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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/• 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 - SIZE

The 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

CATALOGS

The amount of material covered by each catalog varies. The larger the

catalog the more likely you are to locate items of use.

POLAR – ONU material only

OhioLINK – Ohio Academic libraries

WorldCAT – Everything in the world

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

Search Screen Conventions - POLAR

Multiple search term boxes

Set type of search. Default is Any Field

Search Screens - POLAR

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

Search Screens - POLAR

Focus search by limiting

Material type

Language

Year

Search Screens - OhioLINK

Search Screens – WorldCAT.Org

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• When in doubt, start with a Keyword

Search

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

Databases

• Used mostly for locating newspaper and magazine articles

• Access through http://www.onu.edu/library

• Offer broad and subject-specific

coverage• Some are available to general public

via InfOhio and OPLIN

Multi-disciplinary Databases

• Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)– Good for general searches– Great place to start for most topics

• Opposing Viewpoints– Good for any topic that has multiple sides– Browse Issues or Search

Search Screens - EBSCO

Databases – Where to find

http://www.onu.edu/library

Databases tab

A – Academic Search

O – Opposing Viewpoints

Additional Materials

Other Sources

Bluffton 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

You can contact any of the librarians:

Kelly Kobiela – k-kobiela@onu.edu

Jenny Donley – j-donley.1@onu.edu

Kathleen Baril – k-baril@onu.edu

Traci Moritz – t-moritz@onu.edu

Cheng Cheng – c-cheng@onu.edu

You can also email reference@onu.edu