1. Research Strategies Library Resources Hints & TipsWriting Seminar ProfessorTraci Welch Moritz Public Services Librarian Heterick Memorial Library

2. What today is all about Aid in constructing research strategy for finding resources for annotated bibliography Find resources in library catalog and databases available Everything shown today is available at Research Guides for Writing Seminar. 3. Librarians and support staffhttp://www-new.onu.edu/academics/heterick_memorial_library/staff 4. How am I suppose to remember all this ?4 5. What do I do first? Sign up for RefWorks account Take a look at your topic and identify key search terms, Ask a question. Most databases now use an implied boolean logic search scheme so a keyword search will get you started. Boolean logic is the use of AND, NOT, OR to narrow or expand your search See Research Guide for Writing SeminarWHO 6. How to conduct research 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 Internet Librarians, Instructors 7. Find an Article Periodical means the same as MagazineUsually magazines are more popular Journals Scholarly or Professional Peer reviewed 8. Scholarly v. Popular 9. Research Strategy Scout Finch + feminism + Southern LiteratureScout was one of the first feminist characters in Southern Literature 10. What about the Internet? Greater access to primary source materials than ever before Documents, letters, maps, photographs of ancient artifacts and other primary material are available online in different formats from free websites With the proliferation of electronic resources from a wide variety of web site producers, evaluation is more important than ever before 11. Critically analyzing web sources Currency Timeliness of the information.Relevance/Coverage Depth and importance of the information.Authority Source of the information.Accuracy Reliability of the informationPurpose/Objectivity Possible bias present in the information. 12. Internet ToolsGoogle and Wikipedia arent intrinsically evil, just use them for the correct purpose in your research. 13. Internet Tools Note: If working off campus please see the google scholar tab at the Research Guide for ENGL 111Google Scholar ONU buys Full-text databaseOhioLINK Permits Google to link to full-textONU user sees licensed full-text articlesGoogle asks to link to contentRun Google Scholar Search 14. Primary, Secondary and Tertiary 15. SEARCH 16. What is included? POLAR Article-level searching for all EBSCO databases Article-level searching for a variety of other databases: JSTOR, Hoovers, AccessPharmacy, et c. Title-level searching for most other databases: IEEE, CIAO, Proquest Nursing & Allied Health OhioLink central catalog 17. Results: Full Text, Polar 18. Results: OhioLink 19. Results: Find It @ ONU 20. Results: ILL 21. Facets: Limit Your Results 22. 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 23. Managing Information RefWorks Licensed state-wide, access free to Ohio students for the rest of your life! See: http://0www.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 24. Bibliographic Citation SoftwareREFWORKS 25. What do I do next? Use library resources to continue your background research. 26. 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 27. FIND A BOOKPOLAR 28. FIND A BOOKPOLAR 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 Look for the same or similar words which keep appearing 29. FIND A BOOKPOLAR Click on the Find Similar Items link found on each item recordLooks in one place subject Usually requires an exact match between your term and a pre-set list of terms Precise Can be used after keyword search has identified specific subjects 30. Find a BookOhioLink 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, with 25 requests MAY RENEW UP TO 4 TIMES 31. Find a book -- SearchOhio Access to several Ohio public libraries Access via OhioLINK An option when item wanted is not available at ONU or through OhioLINK 32. My Library AccountAllows you to see what you have checked out and requested. Allows you to renew online (if possible). Allows you to see charges on your account. 33. My Library Account Enter first and last name and all 11 digits on university ID 34. My Library Account For more information visit the Library Information page 35. Library Apphttp://journals.onu.edu/home_page/libinfo /mobile.cfm 36. What do I do next? Use databases to find articles based on your search strategy 37. Research ToolsDatabases 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 over 250 38. Research ToolsDatabases Over 20,000 journals indexed, most are full text Divided by subject area offered at ONU Begin with a general database, Academic Search Complete JSTOR 39. Research ToolsDatabases A.Academic Search Complete, Masterfile Premier B.JSTOR C.Lexis-Nexis D.Proquest Nursing E.Opposing Viewpoints 40. General DatabaseScholarly journals, peer reviewed articles 41. General DatabaseScholarly journals, peer reviewed articles 42. General Database 43. Subject Specific Database 44. Subject Specific Database 45. Off campus access 46. 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. 47. QUESTIONS? Traci Welch Moritz tmoritz@onu.edu Ask at the Reference Desk Phone the Reference Desk 2185 Contact us by E-mail reference@onu.eduUse Chat Help feature or the IM IM feature