Julia Gelfand, PPD/SE Librarian
Office: Science Library (SL) 228
Phone: 949-824-4971
eMail: jgelfand@uci.edu
Nicole Carpenter, Psychological Sciences Librarian
Office: Langson Library (LL) 472
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eMail: ncarp@uci.edu
Elizabeth Hernandez, Librarian for Criminology, Law & Society
Office: Langson Library (LL) 106
Phone: 949-824-0473
eMail: evgomez@uci.edu
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SE 10 - Summer II 2024
This course gives you a foundation in Research Methodologies that all departments in Social Ecology follow to direct research processes and this guide introduces library resources and services and will help you to complete your assignments. You should be able to translate this research process to other assignments you complete for Social Ecology and other research-based courses.
Access to the Library allows you to now visit all libraries and to use their digital collections. You will be conducting your classes in an online model as well as your research. The following textbooks are available online and should be read at the chapter level:
The textbook, Social Research Methods (2001) by David Dooley will be available on Library Reserves at Langson Library soon.
HINTS FOR A GROUP ASSIGNMENT - create space that you can share and edit in - use Google Drive inviting all members; consider using MS Word Tracking (off Review Tab in MS WORD) to edit and be able to see all comments; schedule Zoom discussions to share documents
USING THE UCI LIBRARIES
In order to work efficiently in the Libraries, you may want to:
Please check on the website for Library hours
During the academic session, August 5- September 10 all libraries will be open Monday-Thursday from 8am-8pm
Friday from 8am-6pm
Saturday from 1-5pm
Sunday - 1-5pm
All libraries will be closed Fri, Aug 31 - Mon, Sept 2 for Labor Day Holiday weekend.
The UCI Writing Center is open remotely. There are writing specialists available by appointment or drop-in. Please avail yourself to these services if needed.
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