Science & Engineering Library
April Newsletter
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USC Libraries Reopening Plans
Spring 2021
We’re excited to begin welcoming Trojans back to your campus libraries. Reservations are now available for limited-capacity study sessions in some libraries and research with archives and special collections in Doheny Library.
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.
Book your reservations here!
Read more about Spring 2021 and the USC Libraries.
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Citizen Science Month
The Science & Engineering Library team has created a virtual display to illuminate the value of citizen and community science and how different STEM disciplines have utilized citizen and community science projects to connect trained professionals and local communities to advance scientific discovery.
View STEM & Citizen Science here!
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Earth Day
April 22nd
Here are a few related resources from the USC Libraries to learn more about environmental studies, sustainability, and climate science:
Research Guides
eBooks
Video
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Did You Know About?
Oxford Handbooks Online
Oxford Handbooks Online is an outstanding collection of the best Handbooks areas across many different subject areas. One of the most prestigious and successful strands of Oxford’s scholarly publishing, the Handbook series contains in-depth, high-level articles by scholars at the top of their field. Subjects include: business and management, economics and finance, neuroscience, physical sciences, psychology, sociology, and more!
Access Oxford Handbooks Online here!
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The Science of Citizen Science
This open access book discusses how the involvement of citizens into scientific endeavors is expected to contribute to solve the big challenges of our time, such as climate change and the loss of biodiversity, growing inequalities within and between societies, and the sustainability turn. The field of citizen science has been growing in recent decades. Many different stakeholders from scientists to citizens and from policy makers to environmental organizations have been involved in its practice. In addition, many scientists also study citizen science as a research approach and as a way for science and society to interact and collaborate. Access The Science of Citizen Science here!
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Monitoring Environmental Contaminants
This volume in the Environmental Contaminants Series provides an overview of a wide range of monitoring approaches ranging from citizen science networks to the use of robotics and sensor networks. Monitoring Environmental Contaminants describes challenges in the adoption of some of these new approaches and methods for dealing with these challenges such as the use of mining techniques for large data. The case studies within will provide a thorough illustration for researchers, academics, and scientists involved in ecology and environmental sciences. Access Monitoring Environmental Contaminants here!
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Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Sustainable Food Waste Management: Resource Recovery and Treatment
This book covers the latest methods of food waste management and resource recovery from a sustainability perspective and is suitable for universities, municipalities, and companies working in the field. It provides a comprehensive account of food waste chemistry, the latest techniques for food waste treatment and recycling, sustainability assessment (social, economic, environmental), and challenges in food waste management. Access Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering here!
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USC Libraries Workshops & Events
- Books in Browsers: An Introduction to Scalar (Ahmanson Lab's Polymathic Making Workshops)
- Introduction to Systematic Review Services at University Park Campus
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Partek Flow Training Series (USC Libraries Bioinformatics Services)
- Bulk RNA-Seq Data Analysis
- scRNA-Seq Data Analysis: Basic Functions for a Single Sample
- scRNA-Seq Data Analysis: Advanced Functions for Multiple Samples
- Platforms and Power (Ahmanson Lab's Polymathic Making Workshops)
- Pomodoro Study Cafe - Virtual Study Sessions
- Wellness of You! USC Occupational Therapy - Better Behavior to Beat Burnout
- Wellness of You! Mid-Month Mindful Pomodoro Study Sessions
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