Finding Books and More: Using the Library’s iSearch 2014 HKIEd Library

Search Skills To be Covered  Using iSearch an Intelligent One Stop Tool to discover HKIEd Library Collection  Basic search for books, audio-visual materials, reports and dissertations from the Library Collection  Advanced search for full text journal articles from the Library Databases  Expand search results to: EdLINK, HKALL, ILL  Create article alert 2

What is iSearch ? iSearch is our Brand Name given to the Ebsco Discovery Service, standing for intelligent Search – one-stop intelligent Search and Discovery Tool for Academic Resources 3

Library Catalogue Books, Journal Articles, Videos, Audios, News, Dissertations, Reports, Proceedings and more iSearch Some specific Databases & Journals Most HKIEd Databases & Journals Major Resources NOT Directly Indexed by iSearch : Chinese Databases WiseNews Library PressDisplay ProQuest Dissertation Abstracts Scopus Naxos 4

 One-stop search for multiple information sources, e.g. books, videos, journals & articles or more (over 190,000,000 records)  Gives you Google-like searching experience  Access iSearch via the Library Website at Start Searching from iSearch Limit your search for specific materials Enter your search terms Example: Search understanding psychology Limit by Library Catalogue Only 5

If you get too many results for title search, enter title, author’s surname and publication year simultaneously Search Tips 6

Retrieve Library Catalogue record in the result list, find the Call Number & Location Code of this book. 7

Different Formats / Editions Book Reviews Similar Books Books by Same Author Google Books Search Added Value in iSearch: Intelligent Features in iSearch Opac Records 8

Additional features: You may browse other formats/editions of this title, similar books, and other books written by the same author, etc. 9

Search for a Book by Call Number Simply type the call number in the iSearch search box (e.g. HM1226.P )HM1226.P You can even combine call number with author name, or search by a partial call number (e.g. BF121 feldman)BF121 feldman You can also search by ISBN, words in notes field, Innopac record number, or even physical description in the Bib record (e.g. DS796 30cm)DS796 30cm 10

Link your results to library catalogue or check with location code 11

Sample result of an online e-book (Click the link under Online Access to read the e-book) Access link to view e-book 12

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Request Item from iSearch Click Request Item & login to place hold 14

Click Request button & login to place hold Find “Request” buttons on the left / top menu bar in the library catalogue 15

"double quotes" for phrasal searches – educational psychology educational psychology – “educational psychology" “educational psychology" Use Facets at the Results List to Limit Results by year, subjects, geographic location, etc Send the search to ProQuest Dissertation, CNKI, CEPS, etc – particularly useful for searching Chinese resources More Tips using iSearch 16

17 e.g. Search for one country two systems gets over five million hits with books, journals, media materials, etc. Phrase Search 17

For more precise results, use double quotes for phrases “one country two systems" 18

19 Quick Options to narrow down the results by Scholarly Journals, publication year(s), types of materials, subjects, languages, etc. Refine your Results Various sorting order, export options, display options, etc. 19

Try Yourself: Hands-on iSearch Q1: Keyword = Preschool education + limited to material type = book + publication date > 2013 Q2: Author = Santrock, John W. Q3: Subject = Family Hong Kong Q4: Title = Handbook of positive psychology in schools 20

For Example: Use "Advanced Search" to look for Articles about “arts management“ and “cultural policy” iSearch is a Lot More than HKIEd Library Catalogue 21

Enter Your Search Enter your keywords, search term(s) and select a search field Use “quotation marks” to search for a phrase. Key in additional search terms and use the operators AND, OR and/or NOT to construct a complex query. Click the Search button to start your search. Limit to Library Catalogue Check this box to limit your search Limit to Peer Reviewed, Author, Publication Date, etc. Limit to Peer Reviewed, Author, Publication Date, etc. [Optional] Advanced Search for Library Materials 22

Direct Links to Full Text articles available via Ebscohost will be shown directly as separate links / icons Use EdLINK to check if we have the full text via other sources Accessing Full Text 23

Using EdLINK Some e-databases are enhanced with the e-resources linker Click the direct link to view or download the article Accessing full-text articles 24

Click Check EdLINK to see whether full text is available in case no PDF Full Text icon is provided 25

26 Example: Retrieve full text article via Check EdLINK 26

bX – Article Recommendation Service: Users interested in this article also expressed an interest in the following 27

By default, EdLINK is turned on if you are using Google Scholar from on-campus computers. From off-campus, follow the instruction to turn on EdLINK option via the settings of Google Scholar. Turn On EdLINK from Google Scholar 28

Example: Click the link to retrieve full text article 29

Try Yourself: Hands-on Use the Check EdLINK to check if these articles are available in the Library Odafe, V. U. (2006). Oral examination in college mathematics: An alternative assessment technique. PRIMUS, 16(3), doi: / Jonsson, A, Baartman, L. K. J., & Lennung, S. A. (2009). Estimating the quality of performance assessments: The case of an ‘interactive examination’ for teacher competencies. Learning Environments Research, 12(3), doi: /s z 30

Searching tips: Expand your search  Use “expanders” from the database search screen to expand your search  Use Boolean operator “OR” to include more search terms e.g. web-based OR internet OR electronic OR digital“secondary education” or “high school”  Use truncation (*) to expand your search term in alternative way e.g. adolescen* to search for adolescent, adolescence, etc. 31

Searching tips: Narrow your search  Use “Limiter” from the database search screen to limit your search results in various way  Consider the suggested “Narrow Search Results by Subject” from the search result screen  Use Boolean operator “AND” to limit search results to a narrower scene e.g. peer assessment AND higher education 32

Find Similar Results (SmartText Searching) 33

SmartText will use the abstract as the basis for searching and then rank the results by relevancy 34

35 If the SmartText search results are not satisfactory, add the most important keywords in the search to improve the relevancy

36 To sign up for a free personalized account to save and organize your search history

Add selected items to Folder for printing, , export, etc. 37

You can also export records to RefWorks, EndNote, etc. for future use if you have registered a RefWorks account 38

HKALL  Request for books from 7 other local university libraries  Fast turnaround (normally within 3 working days) Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad)  Books and articles  Sourced from other local or overseas libraries with service agreements 39 Requesting Items Not Available at HKIEd

40 Click Search HKALL to check whether the book that has been checked out by others is available from another local university library HKALL Request via iSeach

Request for HKALL 41 You can request a title if there is at least one copy "available" from another library

Your HKIEd username e.g. janedoe Select the Pickup Library (MMW / TKOSC ) Your HKIEd password Request for HKALL 42

Interlibrary Loan 43

Interlibrary Loan EdLINK 44

Click & Fill in the online form Logon to ILLiad 45

Sign in first in order to be able to save your search, set up alerts, etc. If you do have an account, please create one. 46

You can create an RSS feed or an alert 47

Set Alert Frequency: once a day, once a week, biweekly, once a month 48

Click "Folder" icon to Manage Your Alerts 49

Sample Alert 50 If you are using alert, then you be notified by once new records are updated.

51 Expand you search to Chinese articles To view the full text of the article

52 Click A-Z Database List to search Chinese databases and other specialized databases not covered by iSearch

Off-Campus Remote Access Users will be prompted to enter their HKIEd Network user names, and passwords for authentication purpose to get full access 53

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