completed volume
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Lexis Nexis
Academic Universe - Legal Resources - Law Reviews
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Westlaw
Campus - very intuitive searching - fulltext
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LegalTrac
- little fulltext inclusions; no eLinks
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Reference Resources
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Summary of
California Law, 9th ed., 1987 (10th ed., 2006 on order) -
LL REF KFC 80 W5
Hints about Grant Writing Proposals