LIB100: Introducing LIB100: Introducing Library ResourcesLibrary Resources

Lingnan University Library Sep 2010

http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/help/classes/2010/fall/powerpoint/

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OverviewOverviewWe shall begin with

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

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Library ToolbarLibrary ToolbarLike the convenience with the

Google Toolbar or Yahoo! Toolbar? Quick searches and instant access to often used Library and University functions are readily available by installing the Lingnan University Library Toolbar: ◦http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/libserv/to

olbar/ ◦Available for both IE and Firefox web

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Survival Guide for New Survival Guide for New Students Students

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Library CatalogueLibrary CatalogueLibrary Catalogue is accessed via

the home page of the Library at◦http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/

Use author or title search if you know the author / title of the book or the journal◦Author search – type SURNAME and

then Given Names or Initials (e.g. enter Austen, Jane instead of Jane Austen)

FindFind items on your reading listitems 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:1. Lai, D., & Surood, S. (2008). Predictors of Depression

in Aging South Asian Canadians. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 23(1), 57-75.

2. Ren Y. (1999). China’s Perceived Image of the United States: Its sources and impact. in P. Koehn and J. Cheng (Eds.), The Outlook for U.S.- China Relations Following the 1997-1998 Summits: Chinese and American Perspectives on Security, Trade, and Cultural Exchanges (pp. 247-265). HK: Chinese UP.

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Search Article Title “Predictors of Depression in

Aging South Asian Canadians” has NO MATCHES

Example: Lai, D., & Surood, S. (2008). Predictors of Depression in Aging South Asian Canadians. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 23(1), 57-75

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Need to search for the Journal Title “ Journal of

Cross-Cultural Gerontology” instead

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Search Chapter Title “China’s Perceived Image of the United States” has NO MATCHES

Example: Ren Y. (1999). China’s Perceived Image of the United States: Its sources and impact. in P. Koehn and J. Cheng (Eds.), The Outlook for U.S.- China Relations Following the 1997-1998 Summits: Chinese and American Perspectives on Security, Trade, and Cultural Exchanges (pp. 247-265). HK: Chinese UP.

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Need to search for the Book Title “The Outlook for U.S. – China …” instead

Example: Ren Y. (1999). China’s Perceived Image of the United States: Its sources and impact. in P. Koehn and J. Cheng (Eds.), The Outlook for U.S.- China Relations Following the 1997-1998 Summits: Chinese and American Perspectives on Security, Trade, and Cultural Exchanges (pp. 247-265). HK: Chinese UP.

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Library CatalogueLibrary Catalogue

If we need to find something about a topic but we do not know the author or title, then use Keyword Search or Subject Search

E.g. I want something about romantic poetry. Try:◦ Keyword Search – romantic poetry◦ Keyword Search – romantic* and poet* (the *

means insert anything here – e.g. poet* can mean poet / poets / poetry / poetic, etc.)

◦ Keyword Search – “romantic poetry”

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Boolean OperatorsBoolean OperatorsUsing AND / OR / AND NOT

◦Try it yourself using Keyword Search: tom cruise brad pitt tom cruise and brad pitt tom cruise or brad pitt tom cruise and not brad pitt brad pitt and not tom cruise

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Keyword Search or Subject Keyword Search or Subject SearchSearchKeyword Search: look for words or

phrases appearing anywhere in Title, Author, Subject or Notes fields

Subject Search: look for phrases appearing in the Subject field

E.g. try (a) search da vinci as keyword; (b) search da vinci as subject

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Narrow Down Your ResultsNarrow Down Your ResultsNarrow down by

◦Add more keywords using AND (e.g. tom cruise and brad pitt)

◦Specify where the keywords should appear (e.g. da vinci as title words? da vinci as subject words? da vinci as author words?)

◦Add more restrictions by collection sets, date, language, material types, shelving location, etc.

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Under Keyword Search, you can Limit Results to Chinese or English; Books or Journals; Special Material Types; Between certain Years; Sorting Orders and More …

HKALLHKALL

HKALL = Hong Kong Academic Library Link ( 香港高校圖書聯網 ) allows you to request for books not available at Lingnan but available at HKU, CUHK, HKUST, PolyU, CityU, HKBU or HKIEd -- delivered to Lingnan normally within 3 working days

http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/cat/hkall/

Quota: Up to 5 requests at the same time Up to 10 books at the same time

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Course Reserve Course Reserve Course Reserve by Instructor or Course (RES)

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Search Library Catalogue or Search Library Catalogue or Electronic Databases?Electronic Databases?

Library Catalogue◦ Allows you to find out what items are available from

Lingnan – do we have this book / this journal / this dictionary / this biography / this encyclopedia? If so, where is it located and how to get it?

◦ But it only has information about the book or the journal or the dictionary as a whole; it does not immediately show you the definition of a word, the full text itself or the statistical data itself.

Electronic Databases◦ Different Databases provides information at different levels.

Depending on whether it is a full text database or bibliographic index database, it will provides the article level information, table of contents and often the full content (e.g. the article itself, the definition of a word, the photograph itself, a piece of statistical data, etc.)

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Using Electronic Using Electronic DatabasesDatabases

http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/eresources/

Key Databases◦ProQuest, Ebscohost, Wisenews, Factiva,

LexisNexis, 中國期刊網Find Databases by Subject, Types,

Keyword SearchesWebbridge: Linking up Library-paid

Databases and Full-text Contents

1-Search1-Search

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http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/cgi-bin/luaccess?dbname=1search

1-SearchAllows you to Search Many Databases at the Same Time

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Searching for News StoriesSearching for News Stories

◦Wisenews and WiseSearch How to browse by HK Newspaper Categories? How to search with WiseSearch?

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Getting HelpGetting Help

General Enquiries 2616 8586 Integrated Helpdesk at Information

Commons (1/F, Library)Tel: 2616 8571Ask A Librarian (Electronic Reference)

http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/help/eref/ Contact Us

http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/aboutus/contactus.html

FAQ http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/help/wiki/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions_About_the_Library

~~Thank You ~~

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