LIB110: Locating Full-text Journal Articles

1. LIB110: Locating Full-text Journal Articles Library University Library Sep 2011 http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/help/classes/2011/fall/powerpoint/

2. Find a Special Article from a Journal • Library Online Catalogue • E-journal Portal • Article Finder • Example: Nehemia Geva, James Mayhar, Mark Skorick, "The cognitive calculus of foreign policy decision making," Journal of Conflict Resolution, vol. 44, no. 4, Aug 2000:447-71.

3. Library Online Catalogue Full text articles can be accessed online via 2 electronic platforms (ProQuest & JSTOR) NehemiaGeva, James Mayhar, Mark Skorick, "The cognitive calculus of foreign policy decision making," Journal of Conflict Resolution, vol. 44, no. 4, Aug 2000:447-71.

4. E-journal Portal You can : 1. Search by journal title; 2. Check alphabetical list; 3. Browse journals by Subjects.

5. Article Finder

6. Search Strategies (1) • Use appropriate resources • Library catalogue– various books, journals, video programs, etc. available at the Library • Electronic databases– e-books, book chapters, academic journal articles, news articles, statistics, glossaries and definitions, etc. • Full-text Databases- contains the partial or complete text of works, such as articles, books, etc • Citation Databases - contains descriptive information (citation and subject headings) for publications, such as books, and periodical articles, etc. • Internet resources– facts, news, organizational information, statistics …

7. Search Strategies (2) • Identify main concepts • Main concepts can be the name of an author or key words of title • E.g. Media and politics in Hong Kong. media; politics; hong kong • Choice of search words (related key terms/synonyms) • media, journalism, etc. • politics, political, etc. • hong kong, hongkong, hk

8. Search Strategies (3) • Use appropriate operators (AND / OR / NOT) and wildcards (e.g. * , !) • AND: searches records that mention both search terms, this narrows the search • e.g. media and hong kong (必須同時出現) • OR: finds records in which one or both search terms appear, this broadens the search • e.g. media or journalism (只要任何一個出現)

9. Search Strategies (4) • Wildcards / Truncation: retrieves all variant endings of that word • EBSCOhost: * • ProQuest: * • LexisNexis Academic: ! • OPAC: * e.g. journali* -- retrieves all words that start with JOURNALI such as journalist, journalism, journalistic, etc.

10. Search Strategies (5) • ( )Parentheses: gives priority and order in the search statement e.g. (media or journalism) and hong kong • Be prepared to narrow / expand your search results by using database-specific features / changing your keywords

11. 1-search Allow searching across 40 databases at once NOTa substitute for any individual database

12. Using Electronic Databases • Access: http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/eresources/ • Full Text Databases • ProQuest, EBSCOhos, WiseNews, Factiva, LexisNexis, Emerald, JSTOR,中國期刊全文數據庫 • Citation Databases • Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA),MLA International Bibliography,EconLit,Sociological Abstracts • Find Databases by Subjects • WebBridge: Linking up Library-paid Databases and Full-text Contents

13. Google Scholar (1) • A freely-accessible web search engine indexes the full-text of scholarly literature across disciplines. • Modify the Scholar Preference in Google Scho • Access: http://scholar.google.com

14. Google Scholar (2)

15. Google Scholar (3)

16. Need Helps? • Ask A Librarian • http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/help/eref/ • Integrated Helpdesk • refstaff@ln.edu.hk • 2616-8571

17. ~Q & A~Thank You!