3. • 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
9. • 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
10. • 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
11. • 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
12.
13. • Aren’t evil
• Can prove valuable
• Can’t be used as a source
• Turn to the databases for
source materials
14. • 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.
*The CRAAP acronym and descriptions are from Meriam Library at
California State University Chico. Used with permission.
15. Google Scholar
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
Scholar
Search
Note: If
working
off
campus
use, see
the Google
Scholar
tab at the
Research
Guide
17. • POLAR: Accessing items located at
HML (physical and electronic) as well
as Taggart Law Library
• OhioLINK: Next step if you can’t find
what you want in the HML collection
• ILL: Can’t find the book you need? ILL
is the option of last resort.
18. Heterick Memorial
Library
• The undergraduate
library is accessible
to all ONU students
Taggert Law Library
•The Law Library is
accessible to all
20. 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
21.
22.
23. • Materials owned by 90+ Ohio colleges,
universities, and several public libraries
• Link from POLAR permits you to submit
requests
• Most requests arrive in 2-3 working
days
• No charge for requesting
• 25 requests permitted at a time
• May check out items for up to 84 days
24.
25.
26.
27. • 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 tab with additional info
and help
30. • Useful tools for locating journal and
newspaper articles
• Most are subject-specific but some are
multi-disciplinary
• Many give access to full text of articles
• Heterick has 260+ databases
• Accessible from the Heterick
homepage
31. • Magazines are periodicals that
contain more popular content
• Shorter articles written by a staff
of journalists
• Written in non-technical language
that the general public can
understand
• Journals are typically scholarly and
professionally peer-reviewed periodicals
• Articles are written by scholars and
researchers (experts in their field)
• Articles are longer and have extensive
bibliographies at the ends of the articles
32. Couple of General
Databases
• Academic
Search
Complete
• JSTOR
32
Subject Specific
40. • 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 in database or on the
HML homepage
47. • 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.
49. • POLAR Catalog
• OhioLINK Central Catalog
• 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
50. • Brings up a LOT of results
• Does not bring up results from all of
the resources we have available
• There is a learning curve to using the
discovery layer
• Truly not the best for all research
questions
51.
52.
53.
54.
55.
56. • Facets are your friend: After
you search, limit your results to
help find the best resources
• The discovery layer is a tool, not
a solution
• Ask the librarians for help when
you get stuck
57.
58. • Ask at the Reference Desk or call for
help: x2185
• Contact us by 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
