The tutorial includes six main sections and a quiz:

• Introduction provides an overview of the tutorial itself.
  
• Fundamentals defines terms and concepts important to manuscripts research.
  
• Finding manuscripts offers strategies for locating relevant sources.
  
• Using manuscripts provides guidelines for incorporating manuscript resources into your research and evaluating the information you find.
  
• Collections in the Manuscripts Department highlights the strengths of the collections.
  
• Orientation to the Manuscripts Department reviews the policies and procedures for accessing the collections.