Fully searchable version of the 15th (2003) and 16th (2010) editions of The Chicago Manual of Style, including a Quick Guide with sample citations. Print copies of the manual are available at the Doheny Reference Desk, Leavey Library's Lower Information Commons Desk, and Architecture and Fine Arts Library.
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CiNii (Scholarly and Academic Information Navigator) is a database service that enables searching of information on academic articles published in academic society journals or university research bulletins, or articles included in the National Diet Library's Japanese Periodicals Index Database.
CollegeSource Online features over 14,000 full text college catalogs representing 2-year, 4-year, graduate and professional schools. Other resources include links (and some catalogs) to international universities; financial aid information and assistance; career planning links; and college entrance exam information.
The Country Studies/Area Handbook Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.
Rarebooks.stanford.edu is a resource for scholars, students, librarians, book professionals, and collectors. Here you can search across and within the full text of over 100 rare book bibliographies, library catalogs and sales catalogs. Subjects cover early printing, world literature, natural history, science, medicine, theology, cultural and area studies, Judaica, music, theology, art and architecture, among others.
Contains millions of index terms to specialized subject encyclopedias, compendia, and scholarly handbooks.
RefWorks is a Web-based bibliography and database manager that allows users to create their own personal database by importing references from text files or online databases. Researchers can use these references in writing their papers and automatically format the paper and the bibliography in seconds.
First time users can create an account on refworks.proquest.com and select the “Create Account” link and use your USC email to start the account.
First time users can create an account on refworks.proquest.com and select the “Create Account” link and use your USC email to start the account.