The document provides an overview of library resources and services available to students at Ohio Northern University. It describes the knowledgeable librarians available over 60 hours per week, as well as the extensive online and physical resources including over 400,000 items, 20 million articles, and 215 databases. The document outlines how to search the library catalog to find books, the various research databases for articles, and tips for developing an effective research strategy. Students are encouraged to ask librarians for help with research.

1. TRACI WELCH MORITZ PUBLIC SERVICES LIBRARIAN/ASSISTANT PROFESSOR HETERICK MEMORIAL LIBRARY SUCCESS @ HML = SUCCESS @ ONU

2. WELCOME TO THE LIBRARY

3. WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM HML Knowledgeable degreed librarians on duty over 60 hours per week Friendly faces ready to help 101.5 hours per week Access to the resources you need both on and off campus Resources available in a timely manner

4. LIBRARIANS AND SUPPORT STAFF http://www-new.onu.edu/academics/heterick_memorial_library/staff

5. OhioLINK POLAR WorldCAT Ca. 400,000 items Ca. 20,000,000 items 1.4 billion items What we expect you to know

6. + EVEN MORE! 215 Databases 821 print periodical subscriptions Ca. 10,000 online journals Juvenile collection Audiovisuals – physical and streaming

7. HOW AM I SUPPOSE TO REMEMBER ALL THIS STUFF?

8. LIBRARIES AT ONU Heterick Memorial Library Undergraduate Library, accessible to all Taggert Law Library Library for Law school, accessible to all

9. RESEARCH STRATEGY Start big doing background reading Narrow your topic for a more focused product Research narrowed topic using subject specific databases Keep track of bibliographic citations to avoid trouble down the road. Refworks

10. RESEARCH TOOLS Catalogs – for locating books, maps, musical scores, govt. documents, etc. Databases – usually for locating periodical and newspaper articles, but may cover other materials as well

11. WHAT ABOUT THE INTERNET? P:drive, Library Instruction folder, FYE folder, Handouts folder, “Critically analyzing information sources”

12. WHAT ABOUT THE INTERNET? Google Scholar ONU buys Full-text database OhioLINK Permits Google to link to full-text Google asks to link to content ONU user sees licensed full-text articles Run Google Scholar Search Note: If working off campus user sees only citation to articles not full text

13. CATALOGS 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. POLAR www.onu.edu/library

15. FIND A BOOK -- POLAR Click on Search POLAR link at the home page of the library

16. 1. Keyword Search 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

17. Click on Basic (keyword) Tab FIND A BOOK -- POLAR

18. FIND A BOOK -- POLAR

19. E-books FIND A BOOK -- POLAR

20. Public terminal on third floor

21. 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 FIND A BOOK -- OHIOLINK

22. FIND A BOOK -- OHIOLINK

23. FIND A BOOK -- OHIOLINK

24. BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION SOFTWARE Exercise #1

25. 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 200+ Available from Heterick home page FIND AN ARTICLE Databases

26. BIG THREE Academic Search Complete Lexis-Nexis Opposing Viewpoints SUBJECT SPECIFIC FIND AN ARTICLE

27. FIND AN ARTICLE Periodical means the same as Magazine Usually magazines are more “popular” Journals Scholarly or Professional Peer reviewed

28. Click on “Periodical Articles” FIND AN ARTICLE

29. FIND AN ARTICLE

30. FIND AN ARTICLE

31. FIND AN ARTICLE Some articles available full-text html or pdf

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

33. FIND AN ARTICLE It may have to be requested ILL

34. It may be available Full text from OhioLINK or another database FIND AN ARTICLE

35. And could be available in print FIND AN ARTICLE

36. FIND AN ARTICLE Reserve means the periodical/journal is held at the front desk. Current means the issue is new and is available on the open shelves beside the computer lab. All others are upstairs and arranged alphabetically by title. Bound means it’s out of the building Arrived means it’s on the open shelves Expected means it’s not here yet

37. OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS

38. OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS

39. LEXIS-NEXIS

40. LEXIS-NEXIS Use the “Power Search” option

41. HELP/INSTRUCTION

42. QUESTIONS? Ask at the Reference Desk Phone the Reference Desk – 2185 Contact us by E-mail [email_address] Use Chat Help feature or the IM on the Help page