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Einstein

IF I CAN’T FIND IT IN NAZCAT OR OHIOLINK

E-BOOKS (ELECTRONIC BOOKS)

Electronic Book Center Subject Portal > Language & Lit >

Online texts

CITING E-BOOKS

Library Instruction > How to Cite the Source

FINDING ARTICLES : CHOOSING A DATABASE

USING SUBJECT PORTALS

OHIOLINK DATABASES A-Z

SEARCH BASICS

Boolean operators: AND, OR, NOT And: limits search (H.G. Wells and film) Or: expands search (H.G. Wells or “Time

Machine”) NOT: limits certain elements of search

(H.G. Wells not “War of the Worlds”)

NESTING

Use parentheses ( ) to group results•(film or movie or “motion picture”) and H.G. Wells

•(students and (smartphone or iphone) ) and education

TRUNCATION

All forms of root word

Scien* = science, sciences, scientific, scientist, scientists, etc.

PHRASE SEARCHING

Use quotes “ “ around a phrase“United States”“Higher education”

CITATION HELP (OR, HOW TO AVOID PLAGIARISM)

RefWorks and Write N Cite Library Instruction

How to Cite the Source How to do Research

WHERE DO I GO FOR HELP?

THINGS THAT WORK DIFFERENTLY OFF CAMPUS

OhioLINK Databases – click the link that says “Off Campus Access”

RefWorks – Group Code: RWMTVERNAZU

World Cat – separate off campus link (under normal link)

Google scholar (will not give you the OLINKS option)

Some e-books (contact librarian for help)