Electronic Resources

A world of information at your fingertips

Research can be a snap when you access the myriad of electronic databases available through the library at Mountain State University. Follow the links below to learn more about these resources and how to use them.

REMEMBER: Some of these resources require a barcode number or username and password. CLICK HERE to login to the passwords page.

• Cougar Cat    Access | Instructions
  Cougar Cat is MSU's on-line catalog.
• Bates’ Visual Guide to Physical Examination    Access | Instructions
  This contains a series of video guides to physical examination.
• Credo Reference    Access | Instructions
  This is a portal for hundreds of electronic reference books covering all subject areas, including dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks.
• Encyclopædia Britannica    Access | Instructions
  With over 73,000 articles, Encyclopædia Britannica is one of the most complete and accurate information sources in the world. It contains both short and book-length articles on every subject.
• Ebscohost    Access | Instructions
  Ebscohost is a full-text periodical database that contains both general and subject-specific databases that can be searched individually or all at once. It includes Medline and CINAHL.
• Gale Business and Company Resource    Access | Instructions
  Contains company profiles, financial information, and investment and industry information.
• Gale Virtual Reference Library    Access | Instructions
  This provides access to selected reference e-books. CLICK HERE for a list of titles in GVRL.
• Hoover's    Access | Instructions
  Hoover’s contains information about public and private companies, as well as news and events, industry descriptions, defunct company information.
• NC Live    Access | Instructions
  NC Live is a collection of electronic resources, including encyclopedias, periodicals, and newspapers. It is only available to North Carolina residents.
• NetLibrary    Access | Instructions
  Allows internet access to select e-books covering various disciplines.
• NewsBank    Access | Instructions
  NewsBank offers selected articles from various national and international newspapers. Also provides maps.
• Access Newspaper Archive    Access | Instructions
  This offer current as well as archival access to national and international newspapers, including several West Virginia newspapers, among them the Register-Herald.
• ProQuest    Access | Instructions
  ProQuest is a periodical database that contains several general and subject-specific databases. It includes ABI/Inform.
• R2 Library    Access | Instructions
  R2 Library provides access to nursing and allied health e-books. Off campus students need to contact valeries@mountainstate.edu for login information. CLICK HERE for a list of titles in R2.
• Reference USA    Access | Instructions
  Reference USA is a business database containing directory information on both large and small companies. It includes smaller businesses not covered in other such databases.
• Salem Health    Access | Instructions
  Salem Health provides access to Magill’s Medical Guide.
• Science Direct    Access | Instructions
  Provides online access to a specific group of electronic journals to which we subscribe in print. CLICK HERE for a list of these journals.
• Serials Solutions    Access | Instructions
  This is an index to MSU's full text journal holdings, including our print, microform, and online titles.
• SIRS Knowledge Source    Access | Instructions
  SIRS is a full-text database covering social issues, the arts, and government documents.
• Standard & Poor’s NetAdvantage    Access | Instructions
  NetAdvantage contains comprehensive company information, investment information, market and industry evaluations, and news articles.
• STAT!Ref    Access | Instructions
  STAT!Ref provides access to electronic medical texts, including the DSM-IV-TR. CLICK HERE for a full list of titles.
• Tutor.com    Access | Instructions
  MSU has teamed up with Tutor.com to provide our students with Live Homework Help, available 6 P.M. to midnight.
• Westlaw    Access | Instructions
  Westlaw is a legal database containing state and federal codes, statutes and rules, practice materials, and news.