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Welcome to the SESP virtual card catalogue of books and resources that are available to SESP students in the Office of Student Affairs.  If you have any suggestions for resource(s) that are not listed below, please contact your academic advisor about purchasing the resource(s).

The catalogue presented below gives the basic information about the books and resources. It provides the "call number", title, author(s), copyright date, number of pages, summary and location of the materials. All materials are color-coded by category for easy retrieval.

Please note that no library resources can be checked out. They are for Office Use Only. So, come in at your leisure, grab some candy and browse.

# of Copies "Call Number"  
Title
Author(s) Copyright Date # of Pages Summary Location Category
One 1.00 Federal Jobs: The Ultimate Guide-3rd Edition Morgan, Dana & Goldenkoff, R. 2002  524 Provides a complete directory of thousands of professional positions, organized by federal departments and agencies. Ann 123: Shelf  Employment: Federal
One 1.01 Working With the Environment-3rd Edition Ryder, Tim  & Penrith, D. 2004 287 Provides a variety of available positions concerning the environment, ranging from part-time in wildlife park wardening to full-time careers in environmental protection and pollution control. Ann 123: Shelf   Employment: Environment
One 1.02 The Directory of Websites for International Jobs Ron and Caryl Krannich, PhDs  2002 152 Provides a guide on how to use the internet for conducting an international job search.   Ann 123: Shelf  Employment: International
One 1.03 Opportunities in Mental Health Careers Perry, Philip A. 1996 152 Provides a wide range of information on available jobs in the mental health field. It also provides personal interviews with professionals in the field, information on work environment and many more.  Ann 123: Shelf Employment: Mental Health
One 1.031 Great Jobs for Psychology Majors DeGalan, Julie & Lambert S.  1995  264 Provides a wide range of information on available jobs in the mental health field. Ann 123: Shelf  Employment: Mental Health 
One 1.04 Career Paths in Psychology: Where your degree can take you Sternberg, Robert J.  1999  297 Provides information on several psychologists who have achieved great success in a variety of area and their work. Ann 123: Shelf   Employment: Psychology
One 2.00 Alternatives To The Peach Corps-10th Edition Willsea, Jennifer S. 2003 123 Provides a listing of over 100 national and international organizations, tips on researching and evaluation organizations, budgeting and fundraising and many more. Ann 123: Shelf Volunteering
One 2.01 International Volunteering Work-9th Edition Pybus, Victoria  2005 352 Provides a guide to thousands of long and short term voluntary placements worldwide.  Ann 123: Shelf  Volunteering: International
One 2.011 How to Live Your Dream of Volunteering Overseas Collins et al. 2002 464 Provides insight on international volunteering, programs, fundraising and financing volunteer work, pros and cons of the peace corps and many more. Ann 123: Shelf  Volunteering: International
One 3.00 Careers in Social Work-2nd Edition Ginsberg, Leon H.  2001  262 Provides helpful information for individuals who are either considering careers in social work or who are already studying for a professional career in the field. Ann 123: Shelf Career Planning: Social Science
One 3.01 Professional Resume Series: Resumes for Education Careers VGM Career Horizons 1992 151 Provide 100 sample resumes, numerous sample cover letters, explanation of popular resume formats and many more. Ann 123: Shelf Career Planning: Education
One 3.02 101 More Best Resumes Block, Jay & Betrus, M 1999 201 Provide reviews of key structures of  successful resumes as well as insight into the impact the internet on resume writing. Ann 123: Shelf  Career Planning
One 3.03 The Wall Street Journal. National Business Employment Weekly Interviewing-2nd Edition Hirsch, Arlene S. 1996  202 Provides a fundamental guide of interviewing from preparation to follow-up.  Ann 123: Shelf Career Planning
One 3.04  Kaplan GRE Exam 2004 Edition Staff of Kaplan, Inc 2003 350 Provides an understanding of how the GRE is constructed, test-taking strategies and many more. Ann 123: Shelf  Career Planning
One 3.05 The Princeton Review: Law School Essays That Made a Difference Owens, Eric 2003 231 Provides information on writing great personal statement for admission to law school. It also provides information on the role personal statements play in the admission process, including several actual personal statements written by actual law school applicants. Ann 123: Shelf   Career Planning: Law 
One 3.051 The Princeton Review: Cracking The LSAT with Practice Tests on CD-ROM-2004 Edition  Robinson, Adam & Blemel, K 2003 411 Provides key LSAT test-taking skills through on-line review modules, personalized score reports, online exercises and drills. Ann 123: Shelf  Career Planning: Law 
One 3.052 Kaplan: 2 Real LSATs Explained  Staff of Kaplan, Inc  2002 344 Provide two actual LSATs with detailed explanations for every answer. Ann 123: Shelf  Career Planning: Law
One 3.053  Essays That Will Get You Into Law School-2nd Edition Dowhan et al. 2003 136 Provide strategies on assessing reading audience, gathering material and identifying themes. It  also provides 41 model essays. Ann 123: Shelf Career Planning: Law
One 3.054  Barron's: How to Prepare for the LSAT-10th Edition Bobrow, Jerry 2002  623 Provides an in-depth preparation for the exam, which includes six model tests with answers, explanations and analysis sheets. Ann 123: Shelf Career Planning: Law
One 3.055  A Practical Guide to Law as a Career: So You Want to be a Lawyer-2nd Edition Law School Admission Council (LSAC) 2003 160 Provides insight about choosing a legal career, developing various questions relating to evaluating schools and many more. Ann 123: Shelf  Career Planning: Law
One 3.056  Law School Confidential-A complete Guide to the Law School Experience: By Students for Students-Revised Edition Miller, Robert H 2004 393 Provides information and strategies for thriving and surving law school. Ann 123: Shelf  Career Planning: Law 
One 3.057 How to Succeed in Law School-2nd Edition Munneke, Gary A.  1994 262 Provides an insight into daily law school experiences, subjects, law professors, typical student body and many more.  Ann 123: Shelf Career Planning: Law
One 3.058  Kaplan-Newsweek: Get Into Law School: A Strategic Approach Lammert-Reeves, Ruth 2003 220 Provides advice from top admission officers on writing persuasive personal statements, obtaining the best recommendations, preparing application and many more. Ann 123: Shelf  Career Planning: Law
One 3.059  How to Get Into the Top Law Schools Montauk, Richard 2001 528 Provides helpful advise for applicants on getting into the best law schools. It demonstrates how to prepare applications that distinguishes one from the rest of the applicant pool. Ann 123: Shelf   Career Planning: Law
One 3.0591 Looking at Law School Gillers, Stephen 1997 330 Provides information on applying and gaining admission into law school, financing law school and many more. Ann 123: Shelf   Career Planning: Law
One 3.0592 Conquering Law School: How to be in The Top 10% Drew, Alexander 1996 153 Provide techniques for getting into and succeeding in law school. Ann 123: Shelf  Career Planning: Law
One 3.0593 The Official Guide to Legal Specialties: An Insider's Guide to Every Major Practice Area Abrams, Lisa 2000 475 Provide insights on top practitioners, how they handle daily problems, the people and clients they interact with, their job satisfaction level and many more. Ann 123: Shelf  Career Planning: Law
One 3.06  Vault Guide to The Case Interview Staff of Vault 2001 147 Provide frameworks for structuring and conquering case questions, actual case interview questions with strategies, real-life interview experiences and many more.  Ann 123: Shelf    Career Planning: Business 
One 3.061  Getting the MBA Admission Edge Mendonca, Alan & Symonds, Matt 2001 608  Provides an in-depth analysis of applying to MBA programs, strategies to refining application to match the profile of the school and many more.  Ann 123: Shelf    Career Planning: Business 
One 3.062 The Harvard Business School Guide to Careers in Management Consulting-2002 Edition Lu, Maggie   2001 174 Provides job-search advice for prospective management consultants, providing insights into the industry, describing what consultants' work is really like, outlining industry trends and many more.  Ann 123: Shelf  Career Planning: Business 
One 3.063 Crack The Case: How to Conquer Your Case Interviews. Ohrvall, David  2003  348  Provides a structural approach to business case interviews with accounts of the interview and selection process and many more.  Ann 123: Shelf  Career Planning: Business 
One 3.07 Principles of Public Health Practice-2nd Edition Scutchfield et al.  2003  556  Provide insights into the most current issues in public health including performance standards, the public health workforce, health promotion and many more.  Ann 123: Shelf  Career Planning: Health
One 3.08  Peterson's-Game Plan for Getting Into Medical School Jewell, C.S  2000  196  Provide guidelines to the admission process, application strategies, how to prepare for the MCAT, costs form tuition to housing, financing options and many more. Ann 123: Shelf  Career Planning: Medical
One 3.09  Sweaty Palms: The Neglected Art of Being Interviewed  Medley, H. Anthony  1978 191 Provides information on various types of interviews, how to allay your fears, how to control the content of the interview and many more. Ann 123: Shelf Career Planning  
One 3.091  Preparing for Graduate Study in Psychology  Buskist, William & Sherburne, T.  1996 108 Provide students with important commonly asked questions with brief answers on choosing a program, taking the GRE and many more. Ann 123: Shelf  Career Planning: Psychology 
One 3.092  Getting In: A Step-by-Step Plan for Gaining Admission to Graduate School in Psychology  American Psychological Association  1997 221 Provides guidelines to the admission process, application strategies and many more.  Ann 123: Shelf   Career Planning: Psychology
One 4.00  Legal Services Directory The Chicago Council of Lawyers and The Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice  2002  70  Provides a comprehensive listing of civil and criminal legal assistance agencies in the Chicago land area that serve mainly low income persons, persons with disabilities and senior citizens.  Ann 123: Shelf  Directory: Legal 
One 4.01  Educators Resource Directory-4th Edition Mars-Proietti, Laura  2001  899  Provide over 6,000 educational listings, and 130 tables and charts of education statistics and rankings.   Ann 123: Shelf  Directory: Education 
One 5.00  Organizing for Social Change: Midwest Academy Manual for Activists-3rd Edition Bobo, Kim et al 2001  425  Provides a comprehensive manual for grassroots organizers working for social, political, environment and economic change at the local, state and national level.  Ann 123: Shelf  MISC: Social Science 
One 5.01  Denmark: The Perfect Place to Study Abroad-in English Bender, Andrew  2005  344  Provides information on studying abroad in an academic program.  Ann 123: Shelf MISC: Social Science
One  5.011  World of The Mentally Ill: How Deinstitutionalization Works in the City  Lewis et al  1991 198 Provides information on a series of interviews conducted with 313 Chicago-area patients released from four different state hospitals.  Ann 123: Shelf  MISC: Mental Health 
One  5.012 The National Directory of Internships Martin, Garrett D. & Baker, B 1993 607 Provides information about opportunities in 85 different fields in nonprofit organizations, government and business. Ann 123: Shelf   MISC: Social Science 
One 6.00  US News & World Report: Ultimate Guide to Law School-1st Edition McGrath, Anne   2004  486  Provides a step-by-step guide on how to choose the right program.   Ann 123: Shelf  Graduate Program: Law 
One 6.01  Law Schools 2004-5th Edition The Thomson Corporation & Peterson's  2003  389  Provide descriptions of all 187 ABA-accredited law schools and answers to pertinent questions about law school. Ann 123: Shelf  Graduate Program: Law 
One 6.011  Guide to Law Schools-15th Edition Munneke, Gary A.   2002  570  Provides a detailed profile of over 180 ABA approved law schools across the United States plus a selection of non-ABA approved schools.  Ann 123: Shelf  Graduate Program: Law 
One 6.012 ABA LSAC Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools-2005 Edition Margolis et al 2004  850  Provides information on all 187 ABA-approved law schools.  Ann 123: Shelf  Graduate Program: Law
Three  6.02  Insider's Guide to Graduate Programs in Clinical and Counseling Psychology-Revised Updated 2002-2003 Edition Norcross et al 2002  333  Provide critical facts on the psychology admission process, helpful tips, sample letters and personal statements and many more.  Ann 123: Shelf  Graduate Program: Psychology 
One 6.022  Insider's Guide to Graduate Programs in Clinical and Counseling Psychology-Revised Updated 1996-1997 Edition  Norcross et al 1996  275 Provides critical facts on the psychology admission process, helpful tips, sample letters and personal statements and many more. Ann 123: Shelf Graduate Program: Psychology
One  6.023  Insider's Guide to Graduate Programs in Clinical and Counseling Psychology-Revised Updated 2000-2001 Edition  Mayne et al. 2000 342 Provides critical facts on the psychology admission process, helpful tips, sample letters and personal statements and many more. Ann 123: Shelf  Graduate Program: Psychology
One  6.021  Graduate Study in Psychology-2000 Edition  American Psychological Association  2000  635  Provides information on several psychologists who have achieved great success in a variety of area and their work. Ann 123: Shelf   Graduate Program: Psychology
One  6.024  Graduate Study in Psychology-1998 Edition  American Psychological Association  1998  544 Provides information on several psychologists who have achieved great success in a variety of area and their work. Ann 123: Shelf    Graduate Program: Psychology
One 6.03 Graduate Programs in Social Sciences 2003 The Thomson Corporation & Peterson's  2002  667  Provide facts and figures on entrance requirements, tuition, financial aid options, faculty research, size of program, application contacts and many more.  Ann 123: Shelf  Graduate Program: Social Science 
One 6.031  Peterson's-Graduate Programs in Business, Education, Health, Information Studies, Law and Social Work-35th Edition Peterson's and Thomson Learning  2001  2275  Provides detailed information on cross-discipline study and more than 15,000 graduate programs from accounting and finance to veterinary medicine and sciences. Ann 123: Shelf  Graduate Program: Social Science 
One  6.032 Peterson's-Graduate Programs in Business, Education, Health, Information Studies, Law and Social Work-33rd Edition
Peterson's and Thomson Learning 1999 2023 Provides detailed information on cross-discipline study and more than 15,000 graduate programs from accounting and finance to veterinary medicine and sciences. Ann 123: Shelf Graduate Program
One 6.04  US News & World Report: America's Best Graduate Schools-2006 Edition Wildavsky, Ben  2006  212  Provides a directory and essential information on over 1,000 graduate programs.  Ann 123: Shelf  Graduate Program 
One 7.00  Washington Information Directory 2004-2005 Congressional Quarterly, Inc 2004  1057  Provides an essential guide to public and private organizations in and around Washington D.C.  Ann 123: Shelf   Practicum
One 7.01  Washington Information Directory 2003-2004 Congressional Quarterly, Inc  2003  1035  Provides contact information for federal agencies, governors and other state officials, US and foreign diplomats and many more.  Ann 123: Shelf  Practicum 
One 7.02  Washington Information Directory 2000-2001 Congressional Quarterly, Inc  2000  993  Provide resources on a full range of issues from agriculture and nutrition to science and technology. It also provides a directory of government information on the internet.  Ann 123: Shelf  Practicum 
One  7.03 Washington Information Directory 1999-2000  Congressional Quarterly, Inc 1999 1010 Provides resources on information technology including the senate special committee on the year 2000 technology problem, a listing of Y2K contacts at federal agencies, directory of government information on the internet and many more. Ann 123: Shelf Practicum
One  7.04 Washington Information Directory 1990-1991 Congressional Quarterly, Inc  1990 1086 Provides an essential guide to public and private organizations in and around Washington D.C. Ann 123: Shelf  Practicum

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Field Studies
Summer Field Studies in D.C. and San Francisco

Wildcat Welcome for New Students
Wednesday, September 17

9 a.m.–5 p.m., Annenberg Hall


Dean's Convocation
Wednesday, September 17

10 a.m., G02 Annenberg Hall


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Tuesday, September 23

 


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