2. WELCOME TO THE LIBRARY
Kelly Kobiela, k-kobiela@onu.edu
Jenny Donley, j-donley.1@onu.edu
Traci Moritz, t-moritz@onu.edu
Kathleen Baril, k-baril@onu.edu
Reference Email, reference@onu.edu
Librarians on duty:
Monday – Thursday
8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Friday
8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
3. 121 PERSONAL RESEARCH CONSULTATIONS
Need a little extra help with your
research?
Finding plenty of resources, but not
exactly what you are looking for?
Has it been suggested by instructor to
meet with a librarian?
An in-depth research consultation with
the librarian of your choice is available
by appointment.
Sessions may run for 30-60 minutes
and are designed to assist students
with finding and evaluating resources
Schedule an appointment by emailing
reference@onu.edu or any librarian
More information
6. LIBRARIES AT ONU
Heterick Memorial Library
Undergraduate library and
accessible to all students
Taggart Law Library
Library for law school and
accessible to all students
7. WHAT THE LIBRARY OFFERS:
~400,000 items in POLAR, the ONU library catalog
~20,000,000 items in OhioLink
260 Databases
400+ print periodicals
Tens of thousands of electronic journal titles
Juvenile, Young Adult, and Graphic Novel
collections
DVDs, CDs, streaming audiovisuals, and streaming
music
8. CATALOGS – BOOKS AND MEDIA
POLAR Catalog – Search for physical and electronic items
(ebooks and ejournals) that are available from Heterick
Memorial Library and Taggart Law Library
9. FIND A BOOK – POLAR: KEYWORD SEARCH
Looks in several locations
Subject
Article title
Abstracts
Table of contents
Does not require an exact match
Generates comparatively large number of hits
Good if you are not familiar with terminology
Good for a beginning search
10. FIND A BOOK – POLAR: SUBJECT SEARCH
Looks at the subject headings in the records
Requires an exact match
Provides a results list with related headings to use
for broader and narrower searches
Generates comparatively smaller number of hits
Good if you are familiar with terminology
Good for a next step after a keyword search
14. CHECKING OUT ITEMS
Checkout and due dates
Book check out is for 21 days
DVD check out is for 7 days
Renewals
Up to 6 renewals, provided no one else has put a hold
on the item
Fines
$.10 - $2.00, depending on how overdue and what type
of item
Can be paid at the circulation desk
My Library Account
16. ONU ID CARD = LIBRARY ID CARD
Use the entire 11 digit number to login
17. FIND A BOOK – OHIOLINK
Materials owned by 92 other libraries in Ohio:
colleges, universities, public libraries
Can submit request for an item to be delivered to
Heterick Memorial Library
Most requests arrive in 2-3 working days
No charge to request items (unless they become
overdue)
Maximum of 25 requests at a time
Items can usually be renewed
18. FIND A BOOK – OHIOLINK
From POLAR results list:
Button will recreate the POLAR search in OhioLINK
From an item record:
Button will go directly to the same item
Use if the copy in POLAR is checked out
Direct link to the OhioLINK catalog:
http://olc1.ohiolink.edu/search
19. FIND ARTICLES – DATABASES
What is the basic definition of a library database?
A library database is an electronic (online) catalog or index
Library databases contain information about published items
Library databases are searchable
The library subscribes to many databases so the ONU community has
access to these resources. When you’re searching a database, you
are not searching “the web.”
What types of items are indexed by library databases?
Articles in Journals/Magazines/Newspapers
Reference Information (i.e. entries from Encyclopedias, Dictionaries,
etc.)
Books & other documents
Source: http://web.calstatela.edu/library/whatisadatabase.htm
20. WEB RESEARCH VS. LIBRARY DATABASES
Internet
Material from numerous
sources, individuals,
government, etc.
Search engines must work
with material prepared
without regard for specific
software
Quality of material varies
Generally do not access for-profit
information
Content often anonymous
and undated
Databases
Usually created by a single
publisher
Content pre-arranged for
easy searching
Quality-controlled by editorial
staff
Most are available only to
subscribers
Sources are usually identified
and dated
Databases often focus on a
specific subject or discipline,
but some cover several areas
22. FIND ARTICLES – DATABASES
General Databases
Academic Search
Complete
Business Source
Complete
JSTOR
Lexis-Nexis
MasterFILE Premier
MEDLINE with Full
Text
Databases by Subject
25. DATABASES
ENGINEERING VILLAGE, COMPENDEX
Engineering Village is an index-only database
There is no full-text available
Abstracts are available
Everything has a button that connects to the ONU
Journal Finder
Not everything will actually have full text
When in doubt, email the citation to ill@onu.edu
26. FIND IT @ ONU
Find It @ ONU takes you from a database where
you don’t have full text access to a database where
you do have full text access
28. JOURNAL FINDER
If you know the citation of the article you want or
know what journal you want to look at, you can go
right to it through the Journal Finder
30. PATENTS AND TECHNICAL REPORTS
Special types of documents
Not necessarily indexed in a database
Harder to find
Electrical Engineering Guide
Derwent Innovations Index
Google Patent Search
Governmental webpages
32. 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
41. CITING YOUR SOURCES
APA
The Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association
Psychology, sociology, business, economics, nursing,
social work, criminology
MLA
Modern Language Association
English, comparative literature, literary criticism, foreign
languages
Chicago Manual
History, humanities
IEEE citation guide
42. SURVIVAL SKILLS
Get to know the librarians
Time management
Research is a process, not an event
Go beyond Google and Wikipedia
Use the resources the professors expect you to use
Know the difference between sources and how to
evaluate them for relevancy and scholarship
Know how to cite and avoid plagiarism
Practices makes perfect
What you learn in one class can be used in other
classes