Research Guides: English Composition: Books

Find Books Using the Online Catalog

Online Catalog
The Online Catalog will tell you what books are available at MSU Libraries and other libraries in the Mississippi Library Partnership.
- If you see a book that you want, write down the call number and location.
- If you need a book at another library, click Place Hold, and we'll get it from the other library for you.
- You can also use Place Hold to request that we pull a book from our collection so that you can pick it up at Access and Information.
My Accounts: Online Catalog
Renew your books online before their due dates, check the status of items on hold, and more.

Serendipitous Browsing for Books

"Woman browses books in an unknown library" by Nathan Williams/ CC BY SRR 2.0

Serendipitous Browsing leads to great finds in the library! You can do this without a computer, just take your self to the circulating collection and look to see what you can find! Use the Library of Congress (LOC) Call Numbers given below to search the circulating collection.

Library of Congress Classification System Outline