Engl 153 beining spring 2011 part 1

English 153College Composition 3
Traci Welch Moritz
Public Services Librarian
Assistant Professor
Heterick Memorial Library

Introduction
Welcome
Traci Welch Moritz, t-moritz@onu.edu
Feel free to visit or email
Librarians on duty 8-4, 6-9 Mon – Thurs, 8-4 Friday and 10-3:30 on Sundays
IM and Chat Reference available certain times

Libraries at ONU
Heterick Memorial Library
Undergraduate Library, accessible to all
Taggert Law Library
Library for Law school, accessible to all

What we’ll do the next two sessions
What is field research?
How to do research
How to use library resources to do research
What resources to use when doing research

Field Research
Finding information about how to do field research
Today -- Catalogs
Next Friday -- Databases

Field Research
Field research can be considered either as a broad approach to qualitative research or a method of gathering qualitative data. The essential idea is that the researcher goes “into the field” to observe the phenomenon in it’s natural state or in situ. As such, it is probably most related to the method of participant observation. The field researcher typically takes extensive field notes which are subsequently coded and analysed in a variety of ways (Trochimn, B 1999)

Field Research
What is qualitative research?
Qualitative research is a method of inquiry employed in many different academic disciplines, traditionally in the social sciences, but also in market research and further contexts.[1] Qualitative researchers aim to gather an in-depth understanding of human behavior and the reasons that govern such behavior. The qualitative method investigates the why and how of decision making, not just what, where, when. Hence, smaller but focused samples are more often needed, rather than large samples.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualitative_research

Field Research
Observation
Participant
Direct
Interview
Survey
Print
Person
Mail/Email
Phone

Field Research
More info on qualitative research
http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/qual.php
http://www.qsrinternational.com/what-is-qualitative-research.aspx
http://wilderdom.com/research/QualitativeVersusQuantitativeResearch.html
http://carbon.ucdenver.edu/~mryder/itc/pract_res.html

HOW TO DO RESEARCH
State your topic as a question
Identify main concepts or keywords
Test the topic -- Look for keywords and synonyms and related terms for the information sought
Subject headings in catalogs
Built-in thesauri in many databases
Reference sources
Textbooks, lecture notes, readings
Internet
Librarians, Instructors
STEP 1

HOW TO DO RESEARCH
STEP 2

REFERENCE TOOLS

Click on the “Search POLAR” link

Search terms -- 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
KEYWORD

FIND A BOOK∞POLAR
KEYWORD

Search terms -- subject
Looks in one place – subject line
Usually requires an exact match between your term and a pre-set list of terms
Precise
Can be used after a keyword search has identified specific subjects
SUBJECT

FIND A BOOK∞POLAR
SUBJECT

Research Tools∞OhioLink
Materials owned by all Ohio colleges, universities, several public libraries
Ca. 10 million items
Link from POLAR permits you to submit requests. Available from Heterick home page
Most requests arrive in 2-3 working days
No charge
Limited to 100 items at a time
MAY RENEW UP TO 4 TIMES

RESEARCH TOOLS∞INTERNET
Google and Wikipedia aren’t evil, just use them for the correct purpose in your research.

RESEARCH TOOLS∞INTERNET
Comprehensive search engines:
Alta Vista
Ask.com
Excite
Subject portals:
Librarians' Index to the Internet
WWW Virtual Library
Scholar.Google
Hotbot
Lycos
Wisenut
Multi-engine searching:
MetaCrawler
Vivisimo
WIKIPEDIA
STEP 4

Internet Tools
Google Scholar
Note: If working off
campus user see “Google Scholar” tab in ENGL 152, 153 Research Guide
ONU buys
Full-text
database
Google asks
to link to
content
OhioLINK
Permits
Google to
link to full-text
Run Google Scholar
Search
ONU user sees
licensed full-text
articles

Internet Tools
Does the information located satisfy the research need?
Is the information factual and unbiased?
See handout “Critically Analyzing Information Sources” on the p: drive, Library Instruction folder and the Help/Instruction page at Library website

Evaluating Resources
How to interpret the basics
1. Accuracy of Web Documents
2. Authority of Web Documents
3. Objectivity of Web Documents
4. Currency of Web Documents
5. Coverage of the Web Documents
STEP 5
Kapoun, Jim. "Teaching undergrads WEB evaluation: A guide for library instruction." C&RL News (July/August 1998): 522-523.

Accuracy.If your page lists the author and institution that published the page and provides a way of contacting him/her and…
Authority.If your page lists the author credentials and its domain is preferred (.edu, .gov, .org, or .net), and, …
Objectivity.If your page provides accurate information with limited advertising and it is objective in presenting the information, and…
STEP 6

Currency.If your page is current and updated regularly (as stated on the page) and the links (if any) are also up-to-date, and…
Coverage.If you can view the information properly--not limited to fees, browser technology, or software requirement, then…
You may have a Web page that could be of value to your research!
STEP 6

HELP
Traci Welch Moritz, MLS
Public Services Librarian
Assistant Professor
t-moritz@onu.edu 419-772-2473
Reference Librarians on duty
8a-4:30p Mon-Fri
6p-9p Mon-Thur
10a-3:30p Sundays

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