Material and Resources
 

Library Resources
 

What UCI Librarians Can offer
UCI Social Science librarians are available for course-focused research workshops and individual research consultations over Zoom. Librarians can also investigate eBook availability and provide resources to assist in coursework and research through their online research guides.

1. Virtual Workshops [Live]
Your librarian can lead workshops tailored to your assignment(s), either during or beyond class. Librarians teach students how to improve their research techniques and leverage the UCI Libraries’ resources, so students turn in rigorously researched assignments for better grades.

• A workshop can run from 15-60 minutes. A typical workshop is 30 minutes.
• Your librarian can lead multiple workshops to introduce different and/or more advanced elements of information literacy. Please contact your librarian to discuss instruction with them.
• During class: Faculty, if you use Zoom, please send the link to your librarian, who will join the meeting at the appropriate time and share their screen.
• Beyond class: Faculty, please tell your librarian when the majority of students would be available for a live workshop beyond class. Your librarian would then host a Zoom meeting and share the link.

2. Virtual Consultations [Live]
Your librarian can answer research questions through virtual consultations, email, and phone. Visit each librarian’s research guide(s) (below) to see their availability for virtual appointments.

3. eBooks
To request e-versions of books, please email your librarian. Not all ebook vendors sell their books to libraries. Your librarian will try to acquire materials quickly, and they update you ASAP if an eBook is not available

4. Online Resources
Librarians’ research guides point to a wide variety of credible resources (i.e. databases, journals, eBooks, government and think-tank websites, etc.) that aid in people in coursework and research:

• Anthropology
• Economics
• Global & International Studies
• Language Science
• Logic and Philosophy of Science
• Political Science
• Psycholgy & Cognitive Sciences
• Sociology

 

Your Social Science Librarians
 

Nicole Carpenter |  Email: ncarp@uci.edu

• Anthropology,
• Psychology & Cognitive Sciences,
• Sociology

Brian Williams |  Email: brian.williams@uci.edu

• Global & International Studies,
• Political Science

Richard Cho |  Email: rmcho@uci.edu

• Logic and Philosophy of Science

Joshua Hutchinson |  Email: jchutchi@uci.edu

• Language Science

Annette Buckley |  Email: annetteb@uci.edu

• Economics

 

Additional Online Video Resources

Videos can be found for general topics, use the following links to browse for the material you need:

• PBS: https://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/
• TED Talks: https://www.ted.com/talks
• Vice Video: https://video.vice.com/en_us/topic/documentary
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/
• NBC Learn: https://highered.nbclearn.com/portal/site/HigherEd

 

Department Specific Resources

 
Anthropology

• UCI Library: Ethnographic Video Online: https://uci.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CDL_IRV_INST/1gpb62p/alma991025648919704701
• The Society for Cultural Anthropology: https://culanth.org/fieldsights/contributed-content/teaching-tools
• Teaching and Learning in Anthropology: http://teachinglearninganthro.com/anthropology-teaching-resources/

Chicano/Latino Studies

• PBS: https://www.pbs.org/latino-americans/en/watch-videos/#2365075996

Economics

• American Economics Association - Online Seminars: https://www.aeaweb.org/resources/online-seminars
• American Economics Association - Resources for teachers: https://www.aeaweb.org/resources/teachers
• World Economic Association - Teaching Ideas: https://www.worldeconomicsassociation.org/textbook-commentaries/teaching-links/

Global and International Studies

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Political Science

• APSA COVID Resources: https://www.apsanet.org/RESOURCES/Resources-for-Coronavirus-Response
• APSA Webinars: https://www.apsanet.org/webinars
• Great Thinkers - A guide to the History of Political Philosophy: https://contemporarythinkers.org/

Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

• Association for Psychological Science: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/members/teaching
• American Psychological Association (APA): https://www.apa.org/education/undergrad
• The APA Online Psychology Lab: https://opl.apa.org/?_ga=2.48635942.1460518574.1585011436-1623053700.1584398469
• APA - The Society for the Teaching of Psychologyhttp://teachpsych.org/
• Psi Chi National Honor Society of Psychology (Prerecorded Webinars, Podcasts, and a collection of articles for online learning): https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.psichi.org/resource/resmgr/06_publications-news/news-digest/march19specialannouncement.pdf

Sociology

• American Sociological Association - Teaching Online: https://www.asanet.org/teaching-learning/faculty/teaching-online