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
8. 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
9. Research Strategy
• Finding the right search term
• Start big and then use patterns
you see in the results list to
narrow your topic
• Most resources will have built into
their system a “thesaurus” or
“subject” or suggested topics links,
use them
• Ask a librarian or your professor
for suggestions
10. • 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
Research Tools
12. Google and Wikipedia
• Aren’t evil
• Can prove valuable
• Can’t be used as a source
• Turn to the databases for
source materials
*The CRAAP acronym and descriptions are from Meriam Library
at California State University Chico. Used with permission.
13. • Currency * The timeliness of the
information.
• Relevance/Coverage *The depth and
importance of the information.
• Authority *The source of the
information.
• Accuracy *The reliability of the
information.
• Purpose/Objectivity *The possible bias
present in the information.
What about the internet?
14. 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
use, see
the Google
Scholar
tab at the
Research
Guide
What about the Internet?
15. Research Question
• Has reading the Harry
Potter series made
today’s youth more
accepting of diversity?
16. • A Discovery Layer sits on top of
all the library resources and
allows users to access a majority
of the information available on
one topic with one search.
• Think of it as the roof on a house.
What is it?
20. What is included?
• POLAR
• Article-level searching for all EBSCO
databases
• Article-level searching for a variety of
other databases: JSTOR, Hoover’s,
AccessPharmacy, etc.
• Title-level searching for most other
databases: IEEE, CIAO, Proquest Nursing &
Allied Health
• OhioLink central catalog
26. Things to Remember
• Facets are your Friend: After
you search, limit your results
to what you really want
• A tool not a solution: This is
not the solution to everything
• Ask the librarians for help
• There will still be some small
changes coming
30. 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
31. Libraries at ONU
• Heterick
Memorial Library
• Undergraduate
Library,
accessible to all
•Taggert Law
Library
•Library for Law
school,
accessible to all
32. ONU ID is Library card
EVA
Eva Maglott
00021559801
Eva Maglott
Please use all
digits in your
student ID
number.
37. Keyword Search
•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
Findings Books - POLAR
40. • 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
Finding books -- OhioLINK
44. Managing Information -
RefWorks
• Licensed state-wide, access free to
Ohio students for the rest of your life!
• See: http://0-
www.refworks.com.polar.onu.edu/
• Write n’ Cite interfaces with MS Word
• Excellent Tutorials
• Help available at Heterick
• Research Guide for Writing Seminar
for instructions on how to get your
free-for-a-life-time account
47. • 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 250+
• Available from Heterick home page
Research Databases
48. • Periodical means the
same as Magazine
Usually magazines are
more “popular”
Scholarly v Popular
•Journals
Scholarly or Professional
Peer reviewed
49. Ones you might consider
for this assignment
Couple general
• Academic
Search
Complete
• JSTOR
49
Subject Specific
55. • What if it’s not available PDF or
HTML?
• Always hit the “find it” icon and see
what happens next.
Finding Articles
56. • It may have to be requested
ILL
Finding Articles
57. • It may be available Full text
from OhioLINK or another
database
Finding Articles
58. • And could be available in print
Finding Articles
59. • 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
Finding Articles
60. 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.
67. QUESTIONS?
• Ask at the Reference Desk
• Phone the Reference Desk – 2185
• Contact us by E-mail
• Reference@onu.edu
• Use Chat Help feature or the IM
on the Help page
Notas do Editor
So, technically the discovery layer is really just the user interface for searching (almost) all of our stuff at once: books, articles, and whatever else we decide to put in there. The ‘central index’ refers to that stuff.
We may decide not to include some thingsSome vendors don’t play nice with othersSome students may still struggle with relevancy