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ENGL 1231Writing Seminar
Emotions, An Annotated
Bibliography and Essay
Introduction• Welcome • Traci Welch Moritz, [email protected]• Feel free to visit or email• Librarians on duty 8-4, 6-9 Mon – Thurs,
8-4 Friday and 10-3:30 on Sundays• IM and Chat Reference available certain
times
Libraries at ONU• Heterick Memorial Library
• Undergraduate Library, accessible to all
•Taggert Law Library
•Library for Law school, accessible to all
What we’ll do today
• How to use library resources to do research• How to construct an
annotated bibliography
• Allows you to see what is out there• Helps you narrow your topic and
discard any irrelevant materials• Aids in developing the thesis • Makes you a better scholar
Annotated Bibliography
Definition Essay
• Some say to “write a successful definition essay you must share all the knowledge you have obtained on the subject.”
• How do you find all this information?• Research!
• Barker, Cheryll. "A Brief Guide to Writing Definition Essays." The Online Writing Lab (OWL). Roane State Community College, n.d.
Web. 20 Apr 2011. <http://www.roanestate.edu/owl/Definition.html>.
Research Guides
Research Guides
Research Tools ∞ Internet
Google and Wikipedia aren’t evil, just use them for the correct purpose in your research.
Google ScholarONU 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 user sees only citation to articles not full text. See Research Guide for info on how to set up off campus access.
Research Tools ∞ Internet
• Does 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.
Research Tools ∞ Internet
FIND A BOOK∞POLAR
Research Tools∞OhioLink
• Materials owned by all Ohio colleges, universities, several public libraries
USE DATABASES 2 FIND ARTICLES
How to conduct research
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 250+
Find an Article
• Over thousands of journals indexed, most are full text• Divided by subject area
offered at ONU• Begin with a general database,
Academic Search Complete
Find an Article
• Click on “Periodical Articles”
Find an Article
Find an Article
• Academic Search Complete
Find an Article
You can choose to limit by date by sliding the date bar.
Find an Article
You can choose to narrow by an additional subject, geographic location or type of publication.
Find an Article
Click on the pdf or hmtl link to bring up the full text of the article.
Find an Article
No html or pdf link?Always click on the “FIND IT” button to find out where else you can find the article!
Find an Article• Could be available through another database
Find an Article• It could be available in print• It could not be available through the library which
would necessitate an ILL request
Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
• 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
Fill in the blanks
How to keep track of articles
Bibliographic Citation Software
Saving, Printing, Exporting
Managing Information - RefWorks
• Licensed state-wide, access free to Ohio students for the rest of your life!
• See “RefWorks” tab at Research Guide• Excellent Tutorials• Help available at Heterick
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