1. ENGL 2071
EXDS 2001
One World
Many Stories
Professor Traci Welch Moritz
Public Services Librarian
Heterick Memorial Library
2. What today is all about
• Aid in constructing research
strategy for finding resources for
annotated bibliography
• Find resources in library catalog
and databases available
• Everything shown today is available at
Research Guides for this class
3. What do I do first?
Take a look at your topic and identify
key search terms, Ask a question.
Most databases now use an implied
Boolean logic search scheme so a
keyword search will get you started.
Boolean logic is the use of AND, NOT,
OR to narrow or expand your search
See Research Guide for this class.
WHO
5. What do I do first?
• Background research
–Internet
–Books
–Reference materials
6. Internet Tools
Google and Wikipedia aren’t intrinsically
evil, just use them for the correct purpose
in your research.
7. Internet Tools
FIND INTERNET RESOURCES
Comprehensive Subject portals:
search engines: •Librarians' Index to the
•Alta Vista Internet
•Ask.com •Scholar.Google •WWW Virtual Library
•Excite •Hotbot
•Lycos
•Wisenut Multi-engine
searching:
MetaCrawler
Vivisimo
8. Internet Tools
Note: If Google Scholar
working
off ONU buys
Full-text
campus database Google asks
please see to link to
content
the
OhioLINK
“google Permits
scholar” Google to Run Google
tab at the link to full-text Scholar
Search
Research
Guide for
ONU user sees
this class. licensed full-text
articles
9. 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
11. ONU ID is Library card
EVA
Eva Maglott
00021559801
Eva Maglott
Please use all
digits in your
student ID
number.
12. Finding Books
•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
•Look for the same or similar words
which keep appearing
13. Finding Books
Click on the “Find Similar Items” link
found on each item record
•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
14. Finding Books
• 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
15. What do I do next?
Use databases to find articles based on your
search strategy
16. Finding Articles
• 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 over 250
17. Finding Articles
• Over 20,000 journals indexed,
most are full text
• Divided by subject area offered at
ONU
• Begin with a general database,
–Academic Search Complete
–JSTOR
18. Finding Articles
• Periodical means the
same as Magazine
Usually magazines are
more “popular”
• Journals
Scholarly or Professional
Peer reviewed
19. Finding Articles
A. Academic Search Complete/Masterfile
Premier
B. JSTOR
C. Lexis-Nexis
D. MLA Intl Bib
E. Gender Studies
F. Women’s Studies Intl
G. Newspapers
H. Subject specific
27. 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.
29. 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 HONR 231 for
instructions on how to get your free-for-a-
life-time account
30. QUESTIONS?
• Ask at the Reference Desk
• Phone the Reference Desk at ext.
2185
• Contact us by E-mail
reference@onu.edu
• Personal Reference Appt
– T-moritz@onu.edu or call ext. 2473
