LIB105 Information Literacy Skills

Fong Sum Wood LibraryApr 2013http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/services/library-workshops/handouts

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this workshop, you will be able to: identify and evaluate various resources from the

Library and on the Internet learn strategies on searching various information

online read and identifying different bibliographic

citations have the basic ideas on plagiarism and citation

1. Identifying Different Resources

Scholarly Journals VS Popular Magazines Primary VS Secondary Resources Evaluating Information

Scholarly Journals VS Popular

Magazines

• Popular Magazines

• Scholarly Journals

Scholarly Journals VS Popular MagazinesJournals, serials and periodicals are publications that published continuously over a period of time

Scholarly Journals Also known as peer reviewed

journals or referred journals. Author's credentials are provided;

usually a scholar or specialist with subject expertise.

Articles are evaluated by peer-reviewers or referees who are experts in the field; edited for content, format, and style.

Nearly all the journals are specialized in certain subject areas.

A plain format with less design in the content.

Target audience is scholars, researchers and students.

References are provided in the footnotes or at the end of an article.

Examples: American Journal of Psychology, Harvard Business Review.

Popular Magazines Published frequently. Author is frequently a journalist

paid to write articles, may or may not have subject expertise.

Articles are evaluated by editorial staff, not experts in the field; edited for format and style.

Deliver the information that is of interest to general public.

Attractive covers and nice looking design in the contents.

Target audience is the general public.

References and citations of the sources may not be provided.

Examples: Time, National Geographic.

You can search the journal titles in the Library catalogue (http://library.ln.edu.hk/search) or from the 1-search ( http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/find/1-search-searchbox).

For the printed Scholarly Journals and Popular Magazines, they are located in the "Serials Collections" , "Compact Shelves" of 2/F South Wing of the Library and the Popular Magazine Corner of 1/F North Wing of the Library.

Scholarly Journals VS Popular Magazines

Primary VS Secondary Sources

What is "Primary Source"? “First-hand" information Mostly gathered from the participants/witnesses of an incident Usually written/recorded in a very short time after the event

happened

Examples of "Primary Source" Newspaper articles (reporting an incident) Statistical data Records of organizations Interview transcript

Importance of “Primary Source” It presents a strong proof for your comments, which makes

your research paper more reliable

What is "Secondary Source" ? Information written based on the "Primary Sources" It is produced after the "Primary Sources" have been

analyzed, commented, evaluated or filtered

Examples of "Secondary Source" Editorial in a newspaper Research journal articles Report findings of a survey

Importance of “Secondary Source” Inspire you to think up more and give you more

insight of the research question

Primary VS Secondary Sources

Discipline Examples of Primary Sources

Examples of Secondary Sources

Arts• Poem• Artwork

• Criticism of a poem

Business• Legal

documents• Survey statistics

• Analysis of the stock market

Social Sciences

• Survey statistics • Speech of a

politician

• Survey analysis report

• Commentaries

"Primary Sources" and "Secondary Sources" in different disciplines :

Primary VS Secondary Sources

Evaluating Information

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4W1H Approach

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? Point of View or Bias: HOW was the information

presented? WHAT is the point of view? Referral: HOW did the author find this

information? Are there references to other sources?To learn more, please refer to:

http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/info_literacy/modules/module5/5_0.htm

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2. Access of Information Reading List? How to Construct a Search? View Bibliographic Records in the Library

Catalogue Brief Introduction to Library of Congress

Classification Scheme 1-Search Difference between Searching for

Information in the 1-Search and Library Catalogue

Guides@LU

What is a Reading List ?Example:

Required readings of a course

Search for Items on a Reading List Example: Book

Coupey, Eloise. (2001). Marketing and the Internet . New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

Year of publicatio

n

TitleAuthor

Publication place

Publisher

Remarks: APA Style is used in this example

Search for Items on a Reading List Example: Journal Article

Street, S. (2006). A Darwinian dilemma for realist theories of value. Philosophical Studies, 127(1), 109-166.

Year of publicatio

n

Title of the journal articleAuthor

Title of the

journal

Volume number (Issue number)

Pages

Remarks: APA Style is used in this example

Search for Items on a Reading List

Example: Book Chapter

Parton, N. (2012). Thinking and acting constructively in child protection. In S. L. Witkin (Ed.),Social construction and social work practice: Interpretations and innovations (pp. 127-153). New York: Columbia University Press.

Year of publicatio

n

Title of the chapter

Author of the

chapter

Publication place

Title of book : Capital letter also for sub title

Editor of the book

Pages of chapter

Publisher

Remarks: APA Style is used in this example

How to Construct a Search?

Step 1 – Identify key concepts The first step in constructing your search is to identify the key concepts of your topic. Identifying key concepts means determining which words in your topic will be best when searching for information sources.

Example: The use of iphones in higher educationKey concepts : iphones & higher education

Step 2 – Selection of search terms Use related words/synonyms to build up a

series of keywords for searching If you cannot think of the synonyms, you

can use the Thesaurus or dictionaries to help

Step 3 – Use of the search operators Boolean Operators Wildcards/Truncation Parentheses

How to Construct a Search?

How to Construct a Search? – Use of Boolean Operators

AND: searches records that contain both search terms, this narrows down the search

E.g. “Darwinian dilemma” AND realist ( 同時出現有關 “ Darwinian dilemma ” 及 realist 的結果 )

OR: finds records in one or both search terms appears, this broadens the search E.g. realist OR “Darwinian dilemma” ( 出現有關 realist 或 “ Darwinian dilemma” 的結果 )

NOT: finds records in which a specific term is excluded, this narrows down the searchE.g. realist NOT “Darwinian dilemma”( 出現只有有關 realist , 但沒有 “ Darwinian dilemma” 的結果 )

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Wildcards / Truncation: retrieves all variant endings of that keyword

Most systems regard * as a truncation mark

- OPAC: *

- 1-Search*

- EBSCOhost: *

- ProQuest: *

- LexisNexis Academic: !

E.g. translat* - retrieves all words that start with translat such as translate, translated, translating translation, translator, etc.

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How to Construct a Search? – Use of Wildcards

Parentheses( ): group words together, and gives priority and order in a search statement

E.g. (teenager* or adolescent*) and problem*

and hong kong

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How to Construct a Search? – Use of Parentheses

More Search Tips

Be prepared to narrow / expand your search results by using database-specific features / changing your keywords

“Practice makes perfect”! You will be more skillful in conducting searches when you try more

http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/search_tips

View BibliographicRecords in the Library Catalogue After searching for books or other items in

the Library Catalogue, here below are important tips for you to find out WHERE the book/item is:

- LOCATION of the item (where it is stored)- CALL NUMBER of the item (the exact address)- STATUS of the item (available now or not)

View BibliographicRecords in the Library Catalogue

1. Click the link to view the location map

Example 1: If the item is AVAILABLE, you can:1. Click / view the “LOCATION” to see where the item is placed2. Follow the “CALL NUMBER” to find the item from the bookshelf

It means the item is available for borrowing

2. Follow the call number to find the item on the bookshelf

View BibliographicRecords in the Library Catalogue Example 2: If an item is currently checked out (i.e. with a due date) or in-hold, you can try alternatives:1. Click the relevant subject to find out related works 2. Request/Hold the item and get notified when it is returned to the Library (for

books only)3. Search for HKALL to see if other University Libraries have this item available

(for books only)

It means the item is currently checked out

1. Click on any subject and you can see related items in the Library

3. Search HKALL2. Request to hold

the item

View BibliographicRecords in the Library Catalogue For more details of the definitions of

“LOCATION” and “STATUS” codes, please refer to :

http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/catalogue_codes

Brief Introduction to Library of Congress Classification Scheme

http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/content.php?pid=338519&sid=2768286Classification of major subjects in LingnanCall number Locations in the LibraryKnow about self order

Online game: to arrange the books in the Library of Congress Classification order:

http://www.lcsc.edu/library/satchlcall/

Search for Information – 1-Search

• Allows searching across library catalogue records, major subscribed full-text databases, research in Digital Repository, citations from Web of Science at the same time with a simple search-box

• NOT a substitute for any individual database• http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/find/1-search-searchbox

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Search for Information – 1-Search

• One single search box• Many different types of contents• Facet refine• Welcome to try• Report problems to us

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Search for Information – 1-Search

Question: I am looking for books and journal articles for my research project about education reform in Hong Kong.Answer: Conduct a key word search in 1-Search – “education reform*” AND “hong kong” The Boolean Operators AND, OR and NOT must

be written in ALL CAPS. Words in a specific order use " ". e.g. “education

reform“

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View the Result List in 1-Search

Publication information and with an abstract

Number of results producedTitle of

the item

Authors

View the Result List in 1-Search?

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

Sort the results by :-relevance-date

Book item

Journal Article

How to View the Full-text in 1-Search?

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 the Full-text in 1-Search?

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.

Here below are some examples of the “Check for Full Text”

Difference between 1-Search and Library Catalogue

The Library catalogue contains the records of books, e-books, e-journals and other resources located in the library.

As 1-Search linked up with the whole Library collections (including databases subscribed by the Library and the library catalogue), if you want to search for more comprehensive information, you can access 1-Search.

Guides @ LU A portal to databases, subject guides and

various user guides on library services and facilities

http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/

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3. Basics of Plagiarism & Citation

What is Plagiarism? Plagiarism & Citation Importance of Citation Citation Styles

What is Plagiarism?

According to Oxford English Dictionary (2012), Plagiarism ( 學術剽竊 ) refers to:- The action or practice of taking the work, idea, etc. of someone else, 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.

To learn more about plagiarism : http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/cite_resources

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Plagiarism & Citation

In order to avoid the trap of plagiarism, we need to properly provide citations to ALL the resources (E.g. books, journal articles, websites) that we made reference to in our research paper.

Citations are the key information of each piece of resource. It often includes :- Book chapter title / Journal article title / Webpage title- Book title / Journal title- Authors (and editors)- Volume no. , issue no. & page no. of the journal article in the Journal- Publisher and publication place of the book- Address of the webpage (if the article is retrieved online directly)

Importance of Citation It is a kind of “credits” to the authors of

information that contribute to your research paper

It can add the creditability (reliability) of your research paper

Readers of your research paper can refer to the citation list and find out more sources related to your topic

Citation StylesTo cite a reference, you should strictly

follow certain standards/formats. Here are some common citation formats used in Lingnan:- APA Style- MLA Style- Harvard Style

** There are also other citation styles. You should consult your lecturer about the appropriate citation style for your assignments **

Examples of Different Citation Styles (the same book title)Here below we will show an example of how different citation styles is presented for a same book

Book title: Sherlock Holmes : the complete storiesAuthor: Arthur Conan DoylePublisher: Wordsworth Editions LimitedCity that the book was published: HertfordshirePublication Year: 2006

Examples of Different Citation Styles(the same book title) MLA StyleDoyle, Arthur Conan. Sherlock Holmes : the complete stories. Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions Limited, 2006.

APA StyleDoyle, A. C. (2006). Sherlock Holmes : the complete stories. Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions Limited.

Harvard StyleDoyle, A. C., 2006, Sherlock Holmes : the complete stories, Wordsworth Editions Limited, Hertfordshire.

Citation Tools RefWorks:

Access: http://proxy1.library.ln.edu.hk:2048/login?url=https://www.refworks.com/refworks2/?r=authentication::init&groupcode=RWLingnanULUser Guide:

http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/refworks

Citation Builder (from NCSU Libraries) http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/citationbuilder/

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Q & A

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