1. ANNOTATED
BIBLIOGRAPHY &
RESEARCH STRATEGIES
Writing
Seminar
Dr. Scott
Rogers Traci Welch Moritz
Public Services Librarian/Assistant Professor
Heterick Memorial Library
Spring 2012

2. What today is all about
 Aid in constructing research
strategy for finding resources
for annotated bibliography
 Field research
 Primary vs. Secondary
Resources
 Using RefWorks

3. WELCOME to the LIBRARY

4. What you can expect from HML
 Knowledgeable degreed librarians on
duty over 60 hours per week
 Friendly faces ready to help 101.5 hours
per week
 Access to the resources you need both
on and off campus
 Resources available in a timely manner

5. Librarians and support staff
http://www-new.onu.edu/academics/heterick_memorial_library/staff

6. What we expect you to know
WorldCAT
1.4 billion
items
OhioLINK
Ca. 20,000,000
items
POLAR
Ca. 400,000
items

7. + even more!
 250 Databases
 About 700+ print periodical
subscriptions
 10s of thousands electronic journal
titles
 Juvenile collection
 Audiovisuals – physical and
streaming

8. How am I suppose to remember all
this stuff?

9. 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

10. Bibliographic Citation
Software
REFWORKS

11. Managing Information -
RefWorks
 Licensed state-wide, access free to
Ohio students for the rest of your life!
 See: http://0-
www.refworks.com.polar.onu.edu/
 Write n’ Cite interfaces with MS Word
 Excellent Tutorials
 Help available at Heterick
 Research Guide for Writing Seminar for
instructions on how to get your free-for-
a-life-time account

12. What should I do first?
• Finding the right search term
• Start big and then use patterns you
see in the results list to narrow your
topic
• Most resources will have built into
their system a “thesaurus” or
“subject” or suggested topics links,
use them
• Ask a librarian or your professor for
suggestions

13. Field Research
 Field research can be considered either as a
broad approach to qualitative research or a
method of gathering qualitative data. The
essential idea is that the researcher goes “into
the field” to observe the phenomenon in it’s
natural state or in situ. As such, it is probably
most related to the method of participant
observation. The field researcher typically takes
extensive field notes which are subsequently
coded and analyzed in a variety of ways
(Trochimn, B 1999)

14. Field Research
 What is qualitative research?
 Qualitative research is a method of inquiry employed in
many different academic disciplines, traditionally in the
social sciences, but also in market research and further
contexts.[1] Qualitative researchers aim to gather an in-
depth understanding of human behavior and the
reasons that govern such behavior. The qualitative
method investigates the why and how of decision
making, not just what, where, when. Hence, smaller but
focused samples are more often needed, rather than
large samples.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualitative_research

15. Field Research
 Observation
 Participant
 Direct
Interview
 Survey
 Print
 Person
 Mail/Email
 Phone

16. Field Research
 More info on qualitative research
 http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/
qual.php
 http://www.qsrinternational.com/what-is-
qualitative-research.aspx
 http://wilderdom.com/research/Qualitative
VersusQuantitativeResearch.html
 http://carbon.ucdenver.edu/~mryder/itc/pra
ct_res.html

17. What do I do next?
Use library resources to continue your background
research.

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

19. •Highly structured information
environment
Way individual records are arranged
Subject headings
Catalog software optimized for above
Deal with material in many formats
•Implies heavy human involvement
•Preparation relatively labor-intensive
Emphasis on precision
•Implies a learning curve to use successfully

20. ONU ID is Library card
EVA
Eva Maglott
00021559801
Eva Maglott
Please use all
digits in your
student ID
number.

21. POLAR
Think of the call number as
the street address of the
book on the library shelves

22. FIND A BOOK∞POLAR

23. 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
•Look for the same or similar words
which keep appearing

24. FIND A
BOOK∞POLAR
Click on the “Find Similar Items” link
found on each item record
•Looks in one place – subject
•Usually requires an exact match
between your term and a pre-set
list of terms
•Precise
•Can be used after keyword search
has identified specific subjects

25. Find a Book∞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

26. Primary vs. Secondary Sources
 What is a primary source?
 The definition of a primary source varies
depending upon the academic discipline and
the context in which it is used.
 In the humanities, a primary source could be
defined as something that was created either
during the time period being studied or
afterward by individuals reflecting on their
involvement in the events of that time.
 Using Primary Sources on the Web

27. What do I do next?
Google and Wikipedia aren’t intrinsically
evil, just use them for the correct purpose
in your research.

28. Internet Tools
Google Scholar
Note: If
working ONU buys
off Full-text
database Google asks
campus to link to
please see content
the OhioLINK
Permits
“google Google to Run Google
scholar” link to full-text Scholar
tab at the Search
Research
Guide for ONU user sees
licensed full-text
Writing articles
Seminar

29. Critically analyzing web sources
 Currency  Timeliness of the
information.
 Relevance/Coverag  Depth and importance of
e the information.
 Source of the information.
 Authority
 Reliability of the
 Accuracy information
 Possible bias present in

30. What today is all about
 Review
 WWW, okay for research or
just a bunch of crazy?
 Using databases to find
scholarly research

31. Web Research
Databases “Pay to Internet (Search Engines)
Play”
 Material from numerous sources,
individual. Government, etc.
 Usually created by a single
publisher  Search engines must work with
material prepared without regard for
 Content pre-arranged for easy specific software
use
 Quality of material varies
 Quality/ content control thru
editorial staff  Generally do not access for-profit
information
 Content usually available only to
subscribers  Content often anonymous and
undated
 Content source usually identified
and dated

32. What do I do next?
Use databases to find articles based on your
search strategy

33. 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 over 250

34. Research
Tools∞Databases
 Over 20,000 journals indexed,
most are full text
 Divided by subject area offered at
ONU
 Begin with a general database,
Academic Search Complete
JSTOR

35. Find an Article
Periodical means the
same as Magazine
Usually magazines are
more “popular”
 Journals
Scholarly or Professional
Peer reviewed See Research Guide
for HONR 231 for this
and other Handouts

36. Research
Tools∞Databases
A. Academic Search Complete,
Masterfile Premier
B. JSTOR
C. Lexis-Nexis
D. Proquest Nursing
E. Opposing Viewpoints

37. General Database
Scholarly journals,
peer reviewed articles

38. General Database
Scholarly journals,
peer reviewed articles

39. General Database

40. Subject Specific
Database

41. Subject Specific
Database

42. Subject Specific
Database

43. 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

44. QUESTIONS?
 Ask at the Reference Desk
 Phone the Reference Desk – 2185
 Contact us by E-mail
reference@onu.edu
 Use Chat Help feature or the IM
 IM feature
 T-moritz@onu.edu