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. What we expect you to know WorldCAT 1.6+ billion items OhioLINK Ca. 48,000,000 items POLAR Ca. 400,000 items
5. + even more! 250 Databases 570+ print periodical subscriptions Thousands of online journals Juvenile collection Audiovisuals – physical and streaming
6. How am I suppose to remember all this stuff? Research Guides
7. 7 Research Ethics Plagiarism - “...the wrongful appropriation or purloining, and publication as one’s own, the ideas or the expression of the ideas (literary, artistic, musical, mechanical, etc.) of an other.” – see Heterick Help Page, Also Student Code of Conduct Copyright - intended to promote the arts and the sciences. It does this by providing authors of original literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works the ability to control how their work is used by others.
8. 8 Research Ethics In other words, to plagiarize is to to copy someone else’s work without giving him/her credit. Plagiarism is not always intentional. You can do it by accident, but it is still against the law. If you ever have a question about whether something is plagiarized, please ask! 1 1 1. How not to plagiarize your report -- Shannon Hosier Mersand
9. 9 Research Ethics How may I avoid plagiarizing? 2 Identify any information that would not be considered common knowledge Unless in direct quotes, make sure you paraphrase what the original author said Use a quote if you can’t think of a way to paraphrase the information always, Always, ALWAYS cite the source of any information in your paper which is not considered common knowledge. If you are unsure if something is common knowledge, cite it! 2 How not to plagiarize your report -- Shannon Hosier Mersand
10. 10 Research Ethics 3 So what is common knowledge Things that are found in a number of places, and are likely to be known by a large number of people. Examples: The sky is blue Grass is usually green George Washington was the 1st president of the United States 3 How not to plagiarize your report -- Shannon Hosier Mersand
11. 11 Research Ethics What does paraphrase mean? Main Entry: 1para·phrase1: a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form From Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary http://www.m-w.com
12. 12 Research Ethics What does it mean to put something in my own words? 4 When you paraphrase something, it is different than putting it in your own words. When you put something in your own words, you are making a statement about the information you have found, rather than just restating the information. Usually there is an opinion of some sort in something “in your own words” 4 How not to plagiarize your report -- Shannon Hosier Mersand
13. 13 Research Ethics What is a quote? Main Entry: 1quote1 a: to speak or write (a passage) from another usually with credit acknowledgment b: to repeat a passage from, especially in substantiation or illustration From Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary http://www.m-w.com
14. 14 Research Ethics What is a citation? A citation is how you indicate where your information came from. There are four citation styles that are in frequent use at the college level. They are: MLA (Modern Language Association) APA (American Psychological Association) CMS (Chicago Manual of Style) Turabian(Kate Turabian'sA Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 6th ed., 1996 ) Each style has a way to do in-text citations, a way to do a bibliography, and a way to do footnotes and endnotes. Always confirm with each instructor the style required. You need to learn how to do citations, etc., but there is a citation software management tool available to all ONU students, faculty and staff…
19. 18 Accessing Information Effectively Identify keywords and synonyms and related terms for the info. sought Subject headings in catalogs Built-in thesauri in many databases Choose appropriate locating tools Catalogs Databases Internet Construct search strategy Execute/ refine search strategy
24. 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
25. 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
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27. Library for Law school, accessible to allHeterick Memorial Library Undergraduate Library, accessible to all
37. Find a Book -- OhioLINK 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
41. LIBRARY TOUR First floor -- Circulation desk, Reference desk and collection, Computer Labs, Librarian’s offices, New books, Current Periodicals and Newspapers The second floor is meant for action and is often not very quiet.
42. LIBRARY TOUR Second floor – Classrooms, Communication Skills Center, older periodicals, open study tables, group study carrels, 1-2 person study carrels. The second floor is meant for studying and periodicals use.
43. LIBRARY TOUR Third floor – Book collection, 1-2 person study carrels, seating in book stacks, lounge areas. This is probably the quietest part of the library.
44. Find an Article 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 200+ Available from Heterick home page
45. DATABASES SUBJECT SPECIFIC BIG THREE +1 Academic Search Complete Lexis-Nexis JSTOR Arts and Humanities Citation Index 39
46. Find an Article Periodical means the same as Magazine Usually magazines are more “popular” Journals Scholarly or Professional Peer reviewed See handhouts in the research guide for this class.
47. Find an Article Click on “Periodical Articles” or “Databases
56. 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 Find an Article
63. What about the Internet? P:drive, Library Instruction folder, FYE folder, Handouts folder, “Critically analyzing information sources”
64. 58 Evaluating Sources Critically Does the information located satisfy the research need? Is the information factual and unbiased? See handout “Critically Analyzing Information Sources” at the HSPS 1001 research guide.
65. What about the Internet? Google Scholar Note: See “Google scholar” tab at research guide for info on how to set this up for off-campus access. 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
68. QUESTIONS? Ask at the Reference Desk Phone the Reference Desk – 2185 Contact us by E-mail (Contact Us on library web pages) Use Chat Help feature or the IM IM feature