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This site helps you look for:

• Databases -- Web sites that bring content together for searching. These include sites that contain citations to books, dissertations and articles as well as sites for electronic book vendors and journal publishers.
  
• eJournals- these are journals which are available online to USC faculty and students because USC has an electronic subscription.
• E-books--books you can read online can be found by searching in Quick Search and Advanced Search.

Remote and Wireless Users:

The links on this site for subscription services limited to use by faculty, students and staff now automatically ask you to use a USC login when you are connecting via the campus wireless network or if you are using items on this Web site from off-campus. There are a handful of services that stream audio and/or video for which we cannot use the proxy server. You will need to access these resources either on the wired campus network or using VPN.

Quick Search

• Quick Search queries a group of databases selected for use in introductory courses across a variety of disciplines.
  
• Use Quick Search when you are beginning research in an area or when you need a small number of citations.
  
• To see a list of items being searched click on "Which databases is Quick Search searching? »"

Advanced Search

• Advanced Search allows you to select from over 70 databases and combine them to search across them.
• Use Advanced Search when you want to use resources more in line with a specific course or area of research. Use it to compare databases to determine which are the best for in depth research.
  

Basic Search

• A different way of searching the same resources in Quick Search.
  

Ejournals

• Search for journals available to USC students and faculty by title.
  
• Browse A-Z title list.
• Browse lists of journals arranged by subject.
  

Databases

• Search for databases available to USC students and faculty by title.
• Browse list by title.
• Browse list arranged by subject.

Selected Resources

• Electronic journals, databases, electronic books and Web sites selected by librarians for your use. Over the course of the fall semester we will be updating these lists.
  
• Provides a list of resources which can be used for more in depth research.
  

Find by Citation

• Find an item where you know some information about it such as title, author, and or date.
• Fill in as many of the boxes as you can and press <Look Up>.  If the item is available electronically it will find it. It also has links that can help you determine where to obtain print copies if you need them.
  

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