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Library Instructional Services
Research Tutorials
Welcome to the Library Instructional Services' Tutorial Page! Here you'll find tutorials to assist in your research, tutorials and searching guides for databases supported by the Mississippi State University Libraries, and selected tutorials from other libraries. Our tutorials have been optimized for use with Internet Explorer. If you have any questions about the tutorials you find on this page, please contact the Library Instructional Services Department at (662) 325-0810 or instruction@library.msstate.edu.
Tutorials created by the Library Instructional Services Department:
- Becoming a Super Searcher
- Better Living (and Research) Through Citation Databases
- Citation Guides: Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
- Conquering Empirical Research
- Finding the Full Text: E-Journals, Databases, and Beyond
- How to Use your Library Tutorial
- Interlibrary Loan (Illiad) Tutorial
- Introduction to Legal Research Using Lexis-Nexis
- Searching America History and Life
- Talking about the Government
- That Cheating Heart: Keeping Plagiarism Out of Your Classroom
Tutorials and Research Assistance for MSU databases (developed by the database providers):
Ebsco Materials (For databases such as Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, etc...)
Business and Company Resource Center
- Fact Sheet (pdf file)
- Guided Tour
- Search Tips (pdf file)
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
- Quick Reference Card (pdf file)
Contemporary Authors
- Fact Sheet (pdf file)
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select
- Fact Sheet (pdf file)
- Navigation Guide (pdf file)
FirstSearch
ISI/Web of Science (Includes Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Science Citation Index, and Arts/Humanities Citation Index)
JSTOR
SilverPlatter
WilsonWeb: Wilson Biographies
