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WRITING SEMINAR
Traci Welch MoritzPublic Services Librarian
Assistant ProfessorHeterick Memorial Library
INTRODUCTION Welcome
Traci Welch Moritz, t-moritz@onu.edu
Feel free to visit or email
Librarians on duty 8-4:30, 6-9 Mon – Thurs, 8-4 Friday and 10-3:30 on Sundays
IM and Chat Reference available certain times
HOW AM I SUPPOSE TO REMEMBER ALL THIS STUFF?
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
WHAT WE’LL DO TODAY
How to do research How to use library
resources to do research What resources to use
when doing research
STEP 1: IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP YOUR TOPIC
STEP 2: FIND BACKGROUND INFORMATION
STEP 3: FIND INTERNET RESOURCES
*STEP 4: USE DATABASES TO FIND PERIODICAL ARTICLES
STEP 5: EVALUATE WHAT YOU FIND
STEP 6: PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER
STEP 7: CITE WHAT YOU FIND
Seven Steps of the Research ProcessAmended with permission by the Librarians at the Olin and Uris Libraries of Cornell University
How to do research
STEP 1
• 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 catalogsBuilt-in thesauri in many databases
Reference sources Textbooks, lecture notes, readings Internet Librarians, Instructors
HOW TO DO RESEARCH
IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP YOUR TOPIC
FIND BACKGROUND INFORMATION
HOW TO DO RESEARCH
STEP 2
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
Click on Library Catalog box at the home page of the library
FIND A BOOK POLAR
FIND A BOOK∞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
FIND A BOOK∞POLAR
FIND A BOOK∞POLAR
RESEARCH TOOLS∞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
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 3-5 working days
No charge
Limited to 100 items at a time
May keep up to 84 days
RESEARCH TOOLS∞OHIOLINK
Does the information located satisfy the research need?
Is the information factual and unbiased?
See handout “Critically Analyzing Information Sources” the Writing Seminar Research Guide
INTERNET TOOLS
STEP 3
Google and Wikipedia aren’t intrinsically evil, just use them for the correct purpose in your research.
INTERNET TOOLS
Google Scholar
ONU buysFull-textdatabase
OhioLINKPermits
Google tolink to full-text
Google asksto link tocontent
ONU user sees licensed full-textarticles
Run Google ScholarSearch
Note: If working offcampus please see the “google scholar” tab at the Research Guide for Writing Seminar
INTERNET TOOLS
EVALUATE WHAT YOU FIND
How to interpret the basics
1. Accuracy of Web Documents
2. Authority of Web Documents
3. Objectivity of Web Documents
4. Currency of Web Documents
5. Coverage of the Web Documents
Kapoun, Jim. "Teaching undergrads WEB evaluation: A guide for library instruction." C&RL News (July/August 1998): 522-523.
HOW TO DO RESEARCH
STEP 5
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
RESEARCH TOOLS∞DATABASES
Often tools for locating journal and newspaper articles
Most are subject-specific – some multi-disciplinary
Many give access to full text of articles
Heterick has 240+
STEP 4
RESEARCH TOOLS∞DATABASES
Academic Search Premier Lexis-Nexis JSTOR : the Scholarly Journa
l Archive Search by Subject/Discipline
for subject specific databases
FIND AN ARTICLE Over 20,000 journals indexed,
most are full text Divided by subject area offered at
ONU Begin with a general database,
Academic Search Premier
FIND AN ARTICLE
Periodical means the same as Magazine
Usually magazines are more “popular”
Journals
Scholarly or Professional
Peer reviewed
FIND AN ARTICLE
FIND AN ARTICLE
FIND AN ARTICLE
FIND AN ARTICLE
FIND AN ARTICLE
FIND AN ARTICLE
Keyword
Subject
FIND AN ARTICLE
What if it’s not available PDF or HTML?
Always hit the “find it” icon and see what happens next.
FIND AN ARTICLE
Could be available in EJC, the OhioLINK electronic database.
FIND AN ARTICLE
And could be available in print
FIND AN ARTICLE
FIND AN ARTICLE
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
Pulling it all together
Accuracy. If your page lists the author and institution that published the page and provides a way of contacting him/her and…Authority. If your page lists the author credentials and its domain is preferred (.edu, .gov, .org, or .net), and, …Objectivity. If your page provides accurate information with limited advertising and it is objective in presenting the information, and…
HOW TO DO RESEARCH
STEP 6
Pulling it all together cont…
Currency. If your page is current and updated regularly (as stated on the page) and the links (if any) are also up-to-date, and…Coverage. If you can view the information properly--not limited to fees, browser technology, or software requirement, then…You may have a Web page that could be of value to your research!
HOW TO DO RESEARCH
STEP 6
There are 3 citation styles that are in frequent used at ONU. They are:
• MLA (Modern Language Association)
• APA (American Psychological Association)
• CMS (Chicago Manual of Style)
Cite what you find using standard formats
HOW TO DO RESEARCH
STEP 7
RESEARCH ETHICS
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
RESEARCH ETHICS
Copyright - intended to promote the arts and the sciences. It does this by providing authors of original literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works the ability to control how their work is used by others.
RESEARCH ETHICS
Plagiarism - “...the wrongful appropriation or purloining, and publication as one’s own, the ideas or the expression of the ideas (literary, artistic, musical, mechanical, etc.) of an other.” – see Heterick Help Page and Student Code of Conduct
RESEARCH ETHICS
In other words, to plagiarize is to copy someone else’s work without giving him/her credit.
Plagiarism is not always intentional. You can do it by accident, but it is still against the law. If you ever have a question about whether something is plagiarized, please ask!
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1. How not to plagiarize your report -- Shannon Hosier Mersand
RESEARCH ETHICS
Identify any information that would not be considered common knowledge
Unless in direct quotes, make sure you paraphrase what the original author said
Use a quote if you can’t think of a way to paraphrase the information
always, Always, ALWAYS cite the source of any information in your paper which is not considered common knowledge. If you are unsure if something is common knowledge, cite it!
2 How not to plagiarize your report -- Shannon Hosier Mersand
How may I avoid plagiarizing?2
HELP
Traci Welch Moritz, MLSPublic Services LibrarianAssistant 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
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