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Material Available

At Home/ School

• Catalogs• Core EBSCO

At ONU

• Catalogs• Core EBSCO• Unique databases• Books

Available EBSCO Databases

Available EBSCO Databases

March 2010

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

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.

EBSCO Account

Click here to logon or create

an account

RESEARCH TOOLS

• Catalogs – includes printed and E-books, maps, government

documents, etc.

• Research Databases – covers periodical articles, statistics, etc.

• Web Resources

CATALOGS - SIZEThe 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

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

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

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

Search Screen Conventions - POLAR

Multiple search term boxes

Search Screens - POLAR

Set type of search. Default is keyword

Search Screens - POLAR

Set logical relationship between terms:• And• Or• Not

Search Screens - POLAR

Focus search by limiting

Search Screens - OhioLINK

Search Screens – WorldCAT.Org

Search Screens - EBSCO

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

Other SourcesBluffton 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

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

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)

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

Additional Materials