http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/help/classes/2011/spring/powerpoint/ssc107_11spr.ppt

Jan 2011

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Outlineo Primary Sources vs. Secondary Sourceso Finding materials from different sources:

• Library catalogue• Electronic databases • Internet resources

o Demonstrationso Citation Management / Bibliography

Generation Tools

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Primary Sources vs Secondary Sources Primary Sources: A first-hand or eye witness

account of an evento Newspaper stories , speeches and other papers that

individuals describe events in which they were participants or observers.

o Statistical data.o Materials that document the attitudes and popular thought of

a historical time period. e.g. public opinion surveys.o Records of organizations. e.g. minutes, correspondences,

annual reports, etc.o Personal letters, diary, etc.

Secondary Sources are ones that interpret or analyzes primary sources o Examples: dictionaries, encyclopedias, textbooks, books and

articles.

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Primary Sources o Labour Union

documentso Speecheso Personal letters

Secondary Sourceso Research papers

on evaluating and analyzing the relationship between feminist movement and labor movement in turn-of-the-century England

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Search Strategies (1)Use appropriate resources

Library catalogue – various books, journals, video programs, etc. available at the Library

Electronic databases – e-books, book chapters, academic journal articles, news articles, statistics, glossaries and definitions, etc.Full-text Databases - contain the partial or complete text of

works, such as articles, books, etc.Bibliographic Databases - contain descriptive information

(citation and subject headings) for publications, such as books, and periodical articles, etc.

Internet resources – facts, news, organizational information, statistics …

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Search Strategies (2)o Identify main concepts

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E.g. I want to study about the Arabs being portrayed as bad guys in the movies.

1. Arabs, Arabians, Muslims, etc.

2. Stereotypes

3. Movies, films, media, etc.

Choice of search words (related key terms/synonyms)

Search Strategies (3)Use appropriate operators (AND / OR /

NOT) and wildcards (e.g. * , !) AND: searches records that mention both

search terms, this narrows the search e.g. Arabs and stereotypes ( 必須同時出現 )

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

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Search Strategies (4)o Wildcards / Truncation: retrieves all variant endings

of that word • EBSCOhost: *

• ProQuest: *

• Factiva: *

• LexisNexis Academic: !

• OPAC: *

e.g. citizen* -- retrieves all words that start with

CITIZEN such as citizen, citizens, citizenship etc.

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Search Strategies (5)( )Parentheses: gives priority and

order in the search statemente.g. (Arabs or Arabians or Muslims)

and stereotypesBe prepared to narrow / expand

your search results by using database-specific features / changing your keywords

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Demonstrations (1)o 1-Search

• hong kong and education reform• “hong kong” and “education reform”

o ProQuest / EbscoHost• muslims and stereotypes and media• (arab* or muslim* or islam*) and stereotype* and (media

or journali* or movie*)o Sociological Abstract, AgeLine (CSA)

• (arab* or muslim* or islam*) and stereotype* and (media or journali* or movie*)

• older adults and voting • ((older adult* or older people) or elderly) and vot*

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Demonstrations (2)o WiseNews

• 網上欺凌 or 網路霸凌 or (“cyber bullying” or cyberbullying or ”online bullying”)

o LexisNexis Academic• (“cyber bullying” or cyberbullying or “online

bullying”) and facebook

o Factiva• 網上欺凌 or 網路霸凌 or (“cyber bullying” or

cyberbullying or ”online bullying”)o Old HK Newspaper Collection

http://hkclweb.hkpl.gov.hk/hkclr2/internet/eng/html/frm-bas_srch.html

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Research Guideso Economics

http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/libserv/research_guide/index/show/subject/Economics

o Sociology & Social Policy http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/libserv/research_guide/ind

ex/show/subject/Sociology+&+Social+Policyo Political Sciences

http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/libserv/research_guide/index/show/subject/Political+Science

Statisticso HK Census & Statistics Dept publications (print version

or electronic version: e.g. HK Annual Digest of Statistics, census reports, etc.), Datastream, IMF International Financial Statistics, UN Statistical Yearbook, China InfoBank …

o http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/help/wiki/index.php/Locating_Information_at_Lingnan:_Finding_Statistics

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Citation Management / Bibliography Generation Tools

RefWorks o http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/cgi-bin/luaccess?

dbname=refworks Citation Builder

o http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/lobo2/citationbuilder/citationbuilder.php

Citation and Styleo http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/eresources/

internet_resources/Research_Methods/Citation_and_Style/

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o ivykan@ln.edu.hk / 2616-8570 Ask A Librarian

o http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/help/eref/ Integrated Helpdesk

o refstaff@ln.edu.hko 2616-8571

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Q&AThank You

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