1. Traci Welch Moritz
Public Services Librarian/ Assistant Professor

2. • Building
• Resources (print or online)
• Services
• Staff
• PATRONS

3. • Reference help
• Interlibrary loans
• Course reserves
• Local content
Available from page

4. • Books (print and electronic)
• Reference materials (some online)
• Newspapers and magazines (830 in
print, 5500 online)
• Maps
• Government documents
• AV materials

5. “So how am I suppose to
know all this?”
That’s what today is for!
•Research Guides
•Ask a librarian
•LC Subject heading books
•Links from other books in
the catalogs
•CIP
•(Cataloging
•in publication)

6. • Catalogs
– POLAR
– OhioLINK Central Catalog
– WorldCAT
• Research Databases
• Available via
page

7. Limiter available for your search in
the HML public catalog (POLAR)

8. Keyword
62 entries, but that’s everything including fiction

9. Subject
Search
juvenile fiction vs. juvenile literature --
What’s the difference?

10. • Subject headings for informational text (non-
fiction)
• Topic and then add – juvenile literature

11. What is CIP?

12. Using OhioLINK and WorldCat for
subject searching

15. Education Research Complete |
Index, abstracts, and full text of articles and other
publications in education research
ERIC |
Education-related research, documents, and articles
Academic Search Complete | Index, abstracts, and full text
for many scholarly publications covering all academic areas
of study.
Education Full Text | comprehensive coverage of an
international range of English-language
periodicals, monographs and yearbooks. Coverage includes
about 79 journals (37 with full text)
Professional Development Collection (Educational) |
Index, abstracts, and full text for professional educators.
TOPICsearch |
Full text covering social, political and economic
issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics
discussed in today's classrooms.

17. Ebsco Animals
Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations
MAs Ultra : School Edition
MasterFILE Premier (popular magazines
Middle search plus
Primary Search (for elementary school students)
Searchasaurus (for elementary and middle school
students)