exph research and design
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Research and DesignEXPH 3201
Professor Jenny Donley, Librarian
Heterick Memorial Library
GOALS for the next 3 classes:
• Research strategy
• Resources
• Bibliographic citation software
• Identification of the best
resources to use to begin
your search
Research Strategy Overview
• Start big by doing background reading
• Narrow your topic for a more focused
project
• Work on finding the right search terms
• Use patterns you see in the results list to
narrow your topic
• Most resources will have a built-in
thesaurus that will suggest phrases and
subjects to search by…use them!
• Ask a librarian or your professor for
suggestions
DEFINE YOUR TOPIC
Research Strategy:Define Your Topic
Defining your topic:
• 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
Use a concept map to help identify
search terms for your topic
Example of a concept map
BACKGROUND
RESEARCH
If needed, you
will want to get
an overview of
your topic.
DEFINE YOUR TOPIC
Reference
works can help
as well as
general books.
Research Strategy:Background Research
Annotated Bibliography
An annotated bibliography is a list of
sources that includes a summary
and/or evaluation of the source.
• Allows you to see what is out there
• Helps you narrow your topic and
discard any irrelevant materials
• Aids in developing your thesis
• Makes you a better scholar
Bibliographic Citation Software:RefWorks
• Save your articles to review later and create citations with your RefWorks account.
• RefWorks will make creating an annotated bibliography much easier!
• What about the web?
• Catalogs• POLAR
• OhioLINK
• Databases• SEARCH database
• General databases
• Subject-specific databases
Tools
What about the web?Can’t I just Google articles?
Google and Wikipedia:
• Aren’t evil
• Can prove valuable
• Can’t be used as a source
• Turn to the databases for source material
From the University of Wisconsin Library, worksheet for evaluating web sites
What about Google Scholar?
• Good: gives you an idea of how much is out there, and what search terms to use
• Bad: you can’t narrow your search by peer-reviewed journal articles
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
Search
Note: If working off campus, a
user will only see the citation to
articles that are not full text.
See the Research Guide for
information about accessing
Google Scholar off campus
What about the web?How Google Scholar Works with ONU
Critically analyzing web sources
• What? is the page/site about
• Who? created and maintains this site
• Where? is the information coming from
• Why? is the information presented on the web
• When? was the page created or last updated
• How? accurate or credible is the page
From the University of Wisconsin Library, worksheet for
evaluating web sites
What about the web?But I found this great website…
o Currency
• Timeliness of the information
o Relevance/Coverage
• Depth and importance of the information
o Authority
• Source of the information
o Accuracy
• Reliability of the information
o Purpose/Objectivity
• Possible bias present in the information
*The CRAAP acronym and descriptions are from Meriam Library at
California State University Chico. Used with permission.
What about the web?The CRAAP Test
Background Research:Library Catalogs
• POLAR Catalog – Search for physical and
electronic items (ebooks and ejournals) that are
available from Heterick Memorial Library and
Taggart Law Library
o Books can help you narrow your research
topic by giving you background information.
Books in the POLAR Library Catalog
Basic keyword searches are a good way
to get started.
POLAR Library Catalog: Keyword Search
• Looks in several locations
• Subject
• Article title
• Abstracts
• Table of contents
• Does not require an exact match
• Generates comparatively large number of
hits
• Good if you are not familiar with
terminology
• Good for a beginning search
• Looks at the subject headings in the
records
• Requires an exact match
• Provides a results list with related
headings to use for broader and narrower
searches
• Generates comparatively smaller number
of hits
• Good if you are familiar with terminology
• Good for a next step after a keyword
search
POLAR Library Catalog: Subject Search
ebook
Law Library
Heterick Library
POLAR Library Catalog: Search Results
• Materials owned by 92 other libraries in
Ohio: colleges, universities, public libraries
• Can submit request for an item to be
delivered to Heterick Memorial Library
• Most requests arrive in 2-3 working days
• No charge to request items (unless they
become overdue)
• Maximum of 25 requests at a time
• Items can usually be renewed
OhioLINK Library Catalog: Option 2 for books
• From POLAR results list:
• Button will recreate the POLAR search in
OhioLINK
• From an item record:
• Button will go directly to the same item
• Use if the copy in POLAR is checked out
• Direct link to the OhioLINK catalog:
• http://olc1.ohiolink.edu/search
OhioLINK Library Catalog: Option 2 for books
BACKGROUND
RESEARCH
DETAILED
RESEARCHNow that you
have a basic
understanding of
your topic, it is time
to research it in
more detail using…
DEFINE YOUR TOPIC
Research Strategy:Detailed Research
…DATABASES!
Research Databases:What do they offer?
Databases are often the best tools for
locating journal and newspaper
articles
Most databases are subject specific,
but some are multi-disciplinary and
those are a great place to begin your
research
Many databases give access to full
text of articles
Heterick has 250+ databases
Research Databases
Suggested databases to use for this class:
• Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
• MEDLINE with Full Text
• PubMed
• Proquest Nursing and Allied Health Journals
• SPORTDiscus with Full Text
* For off-campus access, click the “off-campus
access” flag to log in first.
Two ways to locate specific databases:
• If you know the name of a specific database that you would like to
search, use the alphabetical TITLE listing.
• If you’d like to review the databases that are suggested for a
particular subject area, use the SUBJECT listing.
• For example, MEDLINE and PubMed can both be found
under the “Medicine” database subject listing.
Searching by a
specific journal title
1. Click on the
Journals tab on the
library’s homepage
and type in title of
the journal
2. Click on database
to access journal
3. Click on “Search
within this
publication”
4. Type in
search terms
SEARCH Research Database
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
Results: Full Text, POLAR
Results: OhioLINK
Results: Find It @ ONU
Interlibrary Loan (ILL)• When in doubt, email: [email protected]
Facets: limit your results
Things to Remember
• Facets are your friend: after
you search, limit your results
to what you really want.
• Facets are a tool to use, but
not the only solution to
finding the perfect article.
That also requires refining
your search terms.
• Ask the librarians for help!
BACKGROUND
RESEARCH
DETAILED
RESEARCH
FINAL
PRODUCT
DEFINE YOUR TOPIC
Research Strategy:Final Product
• Reference librarians on duty:
• Monday – Friday
• 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
• Monday – Wednesday
• 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
• One-on-one sessions available by
appointment
• Professor Jenny Donley:
• Reference email:
• Feel free to stop by or send us an email
Questions?