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Material Available
At Home/ School
• Catalogs• Core EBSCO
At ONU
• Catalogs• Core EBSCO• Unique databases• Books
Available EBSCO Databases
Available EBSCO Databases
March 2010
Resource Providers
• InfOhio – serving Ohio’s schools http://www.infohio.org/ER/ER9-12.asp• OPLIN – serving Ohio’s public libraries
http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us/index.cfm• OhioLINK – serving Ohio’s college and
university libraries http://www.ohiolink.edu
Printing, Downloading, Saving
• All three catalogs allow you to mark entries and later to save or E-mail them.
• Most databases offer the same options• If you have created an EBSCO account, you can
save articles to it.• If you have a flash memory device, you can save
articles to it.• Today, you SHOULD be able to print without
charge in the labs.
EBSCO Account
Click here to logon or create
an account
RESEARCH TOOLS
• Catalogs – includes printed and E-books, maps, government
documents, etc.
• Research Databases – covers periodical articles, statistics, etc.
• Web Resources
CATALOGS - SIZEThe amount of material covered by each catalog varies. The larger the
catalog the more likely you are to locate items of use.
POLAR – 400,000 items
OhioLINK – 10 million+ items
WorldCAT – 110 million+ items
Database Search Strategies
• Specific searches – author, title• Concept searches - subject, keyword• Limiting features – date, language, etc.• Search history – records searches and allows
you to mix and match terms
Major Types of Searching by Concept- Keyword
• 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
Major Types of Searches by Concept- Subject
• 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
Search Screen Conventions - POLAR
Multiple search term boxes
Search Screens - POLAR
Set type of search. Default is keyword
Search Screens - POLAR
Set logical relationship between terms:• And• Or• Not
Search Screens - POLAR
Focus search by limiting
Search Screens - OhioLINK
Search Screens – WorldCAT.Org
Search Screens - EBSCO
Catalog Content
Materials commonly listed in catalogs:• Books• Maps• Music Scores• Audiovisual materials• Government documents• Increasingly links to resources on the Internet
Not newspaper and magazine articles
Other SourcesBluffton Public Library • Can fill loan requests• Need to have a library card (parental permission required)• See: http://blufftonlibrary.oplin.org/Interlibraryloan.htm
Bluffton University• Does not fill loan requests, but materials can be used in the library
Findlay/ Hancock Co. Public Library
Macomb Public Library
Contact Us
Use the “contact us” link on the Heterick home page or E-mail or Instant Messaging• t-moritz@onu.edu • plogsdon@onu.edu
Databases
• Used mostly for locating newspaper and magazine articles
• Access controlled• Offer broad and subject-specific coverage• Available to general public via InfOhio and
OPLIN (some)
Multi-disciplinary Databases
• Academic Search (EBSCO) available state-wide• Lexis-Nexis – licensed sites (OhioLINK)• Opposing Viewpoints – licensed sites
(individual libraries)
Available from Heterick home page
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