Exds 2001 christianity economics and the good life
1. EXDS 2001
Christianity, Economics
and the Good Life
Dr. Forrest Clingerman
Prof. Traci Welch Moritz
Public Services Librarian
Heterick Memorial Library
2. What today is all about
• Aid in constructing research
strategy for finding resources
• Find resources in library
catalog and databases
available
• Everything shown today is available
at Research Guide for this class.
4. What do I do first?
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
WHO
5. Research Strategy
•Start big doing
background reading
•Narrow your topic for a
more focused product
•Research narrowed topic
using subject specific
Ask a question
databases
•Keep track of
bibliographic citations to
avoid trouble down the
road.
6. Managing Information - RefWorks
• Licensed state-wide, access free to Ohio
students for the rest of your life!
• See: http://0-www.refworks.com.polar.onu.edu/
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Write n’ Cite interfaces with MS Word
Excellent Tutorials
Help available at Heterick
Research Guide for instructions on how to
get your free-for-a-life-time account
8. What do I do next?
Use library resources to continue your background
research.
9. •Highly structured information environment
Way individual records are arranged
Subject headings
Catalog software optimized for above
Deal with material in many formats
•Implies heavy human involvement
•Emphasis on precision
•Preparation relatively labor-intensive
•Implies a learning curve to use successfully
14. FIND A BOOK∞POLAR
•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
•Look for the same or similar words
which keep appearing
15. FIND A BOOK∞POLAR
•Looks in one place – subject
•Usually requires an exact match
between your term and a pre-set list
of terms
•Precise
•Can be used after keyword search
has identified specific subjects
• See Research Guide for suggestions
• Click on the “Find Similar Items” link
found on each item record
17. Find a Book∞OhioLink
• Materials owned by all Ohio
colleges, universities, several public libraries
• Ca. 10 million items
• Link from POLAR permits you to submit
requests. Available from Heterick home page
• Most requests arrive in 3-5 working days
• No charge
• Limited to 100 items at a time
• MAY RENEW UP TO 6 TIMES
18. SearchOhio
• Access to several Ohio public libraries
• Access via OhioLINK
• An option when item wanted is not available at ONU or
through OhioLINK
19. Internet Tools
Google and Wikipedia aren’t intrinsically
evil, just use them for the correct purpose
in your research.
20. Internet Tools
Note: If
working off
campus please
see the
“google
scholar” tab at
the Research
Guide for
information on
how to set
your “scholar
preferences”
Google Scholar
ONU buys
Full-text
database
OhioLINK
Permits
Google to
link to full-text
ONU user sees
licensed full-text
articles
Google asks
to link to
content
Run Google
Scholar
Search
21. Critically analyzing web sources
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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
Used with permission by the library staff
at Wisconsin
22. What do I do next?
Use databases to find articles based on your
search strategy
24. Why did we get it?
• Natural language searching
• Encourage better or more
sophisticated searching
• Search across all local
content
• Quicker results
25. Caveats
• Does not bring up results from all
resources we have
available
• Learning curve
• Truly not the best for all research
questions
26. 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
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• Title-level searching for most other
databases: IEEE, CIAO, Proquest
Nursing & Allied Health
• OhioLink central catalog
32. Things to Remember
• Facets are your Friend: After you
search, limit your results to what
you really want
• A tool not a solution: This is not the
solution to everything
• Ask the librarians for help
• There will still be some small
changes coming
33. Find an Article
• Periodical means the
same as Magazine
Usually magazines are
more “popular”
• Journals
Scholarly or Professional
Peer reviewed
34. Research Tools∞Databases
• 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 over 250
35. Research Tools∞Databases
• Over 20,000 journals indexed,
most are full text
• Divided by subject area offered at
ONU
• Begin with a general database,
• Academic Search Complete
• JSTOR
39. Newspapers at Heterick
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Ada Herald
Akron Beacon Journal
The Blade -- Toledo
Chicago Tribune
Chronicle of Higher Education
Cincinnati Enquirer
Columbus Dispatch
Courier -- Findlay
Courier Journal -- Louisville
Dayton Daily News
Kenton Times
Lima News
Los Angeles Times
New York Times
Plain Dealer -- Cleveland
Wall Street Journal
Washington Post
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Lexis Nexis Academic Wall Street Journal
Historical
New York Times Newspaper databases at HML
42. Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
• 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 on library web pages.
43. QUESTIONS?
• Ask at the Reference Desk
• Phone the Reference Desk – 2185
• Contact us by E-mail
reference@onu.edu
• t-moritz@onu.edu for personal
reference appointments
Editor's Notes
Single search for local, open access and subscription collections.Should provide quick natural language searching, no more trying to figure out how librarians and each database describes somethingPeople get frustrated with controlled vocabulary so we’re trying to accommodate how we know people searchPete Coco says it best when he calls it “frictionless searching”
We may decide not to include some thingsSome vendors don’t play nice with othersSome students may still struggle with relevancy
