Jay Burton
State Library of Ohio

In this issue:Oxford Reference

An easy practice tool anyone can follow.  Use it 10 minutes a day…10 days in a row…One database at a time.

Basic Searching
1. An English class is doing reports on the gods and goddesses.  Who was Poseidon?
Click on the OPLIN logo and then select the following: ->  Oxford Reference -> In the Quick Search box type: Poseidon

2.  You’d like some general information on the literature form “detective novels”.
Click on the OPLIN logo and then select the following: ->  Oxford Reference -> In the Quick Search box type: detective novel

3. What exactly is acetomenaphthone?
Click on the OPLIN logo and then select the following: ->  Oxford Reference -> In the Quick Search box type: acetomenaphthone

4. Is there any information on the topic of military justice?
Click on the OPLIN logo and then select the following: ->  Oxford Reference -> Select: Law (from the  Subject Reference List) -> In the Quick Search box type: military justice

5. What exactly is a “squall”?
Click on this OPLIN logo and then select the following: Oxford Reference -> Select: Earth &Environmental Sciences -> In the Quick Search box type: squall (select-search this subject)

6. Are Ibis related to Spoonbills.
Click on this OPLIN logo and then select the following: Oxford Reference -> Select: Natural History -> In the Quick Search box type: Ibis

7. Quick…what is the German word for “revenge”?
Click on this OPLIN logo and then select the following: Oxford Reference -> Select: Bilingual Dictionaries -> In the Quick Search box type: revenge

8. What does NACCAM mean?
Click on this OPLIN logo and then select the following: Oxford Reference -> Select: English Language Reference -> Select: The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations -> In the Quick Search box type: NACCAM

9. You need a quick encyclopedic reference that gives you some info about the Navajo Indians.
Click on this OPLIN logo and then select the following: Oxford Reference -> Select: Encyclopedia-> Select: World Encyclopedia -> In the Quick Search box type: Navajo

10. report is due in one hour and just needs some quick facts about Costa Rica.
Click on this OPLIN logo and then select the following: Oxford Reference -> Select: Encyclopedia-> Select: Oxford Guide to Countries of the World -> In the Quick Search box type: Costa Rica