ENGL 1231Writing Seminar

Emotions, An Annotated

Bibliography and Essay

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 today

• How to use library resources to do research• How to construct an

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

Annotated Bibliography

Definition Essay

• Some say to “write a successful definition essay you must share all the knowledge you have obtained on the subject.”

• How do you find all this information?• Research!

• Barker, Cheryll. "A Brief Guide to Writing Definition Essays." The Online Writing Lab (OWL). Roane State Community College, n.d.

Web. 20 Apr 2011. <http://www.roanestate.edu/owl/Definition.html>.

Research Guides

Research Guides

Research Tools ∞ Internet

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

Google ScholarONU 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 sees only citation to articles not full text. See Research Guide for info on how to set up off campus access.

Research Tools ∞ Internet

• Does the information located satisfy the research need?

• Is the information factual and unbiased?

• See handout “Critically Analyzing Information Sources” under the “Handouts” tab at the Research Guide.

Research Tools ∞ Internet

FIND A BOOK∞POLAR

Research Tools∞OhioLink

• Materials owned by all Ohio colleges, universities, several public libraries

USE DATABASES 2 FIND ARTICLES

How to conduct research

Research Tools∞Databases

• 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 250+

Find an Article

• Over thousands of journals indexed, most are full text• Divided by subject area

offered at ONU• Begin with a general database,

Academic Search Complete

Find an Article

• Click on “Periodical Articles”

Find an Article

Find an Article

• Academic Search Complete

Find an Article

You can choose to limit by date by sliding the date bar.

Find an Article

You can choose to narrow by an additional subject, geographic location or type of publication.

Find an Article

Click on the pdf or hmtl link to bring up the full text of the article.

Find an Article

No html or pdf link?Always click on the “FIND IT” button to find out where else you can find the article!

Find an Article• Could be available through another database

Find an Article• It could be available in print• It could not be available through the library which

would necessitate an ILL request

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.

InterLibrary Loan

Fill in the blanks

How to keep track of articles

Bibliographic Citation Software

Saving, Printing, Exporting

Managing Information - RefWorks

• Licensed state-wide, access free to Ohio students for the rest of your life!

• See “RefWorks” tab at Research Guide• Excellent Tutorials• Help available at Heterick

Help