If a book-type item you're looking for is not held by MSU Libraries or is checked out, try Uborrow, the consortium of Big 10 libraries. You can access Uborrow though either our catalog [Check other Libraries button] or directly at this link. If the item is there, you will be prompted to log into your Illiad account to place the request. Uborrow books generally arrive in about 5 business days, with a 12 week checkout period. One 4 week renewal is permitted. Checkout periods vary for other types of materials.
When an item you want has the location 'Remote Storage', use this form to have the item brought to you on campus. You will need to type or cut&paste the item's information into the form, so it may be easier to have the form and item record open ins separate tabs or windows..
ILLIAD is the Interlibrary loan system for articles, books, government documents, and other materials. It is used to process MARS and UBorrow requests, and for items not held at MSU Libraries. For questions about ILLIAD and placing requests, please consult the ILLIAD FAQs. First-time requesters will need to register and create a password, about a 2-3 minute process, after which you can begin immediately to place requests.
This collection contains over 35,000 ETDs written at MSU dating from 1899 to the present. These are freely available without an MSU login. It is just the digital subset of the Theses & Dissertations collection, of which MSU Library is the official depository.
Comprehensive collection of fulltext dissertations and theses since 1997 and strong retrospective full text coverage for earlier periods. Includes MSU dissertations and theses.
Formerly called Current Research @ CIC Institutions, this ProQuest site provides access to dissertations and theses from MSU and other Big Ten Academic Alliance (formerly CIC) institutions (Big Ten plus University of Chicago); from 1997 onward, full text is available. Citations and abstracts are available for earlier documents.
WorldCat is the OCLC Online Union Catalog, containing more than 35 million records describing items owned by libraries around the world. Theses and dissertations in library catalogs can be located in Worldcat by using the Subtype limit, Contents, Thesis/Dissertation.
Finding Media - DVDs, Streaming films, Music, etc.
MSU Libraries provide access to many purchased or leased streaming videos that are not freely available on the internet. There are records for streaming videos in the library catalog just like there are for books, DVDs and other materials.
Type the video / film title into the search box and select Title from the drop-down box.
In the format column below, select the format(s) you need. Hold the CTRL key to click and select multiple options.
To limit to streaming or online videos,
Add the term 'streaming' to the search.
Add other keywords to narrow the search.
This electronic resources page lists the packages of our streaming video and music titles. Click on one of the options to browse and search for the titles you like and need.
This electronic resources provides descriptions of content in our many available databases.
Use the Drop-down options to find those by subject and by vendor/provider.
