This is a handout that I created for a WRT 160 library instruction.

1. Research Basics for WRT 160
Course: WRT 160: Composition II
Instructor: Ryan Flaherty
My Contact Information:
Barbara Shipman, Librarian
Contact Information: bmoore@oakland.edu
Getting Research Help:
Ask a librarian!
○ by phone: 248-370-4426
○ via chat: kresgeref (AIM, Yahoo!, Google Talk, MSN)
○ via e-mail: ref@oakland.edu
○ in person
Library Catalog:
Search the Library Catalog, http://library.oakland.edu, to find books and journals.
Article Databases:
Finding articles from the library’s web site: http://library.oakland.edu. Go to “Find Articles” tab and
then select either “Databases A to Z” or “Databases by Subject”.
Remote Access to Article Databases
Go to the library web site, http://library.oakland.edu, to access databases.
When asked to log-in, enter the following information
authorization: Lastname_Firstname
password: last five numbers of Grizzly ID
Document Access - finding materials that are not at Kresge Library:
A. Interlibrary Loan – To retrieve books and articles not held by Kresge Library, you can initiate
an ILL request electronically from the ILLiad Interlibrary Loan system via Kresge Library’s web
site.You will have to log-in to the system from the ILL page, using your OU email username and
password.
B. Borrowing Privileges- as a student at OU you can check out materials from Michicard
C. participating libraries. You will need to show your Grizzly ID card in order to check out
materials. For a list of participating libraries, check the KL web site under Circulation Services.
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