Annotated Bibliography &

Research Strategies

Writing Seminar Dr. Robert Scott

Traci Welch MoritzPublic Services Librarian/Assistant

ProfessorHeterick Memorial Library

What today is all about

Aid in constructing research strategy for finding resources for annotated bibliography

Find resources in library catalog and databases available

Everything shown today is available at Research Guides for Writing Seminar

To get you

started

WELCOME to the LIBRARY

What you can expect from HML

Knowledgeable degreed librarians on duty over 60 hours per week

Friendly faces ready to help 101.5 hours per week

Access to the resources you need both on and off campus

Resources available in a timely manner

Librarians and support staff

http://www-new.onu.edu/academics/heterick_memorial_library/staff

OhioLINK

POLAR

WorldCAT

Ca. 400,000items

Ca. 20,000,000items

1.4 billionitems

What we expect you to know

+ even more!

250 DatabasesAbout 700+ print periodical

subscriptions10s of thousands electronic

journal titlesJuvenile collectionAudiovisuals – physical and

streaming

How am I suppose to remember all this stuff?

ONU ID is Library card

EVAEva Maglott00021559801

Eva Maglott

Please use all digits in your student ID number.

Libraries at ONU Heterick Memorial

Library

Undergraduate Library, accessible to all

• Taggert Law Library

• Library for Law school, accessible to all

This is Jeopardy

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

What should I do first?

• Finding the right search term

• Start big and then use patterns you see in the results list to narrow your topic

• Most resources will have built into their system a “thesaurus” or “subject” or suggested topics links, use them

• Ask a librarian or your professor for suggestions

Research Strategy• Start big doing background reading

• Narrow your topic for a more focused product

• Research narrowed topic using subject specific databases

• Keep track of bibliographic citations to avoid trouble down the road.

Ask a question

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

Internet Tools

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 please see the “google scholar” tab at the Research Guide for HONR 231

Internet Tools

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 do I do next?Use library resources to continue your background research.

POLARThink of the call number as the street address of the book on the library shelves

FIND A BOOK∞POLAR

• 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

• Look for the same or similar words which keep appearing

FIND A BOOK∞POLAR

•Looks in one place – subject•Usually requires an exact match between your term and a pre-set list of terms

•Precise•Can be used after keyword search has identified specific subjects

FIND A BOOK∞POLAR

Click on the “Find Similar Items” link found on each item record

Find a Book∞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

What do I do next?

Use databases to find articles based on your search strategy

Bibliographic Citation Software

REFWORKS

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 over 250

Over 20,000 journals indexed, most are full text

Divided by subject area offered at ONU

Begin with a general database, Academic Search Complete JSTOR

Research Tools∞Databases

Find an Article

Periodical means the same as Magazine

Usually magazines are more “popular”

Journals

Scholarly or Professional

Peer reviewed

See Research Guide for HONR 231 for this and other Handouts

A. Academic Search Complete, Masterfile Premier

B. JSTORC. Lexis-NexisD. Proquest NursingE. Opposing Viewpoints

Research Tools∞Databases

General Database

Scholarly journals, peer reviewed articles

Academic Search Complete/ Masterfile Premier

General Database

Scholarly journals, peer reviewed articles

JSTOR

General DatabaseLexis Nexis Academic

Subject Specific Database

Subject Specific Database

ProQuest

Subject Specific Database

Opposing viewpoints

Managing Information - RefWorksLicensed state-wide, access free to Ohio

students for the rest of your life! See: http://0-www.refworks.com.polar.onu.edu/

Write n’ Cite interfaces with MS WordExcellent TutorialsHelp available at Heterick Research Guide for Writing Seminar for

instructions on how to get your free-for-a-life-time account

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 requestsMost requests take 5-7 days to fillUse ILL form on library web pages

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Ask at the Reference DeskPhone the Reference Desk –

2185Contact us by E-mail

reference@onu.edu Use Chat Help feature or the IMIM feature

QUESTIONS?