CUS115 Methodologies in Cultural Research "Using the Library Databases”

1. CUS115 Methodologies in Cultural Research "Using the Library Databases” Lingnan University Library Feb 2013 Terence Cheung – Reference Librarian Tel: 2616 8572 Email: terencecheung@ln.edu.hk

2. What library service do you use? What sources do you use for your research? Any problems?

3. Today’s Contents • Basic Research Concept • Basic Research Techniques • Library Resources • - 1-Search • - Consolidated database – ProQuest, EBSCO • - News database – Factiva, WiseSearch • - Local TV programmes • - Theses & Dissertations • - Google Scholar • Q&As

4. Make the things right at the beginning. Good investment of time. http://tomfishburne.com/2012/11/creative-brief-2.html

5. Learning Outcomes • Basic concept of doing research • Fundamental research skills • Knowledge of resources available in the University Library • Ability to locate appropriate resources in doing research

6. What do you do before you do a research? Don’t need all the answers at the beginning!!!

7. Research Techniques Boolean Operators AND – both terms will appear in the result. e.g. film AND fashion OR – at least either one of the terms will appear in the result. e.g. film OR movie NOT– only find items that do not contain the search term. e.g. film NOT comedy

8. fashion AND film OR movie What will you find?

9. Research Techniques Parenthesis ( ) Use parenthesis ( ) to group words together and set the order of the search when using Boolean Operators. e.g. use fashion AND (film OR movie) will find items with fashionand film or items with fashionand moviein the result.

10. Research Techniques Phase Search “ “ Use quotation mark for the exact phase. e.g. use “national identity” will find the exact phrase national identityin the result instead of items contains national and identity separately.

11. 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.

12. Guides@LU Guide for research and using databases

13. Guide for Cultural Studies

14. We have over 260 databases. Good and Bad!!!

15. Databases by types, subjects, A-Z

16. Use the database’s user guide User Guide

17. 1-Search Input the search terms

18. Click this icon to save the article to the list. Narrow down your search by different criteria

19. 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

20. 1-Search Advanced Search Advanced Search

21. Search by title, author, publication, etc.

22. Set up RSS feed Click this icon to add the search to RSS feed

23. Set up RSS feed Click to subscribe this RSS feed

24. Set up RSS feed

25. Open RSS feed in Internet Explorer Click to see the RSS feed subscribed by you.

27. ProQuest

28. ProQuest

29. ProQuest Select the database you want to search

30. ProQuest

31. ProQuest Advanced Search Advanced Search

33. Creating alert or RSS feed Create alert or RSS feed, but have to login/register first.

35. EBSCOhost

36. EBSCOhost

37. EBSCOhost Advanced Search Advanced Search

38. EBSCOhost Advanced Search

39. Creating alert or RSS feed Create alert or RSS feed, but have to login/register first.

40. Creating alert or RSS feed

41. Factiva

42. Factiva

43. Factiva

44. WiseSearch

45. WiseSearch

46. WiseSearch

47. Other useful databases • JSTOR • Wiley Online Library • Cambridge Journal Online • Project MUSE • Art & Humanities Citation Index • Social Science Citation Index • More…

48. Local TV Programmes

49. Local TV Programmes

50. Dissertations