HKIEd LibraryApr 2011

OutlineGoogle BasicMore GoogleGoogle ScholarGoogle BooksGoogle ≠Everything you NeedDo we have a Trust Issue Here?

But First …There is no free lunch. Google is great but it

doesn't own the Web – in particular the research materials and contents that it indexes;

The Library already paid for a lot of e-journals, e-books, e-newspapers so that you can access free online – e.g. compare the Library PressDisplay and other free online newspapers;

And remember, still not everything is in electronic format or online;

So, if you only rely on Google, you are going to miss a lot.

Google Basicswww.google.com or www.google.com.hk?

Not always the same: try institute of education in Google and Google HK

Word Order, Phrases – put phrases in double quotes; most important words firstHong Kong vs Kong Hong "Hong Kong Institute of Education" vs

Hong Kong Institute of EducationExclude some words – use minus sign

[ anti-virus –software ] will search for the words 'anti-virus' but exclude references to software)

Google Advanced Searchesupper case and lower case generally do not

matter except for OR chinese american movies = [chinese] / [american] /

[movies] chinese or american movies = [chinese] / [american

movies] chinese OR american movies = [ chinese movies OR

american movies ]Site search

"university of education" site:gov.hkOverdue fines site:lib.ied.edu.hk

Filetype Searchunemployment rate hong kong japan singapore

filetype:xls

More Google Trickshttp://www.google.com.hk/help/features.html Dictionary – define: democracyCalculator – 23 * 85 – 20Conversion

3259 seconds in hours 公曆 1997/7/1 2010 年 清明(for www.google.com.hk )

10km in miles-10C in F

Foreign Exchange9203 yen in hk$

Wonder Wheel (Related Searches)

More Google TricksWild Cards "*"

"Hong Kong Institute of * Education""Tsang * Shing" site:gov.hk

More Google tools – translate, images, videos, news, maps, blog search … and Google Scholar, Google Books

Google Scholarhttp://scholar.google.com Google Scholar allows you to search only the more

"academic" / "scholarly" contents of Google – books, journal articles, conference papers, public domain research databases with options suited for academic purposes not offered in standard Google like:Search by Article Title / Author / Journal TitleLimit by Publication Years / Subject Areas Citation Searches, Related ArticlesLinking to HKIEd Library-Subscribed Online

Resources by EdLinkDirect Export to RefWorks

Google ScholarTo look for a specific article, simply enter

the article title. If the article title is very general and it does not show up immediately, enclose the article title with double quotes, add the author's name and / or journal title / publication yearE.g. Crisp, Victoria (2008) "Exploring the

nature of examiner thinking during the process of examination marking". Cambridge Journal of Education. 38(2):247 - 264.

Google ScholarIf EdLINK@HKIEd is displayed, it

indicates that full text to the article may be available through Library-subscribed databases.

If Check EdLINK is displayed, generally we don't have online full text to the specific issue. You may still click it – sometimes we may have a print version.

Google ScholarOf course, you can also use Google Scholar as

a discovery tool and find relevant articles and books related to your research topic. Simply enter the key concepts of your topic with the more important keywords listed first and use double quotes for phrases:E.g.

"inclusive education" elementary schools hong kong

Quick limit options:Include citations / at least summariesAnytime / since …. (year)

Include citation; anytime

At least summaries; since 2005

Scholar Preferences

For computers on campus: EdLINK@HKIEd is activated by default.

For computers off campus: search “hong kong” at “Library Links” and activate EdLINK; then Save Preferences

You can also choose to export the citation

to RefWorks or EndNote

Import into RefWorks

Advanced Scholar Search

Advanced Scholar SearchOptions

To Search by Article Title

Where my words occur:•Anywhere in the article•In the title of the article

Google ScholarAuthor Search (author:) – use the surname and

initial of the given name and / or Christian nameE.g. citizenship education author:"ja banks"

Journal / publication title searchE.g. citizenship education (publication = moral

education)

Dates (year) – can be a specific year or a range of years E.g. citizenship education (year: 2005 – 2007)

Advanced Scholar Search

Restrict to desired subject areas

Google Scholar Cited by …

Google Scholar: Related Articles

Google Books

Google Books

Google Bookshttp://books.google.com/ Notwithstanding the legal issues related to

Google Books, it is a great research tool in itself

Google not only scans but OCR's the text; obtain full text from its partners making it possible to easily search for a sentence in the bookE.g.

"as the research findings will illustrate, effective inclusive education is about effective teaching and learning and whole-school policies"

Google BooksBook come from its Partner Program

(copyright holders like publishers, authors granting different levels of permission) and Library Project

May or may not be able to view full text:Full viewSnippet ViewLimited PreviewNo Preview

You can browse: Different Kinds of Books and Magazines Available

Google Books – Many Search Options

Example:All words: education reform hong kongLimited preview and full viewSubject: educationDate: 2005 -

ButGoogle ≠Everything

Always Remember the Library is there for you!

Scirus – http://www.scirus.com/ Scirus ETD Search of NDLTD –

http://www.ndltd.org/serviceproviders/scirus-etd-search

Wayback machine from the Internet Archive – http://www.archive.org/

IPL2: http://www.ipl.org/

Other Resources You Should Know

Other Resources You Should KnowLocal ones:

HKU Digital Initiatives http://lib.hku.hk/database/ including Hong Kong Journals Online; Hong Kong Government Reports Online (1842-1941); Hong Kong Table of Contents Database; Hong Kong University Theses Online …

Hong Kong Literature Database (HKLit); Index to Chinese Periodicals of Hong Kong (HKInChiP); Modern Chinese Literature Research Portal; CUHK ULS E-Journal Initiatives

Dissertations and Theses Collection (DTC)HK Public Libraries Digital Initiatives including the Old

HK Newspaper Project

Do we have a Trust Issue Here?Check out http://www.martinlutherking.org/ -

who hosted this web site?

Have you heard of the patented PigeonRank technology of Google? Check out http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html

And how about the Wikipedia?

Why You Can't Trust Everything You Found on the InternetEvaluation Criteria:

Who created it? Are they trustworthy? Are they who they say they are? Is it a personal web page or an organizational web page?

When was it created and updated? Click on the related links – how many dead links are there?

What are the target audience? Are there advertising on it? What is the tone and design of it?Are the contents objective? Who sponsored it?Something just doesn't add up? Too good to be true?

Worksheets for Students and more detailed discussion: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/eval.html http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/

Evaluate.html

Thank You!Q & A