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
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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.
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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.
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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
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Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide
"... the world’s largest index to literature on wild mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians."
- Over 2.5 million records, primarily for peer-reviewed journal articles
- Coverage from 1935.
If the MSU Libraries does not provide access to an article or other item you need, you may request it through Interlibrary Loan.
