1. Library Workshop Early Experience in English Cert (ECE)

2. What you will learn today How to search the teaching materials with the library catalogue  Quick Search  Advanced Search How to search for Media Resources

3. Early Childhood Education Resources Materials available in different formats Reference Works  Encyclopedia  Dictionary Books

4. Early Childhood Education Resources Journals Media Resources  Video  DVD/VCD  Kits

5. Library Catalogue

6. CollectionSearch Option Search Term Quick Search

7. Collection  All Collections  Central Teaching Resources Collection  Media Resources Collection  Serial Collection  Town Centre Collection Search Option  Author  Title  Subject  Keywords (Author, Title, Subject, Publisher, Content Notes…)

8. Useful Keywords for Teaching English to Children  Early childhood, preschool, elementary  Kindergarten, nursery  Study and teaching  English language, Juvenile literature  Reading, Activity programs  Fiction, Fairy tales  Alphabet, Phonetics, Pronunciation, Vocabulary…

9. Quick Search Example: Search Media Resources Collection materials with keywords preschool and music

10. Key information of library catalogue record Location Status Physical description and note

11. Search Hint  Multiple words are searched as a phrase

12. Exercise Search materials with title Gingerbread man in 1. Central Teaching Resources Collection 2. Town Centre Library Collection 3. Media Resources Collection

13. Advanced Search Multiple search terms Limit by specific collection, material type, language Combination of searches

14. Advanced Search Search specific items with combinations and limiting criteria

15. Advanced Search Combination Search  AND, OR, AND NOT Limiting Criteria  Collection  Location (Model Libraries, TCL…)  Material Type (Book, DVD/VCD, Interactive Media, Kit…)  Language (Chinese, English)  Year  Readership Level (Preschool, Primary, Juvenile …)

16. Advanced Search Combination of searches Limiting Criteria

18. Advanced Search Hints Multiple words are searched together as one phrase  preschool English= (preschool English) Truncation  Use * for 1-5 characters child* = child, children, childhood  Use ** for open-ended truncation story** = story, storytelling, storysharing…  Use ? for any single character in specified position wom?n = woman, women Use shortcuts  t:(music) and s:(juvenile) and a:(chan)

19. Find library media resources on teaching English language to children with storytelling 1. Identify Keywords  English  Stor** (story, stories, storytelling)  Child* (child, children, childhood)  Kid* (kid, kids)  Preschool  Nursery  Study and learning Advanced Search Example

20. 2. Formulate search query  English AND (stor**) AND (child* or kid* or nursery or preschool) AND (study and teaching)

21. Advanced Search Example 3. Modify the Search if needed  Limit to Media Resources Collection

22. Exercise Find library resources of English language for children with music or songs Modify the search for Media Resources only Further limit the search to Kits only Search  (English language) AND (child* or kid* or nursery or preschool) AND (music or song*)

23. Browse the Media Resources Collection Library Homepage > Services & Collections > Media Resources Collection

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