LIBRARY WORKSHOP

1. LIBRARY WORKSHOP Research Skills in English Language & Literature ENG 2240 - Part I and Part II January 2008

2. Overview • Main Types of Library Resources • Main Types of Library Search Tools • Search Strategy (applied to Catalog) • Language and Literature Databases

3. BOOKS MULTIMEDIA JOURNALS STATISTICS NEWSPAPERS Types of Resources DOCUMENTS

4. BOOKS Books/eBooks Books can be in PRINT or ELECTRONIC format (70,000+ eBooks in our collection) Generally, books are … general, providing an indepth overview of a fairly general topic REFERENCE books are a special category of books that we REFER to briefly – we don’t often read the whole book e.g. dictionaries or encyclopedias

5. JOURNALS Journals/eJournals • Compare a Journal to a Magazine: • both come out weekly, monthly or quarterly (so very current compared to books) • both have short articles within, which are quite focused and specific (compared to books) • BUT one is considered to be more SCHOLARLY, while the other is more POPULAR - think of differences in authorship, audience, tone, content level, etc.

6. - original work, or original research e.g. a novel or a poem an article documenting a research study Primary/Secondary Literature Primary Literature Secondary Literature - summary or analysis of primary literature e.g. a book or article ABOUT a novel an article criticizing an original study a book summarizing previous studies

7. What type, What tool? • Book reviews of this year’s winner of the Booker Prize for Literature • An overview of the pros and cons of using computers in language learning • Studies that determine whether or not reading novels improves language skills more than reading newspapers • My latest novel

8. Word grammar : new perspectives on a theory of language structure Library Catalog • Author • Last name + First name + Other names (optional) • Title • The whole title / First several words of the title J.K. Rowling Rowling, J.K.  Word grammar : new perspective on a theory of language structure  Word grammar

9. Exercise: Search the Library Catalog for information on the use of technology for language learning. Search Strategy

10. Search Strategy (cont.) • Define your search topic Be specific; try to write it in the form of a question. How does the use of technology assist in language learning? • Identify the main concepts Ignore “soft” words or connectors e.g. effect, improve, impact technology language learning • Create a list of possible search terms technology language learning technological language acquisition technolog* comput* * For variant endings communicat* symbol* ? For one character wom?n colo?r

11. AND OR AND NOT A B A B A B Search Strategy (cont.) • Combine your search terms appropriately technolog*AND language learning technolog*OR comput*OR software language learning AND NOT english Use (brackets or parentheses) to order your search! language learning and (technolog* or comput*)

12. Search Exercises

13. Catalogue/Databases • CATALOGUE FOR: • Books, eBooks • Journals/Magazine Titles • Newspaper Titles • Multimedia • DATABASES FOR: • Journal/Magazine Articles • Newspaper Articles • Theses, Conference • Papers, etc.

14. Databases 蘋果日報 (Apple Daily) 明報 (Ming Pao) South China Morning Post Hong Kong Standard Concept: To search for information, usually JOURNAL ARTICLES or NEWSPAPER ARTICLES, from various publications at the same time! WiseNews contains the fulltext of 250+ China-based newspapers from 1998 onwards! e.g. WiseNews (電子剪報) ) • Database Benefits: • One stop, focused search • Format or Subject Based • Many years included • Many have fulltext or links to • fulltext in HKBU Library

15. If you know the title of a useful database If you don’t know the title of a useful database

16. Language Databases

17. Literature Databases

18. Related Databases

19. One together … Database Practice One or two on your own …

20. Questions, Evaluation & My Library Account Wrap-Up – Part I

21. Sneak Peek - Part II • Lang & Lit Reference Sources • Accessing Fulltext Articles • Putting it all together ….

22. Overview Review of Part I Lang & Lit Reference Sources Accessing Fulltext Articles Pulling it all Together

23. Reference Resources

24. Search Strategy Recap • Define your search topic Be specific; try to write it in the form of a question. How does the use of technology assist in language learning? • Identify the main concepts Ignore “soft” words or connectors e.g. effect, improve, impact technology language learning • Create a list of possible search terms technolog* language learning comput* language acquisition • Combine terms appropriately language learning and (technolog* or comput*) (language learning or language acquisition) and (technolog* or comput*)

25. Getting to the Full Text Yea!!! Still hope...

26. WebBridge …. Yea!!! If “Article Full Text” does not display … Still hope...

27. …bridge to Catalog Yea!!!

28. Make use reference books for background information andrecommended readingSearch the Catalogue to find books on your topic (don’t be too narrow in your search strategy – books are general)Search a Database to find articles on your topic (don’t be too broad in your search strategy – articles are focused)Remember there is more than one road to full text accessSearch the free web wisely for supplementary materials(don’t forget to evaluate carefully) To Summarize

29. * Evaluation form* libref@hkbu.edu.hk Wrap-Up – Part II