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Grad Students Guide to the Library
- Get to know your librarian.
- Your librarian is available to help you one-on-one with a research project or a general library orientation. We collaborate with your faculty to understand your assignments and research needs.
- Research help is also available by phone, email or chat.
- Kick off your research by exploring the research guide for your program.
- The guides are a gateway to research resources tailored to your needs
- Expand your knowledge by borrowing materials from the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC) and beyond.
- Take advantage of longer check-out periods for library books.
- MU graduate students get an extended check-out period of 6 weeks. Renewals can be completed online through your library account.
- Use the MU version of Google Scholar to quickly find articles.
- Search smarter with the advanced filters of the MU databases.
- The super-charged filters allow you to limit search results by date, subject, publication type, and more.
- Use a citation tool to manage your lit review and create bibliographies in a snap.
- Overwhelmed by keeping track of articles? Consider using a citation management tool, which enables you to create your own personal library of sources and export citations and bibliographies.
- Use online library resources on or off campus 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Remember that accessing library online information resources from off-campus requires you to sign-in.
- Find your way to the quiet of the Graduate Reading Room on the 1st floor.
- Or discover other quiet study nooks throughout the MU library! The whole ground floor of the library is reserved for quiet study.
- Borrow technology at the library
- ​Laptops and tablets are available at Main Campus and the Ballston Center
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