EAST LANSING, MI—This guide is the first in a new series of guides and tutorials that will be created over the next year on how to use Michigan State’s Turfgrass Information Center (TGIF). Getting Started with TGIF (http://tic.msu.edu/Getting_Started_TGIF.pdf) is a two page handout that provides a quick overview of the basic search, guided search, where to find more information on power searching, and the ways you can connect to TGIF depending on your institutional, organizational, or corporate access or your own personal access. Please feel free to copy the guide, use it in your classes or in other ways you find useful.