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CLA9002 Hong Kong Art

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Lingnan University LibraryFeb 2014Terence Cheung – Reference Librarian

Tel: 2616 8572 Email: [email protected]

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What sources do you use for your research?

Any problems?

Today’s Contents•Basic Research Concept & Skills•Library Catalogue & 1-Search•Databases related to Visual Studies

ARTstor• Encyclopedia Britannica

•Plagiarism•Citation – Chicago Citation Style•Q&As

By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:•have an overview on different types of resources in order to select the most appropriate tools in doing research.

•apply different search strategies in using the library online catalogue, 1-search, and other Visual Studies related databases in order to extract relevant information efficiently and effectively.

•Have an understanding of the basic knowledge on using Chicago style of citation

What do you do before you do a research?

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

Research Techniques Boolean Operators

AND – both terms will appear in the result. e.g. Hong Kong AND gallery

OR – at least either one of the terms will appear in the result. e.g. studio OR gallery

NOT– only find items that do not contain the search term. e.g. film NOT movie

Hong Kong AND gallery OR studio

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 Hong Kong AND (gallery OR studio) will find items with Hong Kong and gallery or items with Hong Kong and studio in the result.

Research Techniques Phase Search

“ “ Use quotation mark for the exact phase. e.g. use “Hong Kong art gallery” will find the exact phrase Hong Kong art gallery in the result instead of items contains Hong Kong and art and gallery 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.

Evaluating Information

• Authorship and Publishing Body: WHO is the author /

publisher?

• Target Group: WHO is the intended audience?

• Currency: WHEN was the information released?

• Purpose: WHY this information was written?

• Referral: HOW did the author find this information? Are

there references to other sources?

• Accuracy : Is the information accurate? Double check with

other sources?

Guide for research and using databases

Guides@LU

Guide for Visual 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.

Search by title, author, publication, etc.

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To limit your search (to have more precise results) by selecting these facets

Sort the results by :-relevance-date

How to View the Full-text ?

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Click “Full Text Online” to see the online journal article, normally you will be linked to a “Check for Full Text” page

How to View Full-text ?

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Click “Journal” and access the journal article by year/volume/page

Click “Article”, then a new webpage , containing links to view the article, will appear.

Practice 1: Perform your search in One-Search

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i. Find resources on Hong Kong AND art

No. of results:

ii. Limit the results by Content type: Dissertation/Thesis

No. of results:

iii. Limit the results by Content type: Journal article

No. of results:

iv. Click on the Full Text Online for one of the results on your list

v. Limit the results by selecting the Publication Date from 2011-Present

No. of results:

Exercise 1: Which of the following is the title of the dissertation/thesis on the topic of Hong Kong installation art published in 2011?

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A. Complement and supplement : appreciation of Hong Kong installation art

B. Installation Art: Underground Love

C. Red-white-blue and Hong Kong installation art

D. Ephemeral monuments : history and conservation of installation art

Exercise: Which of the following is the title of the dissertations/thesis on the topic of Hong Kong installation art published in 2011?

The answer is C

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• Perform a keyword search on Hong Kong AND installation art

• Limit the search in “Contents Type” to “Dissertation/Thesis”

• Limit the results by selecting the “Publication Date” from 2011-Present

ARTstor

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ARTstor

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Limited by “Classification” ,“Geography”, etc.

ARTstor – ExerciseTry to search a Chinese painting on Chinese woman within the classification of “Fashion, Costume and Jewelry”. Which is the one you found?

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A. C.

B. D.

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ARTstor – ExerciseTry to search a Chinese painting on Chinese woman within the classification of “Fashion, Costume and Jewelry”. Which is the one you found?

The answer is C

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• Perform a keyword search on “Chinese woman”

• Limit the search to “Fashion, Costume and Jewelry” under classification

Encyclopedia Britannica

e.g. Chinese artist

Encyclopedia Britannica

According to Oxford English Dictionary , Plagiarism refers to:

The action or practice of taking someone else‘s work, idea, etc.,

and passing it off as one's own; literary theft.

A particular idea, piece of writing, design, etc., which has been

plagiarized; an act or product of plagiary.

Plagiarism -- 學術剽竊 (online video) :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0R4WzbOGIY&feature=youtu.be

Plagiarism: How to avoid it (Bainbridge College) (Online video) :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q0NlWcTq1Y

User Guide: http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/bibliography_plagiarism

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What is Plagiarism?

Citation

Chicago-Style Citation

Chicago citation style - Books and journal articles by Genesee Community College

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pUE_hdNjSo&list=UUA4TVHj1LmiEyTO-3kwOAiw

• Book – one author

Notes1. Michael Pollan, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (New York: Penguin, 2006), 99–100.2. Pollan, Omnivore’s Dilemma, 3.

BibliographyPollan, Michael. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. New York: Penguin, 2006.


Notes1. Michael Pollan, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (New York: Penguin, 2006), 99–100.2. Pollan, Omnivore’s Dilemma, 3.

BibliographyPollan, Michael. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. New York: Penguin, 2006.

Chicago-Style Citation - Book – one authorAuthors come first and are always first name last name

The title comes second. All italicized and each major word in the title is capitalized

(Location of publisher: Name of Publisher, Year of Publication), come third

Last comes the exact page that you are quoting or paraphrasing

Authors come first and are always last name first name

The title comes second. All italicized and that each major word in the title is capitalized

(Location of publisher: Name of Publisher, Year of Publication), come last

Do not include page numbers

Short Note

Only the first line is indented and all are single spaced

Every line but the first is indented and all are single spaced

• Journal article

Notes1. Joshua I. Weinstein, “The Market in Plato’s Republic,” Classical Philology 104 (2009): 440.2. Weinstein, “Plato’s Republic,” 452–53.

BibliographyWeinstein, Joshua I. “The Market in Plato’s Republic.” Classical Philology 104 (2009): 439–58.


Notes1. Joshua I. Weinstein, “The Market in Plato’s Republic,” Classical Philology 104 (2009): 440.2. Weinstein, “Plato’s Republic,” 452–53.


Chicago-Style Citation – Journal article Authors come first and are always first name last name

Article title in quotation marks comes second. Each major words are capitalized

Third comes the name of the journal in italics

Fourth comes the volume number, then no. followed by the issue number, (year of publication):

Last comes the exact page that you are quoting or paraphrasingOnly the first line is indented and all are

single spaced

Short Note

Authors come first and are always last name first name

Article title in quotation marks comes second. Each major words are capitalized

Third comes the name of the journal in italics

Fourth comes the volume number, then no. followed by the issue number, (year of publication):

Last comes the page number of the article

Every line but the first is indented and all are single spaced

• Book published electronically Notes1. Philip B. Kurland and Ralph Lerner, eds., The Founders’ Constitution (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987), accessed February 28, 2010, http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/.

BibliographyKurland, Philip B., and Ralph Lerner, eds. The Founders’ Constitution. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987. Accessed February 28, 2010. http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/.


Last comes the date of access and DOI or stable URL or the document or accession number/ID

• Article in an online journalNotes1. Gueorgi Kossinets and Duncan J. Watts, “Origins of Homophily in an Evolving Social Network,” American Journal of Sociology 115 (2009): 411, accessed February 28, 2010, doi:10.1086/599247.

BibliographyKossinets, Gueorgi, and Duncan J. Watts. “Origins of Homophily in an Evolving Social Network.” American Journal of Sociology 115 (2009): 405–50. Accessed February 28, 2010. doi:10.1086/599247.


Last comes the date of access and DOI or stable URL or the document or accession number/ID


Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide – 16th editionhttp://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html

The Chicago manual of style online [electronic resource]http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/eresources/restrict/chicagomanual.html

Chicago-Style Citation - Exercise

1. Form a group of 2-3 persons.

2. In the given envelop, you will find pieces of paper with parts of a citation.

3. One set in pink (for book) and one set in blue (for journal article), separate them first.

4. Make one Chicago-style citation note for a book (pink).

5. Make one Chicago-style citation bibliography for a journal article (blue).

6. The fastest team with the correct answer is the winner.

• Book – one author

Notes1. Michael Pollan, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (New York: Penguin, 2006), 99–100.

Chicago-Style Citation Exercise


• Journal article

3. Make one Chicago-style citation note for a book (pink).

4. Make one Chicago-style citation bibliography for a journal article (blue).

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

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