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Library Workshop for MSocSc(GHKS) Students

Learn about iSearch, ProQuest, Social Science Database, and more to enhance research skills. Discover search techniques and access e-resources efficiently. Develop strategies for refining search results and utilizing library collections effectively. Practice advanced search methods and explore a variety of academic resources.

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Library Workshop for MSocSc(GHKS) Students

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  1. Library Workshop for MSocSc(GHKS) Students 30 Aug 2017 1

  2. Outline • iSearch – Intelligent one-stop searching for books, journal articles and more • ProQuest • Social Science Database • PAIS Index • E-Newspapers • Factiva • Chinese Resources • CNKI 中國知網 2

  3. What is iSearch? iSearch is a one-stop platform for finding library books, journals, media, course reserves, full-text articles, HKALL and more. Advantages

  4. What is iSearch? What resources are included in iSearch? What resources are excluded from iSearch? Library Resources • Books • Media • Course Reserve • Journals • Articles • Databases • Articles • Newspaper articles • Reference entries • Statistical data • Videos Open-access Resources

  5. What is iSearch? iSearch on the Library homepage Direct to iSearch homepage Enter your search terms

  6. What is iSearch? iSearch homepage iSearch scoping

  7. Find Known Items – Locate a print book

  8. Find Known Items - Locate a print book

  9. Find Known Items – Access E-book Online

  10. Find Known Items – Access E-book Online

  11. Find Known Items – Access E-book Online

  12. Find Known Items – View Full-text Articles Online Roscoe, Keith, & Orr, Kim. (2010). Frontloading Classroom Management.Science Teacher,77(5), 43-48.

  13. Find Known Items – View Full-text Articles Online Roscoe, Keith, & Orr, Kim. (2010). Frontloading Classroom Management.Science Teacher, 77(5), 43-48.

  14. Find Known Items – View Full-text Articles Online Roscoe, Keith, & Orr, Kim. (2010). Frontloading Classroom Management. Science Teacher, 77(5), 43-48.

  15. Find Known Items – Find Journal Title Roscoe, Keith, & Orr, Kim. (2010). Frontloading Classroom Management. Science Teacher, 77(5), 43-48.

  16. Find Known Items – Find Journal Title Roscoe, Keith, & Orr, Kim. (2010). Frontloading Classroom Management. Science Teacher, 77(5), 43-48.

  17. Keyword Search for a ResearchTopic You are recommended to use Advanced Search for a research topic Before doing search, please create a list of possible search terms Your search topic: National identity among teenagers in Hong Kong

  18. Keyword Search for a ResearchTopic Your search topic: National identity among teenagers in Hong Kong

  19. national identity Youth Teenager Keyword Search for a ResearchTopic Your search topic: National identity among teenagers in Hong Kong • Boolean Operators AND OR National AND identity Teenager OR Youth NOT Media Social Social NOT Media

  20. Keyword Search for a ResearchTopic • Truncation Use * symbol to search words with varied endings: teenager, teenagers, teenage, teen, teens • Teen* • Wild Card Use ? symbol to perform a single character wildcard search: woman, women • Wom?n

  21. Keyword Search for a ResearchTopic • Phase search • Search two words together in exact order • E.g. Use “social media” to find “social” and “media” next to each other • Recommended search terms identity OR (nation* OR citizenship) AND “Hong Kong” AND Teen* OR youth OR student*

  22. Read Your Result Page When you find too many results, how to refine them?

  23. Read Your Result Page

  24. Read Your Result Page

  25. Read Your Result Page

  26. Find Resources beyond Library Collections Some resources in “Article-Plus” are harvested from primary and secondary publishers and aggregators, and from open-access repositories.

  27. MyLibrary Record

  28. MyLibrary Record Your Name • Overview: summary of your loan record • Loans + Renewal: details display of your check-out items and previous loan records • Requests: list items that your have reserved • Fine + fees: outstanding payment • Bock + message: library privileges suspended message

  29. MyLibrary Record Click “Help” for more guides

  30. ProQuest Social Sciences Databases • It provides extensive coverage across a wide range of social science disciplines including education, communication, linguistics, political science, sociology and psychology, etc.

  31. How to access?

  32. E.g. Search “social welfare”

  33. Select items and actions

  34. PAIS Index • PAIS Index is available via ProQuest • It is a bibliographic index to the literature on public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general dated back to 1972. Materials indexed include journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material, etc. 34

  35. E.g. Search “public-private partnership” 35

  36. To create article alert 36

  37. Factiva: How to Access 37

  38. Basic Search Commands: Words in a Specific field Search by source title: use sn (source name) to locate articles with the words journal of youth and adolescence in the source title field. Other useful commands: hd (headline), by (author), wc (word count), etc. 38

  39. Free Text Search, e.g. “health care reform” + last year + Greater China Enter your search term(s) in Free Text Search box Click the arrow to expand the menu from each category 39

  40. Refine your search 40

  41. Email, print or save the article Listen to the article or have it translated into another language 41

  42. Browse other related articles 42

  43. Online help provided by Factiva 43

  44. Other E-Newspapers Websites • EdUHK Library Homepage > E-Tools > E-Newspapers • Select the Library’s subscribed databases or other worldwide newspaper websites 44

  45. 中國知網 CNKI E-Databases > 中文資料庫 > 中國知網 1.中國期刊全文數據庫 〈社會科學輯 I〉 〈社會科學輯II〉 〈哲學與人文科學〉 〈信息科技〉及〈經濟與管理科學〉 2.中國優秀碩士學位論文全文數據庫 3.中國博士學位論文全文數據庫 4.世紀期刊人文社科精品數據庫 5.中國年鑒網絡出版總庫 6.中國工具書網絡出版總庫 45

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  47. 跨庫檢索 1. 選取檢索項 2. 輸入檢索詞3. 按「檢索」鍵    可供瀏覽全文 47

  48. 瀏覽全文 48

  49. 參考引用本文的文獻 49

  50. Other E-Resources of Social Sciences http://www.lib.eduhk.hk/resources/e-resources/index.php?s=w&option=subjectguide 50

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