4. Reminder:
Your ONU ID = Your Library Card
• Your student ID is also your library card
• Always enter your whole ID number, including
zeros
EVA
Eva Maglott
00021559801
Eva Maglott
5. Research Strategy Overview
• Start big by doing background reading
• Follow the existing research to narrow your topic for a
more focused project
• Work on finding the right search terms
• Research the narrowed topic by using subject-specific
databases or vetted internet sites
• Use patterns you see in the results list to narrow your
topic
• Keep track of bibliographic citations to avoid trouble
down the road
• Ask a librarian or your professor for suggestions
6. Research Topics
• Portraiture on Pottery
− Moche (Peru)
− Medieval
− African America
− American Wedgewood
• Middle Eastern Influences on Chinese Ceramics
− Other way around?
− Synonyms (Muslim, Islamic)
− Silk road
− Particular geographic area?
7. Research Topics
• European Porcelain Industry
− Synonyms (China, Stoneware, Ironstone)
− Chinese influence
− Japanese influence
− Italy
− Germany
− Portuguese trade routes
• Japan’s invasion of Korea for teawares and pottery
− Year(s) of invasion
− Particular artists
− Hard
− Soft
− Paste
8. Research Tools
• Websites – Must be properly
evaluated before used for research
• Catalogs: Used primarily for locating
books, maps, musical scores,
government documents, etc.
• Databases : Usually for locating
periodical/journal and newspaper
articles, but may cover other materials
as well
10. What about the web?
Can’t I just Google articles?
Google and Wikipedia:
− Aren’t evil
− Can prove valuable
− Can’t be used as a
source
− Turn to the databases
for source material
From the University of Wisconsin Library,
worksheet for evaluating web sites
What about Google Scholar?
• Good: gives you an idea of
how much is out there, and
what search terms to use
• Bad: you can’t narrow your
search by peer-reviewed
journal articles
11. ONU buys
full-text
database
OhioLINK
permits Google to
link to full-text
Google asks
to link to
content
ONU user sees
licensed full-text
articles
Run Google
Search
Note: If working off campus, a
user will only see the citation to
articles that are not full text.
See the Research Guide for
information about accessing
Google Scholar off campus
What about the web?
How Google Scholar Works with ONU
12. 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
What about the web?
But I found this great website…
13. o Currency
• Timeliness of the information
o Relevance/Coverage
• Depth and importance of the information
o Authority
• Source of the information
o Accuracy
• Reliability of the information
o Purpose/Objectivity
• Possible bias present in the information
*The CRAAP acronym and descriptions are from Meriam Library at
California State University Chico. Used with permission.
What about the web?
The CRAAP Test
14. Library Catalogs
• POLAR Catalog: Search for physical and
electronic items (ebooks and ejournals) that
are available from Heterick Memorial Library
and Taggart Law Library
• OhioLINK Catalog: Your next step if you
can’t find what you want in the HML
collection. Materials are owned by 90+ other
libraries in Ohio, including colleges,
universities, public libraries
• Interlibrary Loans (ILL): ILLs are typically
considered the option of last resort
15. o Books can help you narrow your research topic by giving
you background information.
Books in the POLAR Library Catalog
Basic keyword searches are a good way to get started.
16. POLAR Library Catalog:
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
17. • 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
POLAR Library Catalog:
Subject Search
18. If an item is checked out in
POLAR, try OhioLINK.
POLAR Library Catalog
Available on the third floor.
The oversized collection is to
the left at the top of the stairs.
19. • Materials are owned by 90+ other libraries in Ohio,
including colleges, universities, public libraries
• Links within POLAR permit you to submit requests
• Most requests arrive in 3-5 working days
• No charge to request items from OhioLINK
• Limit of only 25 requests at a time
• Items may be renewed up to 6 times if no holds have
been placed on the item
OhioLINK
20. Ordering items through OhioLINK
1. Make sure
copies are
available at other
libraries
2. Click on
request
button
21. Ordering items through OhioLINK
3. Select Ohio Northern 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.
6. An email will be sent
when the item is ready
for pickup
22. Articles
● A periodical is something that is published at regular
intervals. Magazines and journals are both periodicals,
however…
● Magazines are periodicals that contain more popular
content. They tend to have glossy pages, lots of pictures, and
can be read and understood by the general public. They
contain shorter articles written by a staff of journalists.
● Journals are periodicals that contain scholarly and
peer-reviewed articles, written by scholars and
researchers, that are aimed at professionals in the field.
The articles are longer and have extensive
bibliographies at the ends of the articles.
23. • Library databases are tools used for locating journal and
newspaper articles
• Most are subject-specific, but some are multi-disciplinary
• Many give access to full text articles
• Heterick has 250+ databases
• Accessible from the Heterick home page:
www.onu.edu/library
Find an Article: Databases
24. Click on the Databases tab
Find an Article: Databases
25. Find an Article: Databases
The library suggests
several art and
history-related
databases in the
SUBJECT listing.
26. Off Campus Access Problems?
• Make sure you click the “Off Campus Access” link and
not the name of the database for access when you are off
campus:
27. Find an Article: Databases
• Suggested databases to use for this class:
• Academic Search Complete
• Art and Humanities Citation Index (ISI)
• Art Full Text
• ARTSTOR
• Historical Abstracts
• JSTOR
• SEARCH: a mega-database that can be helpful if
you’re having trouble finding articles in the
databases listed above.
29. What is included in SEARCH?
• 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
31. Full text: 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
