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CLE9010 Global Encounters Exploring Library’s resources

CLE9010 Global Encounters Exploring Library’s resources. Lingnan University Library Sep 2013 Terence Cheung – Reference Librarian. Tel: 2616 8572 Email: terencecheung@ln.edu.hk. What library service do you use?. What sources do you use for your research?. Any problems?. Today’s Contents

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CLE9010 Global Encounters Exploring Library’s resources

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  1. CLE9010 Global Encounters Exploring Library’s resources Lingnan University Library Sep 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 • Consolidated Databases • EBSCOhost • Databases related to Visual Studies • ARTstor • Grove Art Online (Oxford Art Online) • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB) • News database – Factiva • Theses & Dissertations • Google Scholar • Plagiarism • Citation – Chicago Citation Style • Q&As

  4. By the end of this workshop, you will be able to: • have an overview on different types of 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 Visual Studies related databases in order to extract relevant information efficiently and effectively. • Have an understanding of the basic knowledge on using Chicago style of citation

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

  6. 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 Buddhist NOT– only find items that do not contain the search term. e.g. painting NOT Buddhist

  7. painting AND Chinese OR Buddhist What will you find?

  8. 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 Buddhist) will find items with paintingand Chinese or items with paintingand Buddhistin the result.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 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? Double check with other sources?

  12. Guides@LU Guide for research and using databases

  13. Guide for Visual 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 China trade AND Export art 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 1: Which of the following is the title of the dissertation/these on the topic of Japanese art and Impressionism? Japanesque: The Japanese Print in the Era of Impressionism A new impression of impressionism: FIVE STAR Edition The impact of East Asian art within the early impressionist circle, 1856-1868 ArtHop shines with impressionism, 'extract expression'

  27. Exercise: Which of the following is the title of the dissertations/theses on the topic of Japanese art and Impressionism? The answer is C • Perform a keyword search on “Japanese art” AND impressionism • Limit the search to “Dissertation/Thesis”

  28. EBSCOhost

  29. EBSCOhost – Academic Search Premier

  30. EBSCOhost – Academic Search Premier

  31. EBSCOhost – Academic Search Premier

  32. EBSCOhost – Academic Search Premier Practice i. Search for full-text articles that have the keyword Chinoiserie. No. of results: ii. Narrow your search by Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals No. of results: iii. Click on one full-text article most relevant to you and write down: Article title: Find three subject terms from “Detailed Record” iv. Email the article to yourself v. Click on the cite button to see the Chicago citation format

  33. ARTstor 33 33

  34. ARTstor Limited by “Classification” ,“Geography”, etc. 34 34

  35. ARTstor – Exercise Try to search a Chinese painting on Chinese woman within the classification of “Fashion, Costume and Jewelry”. Which is the one you found? A. C. D. B. 35 35

  36. ARTstor – Exercise Try to search a Chinese painting on Chinese woman within the classification of “Fashion, Costume and Jewelry”. Which is the one you found? The answer is C • Perform a keyword search on “Chinese woman” • Limit the search to “Fashion, Costume and Jewelry” under classification 36 36 36

  37. Grove Art Online (Oxford Art Online) 37 37

  38. Grove Art Online e.g. Francois Boucher 38 38

  39. Grove Art Online 39 39

  40. Grove Art Online & The Oxford Companion to Western Art Enlarge image Biography

  41. Grove Art Online 41 41

  42. Grove Art Online - practice i. Search for images that have the keyword porcelains. No. of results: ii. Narrow your search by Image No. of results: iii. Click on one image most relevant to you and write down: Image title: iv. Click on the cite button on the top menu bar v. Copy and paste the citation (choose Chicago style) into a new Word document. 42 42

  43. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB) e.g. Charles Dickens

  44. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB)

  45. Factiva

  46. Factiva

  47. Factiva

  48. Dissertations

  49. Dissertations

  50. Google Scholar Click “Settings”

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