1. Lingnan University Library September 2010 http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/help/classes/2010/fall/powerpoint/

2.  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

3. Library Online Catalogue Subject Research Guide E-Database, E- Journals, Selected Internet Resources AV materials

4.  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.

5.  E-Journals ◦ Library subscribed e-journals ◦ Journals available in the database ◦ Coverage to present to 1 year ago

6.  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

7.  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

8.  Title search ◦ Pride and Prejudice  Subject search ◦ Fiction  Author search ◦ Austen, Jane (NOT Jane Austen for author search)  www.library.ln.edu.hk

9.  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

10.  By subject  By database name  All databases

11.  Metalude ◦ By Department of English

13.  General Enquiry: 2616-8586  Reference Enquiry: 2616-8571  Ask a Librarian / Email: refstaff@ln.edu.hk

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