Social Ecology C207/U207                                                                Julia Gelfand

Development Control Law and Policy                                                Science Library 228

Winter 2008                                                                                        (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 formats:

            HD 204-205 - basic coverage of Land Use - -4th floor

            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;

            TDs for environmental analysis

            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 California and US Federal is considered Reference material; hearings and legislation are found either online, on microfiche on the LL 1st floor or in print in the LL Basement.  Recent and current documents are usually available electronically and will be noted in Antpac as Internet items.   Please ask at the Reference Desk for assistance.

 

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 "Find Online Resources" 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.  Majority of relevant resources will be on the Subject Guides for PPD and CLS.  If you are working from off-campus, you will need to make sure that you have successfully loaded authentication software.  Recommended databases include:

      General Databases:

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.  Does not include law reviews.

Goes back to 1954 for SSCI and to 1945 for SCI.  Can e-mail results.  Largest indexing database we offer.

Access to Law Reviews

c.      LegalTrac – another legal database with abstracts – access to related journals and law reviews.  Indexes the LA Daily Journal.  Only an indexing source.

      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 and statutes - is selective                  coverage not cover to cover nor obtainable in order of table of contents.  There is a new search                   interface or platform - can browse or search law reviews.  When searching, you have the                                  choice of using "Terms & Connectors" or "Natural Language" for phrases.  Use and explore               pull-down menus to refine search strategy for dates of coverage, etc.  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 re-keyed 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.

d.     Westlaw Campus - another legal database containing legislative, statutory, case law

e.      Hein Online - full online content of law reviews except current year

 

Additional Databases that cover different aspects of land use and development control

f.       PAIS and ARCHIVE *- Public Affairs database which includes access to books, documents as well as journal articles

g.      Transport – covers transportation in a very detailed way, including zoning issues.  Highly recommended.

h.      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 Berkeley.

i.       Journal of Planning Literature - covers planning literature and includes general bibliographies on planning related topics

j.      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

k.      SOCIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS* -

l.       Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management* (includes Water Resources Abstracts)

m.    EiCompendex – basic engineering database. 

n.     ASCE Research Library - the journals issued by the American Society for Civil Engineers, and abstracts to the conference proceedings

o.     Dissertations & Theses - index to many dissertation & theses - fulltext of entire dissertation available for all UC submitted works from 1997

                       

3.     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.

b.     Recommended Reference Sources -    LL Reference Collection - 1st floor - browse the following collections for selective titles such as:

 

·           REF KB 175 Z8 Z6  - Land Use Law and Zoning Digest

·           LL REF DESK KF 156 B53 2004 - Black's Law Dictionary

·           Dictionary of Law, 5th ed.

·           LL REF KFC 811 L66 - Longtin's California Land Use, Supplement2006

·           LL REF NA 9108 A545 no. 491/492 - Glossary of Zoning, Development, and Planning Terms

·           LL REF - KF 5697 A75 Z64 - Zoning and Planning Law Handbook - latest in Ref

·           LL REF KB 175 Z8 Z6 - Land Use Law and Zoning Digest - latest 10 yrs in

 

Course Specific Hints:

 

1.     Majority of assignment is Finding and analyzing Law Reviews - relevance is the key.  The most comprehensive holdings of law reviews are available on Lexis-Nexis Academic Fulltext under "Legal" and then the default under "Law Reviews" or go to Hein Online. 

2.     Review legal vocabulary carefully -

3.     Outline contribution to group presentations and lengthy law review articles

4.     Distinguish between types of information - newspapers & newspaper backfiles or archives; journal articles & law reviews; books and book chapters; dissertations; legal cases; etc.

5.     Learn how to properly and consistently cite content

6.     You may want to purchase a copy card for printing and Xeroxing.

 

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 (London) 1906-1980; and New York Times 1851-2001 - other years of coverage on microfilm in LL  Current Periodical Room

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

 

 

For additional assistance:

  • Contact Liaison Librarian
  • Go to the Reference Desk at Langson or Science Library
  • Use Ask a Librarian in order to schedule a reference consultation, or to conduct a reference transaction via either eMail or CHAT