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LOCATING SOCIAL SCIENCES/ CULTURAL STUDIES RESOURCES
LIB260
http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/services/library-workshops/handouts
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PRIMARY SOURCES VS SECONDARY SOURCES Primary Sources: A first-hand or eye
witness account of an event. Newspaper stories, Statistical data, Public
opinion surveys, Records of organizations: e.g. minutes, correspondences, annual reports, etc., Personal letters, diary, etc. Primary Sources: Labour Union documents,
Speeches, Personal letters. Secondary Sources are ones that interpret
or analyzes primary sources. Examples: dictionaries, encyclopedias,
textbooks, books and articles. Secondary Sources: Research papers on evaluating
and analyzing the relationship between feminist movement and labor movement in turn-of-the-century England.
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SEARCH STRATEGIES (1A)http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/
• Use appropriate resources• Library catalogue – various books, journals,
video programs, etc. available at the Library.
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SEARCH STRATEGIES (1B)http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/databases
• 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.
• Bibliographic Databases - contains descriptive information (citation and subject headings) for publications, such as books, and periodical articles, etc.
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SEARCH STRATEGIES (1B)http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/databases
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SEARCH STRATEGIES (1C)http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/internet_resources
• Internet resources – facts, news, organizational information, statistics …
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SEARCH STRATEGIES (2)
Identify main conceptsE.g. I want to study about how the
citizenship be reflected through political participation in Hong Kong.
1. Political participation
2. Citizenship
3. Hong Kong
Choice of search words (related key terms/synonyms)
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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. citizenship 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. Citizenship OR vote (只要任何一個出現 )
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SEARCH STRATEGIES (4)
Wildcards / Truncation: retrieves all variant endings of that word 1-Search: *OPAC: *EBSCOhost: *ProQuest: *Factiva: *LexisNexis Academic: !
e.g. citizen* -- retrieves all words that start with CITIZEN such as citizen, citizens, citizenship etc.
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SEARCH STRATEGIES (5)
“ ”Quotation marks/( )Parentheses: gives priority and order in the search statemente.g. “citizenship OR voting” AND hong kong/
(citizenship OR voting) AND hong kong Be prepared to narrow / expand your
search results by using database-specific features / changing your keywords.
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RESEARCH GUIDES: SOCIAL SCIENCES http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/
Core Databases Print Resources Tools, News and
Dictionaries Internet Resources Examination
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RESEARCH GUIDES: CULTURAL STUDIEShttp://libguides.ln.edu.hk/
Core Databases Print Resources Tools, News and
Dictionaries Internet Resources Examination
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DATABASEShttp://libguides.ln.edu.hk/databases
This page consist of databases, e-books, e-journals, and other electronic resources available on the Library website.
Most of the databases can be accessed online in and outside the Library while some can be accessed through dedicated workstations inside the Library only.
Choose database by subject e.g. cultural studies, economics, political science, sociology and social policy
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1-SEARCHhttp://www.library.ln.edu.hk/
One single search box Many different types of contents Facet refine STILL AT THE TESTING STAGE Welcome to try Report problems to us
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1-SEARCHhttp://www.library.ln.edu.hk/
1-SearchAllows you to Search Many Databases at the Same Time
e.g. “political participation” AND citizenship AND Hong Kong
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1-SEARCH
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1-SEARCH
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1-SEARCH
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1-SEARCH (ADVANCED)http://lingnan.summon.serialssolutions.com/advanced
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SELECTED INTERNET RESOURCES
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STATISTICShttp://www.library.ln.edu.hk/about/faq/finding-information#statistical
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ONLINE VIDEOS – LOCAL TV PROGRAMMES
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ONLINE VIDEOS – LOCAL TV PROGRAMMES
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CITATION MANAGEMENT / BIBLIOGRAPHY GENERATION TOOLS• RefWorks
• http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/find/guide-refworks
• RefWorks is a web-based tool that allows Lingnan staff and students to:• Download citations directly from the Library
catalogue and most databases subscribed by the Library
• Organize the citations into different folders• Generate in-text citation, bibliography or reference
list in the citation style of your choice, including APA, MLA, Harvard, Chicago style and more
• Citation Builder http
://www.lib.ncsu.edu/lobo2/citationbuilder/citationbuilder.php
• Citation and Style http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/content.php?pid=333865&sid
=2730634#10160834
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REFWORKShttps://www.refworks.com/refworks2/?r=authentication::init&groupcode=RWLingnanUL
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Ask a Librarianhttp
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http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/research/ask-librarian
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