finding materials in hml

Finding Materials in the Library

Heterick Memorial LibraryOhio Northern University

www.onu.edu\library

Heterick Memorial Library

Books

•Periodical Articles

Heterick Memorial Library

Undergraduate Library, accessible to all

•Taggert Law Library

•Library for Law school, accessible to all

Libraries at ONU

Research ToolsCatalogs – for locating books,

maps, musical scores, govt. documents, etc.

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

Section 1: Find a Book

POLAROhioLINKWorldCat.org

Click on Library Catalog box at the home page of the library

Find a Book -- POLAR

Find a Book -- POLAR

2. 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 a Book -- POLAR

Find a Book -- POLAR

Click on Keyword Tab

Find a Book -- POLAR

1. Subject Search•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

Find a Book -- POLAR

Click on Subject Tab•Communication

•Pharmacy

•Education

•Microbiology

•Psychology

•Graphic design

•Graphic arts

•International Affairs

•World politics

• International politics

Find a Book -- POLAR

Find a Book -- POLAR

Find a Book -- POLAR

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

Ca. 7.5 million items Link from POLAR permits you to submit

requests Most requests arrive in 2-3 working days No charge Limited to 100 items at a time May keep up to 84 days

Find a Book -- OhioLINK

98.5 million+ item catalog Covers libraries worldwide (public,

academic, corporate, museums, etc.) Roughly one item added every 10 secs. Includes materials in MANY formats

including web sites Web sites evaluated by human beings Available from www.worldcat.org

Find a Book -- WorldCat

Section 2: Find an Article

Databases

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 Academic Search Premier Subject/Discipline specific Opposing Viewpoints

Databases

Find an Article

Find an Article Periodical means the

same as MagazineUsually magazines are

more “popular”

JournalsScholarly or

ProfessionalPeer reviewed

Find an ArticleOver 20,000 journals indexed,

most are full textDivided by subject area

offered at ONUBegin with a general database,

Academic Search Premier

Find an ArticleClick on “Periodical Articles”

Find an Article

Find an Article

Find an Article

Find an Article

Find an Article

Keyword

Subject

Find an Article What if it’s not available PDF or HTML? Always hit the “find it” icon and see what

happens next.

Find an Article Could be available in EJC, the OhioLINK

electronic database.

Find an ArticleAnd could be available in print

Find an Article

Find an Article 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

Help-Instruction

HELP

Traci Welch Moritz, MLSPublic Services LibrarianAssistant Professor

Heterick Memorial Library

t-moritz@onu.edu419-772-2473419-772-2185

Reference Librarians on duty8-4:30 Mon-Fri6-9 Mon-Thur10-3:30 Sundays