This document provides information about resources available at the Heterick Memorial Library at Cory Rawson High School. It summarizes the catalogs and databases available from home/school, at Ohio Northern University, and through various state-wide consortia. It also provides tips on searching catalogs and databases, including search techniques, limits, and available options for printing, downloading, or saving articles.

1. HETERICK MEMORIAL LIBRARY Cory Rawson High School - 2011

2. Material Available At Home/ School Catalogs Core EBSCO At ONU Catalogs Core EBSCO Unique databases Books

3. Available EBSCO Databases

4. Available EBSCO Databases March 2010

5. Resource Providers InfOhio – serving Ohio’s schools http://www.infohio.org/ER/ER9-12.asp OPLIN – serving Ohio’s public libraries http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us/index.cfm OhioLINK – serving Ohio’s college and university libraries http://www.ohiolink.edu

6. Printing, Downloading, Saving All three catalogs allow you to mark entries and later to save or E-mail them. Most databases offer the same options If you have created an EBSCO account, you can save articles to it. If you have a flash memory device, you can save articles to it. Today, you SHOULD be able to print without charge in the labs.

7. EBSCO Account Click here to logon or create an account

8. RESEARCH TOOLS Catalogs – includes printed and E-books, maps, government documents, etc. Research Databases – covers periodical articles, statistics, etc. Web Resources

9. CATALOGS - SIZE The amount of material covered by each catalog varies. The larger the catalog the more likely you are to locate items of use. POLAR – 400,000 items OhioLINK – 10 million+ items WorldCAT – 110 million+ items

10. Database Search Strategies Specific searches – author, title Concept searches - subject, keyword Limiting features – date, language, etc. Search history – records searches and allows you to mix and match terms

11. Major Types of Searching by Concept- Keyword Looks in several locations (usually subject, article title, abstracts or contents) Does not require an exact match Generates comparatively large number of hits (not precise) Good if you are not familiar with terminology

12. Major Types of Searches by Concept- Subject Looks in one place – subject Usually requires an exact match between your term and a pre-set list of terms Precise Can be used after keyword search has identified specific subjects

13. Search Screen Conventions - POLAR Multiple search term boxes

14. Search Screens - POLAR Set type of search. Default is keyword

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18. Search Screens - OhioLINK

19. Search Screens – WorldCAT.Org

20. Search Screens - EBSCO

21. Catalog Content Materials commonly listed in catalogs: Books Maps Music Scores Audiovisual materials Government documents Increasingly links to resources on the Internet Not newspaper and magazine articles

22. Other Sources Bluffton Public Library Can fill loan requests Need to have a library card (parental permission required) See: http://blufftonlibrary.oplin.org/Interlibraryloan.htm Bluffton University Does not fill loan requests, but materials can be used in the library Findlay/ Hancock Co. Public Library Macomb Public Library

23. Contact Us Use the “contact us” link on the Heterick home page or E-mail or Instant Messaging t-moritz@onu.edu plogsdon@onu.edu

24. Databases Used mostly for locating newspaper and magazine articles Access controlled Offer broad and subject-specific coverage Available to general public via InfOhio and OPLIN (some)

25. Multi-disciplinary Databases Academic Search (EBSCO) available state-wide Lexis-Nexis – licensed sites (OhioLINK) Opposing Viewpoints – licensed sites (individual libraries) Available from Heterick home page