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  • 1. Writing Seminar --Research hints, tipsand things you needto knowTraci Welch MoritzPublic Services Librarian Assistant Professor Heterick Memorial Library

2. What well do todayCreate a Research StrategyIdentify and locate booksIdentify and locate journal articlesLearn how to manage your researchEvaluate web resources* *maybe 3. Research Guides 4. Writing SeminarResearch Guide 5. Libraries at ONUTaggert LawHeterickLibrary Memorial LibraryLibrary for Lawschool, Undergraduateaccessible to all Library,accessible to all 6. ONU ID is Library card EVA Eva Maglott 00021559801 Eva Maglott Please use all digits in your student ID number. 7. Argumentative Paper The argumentative essay is a genre of writing that requires the student to investigate a topic, collect, generate, and evaluate evidence, and establish a position on the topic in a concise manner.How do you find all this information?Research! Argumentative essay assignments generally call for extensive research of literature or previously published material http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/685/05/ 8. Annotated BibliographyAllows you to see what is out thereHelps you narrow your topic and discard any irrelevant materialsAids in developing the thesisMakes you a better scholar 9. What do I do first?Start big doing background readingUse patterns of terms and phrases you seein the results list to create your searchstrategyMost resources will have built into theirsystem a thesaurus or subject orsuggested topics links, use themAsk a librarian or your professor forsuggestionsKeep track of your bibliographic citations toavoid trouble down the road.Ask a 10. Where do I begin? 11. FIND A BOOKPOLAR 12. Globalization EnglishLanguage 13. Globalization EnglishLanguage 14. Globalization EnglishLanguage 15. Materials owned by all Ohio colleges, universities, several publiclibraries 16. How to manage researchfound 17. RefWorksREFWORKS 18. What do I do next?Use databases to find articles based onyour search strategy 19. Scholarly Peer ReviewedPeriodical means the same as MagazineUsually magazines are more popularJournalsScholarly orProfessionalSee ResearchPeer reviewed Guide forWriting Seminarfor handout 20. DatabasesOften tools for locating journal and newspaper articlesMost are subject-specific some multi-disciplinaryMany give access to full text of articlesHeterick has over 250 21. DatabasesOver 20,000 journals indexed, most are full textDivided by subject area offered at ONUBegin with a general database 22. DatabasesA.Academic Search CompleteB.JSTORC.Opposing ViewpointsD.Subject specific 23. General DatabaseScholarly journals,peer reviewedarticles 24. General Database Scholarly journals, peer reviewed articles 25. Subject Specific Database 26. Subject Specific Database 27. Subject Specific Database 28. General Database Scholarly journals, peer reviewed articles 29. How to use JSTOR JSTOR was founded in 1995 to build trusted digitalarchives for scholarship. Today, we enable the scholarlycommunity to preserve their work and the materialsthey rely upon, and to build a common researchplatform that promotes the discovery and use of theseresources. Began adding current issues for some 170+ titles butmostly consists of back issues HML subscribes to the full-text component BUT alsoshows links to articles outside the library. You must payattention to what you find. There is no FIND IT button Easiest way to work with JSTORis to get a free account and go from there. 30. Head right to AdvancedSearch 31. Advanced SearchingYou will want touncheck the onlycontent I can accessbox and leave the otherchecked. 32. JSTOR results listStill happybecause youcan getarticles justneed to clickthrough 33. Managing results list in JSTOR 34. Exporting to RefWorks 35. Log in to your account 36. Article not availablefrom other source?No pdf or htmllink? Always clickon the FIND IT!Button to see whatto do next 37. How to do ILL 38. ILL -- Fill in theblanks Article will appear in ONU email as a pdf attachment 39. Locating print journals Click on the link to the catalog for full details 40. Locating print journals Click on Latest Received to see the current locations for periodicals 41. Locating print journalsReserve 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 its out of the buildingArrived means its on the open shelvesExpected means its not here yet 42. Internet ToolsGoogle and Wikipedia arent intrinsically evil, just use them for the correct purpose in your research. 43. Research ToolsDoes the information located satisfy the research need?Is the information factual and unbiased?See handout Critically Analyzing Information Sources under the Handouts tab at the Research Guide. 44. Internet Tools Google ScholarNote: Ifworking ONU buysoffFull-textdatabase Google askscampusto link toplease see contentthe OhioLINK Permitsgoogle Google toRun Googlescholar link to full-textScholartab at the SearchResearchGuide for ONU user seeslicensed full-textWriting articlesSeminar 45. Critically analyzing web sourcesWhat? is the page/site aboutWho? created and maintains this siteWhere? Is the information coming fromWhy? Is the information presented on the webWhen? Was the page created or last updatedHow? Accurate or credible is the pageFrom the University of Wisconsin Library, worksheet for evaluating web sites 46. HELPReferenceLibrarians onduty Traci Welch Moritz, MLS8a-4:30p Mon-FriPublic Services Librarian6p-9p Mon-ThurAssistant ProfessorHeterick Memorial10a-3:30p [email protected] 419-772-2473 419-772-2185