1. L OCATING S OCIAL S CIENCES / C ULTURAL S TUDIES R ESOURCES LIB260 1 http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/services/library-workshops/handouts

2. P RIMARY S OURCES VS S ECONDARY S OURCES Primary Sources : A first-hand or eye witness account of an event. Newspaper stories, Statistical data, Public opinion surveys, Records of organizations: e.g. minutes, correspondences, annual reports, etc., Personal letters, diary, etc. Primary Sources: Labour Union documents, Speeches, Personal letters. Secondary Sources are ones that interpret or analyzes primary sources. Examples: dictionaries, encyclopedias, textbooks, books and articles. Secondary Sources: Research papers on evaluating and analyzing the relationship between feminist movement and labor movement in turn-of-the-century England. 2

3. S EARCH S TRATEGIES (1 A ) http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/ Use appropriate resources Library catalogue – various books, journals, video programs, etc. available at the Library. 3

4. S EARCH S TRATEGIES (1 B ) http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/databases Electronic databases – e-books, book chapters, academic journal articles, news articles, statistics, glossaries and definitions, etc. Full-text Databases - contains the partial or complete text of works, such as articles, books, etc. Bibliographic Databases - contains descriptive information (citation and subject headings) for publications, such as books, and periodical articles, etc. 4

5. S EARCH S TRATEGIES (1 B ) http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/databases 5

6. S EARCH S TRATEGIES (1 C ) http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/internet_resources Internet resources – facts, news, organizational information, statistics … 6

7. S EARCH S TRATEGIES (2) Identify main concepts E.g. I want to study about how the citizenship be reflected through political participation in Hong Kong. 1. Political participation 2. Citizenship 3. Hong Kong Choice of search words (related key terms/synonyms) 7

8. S EARCH S TRATEGIES (3) Use appropriate operators (AND / OR / NOT) and wildcards (e.g. *, !) AND: searches records that mention both search terms, this narrows the search. e.g. citizenship AND hong kong ( 必須同時出 現 ) OR: finds records in which one or both search terms appear, this broadens the search. e.g. Citizenship OR vote ( 只要任何一個出現 ) 8

9. S EARCH S TRATEGIES (4) Wildcards / Truncation: retrieves all variant endings of that word 1-Search: * OPAC: * EBSCOhost: * ProQuest: * Factiva: * LexisNexis Academic: ! e.g. citizen * -- retrieves all words that start with CITIZEN such as citizen, citizens, citizenship etc. 9

10. S EARCH S TRATEGIES (5) “ ”Quotation marks/( )Parentheses: gives priority and order in the search statement e.g. “ citizenship OR voting” AND hong kong/ (citizenship OR voting) AND hong kong Be prepared to narrow / expand your search results by using database-specific features / changing your keywords. 10

11. R ESEARCH G UIDES : S OCIAL S CIENCES http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/ 11  Core Databases  Print Resources  Tools, News and Dictionaries  Internet Resources  Examination

12. R ESEARCH G UIDES : C ULTURAL S TUDIES http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/ 12  Core Databases  Print Resources  Tools, News and Dictionaries  Internet Resources  Examination

13. D ATABASES http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/databases 13 This page consist of databases, e-books, e-journals, and other electronic resources available on the Library website. Most of the databases can be accessed online in and outside the Library while some can be accessed through dedicated workstations inside the Library only. Choose database by subject e.g. cultural studies, economics, political science, sociology and social policy

14. 1-S EARCH http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/ One single search box Many different types of contents Facet refine S TILL AT THE TESTING STAGE Welcome to try Report problems to us 14

15. 1-S EARCH http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/ 15 1-Search Allows you to Search Many Databases at the Same Time e.g. “political participation” AND citizenship AND Hong Kong

16. 1-S EARCH 16

17. 1-S EARCH 17

18. 1-S EARCH 18

19. 1-S EARCH ( ADVANCED ) http://lingnan.summon.serialssolutions.com/advanced 19

20. S ELECTED I NTERNET R ESOURCES 20

21. S TATISTICS http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/about/faq/finding-information#statistical 21

22. O NLINE V IDEOS – L OCAL TV P ROGRAMMES 22

23. O NLINE V IDEOS – L OCAL TV P ROGRAMMES 23

24. C ITATION M ANAGEMENT / B IBLIOGRAPHY G ENERATION T OOLS RefWorks http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/find/guide-refworks RefWorks is a web-based tool that allows Lingnan staff and students to: Download citations directly from the Library catalogue and most databases subscribed by the Library Organize the citations into different folders Generate in-text citation, bibliography or reference list in the citation style of your choice, including APA, MLA, Harvard, Chicago style and more Citation Builder http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/lobo2/citationbuilder/citationbuilde r.php http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/lobo2/citationbuilder/citationbuilde r.php Citation and Style http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/content.php?pid=333865&sid=27 30634#10160834 http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/content.php?pid=333865&sid=27 30634#10160834 24

25. R EF W ORKS https://www.refworks.com/refworks2/?r=authentication::init&groupc ode=RWLingnanUL 25

26. N EED H ELPS ? Reference Desk Location: Chiang Chen Information Commons (South Wing, 1/F of the Library) Tel: 2616-8571 Email: refstaff@ln.edu.hkrefstaff@ln.edu.hk Ask a Librarian http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/research/ask- librarian http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/research/ask- librarian Chat Reference (2-5 p.m. Mon-Fri) http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/research/ask- librarian http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/research/ask- librarian 26

27. Q&A Thank You! 27