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Are you in Orange County this summer? Check out the Free Film Series on campus. This Thursday, July 7 they’re showing Waking Life (2001) and Threnody (2004).
More information and a complete list of films are at summer.uci.edu/calendar/filmseries.aspx.
Thank you to all who attended our 2011 Boot Camp! Here’s a short summary of the program, with links to selected documentation.
Still have research questions? Remember that the UCI Law Library is open during the summer, and research librarians are available from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm PDT. We can be reached at the reference desk or by phone at 949-824-6746.
1:15 – Review of primary sources with Poll Everywhere.
During May, we are doing a study designed to improve the Law Library website. You can help us by giving 20 – 30 minutes of your time.
Interviews will be performed in the Law Library. As a thank-you, you’ll receive a gift card good for a treat at one of the nearby off-campus coffee shops.
If you have time to participate, contact me at eaugustiniak at law.uci.edu.
10 am – 2 pm
Updated room: Law Library Computer Lab
The half-day training will provide strategies for tackling new projects, a review of major research sources, a short session on using UCI Law databases while off-campus, and hands-on research practice. There will also be a lunchtime panel of lawyers and law librarians.
An annual event in Aldrich Park – food, games, entertainment – fun for the whole family. A nice way to enjoy a little outdoor time before finals.
More information at http://www.celebrate.uci.edu/.
3:00 – 5:00 pm.
An event to highlight and acknowledge the authored and co-authored, edited and co-edited books by our faculty published from April 2010 through March 2011.
Honored in 2011: Richard Hasen · Christopher Leslie · Elizabeth Loftus · Carrie Menkel-Meadow · Christopher Tomlins · Erwin Chemerinsky
Update: Refreshments will be offered beginning at 3 pm (outside the Library) – the program, including remarks by the authors, will begin at approximately 3:15 (inside the Library). SPECIAL BONUS: We will be unveiling the Law Library’s new collection of 17th and 18th century English law books, a recent gift from UCI Professor Emeritus (History) Lamar Hill!
12:20 to 12:30 pm in the Law Library Computer Lab
Get a brief overview of legislative history research, a common summer project.
Highlighted resources include the ones that do the work for you, i.e. sources of compiled legislative histories like:
12:10 to 12:30 pm in the Law Library Computer Lab
Learn about the large collections of full-text documents in HeinOnline, and get an introduction to its powerful search syntax. Are you thinking about participating on a journal? HeinOnline is especially useful for source-gathering in journal cite-checking work!
[Handout – HeinOnline]