HKIEd LibraryNov 2015

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

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Google BasicsUpper case or lower case doesn't matterWord Order, Phrases – put phrases in double

quotes; most important words firstkowloon city vs city kowloon vs "kowloon city"english speakers learning cantonese vs

cantonese speakers learning english

Fix spelling errors automaticallyacticve learning vs active learning

Exclude some words – use minus signchrome will find a lot of results about the web browser

offered by Google; use chrome -google to remove search results mentioning Google

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Google Advanced SearchesReserved word: OR

chinese american movies = [chinese] and [american] and [movies]

chinese OR american movies = chinese OR american and movies

Site and domain search"electronic road pricing" site:gov"small class teaching" site:gov.hk"opening hours" site:lib.ied.edu.hk

Filetype searchunemployment rate hong kong japan singapore filetype:x

ls ipad user guide filetype:pdf

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More Google TricksDictionary – define:bystander effectCalculator – 23*85-20Conversion

3259 seconds in hours10km in miles-10C in F

Foreign Exchangehkd in cny100 eur in hkd

Search features:http://www.google.com/help/features.html https://www.google.com/intl/en_us/insidesearch/tipstricks/all.html

Try it yourselfDefinitionDefine cyberbullyingDefine supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Finding about WeatherWeather BeijingWeather Okinawa

Searching a specific file type or a particular types of site:Google tips filetype:pdf“academic writing” site:edu.hk

Calculation23*85-20=100*3.14-cos(83)=

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Get number conversions100 miles in km100F in C (Fahrenheit -> Celsius)

Get currency conversions1206 cny in hkd6230 eur in hkd

Get the timeTime TokyoTime PerthTime Kazakhstan

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Refine your search

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Be careful with Copyright

restrictions! Why not

use

Britannica Image Quest ?http://www.lib.ied.edu.hk/cgi-bin/WAMConnMgr?sid=que

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Google Image Search

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Britannica Image Questhttp://www.lib.ied.edu.hk/cgi-bin/WAMConnMgr?sid=quest

Search by imagehttp://images.google.com

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Find out where these places are

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More Google TricksWildcard

"Thomas * Edison""Tsang * Sing" site:gov.hk

Phrase Search"classroom management""school health education"

More Google tools – translate, images, videos, news, maps … and Google Scholar, Google Books, etc.

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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

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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, V. (2008).

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

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If EdLINK@HKIEd is displayed, it indicates that full text to the article may be available through Library-subscribed databases.

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Google ScholarIf EdLINK@HKIEd is displayed, it

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

Without EdLINK@HKIEd icon, you may still try searching the source title from the Library Catalogue to check whether we have a print version.

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By default, EdLINK is turned on if you are using Google Scholar from on-campus computers. From off-campus, follow the instruction to turn on EdLINK option via the settings of Google Scholar.

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Example: Click the EdLINK@HKIEd link to retrieve full text article

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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 citationsAnytime / since …. (year)

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By default: Include citation & patents; anytime

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Include citations only; since 2014

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Set Preferences

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Choose to import the

citation(s) to RefWorks, EndNote or

others

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

For computers off campus: search “Kong Kong Institute of Education” at “Library Links” and activate EdLINK; then save the settings.

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Import into RefWorks

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Advanced search

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Advanced Scholar SearchOptions

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

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Set search alert

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

initial of the given name and / or Christian nameE.g. teacher education author:"lee jc"

Title search (allintitle:) – restrict the results to those with all of the query words in the document titleE.g. allintitle:"environmental education" effectiveness

Dates (year) – can be a specific year or a range of years E.g. citizenship education year: 2008 – 2015

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Google Scholar: Cited by and moreUse ‘Cited by’ or ‘Related articles’ to explore more similar articles

Check whether other versions of the same source are available

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Google Books

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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"

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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

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You can browse: Different Kinds of Books and Magazines Available

http://books.google.com/books

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Google Books – Many Search Options available in the personal account

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But Google ≠ EverythingThere 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 Factiva and other free online newspapers; and our Britannica Image Quest

And remember, still not everything is in electronic format or online – check out iSearch – our Intelligent One Stop Searching which includes both Library books, videos, music as well as journal articles

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

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iSearch: Intelligent One-Stop Searching

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Other Resources You Should KnowLocal ones:

HKUL 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 …

CUHK Library Digital Initiative http://udi.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/ including Hong Kong Literature Database (HKLit); Index to Chinese Periodicals of Hong Kong (HKInChiP); Modern Chinese Literature Research Portal …

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

Newspapers Collection

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

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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?

Short Reading: Evaluating Sources in Harvard Guide to Using Sources: A

Publication of the Harvard College Writing Program. http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k70847&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup107786

How to Evaluate Website Contenthttp://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/library-museum-gallery/finding-resources/library-databases/databases-overview/evaluating-websites

Thank You!Q & A