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Agriculture & Forest Resources Librarian

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This guide provides links to resources for finding information related to Forestry and Natural Resources. If you need any assistance, please feel free to contact Brad Brazzeal, Agriculture & Forest Resources Librarian, at bbrazzeal@library.msstate.edu.http://bbrazzeal@library.msstate.edu.

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The following resources are good places to start your research. Click on the Research Databases tab for additional resources that may be useful for your specific research area.

Find Books

MSU Libraries Online Catalog
- Searches the collections of MSU Libraries as well as other libraries in the area
- Books located in the Circulating Collection can be checked out.
- A tutorial on searching the catalog is available on YouTube.

Find Articles

When off-campus, first log into the MSU Virtual Private Network before clicking on a database.

You must be a current MSU faculty member, staff member, or student to access the resources below.

CAB Abstracts
Provides extensive coverage of journals in agriculture, forest resources, veterinary medicine, and related sciences.
- This EBSCO version provides coverage back to 1990.
- Access is limited to 4 simultaneous users.
Scopus
This multidisciplinary database is "the world’s largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature."
- Over 70 million records of journal articles, conference papers, and more
- Good coverage of all areas of STEM, as well as scocial sciences, engineering, and business.
- Provides nearly 100% coverage of Medline and Compendex
- Offers sophisticated tools to track, analyze and visualize research
Discovery
This tool allows researchers to search across nearly all EBSCO databases and the library's online catalog through one search interface. Among these databases are the following. Note that CAB Abstracts is not included in Discovery. For more effective searches, click on Advanced Search.
- Agricola
- Biological Abstracts*
- Medline
- Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide
* Results from this database may not be included if limit on simultaneous users has been reached.

If the MSU Libraries does not provide access to an article or other item you need, you may request it through Interlibrary Loan.

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Grad Students

Office of Thesis and Dissertation Format Review
Provides information on formatting your thesis or dissertation.
Citation Managment Software
Learn about programs that allow you to organize your references, format them in a style of your choice, and insert them into a Word document.
Search MSU Theses and Dissertations
Search electronic theses and dissertations by author, advisor, department, and more!
Survival Skills for Graduate Students
This webpage provides access to recordings of the popular "Survival Skills for Graduate Students" workshops.

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