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ENGL 1221Writing Seminar
McManus
Professor Traci Welch MoritzPublic Services Librarian
Heterick Memorial Library
What to expect• Day 1• Construct research
strategy• Conduct background
research• Evaluate materials• Manage information
found
• Day 2• Review• Narrow focus• Select appropriate
databases• Create annotated
bibliography
How to remember
Libraries at ONU• Heterick Memorial Library
• Undergraduate Library, accessible to all
•Taggert Law Library
•Library for Law school, accessible to all
ONU card = Library ID
The assignment
• Persuasive argument -- Persuade the audience to choose your point of view.–Define main point–Identify reader–Identify strongest points for persuasion–Identify strongest opposing view
Possible Topics• Issues of social justice• Human rights• Equality in the US• Occupy Wall Street• US student loan controversy• Rising division in US wealth and poverty levels• Globalizing job opportunities in the US• Public protests in the Arab Spring to bring about change• Public protests in Syria and the conflict created• Detroit’s revitalization
Background Research
• 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, readings– Internet– Librarians, Instructors
Background research
Research Tools - Catalogs
•Highly structured information environment
Way individual records are arrangedSubject headingsCatalog software optimized for aboveDeal with material in many formats
•Implies a learning curve to use successfully
Emphasis on precision
•Preparation relatively labor-intensive
•Implies heavy human involvement
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
POLAR
POLAR
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
OhioLINK
Background Research
Web Research
Google and Wikipedia aren’t evil, just use them for the correct purpose at the correct point in your research strategy.
Why Evaluate Web Sources?
• Anyone with a little time, some knowledge and small amount of money can publish on the Internet.
• No person, persons or organization reviews the content of the Internet.
• Pages are retrieved by search engines based on the page's content, not the relevancy or quality of the page.
• Much information on the Web is not updated regularly.
Web Research
Google ScholarONU buysFull-textdatabase
OhioLINKPermits
Google tolink to full-text
Google asksto link tocontent
ONU user sees licensed full-textarticles
Run Google ScholarSearch
Note: See “Google Scholar” tab at Research Guide to set off-campus access
Web Research
Web Research
• Currency
• Relevance/Coverage
• Authority
• Accuracy
• Purpose/Objectivity
• Timeliness of the information.
• Depth and importance of the information.
• Source of the information.
• Reliability of the information
• Possible bias present in the information.
Web Research
Databases “Pay to Play”
• Usually created by a single publisher
• Content pre-arranged for easy use• Quality/ content control thru
editorial staff• Content usually available only to
subscribers• Content source usually identified and dated
Internet (Search Engines)
• Material from numerous sources, individual. Government, etc.
• Search engines must work with material prepared without regard for specific software
• Quality of material varies• Generally do not access for-profit
information• Content often anonymous and undated
Bibliographic Citation Software
Databases
Databases
Databases
Often tools for locating journal and newspaper articles
Most are subject-specific – some multi-disciplinary
Many give access to full text of articlesHeterick has 250+
Databases
General Databases to begin Academic Search CompleteLexis-NexisOpposing ViewpointsSearch by Subject/Discipline
Find an Article
Find an Article
Periodical means the same as Magazine
Usually magazines are more “popular”
JournalsScholarly or ProfessionalPeer reviewed
Find an Article
Find an Article
Some articles available full-text html or pdf
What if it’s not available PDF or HTML?Always click the “find it” icon and see what
happens next.
Find an Article
Find an Article
Could be available through another database
Find an Article
Not available full text so you’ll need to request through ILL
Interlibrary Loan
Traci Welch Moritz, MLSPublic Services LibrarianAssistant Professor
Heterick Memorial Library
t-moritz@onu.edureference@onu.edu
419-772-2473419-772-2185
Reference Librarians on duty8a-4:30p Mon-Fri6p-9p Mon-Thur10a-3:30p Sundays
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