Library Orientation for ENG1376 Sept 2017

Outline Library Services & Facilities How to Use iSearch What is iSearch? Find known materials in iSearch Read the result page Find resources beyond library collections MyLibrary Record Recommended Databases for English Language & Literature

Library Services & Facilities

What is iSearch? iSearch is a one-stop platform for finding library books, journals, media, course reserves, full-text articles, HKALL and more. Advantages

What is iSearch? What resources are included in iSearch? What resources are excluded from iSearch? Library Resources Open-access Resources Books Media Course Reserve Journals Articles Databases Articles Newspaper articles Reference entries Statistical data Videos

What is iSearch? iSearch on the Library homepage Direct to iSearch homepage Enter your search terms

What is iSearch? iSearch homepage iSearch scoping

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Find Known Items - Locate a print book

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Find Known Items – Access E-book Online

Find Known Items – Access E-book Online

Find Known Items – Access E-book Online

Find Known Items – View Full-text Articles Online Roscoe, Keith, & Orr, Kim. (2010). Frontloading Classroom Management. Science Teacher,77(5), 43-48.

Find Known Items – View Full-text Articles Online Roscoe, Keith, & Orr, Kim. (2010). Frontloading Classroom Management. Science Teacher,77(5), 43-48.

Find Known Items – View Full-text Articles Online Roscoe, Keith, & Orr, Kim. (2010). Frontloading Classroom Management. Science Teacher,77(5), 43-48.

Find Known Items – Find Journal Title Roscoe, Keith, & Orr, Kim. (2010). Frontloading Classroom Management. Science Teacher,77(5), 43-48.

Find Known Items – Find Journal Title Roscoe, Keith, & Orr, Kim. (2010). Frontloading Classroom Management. Science Teacher,77(5), 43-48.

Read Your Result Page When you find too many results, how to refine them?

Read Your Result Page

Find Resources beyond Library Collections Some resources in “Article-Plus” are harvested from primary and secondary publishers and aggregators, and from open-access repositories.

MyLibrary Record

MyLibrary Record Overview: summary of your loan record Your Name Overview: summary of your loan record Loans + Renewal: details display of your check-out items and previous loan records Requests: list items that your have reserved Fine + fees: outstanding payment Bock + message: library privileges suspended message auto renewal + no Renew button displayed in loan record + cannot delete loan history + remind the new Maximum Loan Period after Renewals

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Recommended Databases for English Language & Literature Corpus.byu.edu Digital Theatre Plus Filmakers Library Online Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) Literature Online NetLanguages Practical Writing

Literature Online

Literature Online – Search Author Authors are listed in alphabetical order by last name Search Authors page allows you to search for authors based on specific criteria In author page, you can access information about them and their works

Literature Online – Search Text Search texts by keywords in text, authors, publication date, etc. Complete contents page is grouped by texts, criticism, reference and video and audio

Literature Online – Search Criticism You can produce a list of material written about an author or their works, including references to articles, monographs and dissertations.

Literature Online – Search Reference

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