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Library Skills Workshop for BUS010. Lingnan University Library Sep 2010. http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/help/classes/2010/fall/powerpoint/. Library Exercise. Exercise must be submitted online: URL: http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/help/classes/exercise/ Deadline: 30 Sep 2010 (Thu)
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Library Skills Workshop for BUS010 Lingnan University Library Sep 2010 http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/help/classes/2010/fall/powerpoint/
Library Exercise • Exercise must be submitted online: • URL: http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/help/classes/exercise/ • Deadline: 30 Sep 2010 (Thu) • Questions are about skills with finding items in the Library catalogue and some basics in using online databases
Overview • Making the best out of the Library begins at the Library home page http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/
Library Toolbar http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/libserv/toolbar/ With the Library Toolbar, you can access many library and university functions instantly
Survival Guide for New Students http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/help/survival/
Library Catalogue • Title search • Author search • Understand the Status Codes, Locations and Call Number System • Request in-process items, recall checked-out books
Example – If I already Know the Author’s Name • Question: I want to read the book written by Bill Gates in 1999. What should I do? • Answer: Search the Library Catalogue by name of Author. But you need to search by placing the Surname in front of the Given Names.
Finding Items on Your Reading List • HINTS: the Library Catalogue can only be searched by book author, book title, journal title, etc. Therefore, article titles, title and author of a chapter in the book usually are not searchable • Example: You are asked to read the followings: • Lai, D., & Surood, S. (2008). Predictors of Depression in Aging South Asian Canadians. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 23(1), 57-75. • Ren Y. (1999). China’s Perceived Image of the United States: Its sources and impact. in P. Koehn and J. Cheng (Eds.), The Outlook for U.S.- China Relations Following the 1997-1998 Summits: Chinese and American Perspectives on Security, Trade, and Cultural Exchanges (pp. 247-265). HK: Chinese UP.
Search Article Title “Predictors of Depression in Aging South Asian Canadians” has NO MATCHES Example: Lai, D., & Surood, S. (2008). Predictors of Depression in Aging South Asian Canadians. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 23(1), 57-75
Need to search for the Journal Title “ Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology” instead
Search Chapter Title “China’s Perceived Image of the United States” has NO MATCHES Example: Ren Y. (1999). China’s Perceived Image of the United States: Its sources and impact. in P. Koehn and J. Cheng (Eds.), The Outlook for U.S.- China Relations Following the 1997-1998 Summits: Chinese and American Perspectives on Security, Trade, and Cultural Exchanges (pp. 247-265). HK: Chinese UP.
Need to search for the Book title “The Outlook for U.S. – China …” instead This is CHAPTER in a BOOK Example: Ren Y. (1999). China’s Perceived Image of the United States: Its sources and impact. in P. Koehn and J. Cheng (Eds.), The Outlook for U.S.- China Relations Following the 1997-1998 Summits: Chinese and American Perspectives on Security, Trade, and Cultural Exchanges (pp. 247-265). HK: Chinese .
Course Reserve Course Reserve by Instructor or Course (RES)
Searching for Reading Materials for your Term Paper • Keyword search • Subject search • Too many items– Limit the search • Search for local TV Programmes
Example – I do not know the Name of the Author / Title of the Book • Question: I am writing a paper about translation of Chinese poetry. My Lecturer told me that there is a Lingnan Master Thesis in 2003 about translation of some Chinese poetries. How can I find it? • Answer: Search the Library Catalogue by keywords, limit / sort by year and material types. There are different material types and one of it is Lingnan Thesis.
Under Keyword Search, you can limit results to Chinese or English; Books or Journals; Special Material Types; Between certain Years; Sorting Orders and More …
HKALL – Borrowing from other Local Libraries • HKALL = Hong Kong Academic Library Link (香港高校圖書聯網) allows you to request for books not available at Lingnan but available at HKU, CUHK, HKUST, PolyU, CityU, HKBU or HKIEd -- delivered to Lingnan normally within 3 working days • http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/cat/hkall/ • Quota: • Up to 5 requests at the same time • Up to 10 books at the same time
Using Electronic Databases (1) Library Catalogue vs Electronic Databases • Library Catalogue Allows you to search for all kinds of library materials such as books, journals, AV materials, etc. • Electronic Databases e-books, book chapters, academic journal articles, news articles, statistics, glossaries and definitions, etc • Full-text Databases - contains the partial or complete text of works, such as articles, books, poems, and essays. • Bibliographic Databases - contains descriptive information (citation and subject headings) for publications, such as books, periodical articles, & government documents, etc.
Using Electronic Databases (2) • Access: http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/eresources/ • Databases Key Databases • ProQuest, Ebscohost, Wisenews, Factiva, LexisNexis, 中國期刊網 • Find Databases by Subjects • Webbridge: Linking up Library-paid Databases and Full-text Contents
How to Construct a Search (1) 1. Identify key concepts: 2. Choice of search words (related key terms/synonyms) Example: Should the Government Introduce Sales Tax in Hong Kong? • Key concepts: sales tax, hong kong • Related key terms/synonyms • Sales tax: VAT, value-added tax, GST • Hong Kong: hk, hongkong
How to Construct a Search (2) 3. Use appropriate operators (AND / OR / NOT) and wildcards/truncation (e.g. * , !) • AND: searches records that mention both search terms, this narrows the search • e.g. sales tax and hong kong (必須同時出現) • OR: finds records in which one or both search terms appear, this broadens the search • e.g. vat or value added tax (只要任何一個出現)
How to Construct a Search (3) 4. Wildcards / Truncation: retrieves all variant endings of that word • EBSCOhost: * • ProQuest: * • LexisNexis Academic: ! • OPAC: * e.g. bank* -- retrieves all words that start with bank such as bank, banking, banker, etc.
How to Construct a Search (4) 5. ( )Parentheses: gives priority and order in the search statement e.g. (sales tax or vat or value added tax or gst) and hong kong 6. Be prepared to narrow / expand your search results by using database-specific features / changing your keywords
1-Search 1-Search Allows you to Search Many Databases at the Same Time http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/cgi-bin/luaccess?dbname=1search
Searching for News Stories • Wisenews and WiseSearch • How to browse by HK Newspaper Categories? • How to search with WiseSearch?
Getting Help • General Enquiries 2616 8586 • Integrated Helpdesk at Information Commons (1/F, Library) • Tel: 2616 8571 • Ask A Librarian (Electronic Reference) http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/help/eref/ • Contact Us http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/aboutus/contactus.html • FAQ http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/help/wiki/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions_About_the_Library