1. I’ll try a little
percussive
persuasion! Howdoyuhdo:
The Lit Review
At a Distance
Starter
Mark Horan
Presenter
mark.horan@utoledo.edu
419-530-4463

2. Or l’ll use a
little location,
language and
logic to crack
this nut!

3. Location…
OhioLink Land
•Use the URL below
•Find the map to the right
•Click on the quadrant you
are in to the find a list of
OhioLink Libraries near you.
This information is available at:
http://www.ohiolink.edu/members-info/

4. Location…

5. Location…
Online Periodical Indexes:
ERIC
Education Fulltext
PsycInfo
Academic Search Complete, Education Research
Complete and more… (for more, see the course
libguide)
Books, etc.:
UTMost Catalog; OhioLink Catalog
WorldCat

6. Language: A bit too broad...
Hi! I need stuff on
social skills!
Do you need to know about
Student theories? Techniques?
Tests that measure reading
readiness?
Librarian
Ummm…I’ll be back...

7. Language: A bit too narrow...
Hi! I need 10 articles from refereed
journals in the past 2 years that prove
Dr. Seuss books can teach social skills
to autistic kids through rhyming words!
Student We may not be able to find 10
articles in the past two years
with those specific terms. We
may not find the Doc on call; we Librarian
may not find him, not at all!
Ummm…I’ll be right back...

8. Language: Just right...
Hi! My thesis is: “Social skills can be taught
to autistic pre-schoolers using rhythm
and rhyme”
Great! Let’s break that thesis
Student
down into concepts and keywords,
look for books for background,
articles for current research,
maybe a Mental Measurement Excited
test…
Librarian
Whoa! Info overload!
I’m taking a break! I’ll do this later!

9. Subject or keyword search?
SUBJECT KEYWORD
Controlled vocabulary Natural language
Uses subject headings Uses Boolean logic
Search-subject line Search-whole record
Usually fewer hits Usually more hits
Narrower, more exact Broader, less exact
ADVICE: Do a keyword search first, find subject
headings in the records, then do a subject search

10. Logic: Make a list of synonyms for each
concept
social skill autism preschoolers
social kindergartners
interaction spectrum
disorders
socialization

11. Logic: Type OR between synonyms
social skill autism preschoolers
or or or
social spectrum
interaction disorders kindergartners
or
socialization

12. Logic: Put parentheses around lists of
synonyms
(social skill (autism (preschoolers
or or
or
social spectrum kindergartners)
interaction disorder )
or
socialization)

13. Logic: Type AND between lists of
keywords
(autism (preschoolers
(social skill
or or or
social spectrum
interaction disorder) kindergartners)
or
socialization)
and and

14. Truncate endings with * or ?
(social skill* (autis*
(preschool*
or or or
social spectrum
interaction* disorder*) kindergart*)
or
social*)
and and

15. Put it all together
(social skill* or social interaction* or social*)
and (autis* or spectrum disorder*) and
(preschool* or kindergart*)
Dogs have great
self images!

16. Here it is live! (Well, sort of…)

18. Limiting results 152 hits! I do
have a life, ya
know. How can I
narrow this?
LIMITERS:
Year
Language
Source
Add an “AND”
Subtract an “OR”

19. Evaluate your results
Refereed journals - peer-
Types of periodicals reviewed, highly respected
scholarly writing. Reading
level - college/post-grad
Scholarly journals - carefully
researched, fully documented.
Reading level - college
Trade journals - news and info for
professionals. Reading level - high
school or college.
Magazines - popular reading for
the general public. Reading level -
high school or lower.

20. Finish Line!
Citation Only?:
Look up the
If it’s full text: Print,
periodical title
Email, or Save
in the UTMost
catalog to see
if library has
that particular
Not in UTMost issue online or
(http://utmost.cl.utoledo.edu/search)? check your
local OhioLINK
Not in your local? library’s
Email me with the citation and I’ll see catalog to see
what’s up. mark.horan@utoledo.edu if your library
nearby has a
copy.

21. Ah, er, Finish Line!
Books, theses, and
stuff…
Look up the title in the OhioLink Catalog; order from
Ohiolink libraries using the “Make a Request” button.
Identify which card you are using, either University of
Toledo or State Library. Then fill out the appropiate
name and number and location.

22. Mark Horan
Librarian for
the Judith Herb College of Education
University of Toledo
2801 West Bancroft Street MS #509
Toledo, OH 43606
Tel.: 419-530-4463
Fax: 419-530-2542
E-mail: mark.horan@utoledo.edu