This document provides an overview of how to conduct research for an annotated bibliography and definition essay assignment in an ENGL 111 course. It discusses using library resources like the online catalog and databases to find relevant sources and introduces annotation, citation management tools, and interlibrary loan. The document guides students through the research process and locating both books and journal articles on their topic.

1. ENGL 111 Emotions, An Annotated Bibliography and Essay

2. Introduction Welcome Traci Welch Moritz, t-moritz@onu.edu Feel free to visit or email Librarians on duty 8-4, 6-9 Mon – Thurs, 8-4 Friday and 10-3:30 on Sundays IM and Chat Reference available certain times

5. Annotated Bibliography Allows you to see what is out there Helps you narrow your topic and discard any irrelevant materials Aids in developing the thesis Makes you a better scholar

6. Definition Essay Some say to “write a successful definition essay you must share all the knowledge you have obtained on the subject.” How do you find all this information? Research! Barker, Cheryll. "A Brief Guide to Writing Definition Essays." The Online Writing Lab (OWL). Roane State Community College, n.d. Web. 20 Apr 2011. <http://www.roanestate.edu/owl/Definition.html>.

7. Research Guides

8. Research Tools ∞ Internet Google and Wikipedia aren’t evil, just use them for the correct purpose in your research.

9. Research Tools∞ Internet Google Scholar Note: If working off campus user sees only citation to articles not full text ONU buys Full-text database Google asks to link to content OhioLINK Permits Google to link to full-text Run Google Scholar Search ONU user sees licensed full-text articles

10. Research Tools∞ Internet Does the information located satisfy the research need? Is the information factual and unbiased? See handout “Critically Analyzing Information Sources” under the “Handouts” tab at the Research Guide.

11. FIND A BOOK∞POLAR Subject

12. Research Tools∞OhioLink Materials owned by all Ohio colleges, universities, several public libraries

13. How to conduct research USE DATABASES 2 FIND ARTICLES

14. 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 212

15. Find an Article Over 20,000 journals indexed, most are full text Divided by subject area offered at ONU Begin with a general database, Academic Search Complete

16. Find an Article Click on “Periodical Articles”

17. Find an Article

18. Find an Article Academic Search Complete

19. Find an Article You can choose to limit by date by sliding the date bar.

20. Find an Article You can choose to narrow by an additional subject, geographic location or type of publication.

21. Find an Article Click on the pdf or hmtl link to bring up the full text of the article.

22. Find an Article No html or pdf link? Always click on the “FIND IT” button to find out where else you can find the article!

23. Find an Article Could be available through another database

24. Find an Article It could be available in print It could not be available through the library which would necessitate an ILL request

25. 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.

26. InterLibrary Loan Fill in the blanks

27. How to keep track of articles

28. Bibliographic Citation Software

29. Saving, Printing, Exporting

30. Managing Information - RefWorks Licensed state-wide, access free to Ohio students for the rest of your life! See “RefWorks” tab at Research Guide Excellent Tutorials Help available at Heterick

31. Help