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Environmental Sciences


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Liaison Librarian

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Julia Gelfand
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Office: Science Library 228

Phone: 949-824-4971

EMail: jgelfand@uci.edu

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Library Buildings & Hours

You are likely to probably depend on the Langson Library (LL) for resources in business/management, social & behavioral sciences, arts, letters & literature, Government Information and to a lesser extent on the Science Library (SL) for most of your needs in the life sciences, physical sciences, information sciences, engineering & technology, clinical and health sciences, however you may on occasion have to use the and perhaps the Grunigen Medical Library (GML) for clinical and other medical resources, but you can request that those materials either be scanned (journal articles) or sent to the Main Campus for your pickup.  There is also the Gateway Study Center for extended hours studying.  Consult Library Hours before visiting.

Please use the Safety Escorts when leaving library & campus properties late at night alone by calling them at 949-824-7233 (SAFE)

News Block

Earth Day - 40th Birthday!

Lots of activities worldwide - see this compilation of the celebration!

Introduction

Environmental Sciences is an interdisciplinary approach to studying different aspects of the physical and natural environment using scientific, social, economic, moral, and other approaches.  The results are information output that is classified in nearly every subject area.  Today, the contemporary policy implications of environmental topics are increasingly complex as they resonate in many threatening ways.  They also contribute to many new, innovative and emerging disciplines that remind us what creativity and technology can allow.  The "greening" of many topics suggests the increased attention paid to environmental issues today.

For additional resources that share an orientation to Environmental and Occupational Health, you may want to visit that Subject Guide.

Evaluating Information

When using Online or Internet Resources, consider Search Engines vs. metasites - evaluate resource - consider domain - .edu, .com, .gov, .org, etc.

Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources - or Evaluation Techniques for Internet Resources

  1. Authority control - authorship - who, affiliation, where
  2. Currency - note the date, the update, does it reflect the right period of time
  3. Evaluate the source - establish criteria that is meaningful to covering the topic
  4. Citing Internet resources - URL & date of the search
  5. Capturing and citing
  6. Copying

Copying/Printing at the Libraries

Beginning in Fall, 2008 the UCI PhotoID will serve as your copy card for copying and xeroxing.  It requires that money be added to it by inserting it in one of the Regenerator machines found throughout the UCI Libraries.  Enter a few dollars at a time and add to it when it is depleted.  Costs will be debited at the rate of 8 cents per copy or xerox made; 12 cents per page of printing.

Mobile Access Optimized @ UCI

Increasingly many of our licensed library resources are available via mobile devices - this link will tell you what is available and on what platform.