1. Library Recommended Databases for GEH 1021

2. Advantages of Using Library Databases
Provide credible information
Subject Specific
Suit your research level
Cite your references in APA style
Free of charge (the Library pays for access to the full-test)

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

4. 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
Videos
Databases
Articles
Videos
Newspaper articles
Reference entries
Statistical data
Video search in iSearch
BBC Video Collection (Yes)
EdVideo (Yes)
ASP (No)
SAGE Video (No)
Digital Theatre Plus (No)

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

6. iSearch – Before Searching
Please prepare your keywords before searching
Suggested keywords:
Natural Hazards
Post-Disaster Recovery
Geological
Meteorological
Hydrological Hazards
Government respond
Mitigation efforts
Psychological recovery
Community reconstruction
Emergency management
Keywords

7. iSearch – Simple Search
Use “ ” for phase search
“Natural Hazards”
Simple search

8. iSearch – Result Page
Advanced search

9. iSearch – Refine My Results
Refine result

10. Hands-on Practice
Try to perform a simple search in iSearch and refine your results
Suggested keywords:
Natural Hazards
Post-Disaster Recovery
Geological
Meteorological
Hydrological Hazards
Government respond
Mitigation efforts
Psychological recovery
Community reconstruction
Emergency management

11. Environment Complete
Environment Complete offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more.

12. Environment Complete How to access? Go to the Library Homepage:
Click “Database A-Z List”

13. Environment Complete Click here to access
Search “Environment Complete”
Click here to access

14. Environment Complete Input keywords and click “Search” Earthquakes
Case study

15. Environment Complete Many academic articles are found easily
Click the title to access the details
(See next slide)
Titles with icon provide full-text download

16. Environment Complete Click here to download the full-text
Click “Cite” to find the citation in APA style (See next slide)

17. Environment Complete
Citation in APA style

18. Hands-on Practice -Try to access Environment Complete
-Try to make a search and download an article
-Try to find a citation in APA style

19. ProQuest Arts & Humanities Databases
How to access?
Go to the Library Homepage:
Click “Database A-Z List”

20. ProQuest Arts & Humanities Databases
Search “ProQuest Arts
& Humanities”
Click here to access

21. ProQuest Arts & Humanities Databases
Input keywords and click “Search”
Earthquakes AND recovery

22. ProQuest Arts & Humanities Databases
Click the title to access the details
(See next slide)
Click “Full text-PDF” to download

23. ProQuest Arts & Humanities Databases
Click “Cite” to find the citation in APA style

24. ProQuest Arts & Humanities Databases
Citation in APA style

25. ProQuest Arts & Humanities Databases
iSearch VS Databases
Why using specific databases instead of iSearch?
iSearch
Environment Complete
ProQuest Arts & Humanities Databases

26. Citing Resources
Allows you to use other people’s work by giving credit to the original author without plagiarizing
Provides documentation for all facts and figures that are not common knowledge
Strengthens your work by lending outside support to your arguments
Provides the source information for others who wants to find out more about your ideas
Accurately prepared references help establish your credibility as a careful researcher
Out of order/incomplete citations cause inaccurate citation network indexing

27. Citation Style in EdUHK
APA Referencing
APA = American Psychological Association
APA reference style uses the Author-Date format
All direct and indirect quotes must be acknowledged the source in the text and the reference list
APA style

28. In-text Citation An author-date citation can be formatted in two ways
1. Parenthetical Citation: Provide both author and date in parentheses, separated by a comma
2. Narrative Citation: Mention the author in the narrative followed by the date in parentheses
e.g. Early onset results in more persistent and severe course (Kessler, 2003)
e.g. Kessler (2003) found that among epidemiological samples……

29. In-text Citation Type of citation First citation in text
Subsequent citations in text
Parenthetical format, first citation in text
Parenthetical format, subsequent citations in text
One work by one author
Walker (2007)
(Walker, 2007)
One work by two authors
Walker and Allen (2004)
(Walker & Allen, 2004)
One work by three authors
Bradley, Ramirez, and Soo (1999)
Bradley et al. (1999)
Bradley, Ramirez, & Soo, 1999)
(Bradley et al., 1999)
One work by four authors
Bradley, Ramirez, Soo, and Walsh (2006)
Bradley et al. (2006)
Bradley, Ramirez, Soo, & Walsh, 2006)
(Bradley et al., 2006)
One work by five authors
Walker, Allen, Bradley, Ramirez, and Soo (2008)
Walker et al. (2008)
(Walker, Allen, Bradley, Ramirez, & Soo, 2008)
(Walker et al., 2008)
One work by six or more authors
Wasserstein et al. (2005)
(Wasserstein et al., 2005)
Groups (readily identified through abbreviation) as authors
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH, 2003)
NIMH (2003)
(National Institute of Mental Health [NIMH], 2003)
(NIMH, 2003)
Groups (no abbreviation) as authors
University of Pittsburgh (2005)
(University of Pittsburgh, 2005)
Type of citation

30. Reference List
What’s the difference between reference list and bibliography?
A reference list consists of all sources cited in the text of a paper, listed alphabetically by author’s surname.
A bibliography may include resources that were consulted but not cited in the text as well as an annotated description of each one.
Bibliographies may be organized chronologically, or by subject, rather than alphabetically.

31. Reference List Arrange by authors in Alphanumerical Order
Each reference cited in text must appear in the reference list (except for classical works and personal communications)
Each entry in the reference list must be cited in text
Entire Book
Damrosch, D. (2003). What is world literature? Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Edited Book
Ercikan, K., & Roth, W.-M. (Eds.). (2009). Generalizing from educational research: Beyond qualitative and quantitative polarization. New York, NY: Routledge.
Book Chapter
Tian, C. (2009). Development of dialectical materialism in China. In B. Mou (Ed.), History of Chinese philosophy (pp ). London, England: Routledge.

32. Useful Citation Tools http://www.lib.eduhk.hk/refworks/
Citation Machine

33. Ask a Librarian
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