This document provides guidance on conducting research for a writing seminar assignment. It outlines resources available at the Heterick Memorial Library such as the library catalog, databases, interlibrary loan services, and reference librarians. Students are encouraged to develop a clear research question and search terms to efficiently find relevant sources. The document reviews searching strategies for books, articles, and websites and provides tips for evaluating information sources. It also introduces citation styles used at Ohio Northern University.

1. Writing Seminar
Professor Traci Welch Moritz
Public Services Librarian
Heterick Memorial Library

2. Aid in constructing
research strategy for
finding resources for
annotated bibliography
Find resources in library
catalog and databases
available

5.  Heterick
•Taggert Law Memorial Library
Library
•Library for Law
school,  Undergraduate
accessible to all Library, accessib
le to all

6. EVA
Eva Maglott
00021559801
Eva Maglott
Please use all
digits in your
student ID
number.

7.  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

8.  Take a look at your topic and identify
key search terms, Ask a question.
 Most databases now use an implied
Boolean logic search scheme so a
keyword search will get you started.
 Boolean logic is the use of
AND, NOT, OR to narrow or expand
your search
 See Research Guide for Writing Seminar
WHO CARES?

9. How to do research
•State your topic as a question
•Identify main concepts or keywords
•Test the topic -- Look for keywords and
synonyms and related terms for the information
sought
Subject headings in catalogs
Built-in thesauri in many databases
Reference sources
Textbooks, lecture notes, readings
Internet
Librarians, Instructors

10. Use library resources to continue your background
research.

11. • POLAR -- Accessing items
located at HML (physical and
electronic) as well as Law
Library
• OhioLINK -- Next Step if you
can’t find what you want in the
HML collection
• ILL -- option of last resort

14. Find a Book -- POLAR
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

15. Checked out
at HML, try at
OhioLINK
Checked out at HML but
available at law library
so head over there
Available as e-
book, click the link and
follow the directions

16. E-books

18. Public terminal on
third floor

19. Find a Book -- OhioLINK
 Materials owned by all Ohio
colleges, universities, several public
libraries
 Link from POLAR permits you to submit
requests
 Most requests arrive in 2-3 working
days
 No charge
 Only 25 requests at a time
 May keep up to 84 days

20. Find a Book -- OhioLINK

21. 1. Make sure
copies are
available at other
libraries
2. Click on request
button

22. 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

23.  Access to several Ohio public
libraries
 Access via OhioLINK
 An option when item wanted is not
available at ONU or through
OhioLINK

24. Allows you to see what you have checked out
and requested. Allows you to renew online (if
possible). Allows you to see charges on your
account.

25. Enter first and last name and
all 11 digits on university ID

26.  For more information visit the Library
Information page

27.  http://journals.onu.edu/home_page/libinfo/
mobile.cfm

28. Use “RefWorks”
tab in the ENGL
Research guide
for more
information

29. Consider using critically evaluated websites

30. RESEARCH TOOLS∞INTERNET
FIND INTERNET RESOURCES
Comprehensive
search engines:
•Alta Vista Subject portals:
•Ask.com •Librarians' Index to the
•Excite Internet
•Scholar.Google •WWW Virtual Library
•Hotbot
•Lycos
•Wisenut Multi-engine
searching:
MetaCrawler
Vivisimo

31. Google and Wikipedia aren’t evil, just
use them for the correct purpose in
your research.

32. Note: If
working off Google Scholar
campus user
sees ONU buys
only citation Full-text
database Google asks
to to link to
articles not content
full text. See
OhioLINK
the Permits
Research Google to Run Google
Guide for link to full-text Scholar
help in Search
setting up
Google ONU user sees
Scholar for licensed full-text
off-campus articles
access.

33.  Does the information located
satisfy the research need?
 Is the information factual and
unbiased?
 See handout “Critically
Analyzing Information Sources”
at the “Web” tab on the Writing
Seminar Research Guide.

34. What do I do next?
Use databases to find articles based on your
search strategy

35.  Often tools for locating
journal and newspaper
articles
 Most are subject-specific –
some multi-disciplinary
 Many give access to full text
of articles
 Heterick has 212

36. Click on “Databases”

38. SUBJECT SPECIFIC
BIG THREE
• Academic
Search
Complete
• Lexis-Nexis
• Opposing
Viewpoints
38

39. • Periodical means
the same as
Magazine
Usually magazines are
more “popular”
• Journals
Scholarly or Professional
Peer reviewed

40. Scholarly
journals, peer
reviewed articles

41. Scholarly journals,
peer reviewed articles

43. Some articles available full-text html or pdf

44.  What if it’s not available PDF or HTML?
 Always hit the “find it” icon and see what
happens next.

45. • It may have to be requested
ILL

46.  It
may be available Full text from
OhioLINK or another database

47.  And could be available in print

50. Consider
using the
“Advanced
search”
option

54. HOW TO DO RESEARCH
Cite what you find using standard formats
There are 3 citation styles that
are in frequent used at ONU.
They are:
•MLA (Modern Language
Association)
•APA (American Psychological
Association)
•CMS (Chicago Manual of Style)

55. Web
Management
Be sure to click on the “Off
campus access tab” to begin

56. Traci Welch Moritz,
Reference MLS
Public Services Librarian
Librarians on Assistant Professor
Heterick Memorial
duty Library
8a-4p Mon-Fri
t-moritz@onu.edu
6p-9p Mon-Thur 419-772-2473
10a-3:30p 419-772-2185
Sundays