The catalog can be searched to find items owned and located in the MSU Libraries, including books, journals, government documents, DVDs, CDs, and more.
When should you use the catalog?
NOTE: You cannot use the catalog to find individual articles within a journal. For this you must search in the journal itself or use an article database.
To locate books on specific topics, begin with a keyword search in the library catalog (e.g. "functional food", "food and sensory evaluation", "food analysis"). Click on a title of interest and follow the subject links in the cataloging record to locate other books on the same topic.
You can limit your search to electronic materials only using the Advanced Catalog Search and choosing 'MSU Online Resource" from the Location list.
Encyclopedias and other reference tools are often a good starting point for a general overview of or introduction to a particular topic. The following is a select list of titles for beginning your search.
