LINGNAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY SEPT Library Skills Workshop for BUS110
Library Exercise 2 Exercise must be submitted online: URL: / / Deadline: 10 Oct 2012 (Wed) Questions are about skills with finding items in the Library catalogue and some basics in using online databases.
Overview We shall begin with Quick links Different user groups Search boxes
Library Toolbar Like the convenience with the Google Toolbar or Yahoo! Toolbar? Quick searches and instant access to often used Library and University functions are readily available by installing the Lingnan University Library Toolbar: Available for both IE and Firefox web browsers. 4
Library Toolbar 5 You can access the “Library Toolbar” webpage under the “Research” tab
LU Served as a portal to databases, subject guides and various user guides on library services and facilities 6
Online Registration: Library Workshops 7
Library Catalogue 8 Library Catalogue is accessed via the home page of the Library at Use author or title search if you know the author / title of the book or the journal Author search – type SURNAME and then Given Names or Initials (e.g. enter Austen, Jane instead of Jane Austen)
Library Catalogue: finding items on your reading list 9 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: 1. Lai, D., & Surood, S. (2008). Predictors of Depression in Aging South Asian Canadians. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 23(1), 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 Summits: Chinese and American Perspectives on Security, Trade, and Cultural Exchanges (pp ). HK: Chinese UP.
10 Example: Lai, D., & Surood, S. (2008). Predictors of Depression in Aging South Asian Canadians. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 23(1), Search Article Title “Predictors of Depression in Aging South Asian Canadians” has NO MATCHES
11 Need to search for the Journal Title “Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology” instead
12 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 Summits: Chinese and American Perspectives on Security, Trade, and Cultural Exchanges (pp ). HK: Chinese UP.
13 Need to search for Book title “The Outlook for U.S. – China …” instead 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 Summits: Chinese and American Perspectives on Security, Trade, and Cultural Exchanges (pp ). HK: Chinese. This is CHAPTER in a BOOK
Library Catalogue 14 If we need to find something about a topic but we do not know the author or title, then use Keyword / Phrase Search or Subject Search E.g. I want something about romantic poetry. Try: Keyword Search – romantic poetry Keyword Search – romantic* and poet* (the * means insert anything here – e.g. poet* can mean poet / poets / poetry / poetic, etc.) Keyword Search – “romantic poetry”
Boolean Operators 15 Using AND / OR / AND NOT Try it yourself using Keyword Search: tom cruise brad pitt tom cruise and brad pitt tom cruise or brad pitt tom cruise and not brad pitt brad pitt and not tom cruise
Keyword Search or Subject Search 16 Keyword / Phrase Search: look for words or phrases appearing anywhere in Title, Author, Subject or Notes fields Subject Search: look for phrases appearing in the Subject field E.g. try (a) search da vinci as keyword; (b) search da vinci as subject
Narrow Down Your Results 17 Narrow down by Add more keywords using AND (e.g. tom cruise and brad pitt) Specify where the keywords should appear (e.g. da vinci as title words? da vinci as subject words? da vinci as author words?) Add more restrictions by collection sets, date, language, material types, shelving location, etc.
18 Under Keyword Search, you can Limit Results to Chinese or English; Books or Journals; Special Material Types; Between certain Years; Sorting Orders and More …
More Tips for Using the Library Catalogue General Search Tips for the Library Catalogue : About My Library Account: About Library Catalogue: 19
Hong Kong Academic Library Link ( 香港高校圖書聯 網 ): Allows you to request books not available in Lingnan but available at CityU, CUHK, HKBU, HKIEd, HKU, HKUST & PolyU Normally the requested item will be delivered to Lingnan within 3 working days HKALL can be accessed via: Online Library Catalogue Online Library Catalogue User Guide: 20 HKALL
Click the “Search HKALL” button If you cannot find the materials you want in our library catalogue, you can search them in HKALL. 21
HKALL – Request Procedures Click the book title 22
HKALL – Request Procedures Eligible HKALL users at Lingnan University can make a HKALL request only if: The requested item is not available in the Lingnan University Library Other libraries have at least a copy of the item with the status "AVAILABLE" The user has not used up his / her request / loan quota Click the “Request this title” link 23
HKALL – Request Procedures Choose “Lingnan” as your home library 24
HKALL – Request Procedures Fill out the authentication page by typing in your Lingnan username and password, then click the "Submit" to complete the request procedure. 25
26 Course Reserve by Instructor or Course (RES) Course Reserve Course Reserves searched by Course Name or Course Code Course Reserves searched by Instructor’s Name
Course Reserve e.g. Search by course code: Type the course code “SOC319" in the search box 27
Course Reserve This area shows the professor’s name, course code and course name. This area shows the information of course materials, e.g. title, author, location and call number. 28
Course Reserve Some of the course materials can be viewed online. e.g. Internet -- E-reserve -- ON NETWORK 29
Course Reserve Click the “ELECTRONIC RESERVE copy” link to access the full text content 30
Search Library Catalogue or Electronic Databases? 31 Library Catalogue Allows you to find out what items are available from Lingnan – do we have this book / this journal / this dictionary / this biography / this encyclopedia? If so, where is it located and how to get it? But it only has information about the book or the journal or the dictionary as a whole; it does not immediately show you the definition of a word, the full text itself or the statistical data itself. Electronic Databases Different Databases provides information at different levels. Depending on whether it is a full text database or bibliographic index database, it will provides the article level information, table of contents and often the full content (e.g. the article itself, the definition of a word, the photograph itself, a piece of statistical data, etc.)
Using Electronic Databases 32 Key Databases ProQuest, Ebscohost, Wisenews, Factiva, LexisNexis, 中國期刊 全文數據庫 Find Databases by Subject, Types, Keyword Searches Webbridge: Linking up Library-paid Databases and Full-text Contents
1-Search 33 A more powerful search engine behind: The 1-Search
1-Search One single search box Many different types of contents Facet refine At the testing stage Welcome to try Report problems to us 34
Example : If I want to find journal articles for my research project Question: I am looking for journal articles for my research project about Internet Banking in Hong Kong. Answer: Conduct a keyword search in 1-Search. Tips: The Boolean Operators AND, OR and NOT must be written in ALL CAPS. Words in a specific order use " ". e.g. “internet banking " 35
1-Search
WiseNews and WiseSearch How to browse by HK Newspaper Categories? How to search with WiseSearch? 37 Searching for News Stories
Need Help? Reference Desk Location: Chiang Chen Information Commons (South Wing, 1/F of the Library) Tel: Ask a Librarian librarian librarian Chat Reference (2-5 p.m. Mon-Fri) 38
Q & A Thank You! 39