This document provides an overview and orientation for using the library resources at Ohio Northern University. It introduces the librarians and their areas of focus, describes the libraries and collections available, and explains how to search the catalog and databases to find books, articles, and other materials. It also covers checking out items, renewals, fines, and citing sources to avoid plagiarism. The goal is to welcome new students and provide essential information on utilizing the full range of library services and conducting research.

1. ECCS ORIENTATION
Kelly Kobiela, Systems Librarian
Heterick Memorial Library

2. WELCOME TO THE LIBRARY
• Kathleen Baril, k-baril@onu.edu
• Heather Crozier, h-crozier@onu.edu
• Jenny Donley, j-donley.1@onu.edu
• Kelly Kobiela, k-kobiela@onu.edu
• Reference Email, reference@onu.edu
Librarians on duty:
Monday – Friday
8:00 AM - 12PM, 1PM – 4:30 PM
Monday – Thursday
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

3. PERSONAL LIBRARIAN PROGRAM
• Kathleen Baril
• Chemistry, Education, Mathematics and Statistics,
Mechanical Engineering, Modern Languages,
Pharmacy, and Physics
• Heather Crozier
• Biological & Allied Sciences, Business, History and
Political Science, and Nursing
• Jenny Donley
• Art, Communication & Media Studies, English,
English Language Program, Human Performance
and Sport Sciences, Philosophy, and Religion
• Kelly Kobiela
• Civil Engineering, Electrical and Computer
Engineering and Computer Science, Music,
Psychology, Sociology, and Criminal Justice,
Theatre Arts, and Technological Studies
• Sarah Crawford
• Undeclared majors

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. CATALOG – KEYWORD TO SUBJECT

10. CATALOG – KEYWORD TO SUBJECT

11. POLAR – RESULTS
ebook
Law Library
Heterick Library

12. 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 - $1.00, depending on how overdue and what type
of item
 Can be paid at the circulation desk
 My Library Account

13. POLAR – MY LIBRARY ACCOUNT

14. ONU ID CARD = LIBRARY ID CARD
 Use the entire 11 digit number to login

15. FIND A BOOK – OHIOLINK
 Materials owned by 121 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. FIND ARTICLES – DATABASES

20. FIND ARTICLES – DATABASES
 General Databases
 Academic Search
Complete
 Business Source
Complete
 JSTOR
 Lexis-Nexis
 MasterFILE Premier
 MEDLINE with Full
Text
 Databases by Subject

21. FIND ARTICLES – ENGINEERING DATABASES

22. DATABASES
ENGINEERING VILLAGE, COMPENDEX
 Quick Reference Guide

23. 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

24. 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

25. ACADEMIC SEARCH COMPLETE
A great general database to start your research. Use limiters to narrow
your search.

26. ARTICLES – FULL TEXT

27. 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

28. SEARCH

29. 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

30. RESULTS: FULL TEXT, POLAR

31. RESULTS: OHIOLINK

32. RESULTS: FIND IT @ ONU

33. RESULTS: ILL
 When in doubt, email: ill@onu.edu

34. FACETS: LIMIT YOUR RESULTS

35. CITING YOUR SOURCES –
PLAGIARISM: DON’T DO IT

36. 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

37. 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