HDFS 101: Individual and Family Development: Lifespan

Enter Keywords to Start Your Search

1. Starting from the library website lib.montana.edu
2. Enter search terms in the CatSearch box
3. Limit by Availability and Resource Type on the search results page
4. Limit to 'Peer reviewed' if needed
5. Limit by subject, author, date and others, on the right of the search results page

Online Access

1. Click on an item from the search results.
2. Click on 'Full Text Available' if the library has access, then follow the light blue links to get the full article from one of the listed databases

Physical Access

1. Limit to books, or physical collection if needed.
2. Click on the item from your search results. 
3. Sign in, if needed
4. Click Place Hold, and you will get an email when the item is ready to be picked up at the front desk. 

Video Tutorial

The video shows the same steps outlined above. This is in place of a transcript, because there are no spoken words in the video.

1. ​​​​​​Starting from the library homepage,  lib.montana.edu,
2. Click Find
3. Click Articles & Research Databases
4. Click the Subjects drop down menu to filter by subject. 
5. Choose your subject. A list of suggested databases will appear. 
6. Select a database to start searching in, then enter keywords – if there are multiple search boxes, enter one keyword per box. 

Video: Finding Databases by Subject:

The video shows the same steps outlined above. This is in place of a transcript, because there are no spoken words in the video.

1. Choose a database
2. Enter keywords to search. Example: Dogs AND (Depression OR anxiety)
3. Filter by peer-reviewed articles, by subject, date, etc. 
4. Download the PDF of articles with full text access
5. OR, Click Check MSU availability to check if we have access elsewhere
   1. If we do have access, download the PDF 
   2. OR, Click Interlibrary Loan and the library will try to get a free copy from another library