This Powerpoint presentation provides information about conducting research for an international aid evaluation paper. It discusses constructing a research strategy, identifying relevant resources through databases and search tools like POLAR and OhioLINK, evaluating sources found online, and managing citations using RefWorks. Key databases and library services are highlighted, including subject specific databases, interlibrary loan, and asking a librarian for assistance.

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EXDS 2001
International Projects
Professor Traci Welch
Moritz
Public Services Librarian
Heterick Memorial Library

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• Aid in constructing research
strategy for Aid Evaluation
Paper and Personal Ethics
statement
• Identify resources
• Everything shown today is available
at Research Guides for this class
What today is all about

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ONU ID is Library card
EVA
Eva Maglott
00021559801
Eva Maglott
Please use all
digits in your
student ID
number.

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How am I going to remember all
this stuff?

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What do I do first?
• Construct a research strategy
–Choose an aid project
–Work out vocabulary
–Evaluate said aid project
–How would you go about this?
• What aid projects do you know about?
• Which ones are listed in your books?
• Which ones has the instructor talked
about?
• Check out the Research Guide

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Google and Wikipedia aren’t intrinsically
evil, just use them for the correct purpose
in your research.
Internet Tools

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Google Scholar
ONU buys
Full-text
database
OhioLINK
Permits
Google to
link to full-text
Google asks
to link to
content
ONU user sees
licensed full-text
articles
Run Google
Scholar
Search
Note: If
working
off
campus
please see
the
“google
scholar”
tab at the
Research
Guide for
this class.
Internet Tools

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• What? is the page/site about
• Who? created and maintains this site
• Where? Is the information coming from
• Why? Is the information presented on the
web
• When? Was the page created or last
updated
• How? Accurate or credible is the page
From the University of Wisconsin Library,
worksheet for evaluating web sites
Critically analyzing web sources

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What do I do next?
• Continue working on research
strategy
–What do you need to know?
–What type of evaluation is done?
–Where would you find best practices?

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SEARCH

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What is included?
• POLAR
• Article-level searching for all EBSCO
databases
• Article-level searching for a variety of
other databases: JSTOR, Hoover’s,
AccessPharmacy, etc.
• Title-level searching for most other
databases: IEEE, CIAO, Proquest
Nursing & Allied Health
• OhioLink central catalog

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Results: Full Text, Polar

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Results: OhioLink

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Results: Find It @ ONU

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Results: ILL

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Facets: Limit Your Results

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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

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You can still go directly to specific
types of resources

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Finding Books

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•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
Finding Books

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•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
Finding Books
Click on the “Find Similar Items” link
found on each item record

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• 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
• MAY RENEW UP TO 4 TIMES
Finding Books

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What do I do next?
Use databases to find articles based on your
search strategy

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• 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
Finding Articles

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• 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
Finding Articles

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Finding Articles
• Periodical means the
same as Magazine
Usually magazines are
more “popular”
• Journals
Scholarly or Professional
Peer reviewed

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A.Academic Search
Complete/Masterfile
Premier
B.JSTOR
C.Cochrane Library
D.Lexis-Nexis + Newspapers
E.Subject specific databases
Finding Articles

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General Database
Scholarly journals,
peer reviewed articles

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General Database
Scholarly journals,
peer reviewed articles

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General Database

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Subject Specific Database

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Subject Specific Database

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Subject Specific Database

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Subject Specific Database

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• 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.
Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

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REFWORKS
Bibliographic Citation Software

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• Licensed state-wide, access free to Ohio
students for the rest of your life!
• See: http://0-www.refworks.com.polar.onu.edu/
• Write n’ Cite interfaces with MS Word
• Excellent Tutorials
• Help available at Heterick
• Research Guide for HONR 231 for
instructions on how to get your free-for-a-
life-time account
Managing Information -
RefWorks

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• Ask at the Reference Desk
• Phone the Reference Desk at ext.
2185
• Contact us by E-mail
reference@onu.edu
• Personal Reference Appt
–T-moritz@onu.edu or call ext. 2473
QUESTIONS?

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