HKIEd Library Oct 2011

Outline Google Basic More Google Google Scholar Google Books Google ≠Everything you Need Do we have a Trust Issue Here?

But First … There is no free lunch. Google is great but it doesn't own the Web – in particular the research materials and contents that it indexes; The Library already paid for a lot of e-journals, e-books, e-newspapers so that you can access free online – e.g. compare the Library PressDisplay and other free online newspapers;Library PressDisplay And remember, still not everything is in electronic format or online; So, if you only rely on Google, you are going to miss a lot.

Google Basics or Not always the same: try institute of education in Google and Google HKGoogleGoogle HK Word Order, Phrases – put phrases in double quotes; most important words first Hong Kong vs Kong Hong Hong KongKong Hong "Hong Kong Institute of Education" vs Hong Kong Institute of Education "Hong Kong Institute of Education"Hong Kong Institute of Education Exclude some words – use minus sign [ anti-virus -software ] will search for the words 'anti- virus' but exclude references to software)anti-virus -software

Google Advanced Searches upper case and lower case generally do not matter except for OR chinese american movies = [chinese] and [american] and [movies] chinese or american movies = [chinese] or [american movies] chinese OR american movies = [chinese movies] OR [american movies] Site search "university of education" site:gov.hk Overdue fines site:lib.ied.edu.hk Filetype Search unemployment rate hong kong japan singapore filetype:xls

More Google Tricks Dictionary – define: democracydefine: democracy Calculator – 23 * * Conversion 3259 seconds in hours 公曆 1997/7/ 年 清明 (for ) 公曆 1997/7/12010 年 清明 10km in miles -10C in F Foreign Exchange 9203 yen in hk$

Refine your search

More Google Tricks Wild Cards "*" "Hong Kong Institute of * Education" "Tsang * Shing" site:gov.hk More Google tools – translate, images, videos, news, maps, blog search … and Google Scholar, Google Bookstranslateimagesvideosnews mapsblog search Google ScholarGoogle Books

Google Scholar Google Scholar allows you to search only the more "academic" / "scholarly" contents of Google – books, journal articles, conference papers, public domain research databases with options suited for academic purposes not offered in standard Google like: Search by Article Title / Author / Journal Title Limit by Publication Years / Subject Areas Citation Searches, Related Articles Linking to HKIEd Library-Subscribed Online Resources by EdLink Direct Export to RefWorks

Google Scholar To look for a specific article, simply enter the article title. If the article title is very general and it does not show up immediately, enclose the article title with double quotes, add the author's name and / or journal title / publication year E.g. Crisp, Victoria (2008) "Exploring the nature of examiner thinking during the process of examination marking". Cambridge Journal of Education. 38(2):

Google Scholar If is displayed, it indicates that full text to the article may be available through Library-subscribed databases. If Check EdLINK is displayed, generally we don't have online full text to the specific issue. You may still click it – sometimes we may have a print version.

Google Scholar Of course, you can also use Google Scholar as a discovery tool and find relevant articles and books related to your research topic. Simply enter the key concepts of your topic with the more important keywords listed first and use double quotes for phrases: E.g. "inclusive education" elementary schools hong kong"inclusive education" elementary schools hong kong Quick limit options: Include citations / at least summaries Anytime / since …. (year)

Include citation; anytime

At least summaries; since 2005

Scholar Preferences

For computers on campus: is activated by default. For computers off campus: search “hong kong” at “Library Links” and activate EdLINK; then Save Preferences

You can also choose to export the citation to RefWorks or EndNote

Import into RefWorks

Advanced Scholar Search

Options

To Search by Article Title Where my words occur: Anywhere in the article In the title of the article

Advanced Scholar Search Restrict to desired subject areas

Google Scholar Author Search (author:) – use the surname and initial of the given name and / or Christian name E.g. citizenship education author:"ja banks"citizenship education author:"ja banks" Journal / publication title search E.g. citizenship education (publication = moral education)citizenship education Dates (year) – can be a specific year or a range of years E.g. citizenship education year: 2005 – 2007citizenship education

Author Search (author:) – Example

Example: Swine flu Hong Kong All subjects = 5,200 hits Business / Econ only = 226 hits

Google Scholar Cited by …

Google Scholar: Related Articles

Google Books

Notwithstanding the legal issues related to Google Books, it is a great research tool in itself Google not only scans but OCR's the text; obtain full text from its partners  making it possible to easily search for a sentence in the book E.g. "as the research findings will illustrate, effective inclusive education is about effective teaching and learning and whole-school policies""as the research findings will illustrate, effective inclusive education is about effective teaching and learning and whole-school policies"

Google Books Book come from its Partner Program (copyright holders like publishers, authors granting different levels of permission) and Library ProjectLibrary Project May or may not be able to view full text: May or may not be able to view full text Full view Snippet View Limited Preview No Preview

You can browse: Different Kinds of Books and Magazines Available

Google Books – Many Search Options

Example: All words: education reform hong kong Limited preview and full view Subject: education Date:

But Google ≠Everything Always Remember the Library is there for you!

Scirus – Scirus ETD Search of NDLTD – Wayback machine from the Internet Archive – IPL2: Other Resources You Should Know

Local ones: HKU Digital Initiatives including Hong Kong Journals Online; Hong Kong Government Reports Online ( ); Hong Kong Table of Contents Database; Hong Kong University Theses Online … Kong Journals OnlineHong Kong Government Reports Online ( )Hong Kong Table of Contents DatabaseHong Kong University Theses Online Hong Kong Literature Database (HKLit); Index to Chinese Periodicals of Hong Kong (HKInChiP); Modern Chinese Literature Research Portal; CUHK ULS E-Journal Initiatives Hong Kong Literature Database (HKLit)Index to Chinese Periodicals of Hong Kong (HKInChiP)Modern Chinese Literature Research PortalCUHK ULS E-Journal Initiatives Dissertations and Theses Collection (DTC) HK Public Libraries Digital Initiatives including the Old HK Newspaper Project HK Public Libraries Digital Initiatives Old HK Newspaper Project

Do we have a Trust Issue Here? Check out - who hosted this web site? Have you heard of the patented PigeonRank technology of Google? Check out And how about the Wikipedia?Wikipedia

Why You Can't Trust Everything You Found on the Internet Evaluation Criteria: Who created it? Are they trustworthy? Are they who they say they are? Is it a personal web page or an organizational web page? When was it created and updated? Click on the related links – how many dead links are there? What are the target audience? Are there advertising on it? What is the tone and design of it? Are the contents objective? Who sponsored it? Something just doesn't add up? Too good to be true? Worksheets for Students and more detailed discussion:

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