Being Human

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

What about Google?

Image by Kimberly Butler

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.

• 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?

Research Question

• Has reading the Harry Potter series made today’s youth more accepting of diversity?

• A Discovery Layer sits on top of all the library resources and allows users to access a majority of the information available on one topic with one search.

• Think of it as the roof on a house.

What is it?

Current search methods

Reference resources

Databases Others…• Newspapers• eBooks• Websites• Government

publications

Catalog

Caveats

• Does not bring up results from all resources we have

available

• Learning curve

• Truly not the best for all research questions

SEARCH

What is included?• POLAR• 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

• OhioLink central catalog

Results: Full Text, Polar

Results: OhioLink

Results: Find It @ ONU

Results: ILL

Facets: Limit Your Results

Things to Remember

• Facets are your Friend: After you search, limit your results to what you really want

• A tool not a solution: This is not the solution to everything

• Ask the librarians for help• There will still be some small

changes coming

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

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.

Definitions

Reference Sources

Oxford Reference Books

Finding books• POLAR• OhioLINK

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

Keyword search for

parodyblasphemy

Findings Books - POLAR

Findings Books - POLAR

• 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

Finding books -- OhioLINK

Public terminal on third floor

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

• 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

Couple general

• Academic Search Complete

• JSTOR

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Subject Specific

General Database

Scholarly journals, peer reviewed articles

Academic Search Complete/

Research Strategy

Finding Articles

Finding Articles

Some articles available full-text html or pdf

Finding Articles

• What if it’s not available PDF or HTML?

• Always hit the “find it” icon and see what happens next.

Finding Articles

• It may have to be requested

ILL

Finding Articles

• It may be available Full text from OhioLINK or another database

Finding Articles

• And could be available in print

Finding Articles

• 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

Finding Articles

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.

Scholarly journals, peer reviewed articles

JSTOR

General Database

Subject Specific Database

Subject Specific Database

Scholarly journals, peer reviewed articles

Communication and Mass Media

Subject Specific Database

Scholarly journals, peer reviewed articles

ATLA

Scholarly journals, peer reviewed articles

Religion and Philosophy

Subject Specific Database

Help/Instruction

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