Searching for MSPs with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

Since its launch in 2008, the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has been scanning the full sky every three hours, and has uncovered a large number of sources that are not associated with likely gamma-ray emitting counterparts. Investigation of the high-galactic latitude subset of these sources has led to the discovery of a large population of gamma-ray emitting millisecond pulsars, including a surprising number of black-widow systems. When searching for new MSP candidates in the Fermi unassociated source population, differences in the gamma-ray properties of the two types of systems can help discriminate between them, and provide guidance for follow-up pulsar searches in radio and other wavebands. We will discuss the methods used to define pulsar candidates from the Fermi data and the success rates of various follow-up techniques, and will explore what information the gamma-ray data can provide for searchers in other wavebands.