7. 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
8. 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 Seminar
WHO CARES?
9. How to do 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
11. • 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
12.
13.
14. Find a Book -- POLAR
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
15. Checked out
at HML, try at
OhioLINK
Checked out at HML but
available at law library
so head over there
Available as e-
book, click the link and
follow the directions
19. Find a Book -- OhioLINK
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
21. 1. Make sure
copies are
available at other
libraries
2. Click on request
button
22. 3. Select Ohio Northern
4. Enter your first and last
name and all 11 digits
exactly as they appear on
your ID
5. Be sure to select Heterick as
your pick up location and then
click submit.
6. An email will be sent
when the item is ready
for pickup
23. Access to several Ohio public
libraries
Access via OhioLINK
An option when item wanted is not
available at ONU or through
OhioLINK
24. Allows 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.
25. Enter first and last name and
all 11 digits on university ID
26. For more information visit the Library
Information page
30. RESEARCH TOOLS∞INTERNET
FIND INTERNET RESOURCES
Comprehensive
search engines:
•Alta Vista Subject portals:
•Ask.com •Librarians' Index to the
•Excite Internet
•Scholar.Google •WWW Virtual Library
•Hotbot
•Lycos
•Wisenut Multi-engine
searching:
MetaCrawler
Vivisimo
31. Google and Wikipedia aren’t evil, just
use them for the correct purpose in
your research.
32. Note: If
working off Google Scholar
campus user
sees ONU buys
only citation Full-text
database Google asks
to to link to
articles not content
full text. See
OhioLINK
the Permits
Research Google to Run Google
Guide for link to full-text Scholar
help in Search
setting up
Google ONU user sees
Scholar for licensed full-text
off-campus articles
access.
33. Does the information located
satisfy the research need?
Is the information factual and
unbiased?
See handout “Critically
Analyzing Information Sources”
at the “Web” tab on the Writing
Seminar Research Guide.
34. What do I do next?
Use databases to find articles based on your
search strategy
35. 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 212
54. HOW TO DO RESEARCH
Cite what you find using standard formats
There are 3 citation styles that
are in frequent used at ONU.
They are:
•MLA (Modern Language
Association)
•APA (American Psychological
Association)
•CMS (Chicago Manual of Style)
55. Web
Management
Be sure to click on the “Off
campus access tab” to begin
56. Traci Welch Moritz,
Reference MLS
Public Services Librarian
Librarians on Assistant Professor
Heterick Memorial
duty Library
8a-4p Mon-Fri
t-moritz@onu.edu
6p-9p Mon-Thur 419-772-2473
10a-3:30p 419-772-2185
Sundays