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CLA9002 Hong Kong Art Exploring Library’s resources. Lingnan University Library Feb 2014 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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CLA9002 Hong Kong Art Exploring Library’s resources Lingnan University Library Feb 2014 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 • Basic Research Concept & Skills • Library Catalogue & 1-Search • Databases related to Visual Studies • ARTstor • Encyclopedia Britannica • Plagiarism • Citation – Chicago Citation Style • Q&As
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
What do you do before you do a research? Don’t need all the answers at the beginning!!!
Research Techniques Boolean Operators AND – both terms will appear in the result. e.g. Hong Kong AND gallery OR – at least either one of the terms will appear in the result. e.g. studio OR gallery NOT– only find items that do not contain the search term. e.g. film NOT movie
Hong Kong AND gallery OR studio What will you find?
Research Techniques Parenthesis ( ) Use parenthesis ( ) to group words together and set the order of the search when using Boolean Operators. e.g. use Hong Kong AND (gallery OR studio) will find items with Hong Kong and gallery or items with Hong Kongand studio in the result.
Research Techniques Phase Search “ “ Use quotation mark for the exact phase. e.g. use “Hong Kong art gallery” will find the exact phrase Hong Kong art galleryin the result instead of items contains Hong Kong and art and gallery separately.
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.
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?
Guides@LU Guide for research and using databases
Use the database’s user guide User Guide
1-Search Input the search terms
Click this icon to save the article to the list. Narrow down your search by different criteria
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
1-Search Advanced Search Advanced Search
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
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
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.
Practice 1: Perform your search in One-Search i. Find resources on Hong Kong AND art No. of results: ii. Limit the results by Content type: Dissertation/Thesis No. of results: iii. Limit the 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. Limit the results by selecting the Publication Date from 2011-Present No. of results:
Exercise 1: Which of the following is the title of the dissertation/thesis on the topic of Hong Kong installation art published in 2011? • Complement and supplement : appreciation of Hong Kong installation art • Installation Art: Underground Love • Red-white-blue and Hong Kong installation art • Ephemeral monuments : history and conservation of installation art
Exercise: Which of the following is the title of the dissertations/thesis on the topic of Hong Kong installation art published in 2011? The answer is C • Perform a keyword search on Hong Kong AND installation art • Limit the search in “Contents Type” to “Dissertation/Thesis” • Limit the results by selecting the “Publication Date” from 2011-Present
ARTstor 28 28
ARTstor Limited by “Classification” ,“Geography”, etc. 29 29
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. 30 30
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 31 31 31
Encyclopedia Britannica e.g. Chinese artist
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
Chicago-Style Citation Chicago citation style - Books and journal articles by Genesee Community College http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pUE_hdNjSo&list=UUA4TVHj1LmiEyTO-3kwOAiw
Chicago-Style Citation • Book – one author Notes 1. Michael Pollan, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (New York: Penguin, 2006), 99–100. 2. Pollan, Omnivore’s Dilemma, 3. Bibliography Pollan, Michael. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. New York: Penguin, 2006.
Chicago-Style Citation - Book – one author The title comes second. All italicized and each major word in the title is capitalized Authors come first and are always first name last name Notes 1. Michael Pollan, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (New York: Penguin, 2006), 99–100. 2. Pollan, Omnivore’s Dilemma, 3. Bibliography Pollan, Michael. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. New York: Penguin, 2006. Last comes the exact page that you are quoting or paraphrasing (Location of publisher: Name of Publisher, Year of Publication), come third Only the first line is indented and all are single spaced Short Note Authors come first and are always last name first name The title comes second. All italicized and that each major word in the title is capitalized (Location of publisher: Name of Publisher, Year of Publication), come last Do not include page numbers Every line but the first is indented and all are single spaced
Chicago-Style Citation • Journal article Notes 1. Joshua I. Weinstein, “The Market in Plato’s Republic,” Classical Philology 104 (2009): 440. 2. Weinstein, “Plato’s Republic,” 452–53. Bibliography Weinstein, Joshua I. “The Market in Plato’s Republic.” Classical Philology 104 (2009): 439–58.
Chicago-Style Citation – Journal article Authors come first and are always first name last name Article title in quotation marks comes second. Each major words are capitalized Notes 1. Joshua I. Weinstein, “The Market in Plato’s Republic,” Classical Philology 104 (2009): 440. 2. Weinstein, “Plato’s Republic,” 452–53. Bibliography Weinstein, Joshua I. “The Market in Plato’s Republic.” Classical Philology 104 (2009): 439–58. Short Note Third comes the name of the journal in italics Last comes the exact page that you are quoting or paraphrasing Fourth comes the volume number, then no. followed by the issue number, (year of publication): Only the first line is indented and all are single spaced Article title in quotation marks comes second. Each major words are capitalized Authors come first and are always last name first name Third comes the name of the journal in italics Last comes the page number of the article Fourth comes the volume number, then no. followed by the issue number, (year of publication): Every line but the first is indented and all are single spaced
Chicago-Style Citation • Book published electronically Notes 1. Philip B. Kurland and Ralph Lerner, eds., The Founders’ Constitution (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987), accessed February 28, 2010, http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/. Bibliography Kurland, Philip B., and Ralph Lerner, eds. The Founders’ Constitution. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987. Accessed February 28, 2010. http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/. Last comes the date of access and DOI or stable URL or the document or accession number/ID
Chicago-Style Citation • Article in an online journal Notes 1. Gueorgi Kossinets and Duncan J. Watts, “Origins of Homophily in an Evolving Social Network,” American Journal of Sociology 115 (2009): 411, accessed February 28, 2010, doi:10.1086/599247. Bibliography Kossinets, Gueorgi, and Duncan J. Watts. “Origins of Homophily in an Evolving Social Network.” American Journal of Sociology 115 (2009): 405–50. Accessed February 28, 2010. doi:10.1086/599247. Last comes the date of access and DOI or stable URL or the document or accession number/ID
Chicago-Style Citation Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide – 16th edition http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html The Chicago manual of style online [electronic resource] http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/eresources/restrict/chicagomanual.html
Chicago-Style Citation - Exercise Form a group of 2-3 persons. In the given envelop, you will find pieces of paper with parts of a citation. One set in pink (for book) and one set in blue (for journal article), separate them first. Make one Chicago-style citation note for a book (pink). Make one Chicago-style citation bibliography for a journal article (blue). The fastest team with the correct answer is the winner.
Chicago-Style Citation Exercise 3. Make one Chicago-style citation note for a book (pink). 4. Make one Chicago-style citation bibliography for a journal article (blue). • Book – one author Notes 1. Michael Pollan, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (New York: Penguin, 2006), 99–100. • Journal article Bibliography Weinstein, Joshua I. “The Market in Plato’s Republic.” Classical Philology 104 (2009): 439–58.
The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) British author.
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