Subject specialists
Jean Crampon
crampon@usc.edu
(213) 740 4421
Alan Stevens
alan.stevens@usc.edu
(213) 740 2396
Reference services & research help
- Research consultation
- Contact a subject specialist
- Call the science & engineering reference desk (213) 740 4416
- Hours for reference desks
- Electronic assistance: Ask-A-Librarian
- 05/20/2008: No night chat with S&E librarians during the summer. Ask-A-Librarian will be available as usual and 24 x 7 chat can help you during night hours.
See our latest Usage Statistics!
(for our most-used science databases and our book collection)
News
- CSA Illustrata: Natural Sciences is now available! This powerful new database indexes illustrations and tables WITHIN scholarly publications, regardless of the topic of the article in which the item appears. Properly cited, these illustrations may be added to course material.
- To respond to your requests, we were able to use some year-end funds to purchase online access to Zoological Record back to 1978! It was activiated May 1. The title is available here, on the Web of Knowledge platform. (Remember, if you are off campus, use the proxy server to authenticate.)
Collections
The principal Life Sciences collections are located in the Science & Engineering Library.
- New Life Sciences Books:
- New books are shelved separately in the Science & Engineering Library, on the first floor to the right of the stairwell. These books may be checked out.
- Life Sciences Journals:
- Search the HOMER online catalog especially for print journals.
- Search "Serials Solutions" for electronic journals.
Related collections:
- Additional materials, including much of the Hancock Collection, are available in the Grand Avenue Library.
- For news on the progress of the Hancock collection transfers, see the Science and Engineering Library page.
- History of science and neuropsychology materials are located in the Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library.
- Philosophy of science materials are housed in the Hoose Philosophy Library.
- Related materials are also available at USC’s Norris Medical Library and Andrus Gerontology Library.
- Older and less frequently used materials, including paper journals for which USC provides electronic access, as well as USC theses and dissertations, are located in Grand Avenue Library. These items can be requested in the HOMER online catalog by clicking on the call number for the item.
The Life Sciences collections support Biological Sciences teaching and research through the doctoral level and beyond, as well as specialized research centers including the Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies and the Southern California Sea Grant Program. The library subject specialists to contact for information in Life Sciences disciplines are:
- Integrative and Evolutionary Biology (Jean Crampon)
- Kinesiology (Alan Stevens)
- Marine and Environmental Biology (Jean Crampon)
- Molecular and Computational Biology (Alan Stevens)
- Neurobiology (Jean Crampon)
Links
- E-Resources in Life Sciences:
- Choose a link from the Selected Resources by Subject Biology page
- Browse ejournals by Subject Area Health & Biological Sciences
Instruction services for faculty
To schedule a class taught by the Life Sciences specialist, select "Request-A-Class" below. To inquire about tours for guests or orientations for new faculty or students, contact the Life Sciences specialists.
- Request-A-Class form
page updated May 21, 2008.