This document provides an overview and instructions for conducting research for an English 111 class. It discusses the resources available at Ohio Northern University libraries, including databases for finding journal articles and books available through OhioLINK. It defines an annotated bibliography and explains how to construct one. The document also covers evaluating information sources and using interlibrary loan if needed. Finally, it introduces RefWorks as a tool for managing citations and bibliographies.

1. ENGL 111
Emotions, An
Annotated
Bibliography and Essay

2. Introduction
• Welcome
• Traci Welch Moritz, t-moritz@onu.edu
• 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

3. Libraries at ONU
•Taggert Law • Heterick Memorial
Library
Library
•Library for Law
• Undergraduate
school, accessible Library, accessible
to all to all

4. What we’ll do today
• How to use library
resources to do research
• How to construct an
annotated bibliography

5. 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

6. 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>.

7. Research Guides

8. Research Tools ∞ Internet
Google and Wikipedia aren’t evil, just use them
for the correct purpose in your research.

9. Research Tools
Note: If Google Scholar
working off
campus ONU buys
Full-text
user sees database Google asks
only to link to
content
citation to
OhioLINK
articles not Permits
full text Google to Run Google
link to full-text Scholar
Search
ONU user sees
licensed full-text
articles

10. Research Tools
• 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.

11. FIND A BOOK∞POLAR

12. • Materials owned by all Ohio colleges, universities,
several public libraries

13. How to conduct research
USE DATABASES 2 FIND ARTICLES

14. • 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 212

15. 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 Complete

16. Find an Article
• Click on “Periodical Articles”

17. Find an Article

18. • Academic Search Complete

19. Find an Article
You can choose
to limit by date
by sliding the
date bar.

20. Find an Article
You can choose to
narrow by an additional
subject, geographic
location or type of
publication.

21. Find an Article
Click on the pdf or
hmtl link to bring
up the full text of
the article.

22. 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!

23. Find an Article
• Could be available through another database

24. Find an Article
• It could be available in print
• It could not be available through the library which
would necessitate an ILL request

25. 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.

26. InterLibrary Loan
Fill in the
blanks

27. How to keep track of articles

28. Bibliographic Citation Software

29. Saving, Printing, Exporting

30. 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

31. Help