MUSCAT Plus is Musselman Library's online catalog and serves as a tool to help researchers locate materials by keyword, phrase, or subject heading. Manuscript collections, books, pamphlets, maps, and other items in the Special Collections can be found by using the filters in the search bar and on the left side of the screen.
For example, if you are trying to locate materials pertaining to President Dwight Eisenhower, start typing your keyword into the search bar. As you search, a drop-down list will appear. Choose the Special Collections option. This will give you all of the cataloged items in Special Collections about President Eisenhower.
After you search, use the filters on the left side of the screen to limit your results. Source Types is particularly helpful because it will filter your results to the type of materials you are looking for. For example, if you are looking for a Manuscript Collection, you would select Collection.
Once you find what you are looking for, contact Special Collections and College Archives to schedule a research appointment.
A finding aid is a guide for our Manuscript Collections and includes a description of the contents of the collection, the creator, formats, dates, as well as other useful information. A finding aid will help you locate materials that will be most helpful to you.
The finding aids accessible through Musselman Library will follow the same format. Knowing how to read a finding aid will assist you in identifying what is included in the collection, ensuring that you have the right materials that you need for your research.
A research guide is collection of resources related to a specific subject or topic. It can contain research tools, databases, course guides, book recommendations, citation help, and contact information to get you in touch with subject specialists.
To schedule a research appointment, request and item, or ask a question, please fill out this form to contact our Special Collections and College Archives staff.
This function will allow you to search within LibGuides, Manuscript Collections, Finding Aids, and Databases. To search the library's catalog, use Muscat Plus.
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