LIB130 Locating News Resources LINGNAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Feb 2014 The PowerPoint can be downloaded at:

use key news databases (Wisenews, Factiva & LexisNexis) to search for news identify the useful new resources in various formats (electronic, print & microform) select the most appropriate resources to retrieve relevant news 2 By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:

Outline 3 Library Subscribed Databases Wisenews HK Newspaper Clippings China InfoBank LexisNexis Academic Factiva Free Internet Resources Government Press Release China News World News Public Opinions Other Resources Microfilm

How to access news databases in the Library website? 4

News Databases 5

Wisenews 6 Special Topics / General Topics / Category News (HK) Select news of a specific date range Select news of a specific publication or publication group Sort by news headlines , Print, Download and Save to My Temp Folder functions

WiseSearch – Wisers Information Portal 7 A one-stop news portal Refine search criteria through search panel Search for a particular column Search for author Search for companys news

Government news news.gov.hk 8 index.shtml index.shtml

Government Press Release Basic Search for Press Releases Advanced Search functions 9

HK Newspaper Clippings 10 Contents: Jun1999 ( in microfilm; Jun1999 online image) view/print clippings limited by publication printing / saving list browse for topic browse by date n.edu.hk:2048/login?url=

Old HK Newspaper Collection Provides access to selected news stories that published in Hong Kong from 1853 to

Archives of Local Newspapers The Library houses microfilm archives of selected local newspapers: Hong Kong Economic Journal (March ) Ming Pao (June ) Sing Tao Daily (August ) Sing Tao Wan Pao (January June 1994) South China Morning Post (from November 1903) Guides to use Microfilm Reader Guides to use Microfilm Reader 12

Click here or type the following link to access the Quiz (LIB130: Part A)here In-class quiz 13

CHINA INFOBANK 14 online databases for Chinas information, e.g. economic news, business, law and statistics information /gate/big5/

Other Internet Resources – China News China Internet Information Center SINA

LexisNexis Academic Full-text information of news, business, and legal publications in English SCMP: from July 28, 1992 to current Easy Search Search news stories Find a legal case by Citation or Party Name Find a company profile by Name or Ticker Symbol Research a person Do a broad search across different types of sources 16 /ap/academic

LexisNexis Academic 17 Power Search Index Terms lookup Supports sophisticated query language techniques for Boolean Searching

Factiva Access to full-text information from over 35,000 resources, including news, company reports and financial data, in English Free text search via Search Form Modify Search Listen to article, translate article 18

Other Internet Resources Google News Archive Search Can search both Chinese and English news 19 vesearch

Other major Internet Resources - World News BBC News CNN Interactive ABYZ News Links world-newspapers.com

21 Guess what? Time for quiz ! Click here or type the following link to access the Quiz (LIB130: Part B) here

New Resources 22

Q & A Getting help: Ask a Librarian librarian librarian Reference Enquires: Chat Reference Service: 2pm-5pm, Mon-Fri Research Consultation Service service service 23

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