Welcome to Heterick Memorial Library

WELCOME to the LIBRARY

Librarians and Circ staff

http://www-new.onu.edu/academics/heterick_memorial_library/staff

Professor Baril

Professor Donley

Ms. Kobiela

Professor Logsdon

Professor Moritz

• 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

What you can expect from HML

THE LIBRARIES OF ONU

• Heterick Memorial

Library

Taggert Law Library

ONU ID is your library card

Remember to always use all 11 digits!

Library Lingo• Circulation -- department in the front of the

library• Circ desk -- desk where you check out

materials• Check out -- use library card to prepare items

so you may use them• Library card -- your university ID is your library

card• Due dates -- date you must return or renew

items by• Renew -- act used to keep items longer• Fines -- money you must pay if you fail

to return or renew items by the stamped due date• Reference -- dept where you receive help with your library questions.

• Building• Resources (print or

online)• Services• Staff• PATRONS

ELEMENTS OF THE LIBRARY

LIBRARY TOUR

• The library is divided into three areas.

• First floor – public services, circulation/ reference desks, reference collection, computer labs, current periodicals, microforms, newspapers & new books room.

• In general, this is a high-traffic area and not conducive to concentrated study.

FIRST FLOOR

•Materials check out and returns•Course Holds/OhioLINK/ Interlibrary loans•Audiovisual materialsYour ID is needed to borrowmaterials.

FIRST FLOOR

FIRST FLOOR

•6 terminals on the 1st floor•2 each on 2nd and 3rd floors

DVD browsing binders

New BooksCurrent Periodicals

REFERENCE

FIRST FLOOR

FIRST FLOOR

Computer Labs (2) with 8 and 24 PC’sAnd a multi-media projector.

As an ONU student, you receive $30.00 in free printing each academic year.

Each time you log into the university network and print, money is deducted.

If you use more than $30.00, the number will simply go to the negative and the amount will be charged to your university account by the end of the year.

Printing at the Library

Saving documents, etc

• Must log-in each time you want to use the catalogs in the library with your user name and password

• You may save documents to a jump drive or the H: drive

LIBRARY TOUR

• Second floor – Classrooms, Communication Skills Center, older periodicals, open study tables, group study carrels, 1-2 person study carrels.

• The second floor is meant for studying and periodicals use.

SECOND FLOOR

http://www.onu.edu/admin-offices/csc

Communication Skills Center

SECOND FLOOR

Open seating on northend of second floor

One of twoSeminar rooms

Four 4-6 personstudy carrels

SECOND FLOOR/THIRD FLOOR

1-2 person study carrels against east and west walls

LIBRARY TOUR

• Third floor – Book collection, 1-2 person

• study carrels, seating in book stacks, lounge

• areas.

• This is probably the quietest part of the library.

Public terminal on third floor

Students can usetheir laptops throughout thelibrary.

Catalogs – for locating books, maps, musical scores, govt. documents, etc.

Databases – usually for locating periodical and newspaperarticles, but may cover other materials as well

Research Tools

Materials commonly listed in catalogs:• Books (including juvenile literature)• Maps• Music Scores• Audiovisual materials (movies on DVD)• Government documents• Increasingly links to resources on the InternetNot newspaper and magazinearticles

Catalog Content

ResearchThree basic ways to begin

research1. Catalog for background

books, etc.2. Database search on

topic3. Specific title search for

article

Section 1: Find a Book

POLAR:Name of our library catalog

Find a book

•Displays books available at Heterick and Law libraries•ONU ID is your library card at both HML and Taggert•Displays books available electronically•Books with due date can be requested through OhioLINK, the library consortium

Find a book

Arrangedon third floor (stacks)

Dewey decimal order

Find a book

Find a movie

Find a movie

Click on the title of either record

Find a movie

OhioLINK

Section 2: Find an Article

Databases

Find an article

• Periodical means the same as Magazine

Usually magazines are more “popular”

• JournalsScholarly or Professional

Peer reviewed

Find an article

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 200+ Available from Heterick home page General Databases include Academic

Search Complete and JSTOR Subject Specific databases index scholarly

journal articles from academic journals devoted to a certain discipline.

General Database

Scholarly journals, peer reviewed articles

Academic Search Complete/ Masterfile Premier

Find an Article

Some articles available full-text html or pdf

Find an Article

Find an Article

• What if it’s not available PDF or HTML?• Always hit the “find it” icon and see what

happens next.

• It may have to be requested

ILL

Find an Article

Find an Article

• It may be available Full text from OhioLINK or another database

Find an Article

• And could be available in print

InterLibrary Loan

Fill in the blanks

How to keep track of articles

Save, Print, Export

HELP

Traci Welch Moritz, MLSPublic Services Librarian

Assistant Professor

Heterick Memorial Library

t-moritz@onu.edu419-772-2473419-772-2185

Reference Librarians on duty8a-4:30p Mon-Fri6p-9p Mon-Thur10a-3:30p Sundaysreference@onu.edu