English 153College Composition 3

Traci Welch MoritzPublic Services Librarian

Assistant ProfessorHeterick Memorial Library

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

Libraries at ONU• Heterick Memorial Library

• Undergraduate Library, accessible to all

•Taggert Law Library

• Library for Law school, accessible to all

What we’ll do the next two sessions

• What is field research?• How to do research• How to use library

resources to do research• What resources to use

when doing research

Field Research

• Finding information about how to do field research

• Today -- Catalogs• Next Friday -- Databases

Field Research

• Field research can be considered either as a broad approach to qualitative research or a method of gathering qualitative data. The essential idea is that the researcher goes “into the field” to observe the phenomenon in it’s natural state or in situ. As such, it is probably most related to the method of participant observation. The field researcher typically takes extensive field notes which are subsequently coded and analysed in a variety of ways (Trochimn, B 1999)

Field Research

• What is qualitative research?• Qualitative research is a method of inquiry employed

in many different academic disciplines, traditionally in the social sciences, but also in market research and further contexts.[1] Qualitative researchers aim to gather an in-depth understanding of human behavior and the reasons that govern such behavior. The qualitative method investigates the why and how of decision making, not just what, where, when. Hence, smaller but focused samples are more often needed, rather than large samples.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualitative_research

Field Research

• Observation– Participant

– Direct• Interview• Survey

– Print– Person

– Mail/Email– Phone

Field Research

• More info on qualitative research• http://

www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/qual.php • http://

www.qsrinternational.com/what-is-qualitative-research.aspx

• http://wilderdom.com/research/QualitativeVersusQuantitativeResearch.html

• http://carbon.ucdenver.edu/~mryder/itc/pract_res.html

STEP 1

• 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 catalogsBuilt-in thesauri in many databases

Reference sources Textbooks, lecture notes, readings Internet Librarians, Instructors

HOW TO DO RESEARCH

HOW TO DO RESEARCH

STEP 2

REFERENCE TOOLS

• Click on the “Search POLAR” link

• 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

Search terms -- Keyword

FIND A BOOK∞POLAR

• Looks in one place – subject line• Usually requires an exact match

between your term and a pre-set list of terms

• Precise• Can be used after a keyword

search has identified specific subjects

Search terms -- subject

FIND A BOOK∞POLAR

Research Tools∞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

RESEARCH TOOLS∞INTERNET

Google and Wikipedia aren’t evil, just use them for the correct purpose in your research.

Comprehensive search engines: • Alta Vista • Ask.com • Excite

Subject portals:

• Librarians' Index to the Internet

• WWW Virtual Library

Multi-engine searching: MetaCrawler VivisimoWIKIPEDIA

STEP 4

• Scholar.Google

• Hotbot • Lycos • Wisenut

RESEARCH TOOLS∞INTERNET

Google Scholar

ONU buysFull-textdatabase

OhioLINKPermits

Google tolink to full-text

Google asksto link tocontent

ONU user sees licensed full-textarticles

Run Google ScholarSearch

Note: If working offcampus user see “Google Scholar” tab in ENGL 152, 153 Research Guide

Internet Tools

• Does the information located satisfy the research need?

• Is the information factual and unbiased?

• See handout “Critically Analyzing Information Sources” on the p: drive, Library Instruction folder and the Help/Instruction page at Library website

Internet Tools

How to interpret the basics

1. Accuracy of Web Documents

2. Authority of Web Documents

3. Objectivity of Web Documents

4. Currency of Web Documents

5. Coverage of the Web Documents

Kapoun, Jim. "Teaching undergrads WEB evaluation: A guide for library instruction." C&RL News (July/August 1998): 522-523.

Evaluating Resources

STEP 5

Accuracy. If your page lists the author and institution that published the page and provides a way of contacting him/her and…Authority. If your page lists the author credentials and its domain is preferred (.edu, .gov, .org, or .net), and, …Objectivity. If your page provides accurate information with limited advertising and it is objective in presenting the information, and… STEP

6

Evaluating Resources

Currency. If your page is current and updated regularly (as stated on the page) and the links (if any) are also up-to-date, and…Coverage. If you can view the information properly--not limited to fees, browser technology, or software requirement, then…You may have a Web page that could be of value to your research!STEP

6

Evaluating Resources

HELPTraci Welch Moritz, MLSPublic Services LibrarianAssistant Professort-moritz@onu.edu 419-772-2473

Reference Librarians on duty8a-4:30p Mon-Fri6p-9p Mon-Thur10a-3:30p Sundays