1. Writing SeminarHeather Surface Traci Welch Moritz Public Services Librarian Assistant ProfessorHeterick Memorial Library

2. Introduction Welcome Traci Welch Moritz, t-moritz@onu.edu Feel free to visit or email Librarians on duty 8-4:30, 6-9 Mon Thurs, 8-4 Friday and 10-3:30 onSundays reference@onu.edu 3. How am I suppose to remember all thisstuff? 4. Libraries at ONU Taggert Law Heterick Library Memorial Library Library for Law Undergraduate school,Library, accessi accessible to allble to all 5. ONU card = Library ID 6. What well do todayHow to do researchHow to use library resources to do researchWhat resources to use when doing research 7. BibliographyAllows you to see what is out thereHelps you narrow your topic and discard any irrelevant materialsAids in developing the thesisMakes you a better scholar 8. How to doresearchSTEP 1: IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP YOUR TOPICSTEP 2: FIND BACKGROUND INFORMATIONSTEP 3: FIND INTERNET RESOURCES*STEP 4: USE DATABASES TO FIND PERIODICALARTICLESSTEP 5: EVALUATE WHAT YOU FINDSTEP 6: PULLING IT ALL TOGETHERSTEP 7: CITE WHAT YOU FINDSeven Steps of the Research ProcessAmended with permission by the Librarians at the Olin and Uris Libraries of Cornell University 9. HOW TO DO RESEARCH IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP 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, readingsSTEP Internet 1 Librarians, Instructors 10. RESEARCH FIND BACKGROUND INFORMATIONSTEP 2 11. Highly structured informationenvironmentWay individual records are arrangedSubject headingsCatalog software optimized for aboveDeal with material in many formatsImplies heavy human involvementPreparation relatively labor-intensiveEmphasis on precisionImplies a learning curve to use successfully 12. Libraries at ONUTaggert Law Heterick MemorialLibraryLibraryLibrary for Lawschool, Undergraduateaccessible to allLibrary, accessible to all 13. ONU ID is Library cardEVAEva Maglott00021559801Eva MaglottPlease use alldigits in yourstudent IDnumber. 14. POLARThink of the call number asthe street address of thebook on the library shelves 15. FIND A BOOKPOLAR 16. FIND A BOOKPOLARLooks in several locations(usually subject, article title,abstracts or contents)Does not require an exactmatchGenerates comparatively largenumber of hits (not precise)Good if you are not familiar withterminologyLook for the same or similarwords which keep appearing 17. FIND ABOOKPOLARItemsClick on the Find Similarlink found on each item recordLooks in one place subjectUsually requires an exactmatch between your term anda pre-set list of termsPreciseCan be used after keywordsearch has identified specificsubjects 18. Find a BookOhioLink Materials owned by all Ohio colleges,universities, several public libraries Ca. 10 million items Link from POLAR permits you to submitrequests. 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 19. INTERNET TOOLS Does the information located satisfy the research need? Is the information factual and unbiased? See handout Critically Analyzing Information Sources the WritingSTEP Seminar Research Guide3 20. Internet ToolsGoogle and Wikipedia arent intrinsically evil, just use them for the correct purpose in your research. 21. Internet Tools Google ScholarNote: Ifworking ONU buysoffFull-textdatabase Google askscampusto link toplease see contentthe OhioLINK Permitsgoogle Google toRun Googlescholar link to full-textScholartab at the SearchResearchGuide for ONU user seeslicensed full-textWriting articlesSeminar 22. RESEARCH EVALUATE WHAT YOU FIND How to interpret the basics 1. Accuracy of Web Documents 2. Authority of Web Documents 3. Objectivity of Web Documents 4. Currency of Web DocumentsSTEP 5. Coverage of the Web Documents 5 Kapoun, Jim. "Teaching undergrads WEB evaluation: A guide for library instruction." C&RL News (July/August 1998): 522-523. 23. Critically analyzing websources 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 pageFrom the University of Wisconsin Library, worksheet for evaluating web sites 24. Often tools for locating journal and newspaper articles Most are subject-specific some multi-disciplinary Many give access to full text of articlesSTEP Heterick has 240+ 4 25. Academic Search Premier Lexis-NexisJSTOR : the Scholarly Journal Archive Search by Subject/Discipline for subject specific databases 26. Find an Article Over 20,000 journalsindexed, most are full text Divided by subject area offeredat ONU Begin with a generaldatabase, Academic SearchPremier 27. Find an Article Periodical means the same as MagazineUsually magazines are more popular JournalsScholarly or ProfessionalPeer reviewed 28. Find an Article 29. Find an Article 30. Find an Article 31. Find an Article 32. Find an Article 33. Find an ArticleKeywordSubject 34. Find an Article What if its not available PDF or HTML? Always hit the find it icon and see what happens next. 35. Find an Article Could be available in EJC, theOhioLINK electronic database. 36. Find an Article And could be availablein print 37. Find an Article 38. Find an Article Reserve means the periodical/journal is held atthe front desk. Current means the issue is new and is availableon the open shelves beside the computer lab. All others are upstairs and arrangedalphabetically by title. Bound means its out of the building Arrived means its on the open shelves Expected means its not here yet 39. HOW TO DO RESEARCHPulling it all together Accuracy. If your page lists the author and institution that published the page and provides a way of contacting him/her and Authority. If your page lists the author credentials and its domain is preferred (.edu, .gov, .org, or .net), and, Objectivity. If your page provides accurate information with limited advertising and it is objective in presentingSTEP the information, and 6 40. RESEARCH Pulling it all together cont Currency. If your page is current and updated regularly (as stated on the page) and the links (if any) are also up-to-date, and Coverage. If you can view the information properly--not limited to fees, browser technology, or software requirement, then You may have a Web page that could be of value to yourSTEP research! 6 41. RESEARCH Cite what you find using standard formatsThere are 3 citation styles thatare in frequent used at ONU.They are: MLA (Modern Language Association) APA (American Psychological Association) CMS (Chicago Manual of Style)STEP 7 42. Research Ethics ACADEMI C 43. Research Ethics Copyright - intended to promote the arts and the sciences. It does this by providing authors of original literary, dramatic, musical, arti stic, and certain other intellectual works the ability to control how their work is used 44. Research Ethics Plagiarism - ...the wrongful appropriation or purloining, and publication as ones own, the ideas or the expression of the ideas (literary, artistic, musical, mecha nical, etc.) of an other. see Heterick Help Page and 45. Research Ethics In other words, to plagiarize is to copy someone elses work without giving him/her credit. Plagiarism is not always intentional. You can do it by accident, but it is still 1 against the law. If you ever have a question about whether something is plagiarized, please ask!1. How not to plagiarize your report -- Shannon Hosier Mersand 46. Research Ethics 2How may I avoid plagiarizing? Identify any information that would not be consideredcommon knowledge Unless in direct quotes, make sure you paraphrase what theoriginal author said Use a quote if you cant think of a way to paraphrase theinformation always, Always, ALWAYS cite the source of any informationin your paper which is not considered common knowledge. Ifyou are unsure if something is common knowledge, cite it! 2 How not to plagiarize your report -- Shannon Hosier Mersand 47. HELP Traci Welch Moritz, MLS Public Services Librarian Assistant Professor Heterick Memorial LibraryReference t-moritz@onu.eduLibrarians on419-772-2473duty 419-772-21858a-4:30p Mon-Fri6p-9p Mon-Thur