Research Guides: Plant and Soil Sciences Guide: How-To Videos

How-To Videos

The following videos use specific example topics, but the techniques demonstrated are applicable to any topic.

Searching Academic Search Premier (and Other EBSCO Databases): Developing Searches and Getting the Full Text (8:01)
Academic Search Premier is one of several databases that the library subscribes to from the EBSCO company. This video highlights the new EBSCO interface and shows how to develop searches and get the full text of articles.
Introduction to Scopus (6:01)
- Scopus is the most comprehensive database for finding peer-reviewed articles and more.
- This video builds on concepts covered in the videos above, so watch them first.
- If you are doing advanced research, Scopus should be one of the databases that you search.
Google Scholar Tips (7:46)
This video provides tips for searching Google Scholar. It builds on concepts covered in videos for library databases. Created on November 12, 2023.
Finding Books @ MSU Libraries (and Beyond!) (4:31)
This video shows how to find books using the MSU Libraries catalog and how to use Interlibrary Loan to request books not found in the catalog.
Finding Dissertations and Theses (4:08)
Whether you are looking for a specific dissertation or thesis or doing a comprehensive search on a topic, this video shows how to search ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global and provides other resources for finding dissertations and theses.
Introduction to Mendeley (25:48)
Learn how Mendeley can help you organize PDFs of articles and other sources and how it works with Word to create citations. Last updated August 2024.
Keeping It Honest: Preventing Plagiarism in Research (14:54)
Research and Instruction Librarian, Beth Downey, discusses the ways to avoid plagiarism in your research. This video will open in YouTube.

For more tutorials, visit https://www.library.msstate.edu/tutorials.