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Science & Engineering Library information.

Hours for all campus libraries.

Email or chat with a Librarian.

USC Libraries has tutorials on Avoiding Plagiarism, Evaluating Sources, and Developing Keywords for your searches.

Citation guide for the science and engineering disciplines.

Citation managers allow you to save your references, organize them into folders and create bibliographies using a citation format like APA. These tools will help you keep track of the numerous articles and other resources you're using for your research assignments and projects.

Find your physical and electronic course reserves.

Borrow materials from other institutions (if unable to access via USC Libraries).

Librarians are available to instruct students on information literacy and orient students to library research and services.

Request that USC Libraries purchase specific titles.

USC Information Technology Services offers free software for USC students, faculty, and staff, such as: Mathematica, MATLAB, Microsoft Office, and statistical software (SAS, Stata, SPSS, and JMP).

The Math Center is located in KAP 263. It is a suite of rooms where you can get together with friends to study, use the computers, and get help with your math classes. Math graduate students, faculty, and assistants are available to help you.

The Writing Center offers free services to all USC students in the form of individual consultations and in-class workshops. Our goal is to contribute to the development of better writers, not just better products, and to assist with the skills and processes of critical thinking, drafting, and revising that lead to clearly expressed positions, coherent arguments, and persuasive reasoning.