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Lingnan University Library

Jan 2011

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

Exercise must be submitted online: URL:

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

Deadline: 14 Feb 2011 (Mon) Questions are about skills with finding

items in the Library catalogue and some basics in using online databases

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

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

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With the Library Toolbar, you can access many library and university functions instantly

Title search Author search Understand the Status Codes, Locations

and Call Number System Request in-process items, recall checked-

out books

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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.

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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 .

This is CHAPTER in

a BOOK

Course Reserve by Instructor or Course (RES)

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Keyword search Subject search Too many items– Limit the search Search for local TV Programmes

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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.

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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 …

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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 10 requests at the same time Up to 10 books at the same time

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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.

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

Databases Key Databases ProQuest, Ebscohost, Wisenews, Factiva,

LexisNexis, 中國期刊網 Find Databases by Subjects Webbridge: Linking up Library-paid

Databases and Full-text Contents

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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

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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 )

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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.

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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

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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

Wisenews and WiseSearch How to browse by HK Newspaper

Categories? How to search with WiseSearch?

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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

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