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RELG 3021 : Buddhism Kathleen Baril, Collections and Electronic Resources Librarian
RELG 3021 : Buddhism
Kathleen Baril, Collections and
Electronic Resources Librarian
Starting Your Research
• Find the starting book for your paper using POLAR or OhioLINK.
• Narrow your paper using topics you would like to pursue further from your book.
• Use your book’s bibliography to find some starter sources.
• Explore Heterick Library’s catalog POLAR and OhioLINK’s catalog for book sources.
• Explore Heterick Library’s databases for journal and scholarly articles.
Find Books in POLAR
Find Books in POLAR
POLAR is the library’s catalog. POLAR opens to the BASIC (keyword) search. Keyword searching is great for beginning your research to get a big picture of what is available on your topic.
Find Books in POLAR
Results Screen in POLAR, find books using the Call #. Heterick Memorial Library uses the Dewey Decimal System.
Find Books in POLAR
Use subject headings to find more materials on your topic.
•OhioLINK is a consortium of most of the college and university libraries in Ohio.•You may request items from the OhioLINK catalog to be delivered to the ONU library. •Requests generally arrive in 5-7 working days.•No charge.•May renew 3 times.
Find Books in OhioLINK
Find Books in OhioLINK
Find Books in OhioLINK
Like POLAR, OhioLINK defaults to a keyword search to start.
Find Books in OhioLINK
Results page, OhioLINK catalog.
Click on Request to have a material sent to your library.
Find Books in OhioLINK
Choose ONU from the drop-down menu.
Fill in the request form, your name is both your first and last name and your barcode is all of the numbers from your ONU ID.
Find Journal Articles: Ebscohost
ATLA and the Religion and Philosophy Collection are Ebsco databases that contain materials pertaining to religion.
Find Journal Articles: Ebscohost
Many ways to limit your results: including by date, by language and by Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals.
Find Journal Articles: Ebscohost
Some articles are available full-text in PDF or HTML format. Use the Find It! button for those that are not.
Find Journal Articles: Ebscohost
Not available in current database, but found in another database, by clicking the Find It! button.
Find Journal Articles: Ebscohost
Some journals may only be available in print. This particular journal is available in electronic form and in print.
Print volumes available in Heterick Memorial Library.
Find Articles: JSTOR
JSTOR opens in the Basic Search, click on the Advanced Search for more searching options.
Advanced Search Screen, content you can access and links to external content automatically checked off.
Find Articles: JSTOR
You can narrow your search by item type, date, language and by discipline.
RefWorks
Use this resource to keep track of citations and provide links to electronic full-text articles. Also assists in creating bibliographies.
For Further Assistance
• Visit the Reference Desk, Mon-Thurs 8AM – 4:30PM, 6PM – 9PM; Fri 8AM – 4:30PM; Sun 10AM – 3:30PM.
• Contact Kathleen Baril at [email protected] or 419-772-2188 to make a research appointment.
• Good Luck!
