Science & Engineering Library
July Newsletter
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Information for Summer 2021
- The USC Libraries are currently reopening in a limited capacity. Study reservations can be made for several campus libraries, including the Science & Engineering Library! Book your reservations here!
- For questions regarding library instruction or research assistance, contact the Science & Engineering Librarians here: sellibs@lib.usc.edu
- For questions regarding checking out print books or study reservations, email the Science & Engineering Library Staff here: sci@usc.edu
Please review the Trojan Commitment to protecting ourselves, our peers, and our community. Face coverings, physical distancing, and adherence to health guidelines are required in library spaces.
We continue to prioritize digital and remote programs and services as we work with campus partners, who in turn are working with county health officials, on plans for further reopening.
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Open Educational Resources (OER)
What are open educational resources (OER)? Openly licensed teaching, learning and research resources that can be freely used, edited and repurposed. View our short one-minute video for a fun fact overview.
Would you like to learn more about OER’s in academia? Are you Interested in making course textbooks more accessible to your students? Not sure where or how to get started with adopting an OER into your course? Would you be interested in receiving funding to assist in adopting an OER in your courses? Or would you simply like to be informed of what an OER is and what the benefits are to you, our students, and the University?
You have questions and we would like to provide answers. If you are interested and want to learn more about OER please email us at sel@lib.usc.edu for further information.
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National Moon Day
July 20th
Celebrate the anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing! Learn more about astronomy, physics, and astronautical engineering with the below USC Libraries resources:
Research Guides
Databases
New Ebooks
Streaming Video
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Citizen Science Opportunity!
Join the L.A. BioBlitz Challenge this summer (June 7 - August 7) to photograph and map animals, insects and plants found in your neighborhood, local parks, off of hiking trails, and in other natural areas. Participate in this citizen science opportunity this summer in Los Angeles and compete for prizes!
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Did You Know About?
Wiley Digital Archive
Wiley Digital Archives is a continuous program of new databases comprised of unique or rare historical primary sources, digitized from leading societies, libraries, and archives around the world, and made accessible in ways that tie directly to research outcomes and educational goals. All Archives are cross-searchable, and contain tools for searching, browsing, analyzing and visualizing primary source content. Our collection includes archives from The New York Academy of Sciences, Royal Geographical Society, The Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, The Royal College of Physicians, and the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry:
New Perspectives
Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry: New Perspectives presents summaries of the work of some of the most creative researchers in the field. The book highlights the most novel approaches and burgeoning applications of synthetic inorganic chemistry in development. Topics include non-precious metals in catalysis, smart inorganic polymers, new inorganic therapeutics, new photocatalysts for hydrogen production, and more. As the first volume in the Developments in Inorganic Chemistry series, this work is a valuable resource for students and researchers working in inorganic chemistry and material science. Access Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry
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Arguing with Numbers:
The Intersections of Rhetoric and Mathematics
As discrete fields of inquiry, rhetoric and mathematics have long been considered antithetical to each other. That is, if mathematics explains or describes the phenomena it studies with certainty, persuasion is not needed. This volume calls into question the view that mathematics is free of rhetoric. Through nine studies of the intersections between these two disciplines, Arguing with Numbers shows that mathematics is in fact deeply rhetorical. Using rhetoric as a lens to analyze mathematically based arguments in public policy, political and economic theory, and even literature, the essays in this volume reveal how mathematics influences the values and beliefs with which we assess the world and make decisions and how our worldviews influence the kinds of mathematical instruments we construct and accept. Access Arguing with Numbers
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The Atlas of AI:
Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence
What happens when artificial intelligence saturates political life and depletes the planet? How is AI shaping our understanding of ourselves and our societies? Drawing on more than a decade of research, award‑winning scholar Kate Crawford reveals how AI is a technology of extraction: from the minerals drawn from the earth, to the labor pulled from low-wage information workers, to the data taken from every action and expression. This book reveals how this planetary network is fueling a shift toward undemocratic governance and increased inequity. Rather than taking a narrow focus on code and algorithms, Crawford offers us a material and political perspective on what it takes to make AI and how it centralizes power. This is an urgent account of what is at stake as technology companies use artificial intelligence to reshape the world. Access The Atlas of AI
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Webinars
Stay connected with STEM this summer!
- July 7, ACS, Succeeding in a Global Environment: Successfully Working Across Cultures
- July 8, IEEE, Critical Thinking for Engineers
- July 8, ACS, Working Together to Design Safer Laboratories
- July 14, ACS, Making the Most Out of Your Ph.D. Journey: Research, Skills, and the Great Beyond
- July 15, AAAS, Intelligent Detection and Diagnosis of Rare Diseases: A Case for AI
- July 21, ProQuest, Text and Data Mining in the Classroom: Lessons from Wayne State University
- July 22, IEEE, LinkedIn and Standing Out
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