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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?