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EXDS 2001International Projects
Professor Traci Welch MoritzPublic Services LibrarianHeterick Memorial Library
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• Aid in constructing research strategy for Aid Evaluation Paper and Personal Ethics statement
• Identify resources • Everything shown today is available
at Research Guides for this class
What today is all aboutTo get you
started
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ONU ID is Library card
EVAEva Maglott00021559801
Eva Maglott
Please use all digits in your student ID number.
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How am I going to remember all this stuff?
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What do I do first?• Construct a research strategy
–Choose an aid project–Work out vocabulary–Evaluate said aid project–How would you go about this?
• What aid projects do you know about?• Which ones are listed in your books?• Which ones has the instructor talked
about?• Check out the Research Guide
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Google and Wikipedia aren’t intrinsically evil, just use them for the correct purpose in your research.
Internet Tools
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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 this class.
Internet Tools
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• 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
Critically analyzing web sources
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What do I do next?
• Continue working on research strategy–What do you need to know?–What type of evaluation is done?–Where would you find best practices?
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What is included?
• POLAR• Article-level searching for all EBSCO
databases• Article-level searching for a variety of
other databases: JSTOR, Hoover’s, AccessPharmacy, etc.
• Title-level searching for most other databases: IEEE, CIAO, Proquest Nursing & Allied Health
• OhioLink central catalog
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Things to Remember
• Facets are your Friend: After you search, limit your results to what you really want
• A tool not a solution: This is not the solution to everything
• Ask the librarians for help• There will still be some small
changes coming
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You can still go directly to specific types of resources
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• 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
• Look for the same or similar words which keep appearing
Finding Books
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•Looks in one place – subject•Usually requires an exact match between your term and a pre-set list of terms
•Precise•Can be used after keyword search has identified specific subjects
Finding Books
Click on the “Find Similar Items” link found on each item record
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• 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
Finding Books
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What do I do next?Use databases to find articles based on your
search strategy
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• 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 over 250
Finding Articles
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• Over 20,000 journals indexed, most are full text
• Divided by subject area offered at ONU
• Begin with a general database, –Academic Search Complete–JSTOR
Finding Articles
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Finding Articles
• Periodical means the same as Magazine
Usually magazines are more “popular”
• JournalsScholarly or Professional
Peer reviewed
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A.Academic Search Complete/Masterfile Premier
B.JSTORC.Cochrane LibraryD.Lexis-Nexis + NewspapersE.Subject specific databases
Finding Articles
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General Database
Scholarly journals, peer reviewed articles
Academic Search Complete/ Masterfile Premier
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General Database
Scholarly journals, peer reviewed articles
JSTOR
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Subject Specific Database
Cochrane Library
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Subject Specific Database
Gender Studies
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• Use when you need a book or article that is not available online, not owned by ONU or available via OhioLINK
• No charge/ limit on requests• Most requests take 5-7 days to fill• Use ILL form on library web pages.
Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
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REFWORKS
Bibliographic Citation Software
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• Licensed state-wide, access free to Ohio students for the rest of your life!
• See: http://0-www.refworks.com.polar.onu.edu/• Write n’ Cite interfaces with MS Word• Excellent Tutorials• Help available at Heterick • Research Guide for HONR 231 for
instructions on how to get your free-for-a-life-time account
Managing Information - RefWorks
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• Ask at the Reference Desk• Phone the Reference Desk at ext.
2185• Contact us by E-mail
[email protected] • Personal Reference Appt
–[email protected] or call ext. 2473
QUESTIONS?
