Writing SeminarDr. Jennifer Moore

WELCOME to the LIBRARY

What you can expect from HML

• Knowledgeable degreed librarians on duty over 60 hours per week

• Friendly faces ready to help 101.5 hours per week

• Access to the resources you need both on and off campus

• Resources available in a timely manner

Librarians and support staff

http://www-new.onu.edu/academics/heterick_memorial_library/staff

OhioLINK

POLAR

WorldCAT

Ca. 400,000items

Ca. 20,000,000

items

1.6 billionitems

What we expect you to know

+ even more!

• 250+Databases• 550+ print periodical

subscriptions• Ca. 10,000 online journals• Juvenile collection• Audiovisuals – physical and

streaming

How am I suppose to remember all this

stuff?

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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

Research Strategy• Finding the right search term

• Start big and then use patterns you see in the

results list to narrow your topic

• Most resources will have built into their system a

“thesaurus” or “subject” or suggested topics links, use

them• Ask a librarian or your professor for suggestions

• Catalogs – for locating books, maps, musical scores, govt. documents, etc.

• Databases – usually for locating periodical and newspaper articles, but may cover other materials as well

Research Tools

Research Question

• Should it be acceptable for women/girls to

dress as prostitutes for Halloween?

CATALOGS

• POLAR -- Accessing items located at HML (physical and electronic) as well as Law Library

• OhioLINK -- Next Step if you can’t find what you want in the HML collection

• ILL -- option of last resort

Libraries at ONU• Heterick

Memorial Library

• Undergraduate Library, accessible to all

• Taggert Law Library

• Library for Law school, accessible to all

ONU ID is Library card

EVAEva Maglott00021559801

Eva Maglott

Please use all digits in your student ID number.

What do I do next?

Oh no!! There

are so many, and

they are so big!!!

BOOKS

Books - Shortcuts

Hold on, I’ve got an idea!

Books - Shortcuts

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

Findings Books - POLAR

Findings Books - POLAR

Public terminal on third floor

Finding books -- OhioLINK

• Materials owned by all Ohio colleges, universities, several public libraries

• Link from POLAR permits you to submit requests

• Most requests arrive in 2-3 working days

• No charge • Only 25 requests at a time• May keep up to 84 days

Finding books -- OhioLINK

Finding books -- OhioLINK

What about the Internet?

See “Critically analyzing web resources” at the Google Scholar tab for the Writing Seminar research guide

Google and Wikipedia

• Aren’t evil• Can prove valuable• Can’t be used as a

source• Turn to the databases

for source materials*The CRAAP acronym and descriptions are from Meriam Library at California State University Chico. Used with permission.

What today is all about

• Review• WWW, okay for research

or just a bunch of crazy?• Using databases to find

scholarly research

• Currency * The timeliness of the information.

• Relevance/Coverage *The depth and importance of the information.

• Authority *The source of the information.

• Accuracy *The reliability of the information.

• Purpose/Objectivity *The possible bias present in the information.

What about the internet?

Google ScholarONU buysFull-textdatabase

OhioLINKPermits

Google tolink to full-

text

Google asksto link tocontent

ONU user sees licensed full-textarticles

Run Google ScholarSearch

Note: If working offcampus use, see the Google Scholar tab at the Research Guide

What about the Internet?

Managing Information - RefWorks

• 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 Writing Seminar

for instructions on how to get your free-for-a-life-time account

Bibliographic Citation Software

REFWORKS

What do I do next?

Head to the Databases

ResearchDatabases “Pay

to Play”

• Usually created by a single publisher

• Content pre-arranged for easy use

• Quality/ content control thru editorial staff

• Content usually available only to subscribers

• Content source usually identified

and dated

Internet (Search Engines)

• Material from numerous sources, individual. Government, etc.

• Search engines must work with material prepared without regard for specific software

• Quality of material varies• Generally do not access for-

profit information• Content often anonymous

and undated

• 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 250+• Available from Heterick home

page

Research Databases

• Periodical means the same as Magazine

Usually magazines are more “popular”

Scholarly v Popular

• JournalsScholarly or ProfessionalPeer reviewed

Ones you might consider for this

assignment

A.Academic Search CompleteB. Masterfile PremierC.Communication and Mass

MediaD.Lexis-Nexis AcademicE.Opposing Viewpoints

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Subject Specific

General Database

Scholarly journals, peer reviewed articles

Academic Search Complete/

Research Strategy

• Amend strategy as needed• Go big or go home

Research Strategy

• Try, try again

Lexis Nexis Academic

General Database

Subject Specific Database

Scholarly journals, peer reviewed articles

Communication and Mass Media

Subject Specific Database

Opposing viewpoints

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.

QUESTIONS?

• 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 on the Help page