This document provides an overview of resources and services available at the Heterick Memorial Library to assist students with research. It discusses research guides, creating a RefWorks account, developing a research strategy, and identifying print and database resources. The document outlines a seven step research process and evaluates sources like books, journals, databases like Academic Search Complete and LexisNexis, and Google Scholar. It also discusses interlibrary loan, locating print journals, and getting research assistance from library staff.
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Writing Seminar
1. Writing Seminar -- Research
hints, tips and things you
need to know
Traci Welch Moritz
Public Services Librarian
Assistant Professor
Heterick Memorial Library
3. What we’ll do today over the next
two days
Learn about Research Guides
Create a RefWorks account
Learn how to construct a research
strategy
Identify and locate print resources
Learn how to navigate databases
“Last resort” option
Evaluate web resources
5. Libraries at ONU
Heterick Memorial
Library
•Taggert Law
Library
•Library for Law Undergraduate
school, library,
accessible to all accessible to all
6. ONU card = Library ID
Remember to
always use all
11 digits!
7. What we’ll do today
How to do research
How to use library
resources to do research
What resources to use
when doing research
8. How to do Research
Seven Steps of the Research Process
Amended with permission by the Librarians at the Olin and Uris Libraries of Cornell University
STEP 1: IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP YOUR TOPIC
STEP 2: FIND BACKGROUND INFORMATION
STEP 3: FIND INTERNET RESOURCES (if
appropriate for the assignment)
STEP 4: USE DATABASES TO FIND PERIODICAL
ARTICLES
STEP 5: EVALUATE WHAT YOU FIND
STEP 6: PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER
STEP 7: CITE WHAT YOU FIND
9. Start at the beginning
IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP YOUR TOPIC
•State your topic as a question
•Identify main concepts or keywords
•Test the topic -- Look for keywords and
synonyms and related terms for the information sought
Subject headings in catalogs
Built-in thesauri in many databases
Reference sources
Textbooks, lecture notes, readings
STEP Internet
Librarians, Instructors
1
11. Background Research -- Books
•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
16. 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
18. Find a Book -- POLAR
If a book is
available, go
get it.
Otherwise
request via
your other two
options;
OhioLINK or
SearchOhio.
19. 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 2-3 working days
No charge
Limited to 100 items at a time
MAY RENEW UP TO 4 TIMES
20. 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 keep up to 84 days
21. SearchOhio
Access to several Ohio public libraries
Access via OhioLINK
An option when item wanted is not available at ONU or through
OhioLINK
22. Find a Book -- POLAR
A small but
growing part of
the collection are
Ebooks
Click to link to
content
23. What about Google?
Does the information located
satisfy the research need?
Is the information factual
and unbiased?
See handout “Critically
Analyzing Information
STEP Sources” the Writing Seminar
Research Guide
3
24. What about Google?
Google and Wikipedia aren’t
intrinsically evil, just use them for
the correct purpose in your research.
25. Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Note: If
working ONU buys
off Full-text
database Google asks
campus to link to
please see content
the OhioLINK
Permits
“google Google to Run Google
scholar” link to full-text Scholar
tab at the Search
Research
Guide for ONU user sees
licensed full-text
Writing articles
Seminar
26. CRAAP test
Timeliness of the information.
Currency Depth and importance of the
information.
Relevance/Coverage Source of the information.
Authority Reliability of the information
Accuracy
Possible bias present in the
information.
Purpose/Objectivity
27. Databases
Often tools for locating journal
and newspaper articles
Most are subject-specific –
some multi-disciplinary
Many give access to full text of
articles
STEP
Heterick has 250+
4
30. How to use JSTOR
JSTOR was founded in 1995 to build trusted digital
archives for scholarship. Today, we enable the scholarly
community to preserve their work and the materials
they rely upon, and to build a common research
platform that promotes the discovery and use of these
resources.
Began adding current issues for some 170+ titles but
mostly consists of back issues
HML subscribes to the full-text component BUT also
shows links to articles outside the library. You must pay
attention to what you find.
There is no “FIND IT” button
Easiest way to work with JSTOR
is to get a free account and go from there.
40. ILL -- Fill in the blanks
Article will
appear in
ONU email
as a pdf
attachment
41. How to find print journals
Click on the link
to the catalog
for full details
42. Locating print journals
Click on Latest
Received to
see the current
locations for
periodicals
43. Locating print journals
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
44. HELP
Reference
Librarians on
duty
Traci Welch Moritz, MLS
8a-4:30p Mon-Fri Public Services Librarian
6p-9p Mon-Thur Assistant Professor
Heterick Memorial
10a-3:30p Library
Sundays
t-moritz@onu.edu
419-772-2473
419-772-2185