1. Library Workshop for BA(CEE) Students Sept 2011 HKIEd Library 1

2. Outline Basics and Overview Finding a particular journal article quickly by e-journal list or Google Scholar Database in Focus – ERIC on EBSCOhost About RefWorks Another Educational Resource Example – ProQuest Education Databases Q&A 2

3. HKIEd Library Website HKIEd Library Website http://www.lib.ied.edu.hk Search for books, journals, media resources 3

4. Finding a Particular Article 4 Is this article available in the Library? Sadler, P. M. & Good, E. (2006). The impact of self- and peer-grading on student learning. Educational Assessment, 11(1), 1-31. doi:10.1207/s15326977ea1101_1

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7. Finding a Particular Article – via Google Scholar + EdLINK Is this article available in the Library? Sadler, P. M. & Good, E. (2006). The impact of self- and peer-grading on student learning. Educational Assessment, 11(1), 1-31. doi:10.1207/s15326977ea1101_1 7

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10. Read instructions on how to set up EdLINK in Google Scholar from off-campus 10

11. Try it yourself Use EdLINK via the E-Journal Tab or Google Scholar to check if these articles are available in the Library Miller, S. & Helms, J. (2010). The Disease that Infected Half the World: Mathematics, Biology, and History. PRIMUS, 20(3), 245-260. doi:10.1080/10511971003587287 Jonsson, A, Baartman, L. K. J., & Lennung, S. A. (2009). Estimating the quality of performance assessments: The case of an ‘interactive examination’ for teacher competencies. Learning Environments Research, 12(3), 225-241. doi:10.1007/s10984-009-9061-z 11

12. Sidetrack: DOI DOI = Digital Object Identifier It is the unique ID assigned by publishers to an online object (could be an article, a journal, a book, a book chapter, etc) It's used in APA citation style For details: http://www.doi.org/http://www.doi.org/ You may get a direct hit in Google Scholar by entering the DOI Direct access format: http://dx.doi.org/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx where the last part is the DOI (e.g. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10511971003587287) http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10511971003587287 12

13. E-Resources Include E-Databases & E-Book Collections Search by Keywords Browse by Subject or Title 13

14. E-Resources by Subject – E.g. Education 14

15. Major Education Databases ERIC (via EBSCOhost) Education Research Complete ProQuest Education Journals Education Full Text 15

16. 16 Other Relevant Databases for BA(CEE) Students Proquest Research Library (ProQuest) Academic Search Premier (EBSCOHost) ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Humanities Full Text JSOTR. Arts & Sciences Collection PsycINFO / PsycArticles / Psybooks Web of Science (Arts & Humanities Citation Index / Social Sciences Citation Index) Web of Science (Arts & Humanities Citation Index / Social Sciences Citation Index) SCOPUS Literature Online (LION) Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) MLA International Bibliography

17. Major Local / Chinese Databases HK Education Bibliographic Database ( 香港教育文獻數據庫 ) HK Education Bibliographic Database 香港教育文獻數據庫 Dissertations and Theses Collection (DTC) 臺灣期刊論文索引系統 PerioPath Index to Taiwan Periodical Literature System 臺灣期刊論文索引系統 PerioPath Index to Taiwan Periodical Literature System 中文電子期刊服務 CEPS 中文電子期刊服務 CEPS 中文電子學位論文服務 CETD 中文電子學位論文服務 CETD 中國知網 中國期刊全文數據庫 中國優 秀碩士學位論文全文數據庫 中國優 秀碩士學位論文全文數據庫 中國博士學位論文全文數據庫 中國學位論文全文 數據庫 中國學位論文全文 數據庫 華人社會教育文獻資源中心 Chinese ERIC (Chinese University of Hong Kong) 華人社會教育文獻資源中心 Chinese ERIC (Chinese University of Hong Kong) 香港中文期刊論 文索引 HKInChiP 香港中文期刊論 文索引 HKInChiP 17

18. 18 Database in Focus – ERIC

19. Find ERIC by Browsing "E" (or browse by education subject; or search ERIC) 19

20. Access to ERIC database Enter keywords Limit your search Search Results 20

21. Example Your research topic: Is goal setting a useful strategy for learning English as a second language? Identify the Keywords: English as second language AND goal setting Use indexes / thesaurus / descriptors to check related terms where necessary. How many records retrieved? 21

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23. Searching tips: Expand your search  Use “expanders” from the database search screen to expand your search  Use Boolean operator “OR” to include more search terms e.g. Second language learning or english as second language or esl  Use truncation (*) to expand your search term in alternative way e.g. learn* to search for learning, learns, learner, etc. 23

24. Searching tips: Narrow your search  Use “Limiter” from the database search screen to limit your search results in various way  Consider the suggested “Narrow Search Results by Subject” from the search result screen  Use Boolean operator “AND” to limit search results to a narrower scene e.g. peer assessment AND higher education 24

25. ERIC EBSCOHost – Refine your results by Subjects, Peer-reviewed Journals, Year, etc. 25

26. Reduced from over 300 results to 56 by selecting peer reviewed and 2000 and after 26

27. 27 ERIC EBSCOHost Special Features – Find Similar Results (SmartText Searching)

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30. Try it yourself Topic: transfer of learning techniques in bilingual education Suggested keywords: Learning transfer and bilingual education How many records retrieved? How to expand or narrow down your search results? (what is ERIC's descriptor for transfer of learning techniques? Have you tried bilingual* instead of bilingualism? …) Can you find full text for articles with no full text from ERIC? Have you tried the Find Similar Results (SmartText Searching) function? 30

31. 31 Searching Multiple Databases in Ebscohost

32. 32 Add to Folder: Save / Print / Email / Export

33. 33 Add to Folder: Save / Print / Email / Export

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35. We can export the results directly to RefWorks 35

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37. 37 About RefWorks Web-based Bibliographic Management Tool Web-based Bibliographic Management Tool Create your own reference databases Create your own reference databases Import references from library catalogues & databases Import references from library catalogues & databases Manage & organize your references in folders Manage & organize your references in folders Search your references Search your references Adding your own keywords & comments Adding your own keywords & comments Can be integrated with MS-Word to create in-text citations & reference list in preferred style Can be integrated with MS-Word to create in-text citations & reference list in preferred style Accessible by computers connected to Internet Accessible by computers connected to Internet

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39. 39 Can also Directly Export Library Catalogue Records to RefWorks

40. How to Import References from Library E-resources 40

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42. Another Education Resources: ProQuest Education Databases 42

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45. E.g. search small class education Suggested Topics  e.g. Class size AND Academic achievement 45

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47. We can also Email, Print, Save, Export, etc. 47

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49. Sneak Preview – Discovery Services: an all in one quick search to be implemented later this year 49

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