Trex: Paris: Past, Present and Future

Kathleen Baril, Librarian

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OhioLINK

POLAR

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1.4 billionitems

Our Resources!

Even More…..

•215 Databases•Approximately 626 print periodicals•Approximately 10,000 online periodicals•Juvenile collection•Audiovisual: physical and streaming

Research Tools

Catalogs: For locating books, audiovisual materials, government documents, etc

Databases: Usually for locating periodical and newspaper articles but may cover other materials as well.

Research

START BIG!Do background reading.

Narrow. your topic

POLARwww.onu.edu/library

Find Books in POLAR

Find Books in POLAR

Keyword Search•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

Find Books in POLAR

Subject Search

•Looks only in subject headings.•Requires exact match, must know controlled vocabulary.•Usually generates a smaller number of hits, relevant to your search.

Find Books in POLARKeywords Vs. Subject Headings•Native Americans vs. Indians of North America•Cooking vs. Cookery•Cars vs. Automobiles•Movies or films vs. Motion pictures

Find Books in POLARStart your search in the Basic keyword search.

Find Books in POLARResults page in POLAR.

Find Books in POLARUse the subject headings to find similar books on your topic.

Find Books in OhioLINK• OhioLINK is a consortium of most of the

college and university libraries in Ohio.• You may request items from the OhioLINK

catalog to be delivered to the ONU library. • Requests generally arrive in 5-7 working

days.• No charge.• May renew 3 times.

Find Books in OhioLINK

Find Books in OhioLINK

Find Books in OhioLINKResults page, OhioLINK.

Click on Request, to have the material sent to your library.

Find Books in OhioLINKChoose ONU from the drop-down menu.

Fill in the request form, your name is both your first and last name and your barcode is all of the numbers from your ONU ID.

Find ArticlesDatabases

•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 200+•Available from Heterick home page

Find Articles: Popular Versus Scholarly Periodicals

Magazines or Popular Periodicals• Glossy pages and lots of pictures• Edited by magazine editors• Articles usually written by staff journalists• Short articles• Targeted to general audiences

Scholarly Journals/Periodicals• Peer-reviewed• Longer articles• Citations/Bibliography• Written by scholars, experts in the field of study• Targeted to scholars, students in a particular

field of study

Find ArticlesClick on “Periodical Articles”

Find ArticlesYou can search by database name or browse databases by subject.

Find Articles

Academic Search Complete

Find ArticlesMany ways to limit your results: including by date, by language and by Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals.

Find Articles

Some articles are available full-text in PDF or HTML format. Use the Find It! button for those that are not.

Find Articles

Not available full text through this particular database but through another. Click on the link and access the article.

Find Articles•Reserve means the periodical/journal is held at the front desk.•Current means the issue is new and is available on the open shelves beside the computer lab.•All others are upstairs and arranged alphabetically by title.•Bound means it’s out of the building.•Arrived means it’s on the open shelves.•Expected means it’s not here yet.

Find ArticlesIf the journal is not available electronically or in print, please make an Interlibrary Loan request.

Find ArticlesJSTOR opens in the Basic Search, click on the Advanced Search for more searching options.

Advanced Search Screen, content you can access and links to external content automatically checked off.

Find ArticlesYou can narrow your search by item type, date, language and by discipline.

Find ArticlesResults Page, symbols indicate whether or not you have access to the articles.

Find ArticlesSubject Specific Databases

•Art Full Text•Historical Abstracts•MLA International Bibliography

Citation SoftwareUse RefWorks to keep track of your research materials and to create a bibliography.

Good Luck!

• Contact the Reference Desk at 419-772-2185.

• Contact the Reference Desk via email at reference@onu.edu.

• Use Chat Help feature or the IM• Contact me directly k-baril@onu.edu or

419-772-2188 to set up an appointment.