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Library Workshop. Early Experience in English Cert (ECE). What you will learn today. Search for teaching materials in different formats with the library catalogue Quick Search Advanced Search Browse and search for Media Resources Materials. Early Childhood Education Resources.

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Library Workshop

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  1. Library Workshop Early Experience in English Cert (ECE)

  2. What you will learn today • Search for teaching materials in different formats with the library catalogue • Quick Search • Advanced Search • Browse and search for Media Resources Materials

  3. Early Childhood Education Resources Library Materials available in different formats • Reference Works • Encyclopedia, Dictionary • Books • Circulation Collection • Central Teaching Resources Collection • Journals

  4. Teaching materials for children • Media Resources • Video • DVD/VCD • Interactive software • Kits

  5. HKIEd Library Websitehttp://www.lib.ied.edu.hk • Quick Search of the Library Catalogue

  6. Limit your search to specific fields • e.g. Author, Title, Keywords

  7. Limit your search for specific collection • e.g. Media Resources Collection

  8. Useful Keywords for Teaching English to Children • Early childhood, preschool, elementary • Kindergarten, nursery • Study and teaching • English language, Juvenile literature • Reading, Activity programs • Fiction, Fairy tales • Alphabet, Phonetics, Pronunciation, Vocabulary…

  9. Example: Search for Media Resources Collection materials with keywords preschool and music 1 2 3

  10. Key information of library catalogue record: • Location, Call No., Status

  11. Advanced Search • Multiple searching & limiting criteria • Combination of search terms Enable to do complex search with different search options

  12. Advanced Search • Select Library Catalogue at the drop-down menu • Advanced Tag 1 2

  13. Advanced Search Combination of searches Limiting criteria

  14. Advanced Search • Combining Searches • AND, OR, AND NOT • Limiting Criteria • Collection • Location (Model Libraries, TCL…) • Material Type (Book, DVD/VCD, Interactive Media, Kit…) • Language (Chinese, English) • Year (after …. and before….) • Readership Level (Preschool, Primary, Juvenile …)

  15. Advanced Search • Example Search for English media materials with keywords phonetics and children published in or after 2003 Keywords = phonetics, children Language = English Collection = Media Resources Collection Publication year = after 2002

  16. Search for English media materials with keywords phonetics and children published in or after 2003 Combining keywords Limit by Language Limit by Collection Limit by Year

  17. Advanced Search Hints • Multiple words are searched together as one phrase • preschool English = (preschool English) • Use quotation marks for exact phrase • “develop” = develop but not development, developmental • Truncation • Use * for 1-5 characters child* = child, children, childhood • Use ** for open-ended truncation story** = story, storytelling, storysharing… • Use ? for any single character in specified position wom?n = woman, women • Use shortcuts • t:(music) and s:(juvenile) and a:(chan)

  18. Advanced Search Example • Find library media resources on teaching English language to children with storytelling 1. Identify keywords: English, children, storytelling 2. Identify related terms • Stor** (story, stories, storytelling) • Child* (child, children, childhood) • Kid* (kid, kids) • Preschool • Nursery • Study and learning

  19. Advanced Search Example 3. Formulate search query • English AND (stor**)AND (child* or kid* or nursery or preschool) AND (study and teaching) 4. Use Advanced Search to combine search queries 5. Limit search with specific criteria • Media Resources Collection

  20. Advanced Search Example

  21. Exercise • Find English media resources (DVD/VCD, Kit) published after 2000 for teaching English language to children using music or songs 1. Combined search • (English) AND (child* or kid* or nursery or preschool) AND (music or song* or sing*) 2. Limit search • Language = English • Year = after 2000 • Media type = DVD/VCD, Kit

  22. Browse the Media Resources Collection

  23. Browse for Teaching Kit of English subject

  24. Ask your Librarian @ Information Counter (G/F) Tel: 2948 6653 Email: libinfo@ied.edu.hk ~ Thank you ~

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