Library Skills Workshop for BUS010

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Library Skills Workshop for BUS010

• Lingnan University Library
• Sep 2009

http//www.library.ln.edu.hk/classes/powerpoint/
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Overview

• The Physical Library, the Digital Library and the
  Internet
• Making the best out of the Library begins at the
  Library home page http//www.library.ln.edu.hk/

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Library Toolbar

• http//www.library.ln.edu.hk/toolbar/

With the Library Toolbar, you can Access Many
Library and University Functions without going to
the Library Home Page
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Library Exercise

• Exercise must be submitted online
• http//www.library.ln.edu.hk/classes/exercise/
• Deadline 08 Oct 2009 (Thu)
• Questions are about skills with finding items in
  the Library catalogue and some basics in using
  online databases

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Library Catalogue

• Title search
• Author search
• Understand the Status Codes, Locations and Call
  Number System
• Request in-process items, recall checked-out
  books

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Example If I already Know the Authors Name

• Question I want to read the book written by
  Hillary Clinton in 2003. What should I do?
• Answer Search the Library Catalogue by name of
  Author. But you need to search by placing the
  Surname in front of the Given Names.

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Finding Items on Your Reading List

• HINTS the Library Catalogue can only be searched
  by book author, book title, journal title, etc. ?
  Therefore, article titles, title and author of a
  chapter in the book usually are not searchable
• Example You are asked to read the followings
• Michel Oksenberg, Will China Democratize?
  Journal of Democracy, 91, Jan. 199827-34.
• Ren Yue, Chinas Perceived Image of the United
  States Its sources and impact, in Peter Koehn
  and Joseph Cheng, eds., The Outlook for U.S.-
  China Relations Following the 1997-1998 Summits
  Chinese and American Perspectives on Security,
  Trade, and Cultural Exchanges. HK Chinese UP,
  1999 247-265.

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Search article title Will China Democratize has
NO MATCHES
Example Michel Oksenberg, Will China
Democratize? Journal of Democracy, 91, Jan.
199827-34.
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Need to Search for the Journal title Journal of
Democracy instead
Example Michel Oksenberg, Will China
Democratize? Journal of Democracy, 91, Jan.
199827-34.
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Search Chapter Title Chinas Perceived Image of
the United States has NO MATCHES
Example Ren Yue, Chinas Perceived Image of the
United States Its sources and impact, in Peter
Koehn and Joseph Cheng, eds., The Outlook for
U.S.- China Relations Following the 1997-1998
Summits Chinese and American Perspectives on
Security, Trade, and Cultural Exchanges. HK
Chinese UP, 1999 247-265.
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Need to search for the Book title The Outlook
for U.S. China instead
This is CHAPTER in a BOOK
Example Ren Yue, Chinas Perceived Image of the
United States Its sources and impact, in Peter
Koehn and Joseph Cheng, eds., The Outlook for
U.S.- China Relations Following the 1997-1998
Summits Chinese and American Perspectives on
Security, Trade, and Cultural Exchanges. HK
Chinese UP, 1999 247-265.
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Course Reserves
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Searching for Reading Materials for your Term
Paper

• Keyword search
• Subject search
• Too many items Limit the search
• Search for local TV Programmes

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Example I do not know the Name of the Author /
Title of the Book

• Question I am writing a paper about translation
  of Chinese poetry. My Lecturer told me that there
  is a Lingnan Master Thesis in 2003 about
  translation of some Chinese poetries. How can I
  find it?
• Answer Search the Library Catalogue by keywords,
  limit / sort by year and material types. There
  are different material types and one of it is
  Lingnan Thesis.

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Under Keyword / Phrase Search, you can Limit
Results to Chinese or English Books or Journals
Special Material Types Between certain Years
Sorting Orders and More
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Renewal/My Circulation Record
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HKALL Borrowing from Other Local Libraries

• http//www.library.ln.edu.hk/hkall/
• Quota
• Up to 5 requests at the same time
• Up to 10 books at the same time
• What is PIN?
• Try first 4 digits of your HKID Card Number
• If the above fails, try last 4 digits of your
  Barcode
• If the above fails, call us at 26168586 /
  26168571 or drop by the Library

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Using Electronic Databases (1)

• Library Catalogue vs Electronic Databases
• Library Catalogue
• Allows you to search for all kinds of library
  materials such as books, journals, AV materials,
  etc.
• 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,
  poems, and essays.
• Bibliographic Databases - contains descriptive
  information (citation and subject headings) for
  publications, such as books, periodical articles,
  government documents, etc.

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Using Electronic Databases (2)

• http//www.library.ln.edu.hk/eresources/
• Key Databases
• ProQuest, Ebscohost, Wisenews, Factiva,
  LexisNexis, ?????
• Find Databases by Subject, Types, Keyword
  Searches
• Webbridge Linking up Library-paid Databases and
  Full-text Contents
• http//www.library.ln.edu.hk/usrguide/tutorials/we
  bbridge/

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How to Construct a Search (1)

• 1. Identify key concepts
• 2. Choice of search words (related key
  terms/synonyms)
• Example Should the Government Introduce Sales
  Tax in Hong Kong?
• Key concepts sales tax, hong kong
• Related key terms/synonyms
• Sales tax VAT, value-added tax, GST
• Hong Kong hk, hongkong

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How to Construct a Search (2)

• 3. Use appropriate operators (AND / OR / NOT) and
  wildcards/truncation (e.g. , !)
• AND searches records that mention both search
  terms, this narrows the search
• e.g. sales tax and hong kong (??????)
• OR finds records in which one or both search
  terms appear, this broadens the search
• e.g. vat or value added tax (????????)

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How to Construct a Search (3)

• 4. Wildcards / Truncation retrieves all variant
  endings of that word
• EBSCOhost
• ProQuest
• LexisNexis Academic !
• OPAC
• e.g. bank -- retrieves all words that start
  with bank such as bank, banking, banker, etc.

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How to Construct a Search (4)

• 5. ( )Parentheses gives priority and order in
  the search statement
• e.g. (sales tax or vat or value added tax
• or gst) and hong kong
• 6. Be prepared to narrow / expand your search
  results by using database-specific features /
  changing your keywords

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1-Search
1-Search Allows you to Search Many Databases at
the Same Time
http//www.library.ln.edu.hk/cgi-bin/luaccess?dbna
me1search
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Demo

• Searching for Journal Articles
• ProQuest Databases
• EBSCOhost Databases
• Searching for News Stories
• Wisenews and WiseSearch
• How to browse by HK Newspaper Categories?
• How to search with WiseSearch?

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Getting Help

• General Enquiries 2616-8586
• Integrated Helpdesk at Information Commons (1/F,
  Library)
• Tel [phone]
• Ask A Librarian (Electronic Reference)
  http//www.library.ln.edu.hk/eref/
• Library Contacts http//www.library.ln.edu.hk/libi
  nfo/contacts.html
• FAQ http//www.library.ln.edu.hk/wiki/index.php/Fr
  equently_Asked_Questions_About_the_Library
• User Guides
• http//www.library.ln.edu.hk/usrguide/

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Q AThank You!