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WRIT 150: Technology & Social Change

A research guide for students in WRIT 150: Technology & Social Change courses.

Books

Go to the USC Libraries to begin your search.

Enter your keywords into the search. Remember Boolean searching can help you refine your search and yield more relevant results.

For example, I searched "social media" AND privacy. I also used quotations because I wanted to search for that phrase exactly. This search gave me just over 4,000 results. Select see all results to continue refining your search.

Book search for social media AND privacy

 

 

Adding Filters

From here, you can continue to add filters such as publication date or only eBooks.

For example, I refined my search to only English-language eBooks published in the last decade. My search results reduced to just over 3,000 entries.

refine results for your book search by date range, language, and online availability

eBooks

For eBooks, select Available Online. Select one of the options and log in with your USC credentials.

Select View Online Full Text Availability to view eBooks