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WRIT 150: Technology & Social Change

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

Journals

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 used quotations to search for that phrase exactly, which resulted in over 300,000 articles found. Select see all results  to continue refining your results.

Search for articles on social media and privacy

Adding Filters

From here, you can continue to add filters such as peer-review, date, and available online.

For example, I applied the peer-reviewed journals, available online, and published between 2020 to present.

Adding filters to your search such as peer review and date ranges reduce the results shown.

Downloading Articles

Majority of our journal articles are available online. You can access them by selecting Download PDF or selecting one of the links under Full Text Availability.

Select download PDF or full text availability to access the article online.