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Lingnan University Library September 2010 http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/help/classes/2010/fall/powerpoint/
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AV materials, books, journals & newspapers ◦ Searched by Library online catalogue http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/ http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/ E-resources: E-Databases, E-Journals, Selected Internet Resources Subject Research Guide Citation Tools
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Library Online Catalogue Subject Research Guide E-Database, E- Journals, Selected Internet Resources AV materials
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E-Databases ◦ Bibliographic Databases - contains descriptive information (citation and subject headings) for publications, such as books, periodical articles, & government documents, etc. ◦ Full-text Databases - contains the partial or complete text of works, such as articles, books, poems, and essays.
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E-Journals ◦ Library subscribed e-journals ◦ Journals available in the database ◦ Coverage to present to 1 year ago
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Step 1 – Identify key concepts ◦ Author? A particular work? Content of the work? Criticism of a particular work? ◦ Main concepts can be the name of an author or key word from a particular Step 2 – Selection of search words ◦ Related words/synonyms ◦ Austen, Jane (NOT Jane Austen for author search) ◦ literary criticism or literary interpretation ◦ Hong Kong: Hong Kong, hk
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Step 3 – Search command ◦ Use “AND/OR” E.g. Austen AND Pride ◦ Truncation ( retrieves all variant endings of that word) E.g. Criti* (criticize, criticism, critical etc.) ◦ Parentheses ( ) : gives priority and order in the search statement E.g. (fiction or novel) and Austen
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Title search ◦ Pride and Prejudice Subject search ◦ Fiction Author search ◦ Austen, Jane (NOT Jane Austen for author search) www.library.ln.edu.hk
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Academic Search Premier Collins Cobuild Wordbanks Online Contemporary Literacy Criticism Exploring Novels/Exploring Poetry/Exploring Shakespare/Exploring Short Stories JSTOR Literature Online (LION) MLA Directory of Periodicals
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By subject By database name All databases
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Metalude ◦ By Department of English
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General Enquiry: 2616-8586 Reference Enquiry: 2616-8571 Ask a Librarian / Email: refstaff@ln.edu.hk
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Q & A Thank You!
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