Social Ecology U207 Julia Gelfand
Development Control Law and Policy Science Library 228
Winter 2007 (949) 824-4971; jgelfand@uci.edu
The research process for this course will take you to several different disciplines of literature in the social sciences - law, political science, economics, transportation , urban & regional planning, architecture, public opinion, business/management, and probably some others. You will study subjects such as eminent domain, indian reservations, land capability for agriculture, housing, landscape assessment, wastelands, underground areas, submerged lands, school lands, landfills, rent, reclamation, and all aspects of zoning.
The majority of the print materials will be in the following locations at the Langson Library (LL) but it should be remembered that increasingly materials are in digital format:
HT 160s for Planning & HT 392s for Environmental Protection - 4th floor
KF 5692-5698s for Law and Zoning and Federal Case Law - 3rd floor & Basement
KFC 811s for California Law - 3rd floor and basement
NA 9000s for Regional Science - 3rd floor
HC 106s and HD 205s for Economics - 4th floor
HD 107s for land use - 4th floor
HEs for transportation - 4th floor
at the Science Library (SL) there are some materials in:
GEs for environmental sciences - 4th floor Bar;
TLs for some science aspects of transportation - 6th floor Bar
Other important sources of information are:
Government Information - LL 1st floor -
for Reference Resources & assistance; The local, county, regional, state,
and federal documents are located in the LL Basement; and international
information is in the general stacks under call number order. Statutory and administrative law with
statutes or codes for
LL Reference Collection - 1st floor - browse the following collections for titles such as:
REF KB 175
Z8 Z6 - Land Use Law and Zoning Digest
ACCESS TO BOOKS
1. ANTPAC - UCI online catalog
2. MELVYL - UC - all 10 campuses' online catalog
3. WorldCat - global library holdings - UCI's noted
4. Amazon - commercial inventory
ACCESS TO JOURNAL ARTICLES: There are numerous methods to search the journal literature. Sometimes you have many choices, and other times, you are forced to use the format in which the indexing source is available.
1. Traditional Print – there are some older not currently maintained sources in the Library Stacks which may be of interest for historical searching.
a. Index to Legal Periodicals (1929-1994) – LL Basement – K9 N32
2. Article Databases – an increasing number of Indexing and Abstracting sources are available via the Internet. Use the UCI Libraries Homepage as a point of departure and for access. Click on "Online Research." and then enter title of database in Search function or go to Subject Guide for Social Ecology and you will find one corresponding to each department with lists of resources. If you are working from off-campus, you will need to make sure that you have successfully loaded authentication software. Recommended databases include:
a.
Expanded Academic
ASAP - searchable by keyword with wide scope and increasingly available
fulltext coverage in either pdf
or rekeyed
b. WEB OF SCIENCE – the latest in searching by keyword and offers citation searching. Provides abstracts and links to content.
Goes back to 1954 for SSCI and to 1945 for SCI. Can e-mail results.
Largest indexing database we offer.
c. SOCIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS* -
d. Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management*
e. EiCompendex – basic engineering database.
f. LegalTrac – another legal database with abstracts – access to related journals and law reviews. Indexes the LA Daily Journal.
g. Lexis-Nexis - a fulltext database with NEWS and LEGAL sections - can find local, regional & national newspapers, and law reviews and state and federal caselaw - selective coverage not cover to cover. Special directions to use Lexis-Nexis - use "Guided Search" for advanced search features and explore pull-down menus. Searching by Full Text is probably the most comprehensive and allows you to note proximity within your strategy. Also note that every journal or law review title has different years or span of coverage and not every article may be included - thus you will need to reset the box under "DATE" - you can review the list of sources included. Output is rekeyed and not in pdf format - and is provided in relevancy based order - not chronological or reverse chronology. Results can be eMailed - the citation is from the summary or found on the title page. Notes and references are usually incorporated in the text or numbered at the end.
g. Westlaw Campus - another legal database containing legislative, statutory, case law
h. Hein Online - full online content of law reviews except current year
i. PAIS and ARCHIVE *- Public Affairs database which includes access to books, documents as well as journal articles
j. Transport – covers transportation in a very detailed way, including zoning issues. Highly recommended.
k. Index
to Current Urban Documents - ICUD - this source is of documents
provided by cities and municipalities and local governments - earlier content
available via indexes at : ML REF Z1223 Z7 I5 (1972-2000). Have earlier indexes
to microfiche collection held at
l.
Environment & Safety Library (formerly
BNA Environment Reporter but now on the web with searchable access) - we
have access to several parts but not all of this resource - specifically News
and Development, Environment issues for States for California and the Federal
and International coverage. In order to
find this - click on "Environment & Safety Library) and you will get a
next screen indicating what content to which access is permitted. Includes
Environment Reporter, International Environmental Reporter and State
Environmental Reporter
m.
Digital
Dissertations - index to many dissertation & theses - fulltext of entire dissertation available for all UC
submitted works from 1997
1. REFERENCE TOOLS –
a. Use a variety of search engines to locate websites relevant to your topic. The UCI Libraries Homepage offers access to over a dozen search engines. This will probably be the source of departure for much research you will do. Consult http://www.lib.uci.edu/online/reference/reference.html for a list of search tools and Quick Reference for additional online resources.
Course Specific Hints:
1. Review vocabulary carefully -
2. Outline contribution to group presentations
3. Distinguish between types of information - newspapers & newspaper backfiles or archives; journal articles & law reviews; books and book chapters; dissertations; legal cases; etc.
4. Learn how to properly and consistently cite content
5. You may want to purchase a copy card for printing and Xeroxing.
Finding Law Reviews - the most comprehensive holdings of law reviews are available on Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe under "Legal" and then under "Law Reviews" or go to Hein Online.
Access to Newspaper Articles - there are several methods - consult the Subject Guide for News and Newspapers - includes Lexis Nexis Academic - News; Newsbank, Ethnic News Watch, etc.
1. Use product that covers region, time period and paper needed - check holdings
2. Determine the geography of coverage - world news, domestic news, from major papers or local coverage
3. Utilize the pull-down menus for search format and coverage if there are options
4. No illustrations or graphs are included - only text-based in most collections
5. Articles can be eMailed from many sources
6. Historical Newspapers - a relatively new
product for access to the Times (
Some additional hints - make sure of the edition of the paper - most metropolitan papers have several regional editions or releases.
Recommended Sources
Land Use in a Nutshell, 3rd ed. - LL KF 5698 Z9 W74 1994
Glossary of Zoning, Development, and Planning Terms - LL REF NA 9108 A545 no. 491/492
Zoning and Planning Law Handbook - latest in LL REF - KF 5697 A75 Z64
Land Use Law and Zoning Digest - latest 10 yrs in LL REF KB 175 Z8 Z6
For additional
assistance: