This document provides an introduction and overview of research resources and services available at Heterick Memorial Library. It summarizes the layout of the library building across three floors, describes technology and study spaces available on each floor. It also outlines key research tools like the library catalog, databases, interlibrary loan services and RefWorks for citations. Librarians are available for help from 8am-4:30pm and 6pm-9pm Monday through Thursday and 8am-4:30pm on Friday.

1. INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH AT
HETERICK MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Kelly Kobiela
Systems Librarian
Slides prepared by Jenny Donley, Catalog Librarian
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2. INTRODUCTION
o Welcome!
o Kelly Kobiela, k-kobiela@onu.edu
o Feel free to stop by or send an email
o Librarians on duty:
o 8am-4:30pm and 6pm-9pm Monday-
Thursday
o 8am-4:30pm Friday
o 10am-3:30pm Sunday
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3. LIBRARIANS
http://www.onu.edu/academics/heterick_memorial_library/quick_links/contact_us
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4. ONU ID = LIBRARY CARD
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5. MY LIBRARY ACCOUNT
o Allows you to see the items that you have
checked out as well as the status of ones you
have requested through OhioLINK.
o You can also renew (when possible) items
online and view any accrued fines.
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6. MY LIBRARY ACCOUNT
Enter your first and last
name and all 11 digits
on your ONU ID.
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7. ELEMENTS OF THE LIBRARY
o Building
o Resources (print or online)
o Services
o Staff
o PATRONS
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8. THE BUILDINGS:
TWO LIBRARIES AT ONU
 Heterick Memorial Library
 Taggart Law Library
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9. The library is completely wireless and
there are outlets on all three floors of
the library for laptops to plug into.

10. WELCOME TO
HETERICK LIBRARY!
Heterick Library is divided into three
floors.
First floor – Public services, circulation and
reference desks, reference collection,
computer labs, current periodicals,
microforms, newspapers & new books.
In general, this is a high-traffic area and
not conducive to concentrated study.

11. FIRST
FLOOR
First place to go for help:
o Check out and return items
o Pick up OhioLINK items
o Pick up Interlibrary loans
o Request Course Reserves
o Request Audiovisual materials
Remember, Your ONU ID is your
library card!
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12. TECHNOLOGY ON THE FIRST FLOOR
 Scanner  Attached to the public terminals on the first
floor.
 Copiers  One on each of the three floors. Copies are 10
cents per page
 Public terminals to use exclusively with library resources
are available on all 3 floors.
 Computers  Network computers requiring an ONU log-in
and password in Large Lab (102A) and Small Lab (102B)
and four in front of the Reference Desk.
 Microforms/Copier Room 
 Stapler
 Hole punch
 Paper cutter

13. Large Lab: 24 computers, a multi-media projector,
and two B&W printers.
FIRST FLOOR LARGE COMPUTER LAB

14. Small Lab: 8 computers, a color
printer and a B&W printer
FIRST FLOOR SMALL COMPUTER LAB

15. ADDITIONAL LIBRARY INFORMATION:
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16. HETERICK2GO
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LIBRARY MOBILE APP

17. SECOND FLOOR
Second floor –Communication Skills
Center, classrooms, bound periodicals,
open study tables, group study carrels,
1-2 person study carrels. In addition, the
juvenile, young adult and graphic novel
collections are on the second floor.
The second floor is intended for studying and
use of bound periodicals.

18. SECOND FLOOR
Communications Skills Center
The CSC professional assistants and peer tutors
provide assistance with written and oral skills.
Appointments are necessary.

19. There are four
4-6 person study carrels
and they are
first come/first served.
SECOND FLOOR
Classrooms and
seminar rooms must be
reserved online.
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20. SECOND FLOOR AND THIRD FLOOR
1-2 person study carrels along
east and west walls are first
come/first served.

21. THIRD FLOOR
Third floor – General book collection
and oversized book collection,1-2
person study carrels, seating in book
stacks, lounge areas.
This is the quietest
floor of the library.

22. There are 1-2 public terminals each on the second and third
floors. All of the books in the circulating collection are shelved
on the third floor, except for the juvenile, young adult and
graphic novel collections.
Red phone on the second and
third floors calls directly to the
Reference Desk!
THIRD FLOOR
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23. COURSE RESERVES
 Professors will occasionally place items on course
reserve for students in a particular class to access.
 An item on course reserve could be an electronic
document, a book, a textbook, a PDF of a book
chapter or a DVD from the print/physical collection.
 Print/physical reserves require you to visit the library.
You can then read the reserve in the library, copy the
reserve or scan the information provided.
 These items are usually limited to a 1-4 hour check-
out period.
 Electronic reserves sometimes require logging in
with your first and last name and all 11 digits on your
university ID.
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24. COURSE RESERVES
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25. RESEARCH STRATEGIES
o Start with background reading.
o Narrow and focus your topic.
o Find the right search terms.
o Use patterns you see in the results list to
find additional search terms.
o Many resources will have a built-in
thesaurus that will suggest phrases and
subjects to search by…use them!
Think of your research as
a tree…broad at the top,
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26. LIBRARY RESOURCES
o Library Catalog  POLAR
o POLAR shows holdings for
Heterick and Taggert
o Research Databases
o There are general as well as
discipline and subject specific
databases
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27. CATALOG – POLAR
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Books can
help you
narrow your
research topic
by giving you
background
information.
Basic keyword
searches are a
good way to get
started.

28. CATALOG – POLAR
o Books are arranged on the shelves using Dewey Decimal
Classification Numbers. Think of the these numbers as the
shelf address for a book.
o 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
circulating
e-book

29. CATALOG – POLAR
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o Some books are available
electronically as e-books.
o Click on the link to access
the book.

30. CATALOG – POLAR
HMLo The LOCATION will tell you where the book is shelved.
o Make sure it says it is AVAILABLE before you go looking for it!

31. CATALOG – POLAR
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o Popular Books and New Books are found
on the first floor.
o If there is a date listed, if means the item is
checked out. You will need to place a hold
(“✔Request”) on the item or request a
different copy through OhioLINK.

32. o Most of the university and college libraries in Ohio
share their materials through a consortium catalog
called OhioLINK.
CATALOG – OHIOLINK
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access the consortium catalog.

33. CATALOG – OHIOLINK
2. Click on the icon. HML

34. 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.
CATALOG – OHIOLINK
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35. DATABASES
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o Databases are often
the best tools for
locating periodical
and newspaper
articles.
o Most databases are
subject specific, but
some are multi-
disciplinary and
those are a great
place to begin your
research.
o Many databases give
access to full text
articles.

36. DATABASES – FINDING AN ARTICLE:
o Magazines are usually a more
“popular” type of periodical.
o Journals are scholarly or
professionally peer reviewed
periodicals.
o Periodical means the same
thing as magazine or
journal. However…
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37. SO KEEP IN MIND…
Types of periodical articles:
o Magazines
o These usually consist of more
“popular” material
o Journals
o Scholarly or Professional
o Peer reviewed
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38. CAN’T I JUST GOOGLE ARTICLES?
Google and Wikipedia:
o Aren’t evil
o Can prove valuable
o Can’t be used as a
source
o Turn to the databases
for source material
From the University of Wisconsin
Library, worksheet for evaluating web
sites
What about Google Scholar?
o Good: gives you an idea of
how much is out there, and
what search terms to use
o Bad: you can’t narrow your
search by peer reviewed
journal articles
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39. BUT I FOUND THIS GREAT WEBSITE…
Critically analyzing web sources
o What? is the page/site about
o Who? created and maintains this site
o Where? is the information coming from
o Why? is the information presented on the web
o When? was the page created or last updated
o How? accurate or credible is the page
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40. TWO WAYS TO LOCATE SPECIFIC DATABASES:
2. Databases
are arranged
alphabetically
by title.1. Databases
are arranged
based on the
subject area
they cover.
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41. FOUR GREAT
DATABASES TO
REMEMBER:
o Academic Search Complete
o Business Source Complete
o MEDLINE with Full Text
o Opposing Viewpoints
o Note: The first three are all
Ebsco databases, which
means that they look very
similar and are easy to use.
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42. ALWAYS REMEMBER:
o When available, DO select this box:
o Some databases won’t have this box (MEDLINE)
because all of their articles are peer reviewed.
o But DON’T select this box:
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43. FINDING AN ARTICLE:
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44. FINDING AN ARTICLE:
Hover your
mouse over the
magnifying
glass/folder
icon to read an
abstract about
the article.

45. FINDING AN ARTICLE:
o Some articles are available in full-text html
or as a pdf.
o You can print, email, save, or send these
articles to RefWorks.
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46. FINDING AN ARTICLE:
o What if the perfect article isn’t available in html or as a
pdf?
o Always click the button and see what happens!
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47. FINDING AN ARTICLE:
FOUND IT! LINK TO FULL TEXT:
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48. FINDING AN ARTICLE:
o What if the button DOESN’T find it?
o Don’t click on the link to try find it on the publisher’s website (it
won’t be free there).
o Use the article information on this screen to request the article
through Interlibrary Loan (ILL).
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49. INTERLIBRARY LOAN (ILL)
All of the information that you
need to fill out the ILL form is
found on the button’s
page that told you the item
was not available in our library
or the library’s databases.

50. OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS DATABASE
o Opposing Viewpoints is a good non-Ebsco
database to use when you are looking for
articles to support an argument paper.
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51. OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS DATABASE
o Make sure to check
the “Peer Reviewed
Journals” box before
you perform your
search.
o Click on
Advanced
Search before
you search for
anything.

52. WARNING! ALWAYS REMEMBER TO CITE.
o The Oxford English Dictionary defines plagiarism as:
"...the wrongful appropriation or purloining, and
publication as one's own, the ideas or the expression of
the ideas (literary, artistic, musical, mechanical, etc.) of
an other."
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53. REFWORKS…
YOUR CITATION HEADQUARTERS
o Save your articles to review later and create citations
with your RefWorks account.
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54. HAVE QUESTIONS? NEED HELP?
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55. HAPPY
RESEARCHING!
o Remember, the
librarians are here to
help you with your
research. Come back
and see us!