Exploring Library’s resources

1. Exploring Library’s resources Lingnan University Library Oct 2013 Terence Cheung – Reference Librarian Tel: 2616 8572 Email: terencecheung@ln.edu.hk

2. What library service do you use? What sources do you use for your research? Any problems?

3. Today’s Contents • Basic Research Concept & Searching Techniques • Library Catalogue & 1-Search • EBSCOhost • News database – Factiva • Theses & Dissertations • Journal Citation Report • Google Scholar • Plagiarism • RefWorks • Q&As

4. By the end of this workshop, you will be able to: • have an overview on different types of library & internet resources in order to select the most appropriate tools in doing research. • apply different search strategies in using the library online catalogue, 1-search, and other related databases in order to extract relevant information efficiently and effectively. • Have an understanding of the basic knowledge on plagiarism, and reference management tools.

5. What do you do before you do a research? Don’t need all the answers at the beginning!!!

6. Evaluating Information • Authorship and Publishing Body: WHO is the author / publisher? • Target Group: WHO is the intended audience? • Currency: WHEN was the information released? • Purpose: WHY this information was written? • Referral: HOW did the author find this information? Are there references to other sources? • Accuracy : Is the information accurate?

7. Research Techniques Boolean Operators AND – both terms will appear in the result. e.g. painting AND Chinese OR – at least either one of the terms will appear in the result. e.g. Chinese OR Japanese NOT– only find items that do not contain the search term. e.g. painting NOT Japanese

8. painting AND Chinese OR Japanese What will you find?

9. Research Techniques Parenthesis ( ) Use parenthesis ( ) to group words together and set the order of the search when using Boolean Operators. e.g. use painting AND (Chinese OR Japanese) will find items with paintingand Chinese or items with paintingand Japanesein the result.

10. Research Techniques Phase Search “ “ Use quotation mark for the exact phase. e.g. use “art history” will find the exact phrase art historyin the result instead of items contains art and history separately.

11. Research Techniques Wildcards ? Use question mark for one letter truncation. e.g. use wom?n will find womenor woman in the result. * Use asterisk for several letters truncation. e.g. use behavior* will find behavior, behavioral, behaviorist, behaviorism, or behaviorally in the result.

12. Guides@LU Guide for research and using databases

13. Guide for Cultural Studies

14. We have over 260 databases. Good and Bad!!!

15. Databases by types, subjects, A-Z

16. Use the database’s user guide User Guide

17. 1-Search Input the search terms

18. Click this icon to save the article to the list. Narrow down your search by different criteria

19. Research Techniques How to narrow down your search • Use more search terms • Limit the time frame • Limit to scholarly publications • Select appropriate content types • Select appropriate subject • Select appropriate sources

20. 1-Search Advanced Search Advanced Search

21. Search by title, author, publication, etc.

22. Search by title, author, publication, etc. Sort the results by : -relevance -date To limit your search (to have more precise results) by selecting these facets

23. How to View the Full-text ? Click “Full Text Online” to see the online journal article, normally you will be linked to a “Check for Full Text” page

24. How to View Full-text ? Click “Journal” and access the journal article by year/volume/page Click “Article”, then a new webpage , containing links to view the article, will appear.

25. Practice 1: Perform your search in One-Search i. Find resources on art history AND China No. of results: ii. Limit results by Content type: Dissertation/Thesis No. of results: iii. What if limit results by Content type: Journal article No. of results: iv. Click on the Full Text Online for one of the results on your list v. Bonus question: Put quotation marks (“ “) around phrases No. of results: Are the results more relevant? □ Yes □ No

26. Exercise: Which of the following is the title of the dissertations/theses on the topic of marketing of museum published on 2001 • Investigation of the current marketing practices and consumer orientation in Ontario museums • Adopting marketing strategies in museums • Museum marketing: competing in the global marketplace • Museum management and marketing

27. Exercise: Which of the following is the title of the dissertations/theses on the topic of marketing of museum published on 2001 The answer is B • Perform a keyword search on “marketing” and “museum” • Limit the search to “Dissertation/Thesis” • Limit the search to the year 2001

28. EBSCOhost

29. EBSCOhost – Academic Search Premier

30. EBSCOhost – Academic Search Premier

31. EBSCOhost – Academic Search Premier

32. Factiva

33. Factiva

34. Factiva

35. Dissertations

36. Dissertations

37. Journal Citation Report 1. Please click on the following URL to the Web of Knowledge platform: http://proxy1.library.ln.edu.hk:2048/login?url=http://webofknowledge.com

38. Journal Citation Report

39. Google Scholar Click “Settings”

40. Google Scholar Click “Library links” Search “Lingnan University” & “WorldCat”

41. Google Scholar

42. Google Scholar Findit@Lingnan links will appear next to those items which are held by Lingnan University.

43. What is Plagiarism? According to Oxford English Dictionary , Plagiarism refers to: The action or practice of taking someone else‘s work, idea,etc., and passing it off as one's own; literary theft. A particular idea, piece of writing, design, etc., which has been plagiarized; an act or product of plagiary. Plagiarism -- 學術剽竊 (online video) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0R4WzbOGIY&feature=youtu.be Plagiarism: How to avoid it (Bainbridge College) (Online video) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q0NlWcTq1Y User Guide: http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/bibliography_plagiarism

44. RefWorks • Reworks is an online citation management tool, which is an easy and convenient software to build-up and manage your citation. After building-up your citation, you can export your citation list to a Word file or email. • Guide on RefWorks : http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/refworks There will be training workshop on using RefWorks by the Library. Please pay attention to our announcement about the workshop.

45. The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) British author.

46. Library Workshops http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/services/workshops

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48. Need Help? Ask A Librarian http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/research/ask-librarian Integrated Helpdesk Email: refstaff@ln.edu.hk, Tel: 2616-8571 Chat Reference Service 2pm-5pm, Mon-Fri Research Consultation Servicehttp://www.library.ln.edu.hk/research-consultation-service

49. Thank you for your time and the most important, your patience.