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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