Library Homepage + Catalog

Chat with a librarian to help you find, evaluate, use and cite resources. Ask A Librarian is a research help service that is available via live chat, email, phone, text, scheduled appointments, and walk-in.

Subject and course guides are miniature websites that help point you in the right direction for recommended databases, research tips, tutorials and other tips for doing research in your discipline or for your specific course. Think of them as a study buddy that saves you lots of time.

Research databases are a strong search strategy when you are doing research for a particular discipline (ex. psychology or chemistry) or know you want to find a particular resource type (ex. newspapers or encyclopedia articles). Research databases are a concentrated pool of resources so you're searching in a more focused set of results and have powerful search and filtering tools specific to those resources to help you find relevant results. Use the dropdown menus to help you find a database that will fit your needs and when in doubt, try one of the "Best Bets" or Ask A Librarian.

This main search box searches the library's catalog, searching almost everything the library owns. It includes results from research databases, books on the shelves, and a whole lot more. Use the tabs across the top to search specifically for a type of source or try the advanced search to help prompt you to build a stronger search query with multiple keywords and search criteria.

When using the Search Everything tool (library catalog), it's important to take the time to develop a strong search query. Tips:

• “Keywords with Quotations”
  • Putting 2+ word concepts as a keyword phrase tells the search engine to look only for exact phrase (those words, in that order, exactly as they appear). It's a strong way to narrow your search and make sure your concept is accurately being represented.
  • Ex: “job satisfaction"
• ______ AND _________
  • AND combines keywords and phrases to narrow your search and get fewer results. Use AND to connect two main aspects of your research question together into one search.
  • Ex: attitude AND “corporate social responsibility”
• ______ OR _________
  • OR accepts either word for the results, helping you broaden your results keywords. Use OR for representing a main aspect of your research question as a synonym or when you're not sure how published authors/researchers are talking about that topic. OR = More
  • Ex: "employee attitude" OR “job satisfaction”

Use the sidebar filter to narrow your results by specific criteria, resource type, topic, or publication date. Tips:

• "Full Text Online" = Access the item from anywhere
• "Available in the Library" = Physically on the shelves at FHSU's Forsyth Library

Sign in with your TigerNetID to access your library account for added features like pinning articles, saving searches, and more.

Click on the title or the "Full Text Available" link to access the title from the database(s) in which it's available. You may be taken to a list of several databases where you're prompted to select one of the databases to view the article or book.

Each catalog listing has a set of tools to quickly cite, email, and pin sources to your library account. Click the "..." to reveal the permalink tool.