LIB130Locating News Resources

LINGNAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARYSept 2013http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/il_handouts

use key news databases (Wisenews, Factiva & LexisNexis) to search for news

identify the useful new resources in various formats (electronic, print & microform)

select the most appropriate resources to retrieve relevant news

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By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:

Outline

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Library Subscribed Databases

Wisenews HK Newspaper

Clippings China InfoBank LexisNexis Academic Factiva

Free Internet Resources Government Press

Release China News World News Public Opinions

Other Resources Microfilm

How to access news databases in the Library website?

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News Databases 5

Wisenews

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Special Topics / General Topics / Category News (HK) Select news of a specific date range Select news of a specific publication or publication group Sort by news headlines Email, Print, Download and Save to My Temp Folder

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WiseSearch – Wisers Information Portal

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A one-stop news portal Refine search criteria through search panel Wise Search Pro

WISESEARCH – WISERS INFORMATION PORTAL Search for a particular column Search for author Search for company’s news Company Search Date/source/scope

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Government news news.gov.hk 香港政府新聞網

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http://www.news.gov.hk/en/index.shtml

Government Press Release Basic Search for Press Releases Advanced Search functions

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HK Newspaper Clippings

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Contents: 1980 - Jun1999

(1980 - 1995 in microfilm; 1996 - Jun1999 online image)

view/print clippings limited by publication printing / saving list browse for topic browse by date

http://proxy1.library.ln.edu.hk:2048/login?url=http://proxy1.library.ln.edu.hk:2048/login?url=http://libcdnet.ln.edu.hk/cdnet/index.htm

Old HK Newspaper Collection Provides access to selected news stories

that published in Hong Kong from 1853 to 1987.

https://mmis.hkpl.gov.hk/

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Archives of Local Newspapers The Library houses microfilm archives of selected local newspapers: Hong Kong Economic Journal 信報 (March 1986- ) Ming Pao 明報 (June 1959- ) Sing Tao Daily 星島日報 (August 1938- ) Sing Tao Wan Pao 星島晚報 (January 1946- June 1994) South China Morning Post 南華日報 (from November 1903)

Guides to use Microfilm Reader

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Click here or type the following link to access the Quiz (LIB130: Part A)http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/quiz

In-class quiz

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CHINA INFOBANK 中國資訊行 14 online databases for

China’s information, e.g. economic news, business, law and statistics information› 中國經濟新聞› 中國商業報告› 中國法律法規庫

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Other Internet Resources – China News 中國網 China Internet Information Center

http://www.china.org.cn SINA 新聞中心 http://news.sina.com.cn/ 百度新聞 http://news.baidu.com/ 新華網 http://www.xinhuanet.com/ 人民網 http://www.people.com.cn/

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LexisNexis Academic Full-text information of news,

business, and legal publications in English› SCMP: from July 28, 1992 to

current Easy Search

› Search news stories › Find a legal case by Citation or

Party Name › Find a company profile by Name

or Ticker Symbol › Research a person › Do a broad search across

different types of sources

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http://proxy1.library.ln.edu.hk:2048/login?url=http://www.lexisnexis.com/ap/academic

LexisNexis Academic

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Power Search Index Terms lookup Supports sophisticated

query language techniques for Boolean Searching

Factiva Access to full-text

information from over 35,000 resources, including news, company reports and financial data, in English

Free text search via Search Form

Modify Search View/download(html/

RTF)/email/print/save Listen to article,

translate article19

Other Internet Resources

Google News Archive Search

Can search both Chinese and English news

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http://news.google.com/archivesearch

Other major Internet Resources - World News BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/ CNN Interactive http://www.cnn.com/ ABYZ News Links

http://www.abyznewslinks.com/ world-newspapers.com

http://www.world-newspapers.com/

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Guess what? Time for quiz !

Click here or type the following link to access the Quiz (LIB113: Part B)http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/quiz

New Resources

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Q & AGetting help:

Ask a Librarian http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/research/ask-librarian

Reference Enquires: 2616-8571 Chat Reference Service: 2pm-5pm, Mon-Fri Research Consultation Service

http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/research-consultation-service

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We would like to have your feedback on this workshop ~

Click here to access the online evaluation form of this Library Workshop, OR, type the following link :

http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/il_handouts (Click “ILP Library Workshops” under “Evaluation Forms”)

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