TREX 1001 Library Orientation

Success @ HML = Success @ ONU

Traci Welch MoritzPublic Services Librarian/Assistant Professor

Heterick Memorial Library

Part 1

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 Databases• About 700+ print periodical

subscriptions• 10s of thousands electronic

journal titles• Juvenile collection• Audiovisuals – physical and

streaming

How am I going to remember all this?

Resources

Libraries at ONU• Heterick Memorial

Library

• Undergraduate Library, accessible to all

• Taggert Law Library

• Library for Law school, accessible to all

POLAR

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

Course Reserves

Course Reserves

Research Tools• Catalogs – for locating

books, maps, musical scores, govt. documents, etc.

• Databases – usually for locating periodical and newspaper articles, but may cover other materials as well

CATALOGS

• POLAR -- Accessing items located at HML (physical and electronic) as well as Law Library

• OhioLINK -- Next Step if you can’t find what you want in the HML collection

• ILL -- option of last resort

Find a Book -- POLAR

• Click on Search POLAR link at the home page of the library

1. Keyword Search• 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

Find a Book -- POLAR

Click on Basic (keyword) Tab

Find a Book -- POLAR

Find a Book -- POLAR

Find a Book -- POLAR

E-books

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

• Link from POLAR permits you to submit requests

• Most requests arrive in 2-3 working days

• No charge • Only 25 requests at a time• May keep up to 84 days

Find a Book -- OhioLINK

Find a Book -- OhioLINK

Find a Book -- ILL

• Ask at the Reference Desk• Phone the Reference Desk –

2185• Contact us by E-mail (Contact

Us on library web pages)• Use Chat Help feature or the

IM• IM feature

QUESTIONS?