Social Ecology 195 Julia Gelfand Tom Babayan
Field Studies - Levine Science Library 228 Science Library 226
Summer Session II 2006 jgelfand@uci.edu tbabayan@uci.edu
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The two options for writing assignments for this section of Field Studies will encourage you to use a variety of information resources. This handout will provide some hints about different approaches and some tools, resources and strategies you can employ to make the learning experience more integrated with your social ecology curriculum. For each assignment you must use at least three scholarly journal articles (meaning that they have been refereed).
1.
Application to
In addition to the Online Resources included with your course syllabus, the following resources may be of interest to you:
· Quick Reference List of Resources on Colleges & Universities - these include program rankings, guides, etc
· University Catalogs - program descriptions - graduate applications - check out the institution online and go to "catalog or academic unit" and select the program you are interested in - review the requirements for Graduate Admissions, etc. A list of faculty will be noted as will the program goals, and course descriptions. An example would be to go to "Academic & Research" link on the http://www.lib.uci.edu and choose the "School" and then the "Department" and then "Graduate Program"
· Review books and resources such as:
Asher,
Donald, Graduate admissions essays : write
your way into the graduate school of your choice.
Stelzer, Richard J., How to write a winning personal statement for
graduate and professional school, 3rd ed.
2. Application for a Job, Autobiographical Statement, Research Summary and Directions
You will need to search the business literature to determine information about the corporate culture of the company or organization to which you are applying. Please determine if it is a non-profit or a profit-generating (or losing) establishment. There are many non-profit sources online.
For the majority of your paper, you will need to support your personal autobiographical statements and substantiate with goals that are stated in the scholarly literature. This will likely require a literature review - this can be accomplished in several ways. Use the Library website as a point of departure for:
·
Online
Databases - access to journal literature, conference proceedings, some
books and book chapters and dissertations, from the scholarly, trade and a
variety of information sources by subject or keyword - appropriate examples
include those listed on the Subject Guides prepared
for each Department in the
o PsycINFO - can easily find empirical studies by Methodology - a descriptive guide on how to search the database is available
o Annual Reviews - in different subject areas; offers overview of literature on a topic with comprehensive bibliographic references
o ERIC - covers all aspects of education, including higher education
o Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
o Factiva - a business database containing fulltext trade literature coverage
o Lexis Nexis Academic Universe - for News & Legal Resources
o Westlaw Campus - legal database
o many others - contact librarians for additional assistance
· Google Scholar -
· Other web resources
· Citation Sources - Consult the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed., 2001 found at all UCI Library Reference Desks at BF 76.7 P83 2001 or online citation information
· Hints for Success
o Read assignment carefully
o Write from an outline - then realize information gaps to fill
o Identify context
o Find appropriate studies and research
o Cite information accurately
o Don't procrastinate
Additional Information - consider some of the following resources: