CUS115 Methodologies in Cultural Research "Using the Library Databases”

Lingnan University LibraryFeb 2013Terence Cheung – Reference Librarian

Tel: 2616 8572 Email: terencecheung@ln.edu.hk

What library service do you use?

What sources do you use for your research?

Any problems?

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

Make the things right at the beginning.

Good investment of time.

http://tomfishburne.com/2012/11/creative-brief-2.html

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

What do you do before you do a research?

What

Why

Where

When

Which

Who

Don’t need all the answers at the beginning!!!

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

fashion AND film OR movie

What will you find?

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 fashion and film or items with fashion and movie in the result.

Research Techniques Phase Search

“ “ Use quotation mark for the exact phase. e.g. use “national identity” will find the exact phrase national identity in the result instead of items contains national and identity separately.

Research Techniques Wildcards? Use question mark for one letter

truncation.e.g. use wom?n will find women or 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.

Guide for research and using databases

Guides@LU

Guide for Cultural Studies

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

Databases by types, subjects, A-Z

User Guide

Use the database’s user guide

Input the search terms

1-Search

Narrow down your search by different criteria

Click this icon to save the article to the list.

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

1-Search Advanced Search

Advanced Search

Search by title, author, publication, etc.

Click this icon to add the search to RSS feed

Set up RSS feed

Click to subscribe this RSS feed

Set up RSS feed

Set up RSS feed

Click to see the RSS feed subscribed by you.

Open RSS feed in Internet Explorer

ProQuest

ProQuest

Select the database you want to search

ProQuest

ProQuest

Advanced Search

ProQuest Advanced Search

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

Creating alert or RSS feed

EBSCOhost

EBSCOhost

Advanced Search

EBSCOhost Advanced Search

EBSCOhost Advanced Search

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

Creating alert or RSS feed

Creating alert or RSS feed

Factiva

Factiva

Factiva

WiseSearch

WiseSearch

WiseSearch

Other useful databases

• JSTOR

• Wiley Online Library

• Cambridge Journal Online

• Project MUSE

• Art & Humanities Citation Index

• Social Science Citation Index

• More…

Local TV Programmes

Local TV Programmes

Dissertations

Dissertations

Click “Settings”

Google Scholar

Search “Lingnan University” & “WorldCat”

Google Scholar

Click “Library links”

Google Scholar

Findit@Lingnan links will appear next to those items which are held by Lingnan University.

Google Scholar

The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) British author.

Library Workshops

http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/services/workshops

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Thank you for your time and

the most important, your

patience.