Subject specialists
*SUBJECTS BELOW
Najwa Hanel
nhanel@usc.edu
(213) 740 4419
Jean Crampon
crampon@usc.edu
(213) 740 4421
Norah Xiao
nxiao@usc.edu
(213) 740 2214
Reference Services & Research Help
- Contact Najwa, Norah or Jean , or email the librarians team at: lib-scit@dots.usc.edu
- Call the science & engineering reference desk (213) 740 4416
- Hours for reference desks
- Electronic assistance: Ask-A-Librarian
- Distance Education Network (DEN) students: please contact Norah Xiao, your Key Librarian for any of your questions.
- All online resources are available to DEN students! Remember to use the proxy server or VPN to authenticate as a USC student. Some specific library tips for DEN students are available here on the DEN site. See also links on this library site page.
USC Science and Engineering Library Virtual Tour
Engineering Research Guide
- For more information on the engineering or the patent research guide, please contact Norah Xiao, (213) 740-2214.
- Engineering research tutorials
- Special engineering topics guides
- Computer Games Resource Guide
- Patent Research Guide
- Cite it right writing assistance and citation styles research guide in science and engineering fields
News (link to our news blog)
- The USC Libraries new strategic plan -- with emphases on collections, customer service and technology/access -- "The Essential Library," is on the web! http://www.usc.edu/libraries/essential/
- The Science & Engineering Library now has a news blog, SELUSC. Please bookmark this blog and update yourself about library news!
- Science Citation Index in the Web of Science goes back to 1900 now!
- SPIE Digital Library (the e-collection of SPIE journals and conference proceedings) is now live in the E-resources! Proceedings collection goes back to 1990 "beginning with Volume 1200 with more than 17,000 new research papers added annually", and current issues access starting two weeks after a conference. For more information, please check the e-resources.
- ENGnetBASE and CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics are now in the E-resources at USC Libraries! ENGnetBASE includes over 700 handbooks and references titles in all engineering areas.
Bibliographies and Handouts
- "Introduction to Library Resources" handout from the 2008 Viterbi School of Engineering Orientation
- For selected ejournals in the topic areas of USC's Future Fuels and Energy Research Initiative, click HERE.
- For selected ejournals in the topic areas of USC's Biomedical Nanoscience Research Initiative, click HERE
- 2007 edition of Databases Overview Handout for Writing 340 "Advanced Writing Communication for Engineers"
- "Introduction to Library Resources" handout from the 2007 Viterbi School of Engineering Orientation
- ebrary has many engineering texts, including some on Matlab (ebrary Research Guide)
- Patents tutorial at USC Libraries (or use SciFinder Scholar to search patents - see the Chemistry page)
- S&E's Guide to locating ejournals
Collections
Engineering collections support Viterbi School of Engineering teaching and research through the doctoral level and beyond. VSoE encompasses a number of specialized centers including two Engineering Research Centers, and the library aims to support this work as well.
Principal collections are in the Science & Engineering Library.
- Engineering Books:
- Call numbers for most engineering subjects begin with T
- New books are in the bookcase on the first floor, to the right of the stairwell. New books may be checked out.
- Search for books in the HOMER catalog
- Engineering Journals:
- www.usc.edu/ejournalsatoz for electronic journals
- Broad subject links to engineering electronic journals
- S&E's Guide to locating ejournals
- Search for PRINT journals in the HOMER catalog
- Related collections:
- History of Technology : Doheny Memorial Library.
- Engineering policy, government documents collections, federal agencies reports: Applied Social Sciences Library (VKC)
- Infrequently-used materials, paper journals which we have electronically, USC theses / dissertation : Grand Library
* Here are the broad areas of research and which librarian to contact for each.
Distance Education Network (DEN) students: please contact Norah Xiao, your Key Librarian for any of your questions.
Space
- The Science & Engineering Library is SSL on the University map.
- Hours
- Technology resources (collaborative space for laptops, large screen, videoconferencing, and more)
page updated Aug. 22, 2008