1. Writing Seminar -- Researchhints, tips and things youneed to know Traci Welch Moritz Public Services LibrarianAssistant ProfessorHeterick Memorial Library

2. IntroductionWelcomeProfessor Moritz, t-moritz@onu.eduFeel free to visit or email reference@onu.eduLibrarians on duty 8-4:30, 6-9 Mon Thurs, 8-4:30 Friday and 10-3:30 on Sundays 3. What well do today over the nexttwo daysLearn about Research GuidesCreate a RefWorks accountLearn how to construct a research strategyIdentify and locate print resourcesLearn how to navigate databasesLast resort optionEvaluate web resources 4. How to remember everything 5. Libraries at ONUHeterick Memorial LibraryTaggert LawLibraryLibrary for Law Undergraduateschool,library,accessible to allaccessible to all 6. ONU card = Library IDRemember toalways use all11 digits! 7. What well do todayHow to do researchHow to use library resources to do researchWhat resources to use when doing research 8. How to do Research Seven Steps of the Research Process Amended with permission by the Librarians at the Olin and Uris Libraries of Cornell UniversitySTEP 1: IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP YOUR TOPICSTEP 2: FIND BACKGROUND INFORMATIONSTEP 3: FIND INTERNET RESOURCES (ifappropriate for the assignment)STEP 4: USE DATABASES TO FIND PERIODICAL ARTICLESSTEP 5: EVALUATE WHAT YOU FINDSTEP 6: PULLING IT ALL TOGETHERSTEP 7: CITE WHAT YOU FIND 9. Start at the beginning 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 Librarians, Instructors 1 10. Background Research -- BooksClick on the POLAR tab or Seach POLAR link 11. Background Research -- BooksHighly structured information environment Way individual records are arranged Subject headings Catalog software optimized for above Deal with material in many formatsImplies heavy human involvementEmphasis on precisionPreparation relatively labor-intensiveImplies a learning curve to use successfully 12. Find a Book -- POLAR 13. Books - ShortcutsHold on, Ivegot an idea! 14. Books - Shortcuts More to come in a minute 15. Find a Book -- POLAR 16. 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 17. Find a Book -- POLAR 18. Find a Book -- POLAR If a book is available, go get it. Otherwise request via your other two options; OhioLINK or SearchOhio. 19. Find a Book -- OhioLINK Materials owned by all Ohio colleges,universities, several public libraries Ca. 10 million items Link from POLAR permits you to submitrequests. Available from Heterick homepage Most requests arrive in 2-3 working days No charge Limited to 100 items at a time MAY RENEW UP TO 4 TIMES 20. Find a Book -- OhioLINK 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 3-5 working days No charge Limited to 100 items at a time May keep up to 84 days 21. SearchOhio Access to several Ohio public libraries Access via OhioLINK An option when item wanted is not available at ONU or throughOhioLINK 22. Find a Book -- POLAR A small butgrowing part ofthe collection areEbooks Click to link tocontent 23. What about Google? Does the information locatedsatisfy the research need? Is the information factualand unbiased? See handout CriticallyAnalyzing InformationSTEPSources the Writing SeminarResearch Guide 3 24. What about Google?Google and Wikipedia arent intrinsically evil, just use them for the correct purpose in your research. 25. Google Scholar 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 26. CRAAP test Timeliness of the information.Currency Depth and importance of the information.Relevance/Coverage Source of the information.Authority Reliability of the informationAccuracy Possible bias present in the information.Purpose/Objectivity 27. DatabasesOften tools for locating journal and newspaper articlesMost are subject-specific some multi-disciplinaryMany give access to full text of articlesSTEP Heterick has 250+ 4 28. Academic Search CompleteLexis-NexisJSTOR : the Scholarly Journal ArchiveSearch by Subject/Discipline for subject specific databases 29. How to manage all you find 30. How to use JSTOR JSTOR was founded in 1995 to build trusted digitalarchives for scholarship. Today, we enable the scholarlycommunity to preserve their work and the materialsthey rely upon, and to build a common researchplatform that promotes the discovery and use of theseresources. Began adding current issues for some 170+ titles butmostly consists of back issues HML subscribes to the full-text component BUT alsoshows links to articles outside the library. You must payattention to what you find. There is no FIND IT button Easiest way to work with JSTORis to get a free account and go from there. 31. Head right to Advanced Search 32. Advanced SearchingYou will want touncheck the onlycontent I can accessbox and leave the otherchecked. 33. JSTOR results list Still happy because you can get articles just need to click through 34. Managing results list in JSTOR 35. Exporting to RefWorks 36. Log in to your account 37. What if 38. Article not available from othersource? 39. How to do ILL 40. ILL -- Fill in the blanksArticle willappear inONU emailas a pdfattachment 41. How to find print journalsClick on the linkto the catalogfor full details 42. Locating print journalsClick on LatestReceived tosee the currentlocations forperiodicals 43. Locating print journalsReserve means the periodical/journal is held at the front desk.Current means the issue is new and is available on the open shelves beside the computer lab.All others are upstairs and arranged alphabetically by title.Bound means its out of the buildingArrived means its on the open shelvesExpected means its not here yet 44. HELPReferenceLibrarians onduty Traci Welch Moritz, MLS8a-4:30p Mon-FriPublic Services Librarian6p-9p Mon-ThurAssistant ProfessorHeterick Memorial10a-3:30p LibrarySundayst-moritz@onu.edu 419-772-2473 419-772-2185