1. Communication Research Methods Professor Agozzino Jenny
Donley Catalog and Serials Librarian Heterick Memorial Library
2. Introduction Welcome Jenny Donley, [email protected] Feel
free to visit or email Librarians on duty: 8-4:30, 6-9 Mon Thurs
8-4 Friday [email protected]
3. Libraries at ONU Taggart Law Library Law School Library;
accessible to all Heterick Memorial Library Undergraduate Library;
accessible to all
4. ONU card = Library ID Remember to always use all 11
digits.
5. How am I supposed to remember all of this stuff? Research
Guides
6. Research Guide: Communication and Media Studies
7. How to do research: Find Background Information
8. Research Tools - Catalogs POLAR: Accessing physical and
electronic items located at HML (Heterick Memorial Library) as well
as LAW (Taggart Law Library). OhioLINK: Next step if you cant find
what you want in the HML or LAW collections. ILL: Option of last
resort for books and articles.
9. Find a book: POLAR
10. Find a book: POLAR Books are arranged on the shelves using
Dewey Decimal Classification Numbers. Think of the these numbers as
the shelf address for a book. Books found in POLAR will be part of
the reference collection (1st floor), juvenile collection (2nd
floor), the circulating collection (3rd floor) or e-books available
online. e-book reference e-book circulating
11. Find a book: OhioLINK Most of the university and college
libraries in Ohio share their materials through a consortium
catalog called OhioLINK. There are around 10 million items
available A link from POLAR permits you to submit requests.
Available from the Heterick homepage Most requests arrive in 2-3
working days No charge Limited to 100 items at a time MAY RENEW UP
TO 4 TIMES!
12. Find a book: POLAR and OhioLINK 1. Click on the OhioLINK
icon to access the consortium catalog.
13. Find a book: OhioLINK 2. Click on the icon.
14. FIND A BOOK: OHIOLINK 3. Select Ohio Northern U. 4. Enter
your first and last name and all 11 digits exactly as they appear
on your ID. 5. Be sure to select Heterick as your pick up location
and then click submit. 6. An email will be sent when the item is
ready for pickup.
15. Internet Tools Does the information located satisfy the
research need? Is the information factual and unbiased? See
additional tips for evaluating web sources and web pages in the
Writing Seminar Research Guide
16. Internet Tools: CRAAP Currency TestTimeliness of the
information Relevance/Coverage Depth and importance Authority
Source of the Accuracy Reliability of the Purpose/Objectivity
Possible bias present in of the information information information
the information
17. Internet Tools: 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
18. Research Tools: Periodicals and Articles A periodical is
something that is published at regular intervals Magazines and
journals are both periodicals, however Magazines are typically a
more popular type of periodical Journals are scholarly or
professional peer reviewed periodicals
19. Research Tools: Periodicals and Articles
20. Research Tools: Electronic Theses & Dissertations From
the Databases tab, select O from the A-Z Databases by TITLE list,
and then choose OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
from the list of O Databases.
21. Research Tools: Databases Tools for locating journal and
newspaper articles Most are subject-specific, but some are
multi-disciplinary Many give access to full text articles Heterick
has 240+ databases
22. Research Tools: Databases
23. Research Tools: Databases Helpful databases to jump start
your research: Academic Search Complete Business Source Complete
Communication & Mass Media Complete Education Research Complete
LexisNexis Academic Search by subject/discipline to find subject
specific databases But we have an even easier tool now to get your
research started
24. SEARCH the Discovery Layer
25. Research Tools: Discovery Layer What is included in SEARCH?
POLAR catalog OhioLINK catalog Article-level searching for all
EBSCO databases Article-level searching for a variety of other
databases: JSTOR, Hoovers, AccessPharmacy, etc. Title-level
searching for most other databases: IEEE, CIAO, Proquest Nursing
& Allied Health
26. SEARCH
27. SEARCH : POLAR
28. SEARCH : OhioLINK
29. SEARCH : eBooks
30. SEARCH : Full Text PDF or HTML
31. SEARCH : Find It @ ONU
32. SEARCH : ILL
33. Facets: Limit your results and focus your topic
34. How to do research: Cite what you find using standard
formats There are 3 citation styles that are frequently used at
ONU: MLA (Modern Language Association) APA (American Psychological
Association) CMS (Chicago Manual of Style) For this class, you are
to use the citation style used by your major.
35. Bibliographic Citation Software
36. Bibliographic Citation See RefWorks tab on the Research
Guide Software
37. Happy Researching! Remember, the librarians are here to
help you with your research. Come and see us!