Library Skills Workshop for BUS010

Lingnan University Library

Sep 2011

1

http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/help/classes/2011/fall/powerpoint/

Exercise must be submitted online: URL:

http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/help/classes/exercise/

Deadline: 13 Oct 2011 (Thu) Questions are about skills with finding items

in the Library catalogue and some basics in using online databases

2

Library Exercise

Making the best out of the Library begins at the Library home page http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/

Overview

3

Library Toolbar

4

Like 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/toolbar/ Available for both IE and Firefox web browsers.

Library Toolbar

5

You can access the “Library Toolbar” webpage under the “Services & Facilities” tab

Room Booking System

Bookings can be made for the following rooms and facilities: Discussion Rooms Individual Study Rooms CD-ROM / Database Workstations Microfilm Workstations Multimedia Booths

Demo for booking Discussion Room:https://www.library.ln.edu.hk/help/classes/2011/fall/powerpoint/room_booking_demo.swf

6

Survival Guide for New Students

7

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

Title searchAuthor searchKeyword search Understand the status codes, locations and

call number systemRequest in-process items, recall checked-out

booksCourse reserve My Library Account (Online renewals, SMS

alert service, reading history, etc.)HKALL (Hong Kong Academic Library Link)

8

Library Catalogue

Title and Author Searches

9

Title Search •Select “Title Search”•Type the exact title or the first few words of the title in the search box•Omit initial articles such as “a”, “an” and “the” from the title search.

Author Search •Select “Author Search”•Type the author's name / name of a government body, an organization or a conference in the search box

Question: I want to read the book written by Bill Gates in 1999. 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.

10

Example – If I already Know the Author’s Name

11

12

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.

13

Finding Items on Your Reading List

14

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

15

Need to search for the Journal Title “Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology” instead

16

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.

17

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 .

This is CHAPTER in

a BOOK

Keyword Search

e.g. Keyword Search:Type the keyword “Hong Kong education reform*" in the search box

General Search Tips•Search terms are not case-sensitive•Accept both Chinese and English terms•Truncation: Keywords may be right-hand truncated using an asterisk

• Use a single asterisk* to truncate from 1 to 5 characters

• e.g. bank* (retrieves bank, banks, banker, banking, etc)

https://www.library.ln.edu.hk/help/userguide/searchtips/opac_searchtips.html

18

Search results related to “Hong Kong education reform*" will be displayed. e.g. 76 results are found

Click the title to view the bibliographic record

19

Subject heading which helps you to locate specific or related information.

20

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.

21

Searching for Reading Materials for your Term Paper

22

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

23

Course Reserve Course Reserve by Instructor or Course (RES)

24

Course Reserve

e.g. Search by course code:Type the course code “SOC319" in the search box

25

Course Reserve

This area shows the professor’s name, course code and course name.

This area shows the information of course materials, e.g. title, author, location and call number.

26

Course Reserve

Some of the course materials can be viewed online.e.g. Internet -- E-reserve -- ON NETWORK27

Course Reserve

Click the “ELECTRONIC RESERVE copy” link to access the full text content

28

29

My Library Account, Online Renewals, SMS Alert Service

HKALL

Click the “Search HKALL” button

If you cannot find the materials you want in our library catalogue, you can search them in HKALL.

HKALL stands for Hong Kong Academic Library Link (香港高校圖書聯網 ) http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/cat/hkall/•Eligible Lingnan staff and students can borrow books from HKBU, CityU, CUHK, HKIEd, HKU, HKUST & PolyU libraries by making online requests.•Instructions for Lingnan users http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/cat/hkall/guides/

30

HKALL – Request Procedures

Click the book title

31

HKALL – Request Procedures

Eligible HKALL users at Lingnan University can make a HKALL request only if: •The requested item is not available in the Lingnan University Library •Other libraries have at least a copy of the item with the status "AVAILABLE"•The user has not used up his / her request quota

Click the “Request this title” link

32

HKALL – Request Procedures

Choose “Lingnan” as your home library

33

HKALL – Request Procedures

Fill out the authentication page by typing in your Lingnan email username and password, then click the "Submit" to complete the request procedure.

Please note that eligible Lingnan users can only borrow up to 10 HKALL items

34

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 Databasese-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.

35

Using Electronic Databases

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

Key Databases ProQuest, EBSCOhost, WiseNews, Factiva,

LexisNexis, 中國期刊全文數據庫 Find Databases by Subjects WebBridge: Linking up Library-paid

Databases and Full-text Contents

36

Using Electronic Databases

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

37

How to Construct a Search

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 (必須同時出現 )

OR: finds records in which one or both search terms appear, this broadens the search e.g. vat or value added tax (只要任何一個出現 )

38

How to Construct a Search

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.

39

How to Construct a Search

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

40

How to Construct a Search

41

1-Search

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

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

42

Searching for News Stories

General Enquiries 2616 8586 Integrated Helpdesk at Information Commons

(1/F, Library) Tel: 2616 8571 Ask 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

43

Getting Help

Q & AThank You!

44