It is possible to do a quick and dirty, one box keyword search of the contents of the MSU Libraries' web site, starting at the left side of the Libraries' home page. The results will be sorted into several categories to follow up on: articles from journals, books/media from our online catalog, databases, library research guides like this one, other. To do a more traditional search, read on.
Below the general search box, click on Books and Media to search for physical, paper/cloth bound books, paper/cloth bound journals, physical media, such as DVDs, or individually cataloged electronic items.
In Books and Media, click on the down arrow on the right side of the form where it says "Catalog." Choose the type of search you want to do. In the box to the right put in your search terms. Enter author's name either last name, first name or first name last name. Omit initial articles in book titles; include them as they occur within the book title itself. To search by L.C. subject heading, it may be better to use the Browse Alphabetically Browse by Subject lower down in the list than Catalog: Subject, because those results will show the surrounding subject headings, and number of hits retrieved. After you receive your results, notice that you can filter them in various ways, by using the facets along the left side of the page.
Advanced search allows for combination of more than one search aspect, such as author and title or more than one line of keywords, etc. You can also confine your results to (a) particular part(s) of our Collections, by using the Location area on lower right.
Below the general search box, click on E Books and Journals to search for journals in electronic form or individual electronic books that will have been received by the Library in a package. You may need to check both Books and Media and E Books and Journals to find your electronic book.
Below are some possible Library of Congress subject headings to use in a Books and Media Browse Alphabetically Browse by Subject search. Library of Congress' List of Subject Headings is a set of fat red books in Reference 1 East at Z 696... Catalogers use these words and phrases to assign subject headings to our materials, whether those words appear in the book titles or not.
If you find a book that looks useful, notice its subject headings within the catalog record; click on those to be taken to more books on that subject if we have any.
If you need more books than you are able to find on your own, go to the section of this research guide called "Encyclopedias and Dictionaries." Look up your topic in one or more reference works here. Often the entries point the reader to particular books and authors on the topic, which you can then look up in Books and Media or E Books and Journals.
If M.S.U. Libraries does not own a particular book you want you may be able to borrow it through Interlibrary Services.
Possible subject headings. Use Books and Media Browse Alphabetically Browse by Subject Search.
Bhagavadgita
Brahmanism
Caste India
Chakra (Hinduism)
Dharma
Fasts and feasts--Hinduism
God (Hinduism)
Good and evil (Hinduism)
Hindu ethics
Hindu funeral rites and ceremonies
Hindu goddesses
Hindu gods
Hindu law
Hindu monasteries
Hindu monastic and religious life
Hindu philosophy
Hindu saints
Hindu sects
Hindu shrines
Hindu symbolism
Hindu temples
Hindu women
Hinduism
Hinduism—doctrines
Hinduism—history
Hinduism—prayers and devotions
Hinduism—relations--Buddhism
Hinduism—relations—Islam
Hinduism—relations—Christianity
Hinduism—rituals
Hinduism—sacred books
Hindus
Kharma
Knowledge, theory of (Hinduism)
Krisha (Hindu deity)
Mahabharata
Salvation (Hinduism)
Sanskrit language
Spiritual life (Hinduism)
Valmiki. Ramayana
Vedanta
Vedas
Vedas. Atharvaveda
Vedas. Samaveda
Vedas. Rgveda
Vedas. Yajurveda
Vedas and science
Women in Hinduism
Worship (Hinduism)
Upanishads