HONORS WRITING SEMINAR:RESEARCH STRATEGIES USING LIBRARY RESOURCES

Professor Jenny Donley

Cataloging and Knowledge Architect Librarian

Heterick Memorial Library

WELCOME TO THE LIBRARY

Professor Jenny Donley, j-donley.1@onu.edu Reference Email, reference@onu.edu

Librarians on duty: Monday – Thursday

8:00 AM – 4:30 PM 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Friday 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM

HETERICK LIBRARIANS

Professor Baril

Professor Donley

Professor Kobiela

Professor Logsdon

Professor Moritz

LIBRARIES AT ONU

Heterick Memorial Library Undergraduate library

and accessible to all students

Taggart Law Library Library for law school

and accessible to all students

ONU ID CARD = LIBRARY ID CARD

Use the entire 11 digit number

LIBRARY ID CARD MY LIBRARY ACCOUNT

Use your full name (as it appears on the ID) and the entire 11 digit number

LIBRARY APP:HETERICK2GO IN APP STORES

RED PHONES = REFERENCE HELP!

WHAT THE LIBRARY OFFERS:

~400,000 items in POLAR, the ONU library catalog

~20,000,000 items in OhioLink 260 Databases 400+ print periodicals Tens of thousands of electronic journal titles Juvenile, Young Adult, and Graphic Novel

collections DVDs, CDs, streaming audiovisuals, and

streaming music

WHAT THESE SESSIONS ARE ALL ABOUT:

Learning about library research guides How to construct and develop a research

strategy Using concept maps to explore your topic How to Evaluating web resources How to identify and locate print resources How to navigate databases Interlibrary Loans (ILL): the “last resort”

option

UH…I’M NOT GOING TO REMEMBER ALL OF THIS…

UH…I’M NOT GOING TO REMEMBER ALL OF THIS…

HOW TO DO RESEARCH:SEVEN STEPS OF THE RESEARCH PROCESS

Step 1: Identify and develop your topic Step 2: Find background information Step 3: Use catalogs to find books and media Step 4: Find internet resources (if appropriate

for the assignment) Step 5: Use databases to find periodical

articles Step 6: Evaluate what you find Step 7: Cite what you find

Amended with permission by the Librarians at the Olin and Uris Libraries of Cornell University

IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP YOUR TOPIC: WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TOPIC AND A THESIS STATEMENT?

Definitions from Google definition searches

IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP YOUR TOPIC:HOW TO START YOUR 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

IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP YOUR TOPIC: EXAMPLE OF A CONCEPT MAP

IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP YOUR TOPIC: CONCEPT MAPPING

FIND BACKGROUND INFORMATION: BACKGROUND RESEARCH Background research = Reference and Encyclopedias Library catalog Look at Databases/Reference tab in the Writing Seminar

research guide for a link to the library’s databases as well as links to electronic encyclopedias and reference materials

USE CATALOGS TO FIND BOOKS AND MEDIA: POLAR CATALOG POLAR Catalog – Search for physical and electronic

items (ebooks and ejournals) that are available from Heterick Memorial Library and Taggart Law Library

USE CATALOGS TO FIND BOOKS AND MEDIA: POLAR 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

USE CATALOGS TO FIND BOOKS AND MEDIA: POLAR CATALOG: SUBJECT 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

USE CATALOGS TO FIND BOOKS AND MEDIA: POLAR CATALOG: RESULTS

ebook

Law Library

Heterick Library

USE CATALOGS TO FIND BOOKS AND MEDIA: POLAR CATALOG: MY LIBRARY ACCOUNT

USE CATALOGS TO FIND BOOKS AND MEDIA: OHIOLINK CATALOG

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

USE CATALOGS TO FIND BOOKS AND MEDIA: OHIOLINK CATALOG

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

USE CATALOGS TO FIND BOOKS AND MEDIA: OHIOLINK CATALOG

1. 2. Select Ohio Northern from the dropdown list.

3. Enter your full name and all 11 digits from your student ID. 4. Select “Heterick – Circulation Desk for the pickup location and hit the submit button.

USE CATALOGS TO FIND BOOKS AND MEDIA: SEARCH OHIO CATALOG

1.

Search Ohio: Your next step

if all of the POLAR and OhioLINK copies are

unavailable.

2.

3. Select Ohio Northern from the dropdown list.

4. Enter your full name and all 11 digits from your student ID. 5. Select “Heterick – Circulation Desk for the pickup location and hit the submit button.

FINDING INTERNET RESOURCES (IF APPROPRIATE FOR THE ASSIGNMENT)

Helpful for identifying additional keywords and subjects for your concept map Google Wikipedia

Does the information located satisfy the research need?

Is the information factual and unbiased? Refer to Critically Analyzing Web

Sources/CRAAP Test

FINDING INTERNET RESOURCES:CRITICALLY ANALYZING WEB SOURCES USING THE CRAAP TEST Currency

Timeliness of the information Relevance/Coverage

Depth and importance of the information Authority

Source of the information Accuracy

Reliability of the information Purpose/Objectivity

Possible bias present in the information

WEB RESEARCH VS. LIBRARY DATABASES

Internet Material from numerous

sources, individuals, government, etc.

Search engines must work with material prepared without regard for specific software

Quality of material varies Generally do not access

for-profit information Content often

anonymous and undated

Databases Usually created by a single

publisher Content pre-arranged for

easy searching Quality-controlled by

editorial staff Most are available only to

subscribers Sources are usually

identified and dated Databases often focus on

a specific subject or discipline, but some cover several areas

USE DATABASES TO FIND PERIODICAL ARTICLES: OVERVIEW OF DATABASES

What is the basic definition of a library database? A library database is an electronic (online) catalog or index Library databases contain information about published items Library databases are searchable The library subscribes to many databases so the ONU

community has access to these resources. When you’re searching a database, you are not searching “the web.”

What types of items are indexed by library databases? Articles in Journals/Magazines/Newspapers Reference Information (i.e. entries from Encyclopedias,

Dictionaries, etc.) Books & other documents

Source: http://web.calstatela.edu/library/whatisadatabase.htm

USE DATABASES TO FIND PERIODICAL ARTICLES: FINDING DATABASES

USE DATABASES TO FIND PERIODICAL ARTICLES: CHOOSING A DATABASE

General Databases Academic Search

Complete Business Source

Complete JSTOR Lexis-Nexis MasterFILE

Premier MEDLINE with Full

Text

Databases by Subject

USE DATABASES TO FIND PERIODICAL ARTICLES: POPULAR VS. SCHOLARLY PERIODICALS

Popular = Magazine Scholarly = Journal

Magazines are periodicals that contain more popular content. They tend to have glossy pages, lots of pictures, and can be read and understood by the general public. They contain shorter articles written by a staff of journalists.

Journals are periodicals that contain scholarly and peer-reviewed articles, written by scholars and researchers, that are aimed at professionals in the field. The articles are longer and have extensive bibliographies at the ends of the articles.

USE DATABASES TO FIND PERIODICAL ARTICLES: FULL TEXT ARTICLES

USE DATABASES TO FIND PERIODICAL ARTICLES: FIND IT @ ONU

Find It @ ONU takes you from a database where you don’t have full text access to a database where you do have full text access

USE DATABASES TO FIND PERIODICAL ARTICLES: SEARCH DISCOVERY LAYER

What it is: A discovery layer sits on top of the majority of the

library resources and allows users to access most of the information available on one topic with one search

Think of it as the roof on a house What it isn’t:

An index to ALL database content. While all EBSCO databases areincluded, ProQuest databases, among a few others, are not included in SEARCH.

A “Googlization” of library resources, although it may seem like it at first.

USE DATABASES TO FIND PERIODICAL ARTICLES: SEARCH DISCOVERY LAYER

What it includes: 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

USE DATABASES TO FIND PERIODICAL ARTICLES: SEARCHING PRIOR TO SEARCH

Reference resources

Databases Others…• Newspapers• ebooks• Websites• Government

publications

Catalog

USE DATABASES TO FIND PERIODICAL ARTICLES: SEARCH

USE DATABASES TO FIND PERIODICAL ARTICLES: SEARCH RESULTS FOR FULL TEXT & POLAR

USE DATABASES TO FIND PERIODICAL ARTICLES: SEARCH RESULTS FOR OHIOLINK

USE DATABASES TO FIND PERIODICAL ARTICLES: SEARCH RESULTS FOR FIND IT @ ONU

USE DATABASES TO FIND PERIODICAL ARTICLES: SEARCH RESULTS FOR ILL When in doubt, email: ill@onu.edu

USE DATABASES TO FIND PERIODICAL ARTICLES: FACETS: LIMIT YOUR RESULTS

EVALUATE WHAT YOU FIND:REVIEW YOU FINDINGS To make it easier to review the articles that you have found,

create a My EBSCOhost account to use across all EBSCO databases, including SEARCH.

1. Add to folder directly from the results list

2. Add to folder from an item’s detailed view screen

EVALUATE WHAT YOU FIND: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

An annotated bibliography is a list of sources that includes a summary and/or evaluation of the source

What an annotated bibliography does: 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

CITE WHAT YOU FIND:ONLINE AND PRINT ASSISTANCE

Refer to the “Writing & Research Guides” and “Citations” tabs for tips and resources.

OWL: The Purdue Online Writing Labhttp://owl.english.purdue.edu

The Bedford Handbook, 8th ed.

AND FINALLY…DON’T FORGET THAT THE LIBRARIANS ARE HERE TO HELP!

Librarians on reference duty:

Monday – Thursday8:00 AM – 4:30 PM6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Friday8:00 AM – 4:30 PM