2. What today is all about
Aid in constructing research
strategy for finding resources
for annotated bibliography
Find resources in library
catalog and databases
available
Everything shown today is available
at Research Guides for Writing
Seminar.
3. Librarians and support staff
http://www-new.onu.edu/academics/heterick_memorial_library/staff
5. What do I do first?
Sign up for RefWorks account
Take a look at your topic and identify
key search terms, Ask a question.
Most databases now use an implied
boolean logic search scheme so a
keyword search will get you started.
Boolean logic is the use of AND, NOT,
OR to narrow or expand your search
See Research Guide for Writing
Seminar
WHO
6. How to conduct research
•State your topic as a question
•Identify main concepts or keywords
•Test the topic -- Look for keywords and
synonyms and related terms for the information
sought
Subject headings in catalogs
Built-in thesauri in many databases
Reference sources
Textbooks, lecture notes, readings
Internet
Librarians, Instructors
7. Find an Article
Periodical means the
same as Magazine
Usually magazines are
more “popular”
Journals
Scholarly or Professional
Peer reviewed
9. Research Strategy
Scout Finch + feminism + Southern Literature
Scout was one of the first
feminist characters in
Southern Literature
10. What about the Internet?
• Greater access to primary
source materials than ever
before
• Documents, letters, maps,
photographs of ancient
artifacts and other primary
material are available online in
different formats from free
websites
• With the proliferation of
electronic resources from a
wide variety of web site
producers, evaluation is more
important than ever before
11. Critically analyzing web sources
Currency
Timeliness of the information.
Relevance/Coverage
Depth and importance of the
information.
Authority
Source of the information.
Accuracy
Reliability of the information
Purpose/Objectivity
Possible bias present in the
information.
12. Internet Tools
Google and Wikipedia aren’t
intrinsically evil, just use them for
the correct purpose in your research.
13. Internet Tools
Note: If
working
off
campus
please see
the
“google
scholar”
tab at the
Research
Guide for
ENGL 111
Google Scholar
ONU buys
Full-text
database
OhioLINK
Permits
Google to
link to full-text
ONU user sees
licensed full-text
articles
Google asks
to link to
content
Run Google
Scholar
Search
16. What is included?
POLAR
Article-level searching for all EBSCO
databases
Article-level searching for a variety
of other databases:
JSTOR, Hoover’s, AccessPharmacy, et
c.
Title-level searching for most other
databases: IEEE, CIAO, Proquest
Nursing & Allied Health
OhioLink central catalog
22. Things to Remember
Facets are your Friend: After
you search, limit your results
to what you really want
A tool not a solution: This is
not the solution to everything
Ask the librarians for help
There will still be some small
changes coming
23. Managing Information RefWorks
Licensed state-wide, access free to
Ohio students for the rest of your life!
See: http://0www.refworks.com.polar.onu.edu/
Write n’ Cite interfaces with MS Word
Excellent Tutorials
Help available at Heterick
Research Guide for Writing Seminar
for instructions on how to get your
free-for-a-life-time account
25. What do I do next?
Use library resources to continue your background
research.
26. Annotated Bibliography
Allows you to see what is out
there
Helps you narrow your topic
and discard any irrelevant
materials
Aids in developing the thesis
Makes you a better scholar
28. FIND A BOOK∞POLAR
•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
•Look for the same or similar words
which keep appearing
29. FIND A BOOK∞POLAR
Click on the “Find Similar Items” link
found on each item record
•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
30. Find a Book∞OhioLink
Materials owned by all Ohio
colleges, universities, several public libraries
Ca. 10 million items
Link from POLAR permits you to submit
requests. Available from Heterick home page
Most requests arrive in 2-3 working days
No charge
Limited to 100 items at a time, with 25
requests
MAY RENEW UP TO 4 TIMES
31. Find a book -- SearchOhio
Access to several Ohio public
libraries
Access via OhioLINK
An option when item wanted is not
available at ONU or through OhioLINK
32. My Library Account
Allows you to see what you have checked out
and requested. Allows you to renew online (if
possible). Allows you to see charges on your
account.
36. What do I do next?
Use databases to find articles based on your
search strategy
37. Research Tools∞Databases
Often tools for locating journal
and newspaper articles
Most are subject-specific – some
multi-disciplinary
Many give access to full text of
articles
Heterick has over 250
38. Research Tools∞Databases
Over 20,000 journals
indexed, most are full text
Divided by subject area offered
at ONU
Begin with a general database,
Academic Search Complete
JSTOR
46. Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
Use when you need a book or
article that is not available
online, not owned by ONU or
available via OhioLINK
No charge/ limit on requests
Most requests take 5-7 days to
fill
Use ILL form on library web
pages.
47. QUESTIONS?
Traci Welch Moritz tmoritz@onu.edu
Ask at the Reference Desk
Phone the Reference Desk – 2185
Contact us by E-mail
reference@onu.edu
Use Chat Help feature or the IM
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