Jenny DonleyCatalog and Serials Librarian

Heterick Memorial Library

Science Fiction and PhilosophyDr. Katayama

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Introduction●Welcome!

●Jenny Donley, j-donley.1@onu.edu

●Feel free to visit or email

●Librarians on duty:

●8-4:30, 6-9 Mon – Thurs

●8-4 Friday

● reference@onu.edu

Undergraduate Library: accessible to all

Law School Library: accessible to all

Libraries at ONUTaggart Law Library Heterick Memorial Library

ONU card = Library ID

Remember to always use all 11 digits!

How am I supposed to remember all of this stuff?

Research Guides

How to do research: Seven Steps of the Research Process

● STEP 1: IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP YOUR TOPIC

● STEP 2: FIND BACKGROUND INFORMATION

● STEP 3: USE CATALOGS TO FIND BOOKS AND MEDIA

● STEP 4: FIND INTERNET RESOURCES (if appropriate for the assignment)

● STEP 5: USE DATABASES TO FIND PERIODICAL ARTICLES

● STEP 6: EVALUATE WHAT YOU FIND

● STEP 7: CITE WHAT YOU FIND

Amended with permission by the Librarians at the Olin and Uris Libraries of Cornell University

●State your topic as a question

● Identify main concepts or keywords

●Test the topic: Look for keywords, synonyms, and related terms for the information sought●Subject headings in catalogs●Built-in thesauri in many databases●Reference sources, textbooks, lecture notes, readings●Librarians, Instructors● Internet

How to do research: identify and develop your topic

How to do research: Find Background Information

Research Tools - Catalogs• POLAR: Accessing physical and electronic items

located at HML (Heterick Memorial Library) as well as LAW (Taggart Law Library).

• OhioLINK: Next step if you can’t find what you want in the HML or LAW collections.

• ILL: Option of last resort for books and articles.

Find a book: POLAR

Find a book: POLAR● Books are arranged on the shelves using Dewey Decimal Classification

Numbers. Think of the these numbers as the shelf address for a book.● Books found in POLAR will be part of the reference collection (1st floor),

juvenile collection (2nd floor), the circulating collection (3rd floor) or e-books available online.

e-book

reference

circulating

e-book

Find a book: OhioLINK●Most of the university and college libraries in Ohio share

their materials through a consortium catalog called OhioLINK.

●There are around 10 million items available●A link from POLAR permits you to submit requests.

Available from the Heterick homepage●Most requests arrive in 2-3 working days●No charge ●Limited to 100 items at a time●MAY RENEW UP TO 4 TIMES!

Find a book: POLAR and OhioLINK

1. Click on the OhioLINK icon to access the consortium catalog.

Find a book: OhioLINK

2. Click on the icon.

4. Enter your first and last name and all 11 digits exactly as they appear on your ID.

5. Be sure to select Heterick as your pick up location and then click submit.

3. Select Ohio Northern U.

6. An email will be sent when the item is ready for pickup.

Find a book: OhioLINK

• Does the information located satisfy the research need?

• Is the information factual and unbiased?

• See additional tips for evaluating web sources and web pages in the Research Guide.

Internet Tools

• Currency

• Relevance/Coverage

• Authority

• Accuracy

• Purpose/Objectivity

• Timeliness of the information

• Depth and importance of the information

• Source of the information

• Reliability of the information

• Possible bias present in the information

Internet Tools: CRAAP Test

Internet Tools: Critically analyzing web sources

• What? is the page/site about• Who? created and maintains this site• Where? Is the information coming from

• Why? Is the information presented on the web • When? Was the page created or last updated• How? Accurate or credible is the page

From the University of Wisconsin Library worksheet for evaluating web sites

Research Tools: Periodicals and Articles

● A periodical is something that is published at regular intervals

● Magazines and journals are both periodicals, however…

● Magazines are typically a more “popular” type of periodical

● Journals are scholarly or professional peer reviewed periodicals

Research Tools: Periodicals and Articles

Research Tools: Databases

• Tools for locating journal and newspaper articles

• Most are subject-specific, but some are multi-disciplinary

• Many give access to full text articles

• Heterick has 240+ databases

Research Tools: Databases

Research Tools: Databases• Helpful databases to jump start your research:• Academic Search Complete• MasterFILE Premier• Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection• MEDLINE with full text• Religion and Philosophy Collection• SocINDEX with full text

• Search by subject/discipline to find subject specific databases

But now we have an even easier tool to get your research started…

SEARCH…the Discovery Layer

Research Tools: SEARCH

• What is included in SEARCH?• POLAR catalog• OhioLINK catalog• Article-level searching for all EBSCO databases• Article-level searching for a variety of other databases:

JSTOR, Hoover’s, AccessPharmacy, etc.• Title-level searching for most other databases: IEEE,

CIAO, Proquest Nursing & Allied Health

SEARCH

SEARCH : POLAR

SEARCH : OhioLINK

SEARCH : eBooks

SEARCH : Full Text PDF or HTML

SEARCH : Find It @ ONU

SEARCH : ILL

Facets: Limit your results and focus your topic

These are the three citation styles that are most frequently used at ONU:

● MLA (Modern Language Association)● APA (American Psychological Association)● CMS (Chicago Manual of Style)

Always ask your professors which citation style

you should use for their particular class.

How to do research: Cite what you find using standard formats

Bibliographic Citation Software: RefWorks

Bibliographic Citation Software: RefWorks

See “RefWorks” tab on the Research Guide

Happy Researching!

Remember, the librarians are here to help you with your research. Come and

see us!

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