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Writing Seminar -- Research hints, tips and things you need to know

Traci Welch Moritz

Public Services Librarian

Assistant Professor

Heterick Memorial Library

What we’ll do today

Learn about Research Guides

Create a RefWorks account

Learn how to navigate JSTOR

Identify and locate print resources

“Last resort” option

Evaluate web resources

How to remember everything

How to manage all you find

How to use JSTOR

JSTOR was founded in 1995 to build trusted digital archives for scholarship. Today, we enable the scholarly community to preserve their work and the materials they rely upon, and to build a common research platform that promotes the discovery and use of these resources.

Began adding current issues for some 170+ titles but mostly consists of back issues

HML subscribes to the full-text component BUT also shows links to articles outside the library. You must pay attention to what you find.

There is no “FIND IT” button

Easiest way to work with JSTOR

is to get a free account and go from there.

Head right to “Advanced Search”

Advanced Searching

You will want to uncheck the “only content I can access box and leave the other checked.

JSTOR results list

Still happy because you can get articles just need to “click through”

Managing results list in JSTOR

Exporting to RefWorks

Log in to your account

What if…

Article not available from other source?

How to do ILL

ILL -- Fill in the blanks

Article will appear in ONU email as a pdf attachment

How to find print journals

Click on the link to the catalog for full details

Locating print journals

Click on Latest Received to see the current locations for periodicals

Reserve 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 it’s out of the building

Arrived means it’s on the open shelves

Expected means it’s not here yet

Locating print journals

Google and Wikipedia aren’t intrinsically evil, just use them for the correct purpose in your research.

Internet Tools

Google Scholar

ONU buys

Full-text

database

OhioLINK

Permits

Google to

link to full-text

Google asks

to link to

content

ONU user sees licensed full-textarticles

Run Google

Scholar

Search

Note: If

working

off

campus

please see

the

“google

scholar”

tab at the

Research

Guide for

Writing

Seminar

Internet Tools

Critically analyzing web sources

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 page

From the University of Wisconsin Library, worksheet for evaluating web sites

HELP

Traci Welch Moritz, MLSPublic Services Librarian

Assistant Professor

Heterick Memorial Library

t-moritz@onu.edu419-772-2473419-772-2185

Reference Librarians on duty8a-4:30p Mon-Fri6p-9p Mon-Thur10a-3:30p Sundays