1. Communication Research Methods
Professor Agozzino
Jenny Donley
Catalog and Serials Librarian
Heterick Memorial Library

2. Introduction
 Welcome
 Jenny Donley, j-donley.1@onu.edu
 Feel free to visit or email
 Librarians on duty:
 8-4:30, 6-9 Mon – Thurs
 8-4 Friday
 reference@onu.edu

3. Libraries at ONU
Taggart Law Library
 Law School Library;
accessible to all
Heterick Memorial
Library
 Undergraduate Library;
accessible to all

4. ONU card = Library ID
Remember to
always use all
11 digits.

5. How am I supposed to remember
all of this stuff?
Research
Guides

6. Research Guide:
Communication and Media Studies

7. How to do research:
Find Background Information

8. Research Tools - Catalogs
 POLAR: Accessing physical and electronic
items located at HML (Heterick Memorial
Library) as well as LAW (Taggart Law
Library).
 OhioLINK: Next step if you can’t find what
you want in the HML or LAW collections.
 ILL: Option of last resort for books and
articles.

9. Find a book: POLAR

10. Find a book: POLAR
● Books are arranged on the shelves using Dewey Decimal
Classification Numbers. Think of the these numbers as the
shelf address for a book.
● Books found in POLAR will be part of the reference
collection (1st floor), juvenile collection (2nd floor), the
circulating collection (3rd floor) or e-books available online.
e-book
reference
e-book
circulating

11. Find a book: OhioLINK
● Most of the university and college libraries
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in Ohio share their materials through a
consortium catalog called OhioLINK.
There are around 10 million items available
A link from POLAR permits you to submit
requests. Available from the Heterick
homepage
Most requests arrive in 2-3 working days
No charge
Limited to 100 items at a time
MAY RENEW UP TO 4 TIMES!

12. Find a book: POLAR
and OhioLINK
1. Click on the OhioLINK icon
to access the consortium
catalog.

13. Find a book: OhioLINK
2. Click on the
icon.

14. FIND A BOOK: OHIOLINK
3. Select Ohio Northern U.
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.

15. Internet Tools
 Does the information located
satisfy the research need?
 Is the information factual and
unbiased?
 See additional tips for evaluating
web sources and web pages in the
Writing Seminar Research Guide

16. Internet Tools: CRAAP
 Currency
TestTimeliness of the
information
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 Relevance/Coverage
 Depth and importance
 Authority
 Source of the
 Accuracy
 Reliability of the
 Purpose/Objectivity
 Possible bias present in
of the information
information
information
the information

17. Internet Tools: 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

18. Research Tools:
Periodicals and Articles
 A periodical is something that is published at
regular intervals
 Magazines and journals are both
periodicals, however…
 Magazines are typically a more
“popular” type of periodical
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Journals are scholarly
or professional peer
reviewed periodicals

19. Research Tools:
Periodicals and Articles

20. Research Tools: Electronic
Theses & Dissertations
From the Databases tab, select “O”
from the A-Z Databases by TITLE list,
and then choose “OhioLINK Electronic
Theses and Dissertations Center” from
the list of “O” Databases.

21. Research Tools:
Databases
 Tools for locating journal and
newspaper articles
 Most are subject-specific, but
some are multi-disciplinary
 Many give access to full text
articles
 Heterick has 240+ databases

22. Research Tools:
Databases

23. Research Tools:
Databases
 Helpful databases to jump start your
research:
 Academic Search Complete
 Business Source Complete
 Communication & Mass Media Complete
 Education Research Complete
 LexisNexis Academic
 Search by subject/discipline to find subject
specific databases
 But we have an even easier tool now to get
your research started…

24. SEARCH the
Discovery Layer

25. Research Tools: Discovery
Layer
 What is included in SEARCH?
 POLAR catalog
 OhioLINK 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

26. SEARCH

27. SEARCH : POLAR

28. SEARCH : OhioLINK

29. SEARCH : eBooks

30. SEARCH : Full Text PDF or
HTML

31. SEARCH : Find It @ ONU

32. SEARCH : ILL

33. Facets: Limit your results
and focus your topic

34. How to do research:
Cite what you find using
standard formats
There are 3 citation styles that are
frequently used at ONU:
● MLA (Modern Language Association)
● APA (American Psychological Association)
● CMS (Chicago Manual of Style)
For this class, you are to use the citation
style used by your major.

35. Bibliographic Citation
Software

36. Bibliographic Citation
See “RefWorks” tab on the Research Guide
Software

37. Happy
Researching!
Remember, the
librarians are here
to help you with
your research.
Come and see us!