Guides and Tutorials
MSU Libraries offer many guides and tutorials to aid you in your search for information. Check out the ones you believe will be the most helpful.
Course Guides
Course Guides provide information and links to resources that are especially useful for a particular course at MSU. You can search for guide by course title, department, or professor as well as from a list.
- Use these when looking for help with a particular course's assignment.
Getting Started Guides
Getting Started Guides are intended to point you to the primary index(es) you need to find articles on a topic. It is not a complete list of sources for any subject.
- Use these if you just need to know the KEY resources to get started.
Research Guides
Research Guides are tools created by MSU Librarians that provide lists of resources and search strategies for finding information on specific subjects. These lists are more extensive than the Getting Started Guides.
- Use these for more complete coverage of a topic.
Research Basics Modules
Modules are short videos with quizzes that take you through the basics of starting a research project.
- Use these modules while you're working on a research project to learn about the basics of searching, evaluating, and identifying different types of resources.