It is recommended that you "Sign in" to use Search. This allows you to more complete search of our library's collections, both virtual and physical.
The log in for Search. is your MyGate usename and password.
University Libraries offers interlibrary loan services to get materials for students. WorldCat is short for World Catalog. While some of the items can be found here at MSU, this is a catalog of books from around the world. So, if there is a book that you need that we do not own, look for it in WorldCat.
Catalog of thousands of libraries. Books, manuscripts, computer data files, maps, computer programs, musical scores, films and slides, sound recordings, and videotapes. Interlibrary loan requests may be made directly from the database. Date coverage is comprehensive.
It is possible to find articles in Ebsco in a variety of languages. For information on how to do this, open the following document:
There are two databases that are good for basic searches:
The world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary database. Indexes newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals in all disciplines. Contains a significant amount of full-text. Content available from 1915-present.
Analyze and organize a variety of data for conducting research, completing writing assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations and more. Includes multiple formats, including statistics, opinion, news, and peer-reviewed articles.
Databases are where you will find most of the journal articles, including peer-reviewed.
Keywords are used in searching for books and articles if you do not have an exact title or author. The link below will take you to a Library Guide Page that can help with keywords.
