Finding journal articles

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Why journal articles ?

(A) Information timeline p.2

- Exercise 1: What would you choose? p.2

You’ve got an article citation !

(A) What is a citation? p.3

(B) How to Find? p.4

- Exercise 2: Find this article p.5

Finding articles on a research topic ...

(A) Where to Find? p.7

- Exercise 3: Choose your databases p.7

(B) Search strategies p.8

(C) How to Find? p.9

- Exercise 4: Find articles on a topic p.10-14

(D) Advanced search techniques p.15

- Exercise 5: Thesaurus p.15-16

Handy tools

(A) Research Alerts p.17-19

(B) Research Pro p.20-22

Related library services

- Interlibrary Loan Services p.23-25

The University of Hong Kong Libraries

Journal Articles Online: kb.lib.hku.hk/wiki/Library_courses

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Journal Articles ?

Journal Articles 2 The University of Hong Kong Libraries

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NEWS

Information timeline A

Purpose Information Source

Fun and leisure Books

Basic foundation to a topic Journal Articles

Serious in-depth research Magazines

Time Within 1-2 days Weeks Months Years

Event happened (e.g. Financial Crisis)

Source ● TV ● Radio ● Internet ● Newspaper

● Magazines ● Scholarly Journals ● Scholarly Journals ● Books ● Conference proceedings ● Encyclopedias

Type of Information

● News reports ● News reports, opinions & editorial

● Research results, detailed & theoretical discussion

● In-depth study ● Overview of a topic ● Compilation of Scholarly

articles ● General overview with

factual information

Written by ● Journalists ● Journalists, experts & scholars’ commentary

● Scholars ● Scholars or specialists

Exercise 1: What would you choose?

Article Citation !

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Journal Articles The University of Hong Kong Libraries

You’ve got an

What is a citation ? A

Covey, S. R. (2003). The seven habits of highly effective people: restoring the character ethic. New York: Free Press.

Author Publication Year Book title

Place of publication Publisher

A Book Citation (APA Style)

Chrusciel, D. (2008). What motivates the significant/strategic change champion(s)? Journal of Organizational Change Management, 21(2), 148-160.

Author Publication year Article title

Volume Issue

Journal Article Citation (APA Style)

Journal title Page numbers

Bitti, M.T. (2008, June 9). How do I keep my staff motivated? National Post, FP.8.

News Article Citation (APA Style)

Author Publication date Article title Page number Newspaper title

1. A short description of a specific information source.

2. Can be expressed in different citation styles, e.g. APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian.

3. Provides the information needed to find the information source.

4. For giving credit to the sources used to create an intellectual work, e.g. an essay.

Other Citations - Multimedia - Theses - Government documents - Websites, etc.

Article Citation !

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You’ve got an

A journal article

You will find ...

You need ...

Search in Dragon ...

Ives, Mark. (2005) Identifying the contextual elements of project management within organizations and their impact on project success. Project Management Journal. 36 (1), 37-50.

Is this article available? □ Yes □ No

Journal : Project Management Journal .

Volume 36 Issue 1 published in 2005 .

Project Management Journal

How to Find ? B

P-Journal


E-Journal

Article Citation !

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You’ve got an

Alvarez-Valdes, R., Crespo, E., & Tamarit, J. M. (1999). Labour scheduling at an airport refuelling installation. The Journal of the Operational Research Society, 50(3), 211-218.

If yes, complete the following:

Call Number: ________________________ Location: ____/F., Main Library ( ________ Wing)

Exercise 2: Find this article

P-Journal

E-Journal

Journal : ______________________________ .

Volume Issue published in .



If yes, access the article and find the answer to this question: This study reports on the development of a computerized system for labour scheduling at the (A) Hydrocarbon Logistics Company (B) Bethlehem Steel Corporation Plant

A journal article

You will find ...

You need ...

Search in Dragon ...

Article Citation !

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You’ve got an

What have you

learnt?

Journal article

Chrusciel, D. (2008). What motivates the significant/strategic change champion(s)? Journal of Organizational Change Management, 21(2), 148-160.

News article

Bitti, M.T. (2008, June 9). How do I keep my staff motivated? National Post, FP.8.

Remote Access

All HKUL licensed e-resources require authentication for remote access. When you try to access a HKUL e-resource, e.g. an e-Book from home, you will be prompted to enter your HKU Portal ID and PIN.

Note: HKU SPACE borrowers and Circle of Friends (Platinum) members should enter their library card number and PIN.

Enter your HKU Portal ID and PIN

Title Search By the journal title NOT article title e.g. Journal of organizational change ma

Title Search

By the newspaper title NOT article title e.g. National post

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Research Topic ...


Where to Find ? A

HKUL Homepage > Electronic Resources

Large databases, some of which are multi-disciplinary and have fulltext

Your subject area: List two core databases:

Exercise 3: Choose your databases

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Research Topic ...


1. Topic: Nutritional value of brown rice Search statement: Nutrition _____________ brown rice 2. Topic: Applying play therapy for children Search statement: Play therapy ___________ children 3. Topic: Real estate Search statement: Real estate _________ property market

Boolean operators AND Combine terms covering different subjects E.g. Family abuse and statistics OR Combine similar terms E.g. Advertising or marketing NOT Exclude terms from a search E.g. Palm not tree Truncation Find variant forms of a root word. E.g. Communicat* finds communicate, communicates, communication ... (Note: Symbols vary for different databases) Try these out!

Search Strategies B

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Research Topic ...


How to Find ? C

Step 2: Devise search statement

Step 6: Get the articles

Step 5: Modify

Step 3: Search

Step 4: Evaluate

Step 7: Write up your assignment

Step 1: Define the topic & Select databases

Search Steps

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Research Topic ...


The medical profession's ethics watchdog has backed the Law Reform Commission's controversial

proposal to give terminally ill patients the right to die.

Medical Council ethics committee chairman David Fang Jin-sheng said Thursday the council may

attempt to define the state of mental competence in any future guidelines. ...

Fang agreed with the commission that there is no need to legislate for such a practice, saying it would take time for the public to become familiar with it.

The concept of advance directives - written instructions on the patients' future medical treatment should they reach a stage where they are no longer mentally competent - has sparked public debate as to

whether it could lead to euthanasia, or mercy killing.

Excerpted from (2006, Aug 18) Ethics body supports proposal to give terminally ill right to die. The Standard, pp. M04.

Topic: Should assisted suicide be legal? 1. Decide on SUBJECT area, e.g. Multi-disciplinary 2. Access HKUL Homepage at http://lib.hku.hk 3. Click on Electronic Resources 4. Select Key English E-Resources 5. Select EBSCOhost research databases (one of the major Multi-disciplinary databases)

Exercise 4: Find articles on a topic

Step 1: Select databases

Step 2: Devise search statement

Read the following excerpt. Spot similar terms to devise your search statement:

Brainstorm for related terms:

Concept 2:

Legal*

Related terms

Concept 1:

Assisted suicide

Your search statement is: ____________________________________________________

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Research Topic ...


2. Select search field

3. Select the appropriate boolean operator

1. Enter search terms

4. Click on Search

Step 3: Search

Refine results to ● Scholarly (Peer reviewed) Journals ● Publication date: 2007 to 2009

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Number of items = __________

3 Number of items after refine results = ________

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Research Topic ...


Step 4: Evaluate

● Is this article relevant ? □ Yes □ No

Abstract provides a short summary of the article.

Subject Terms describe the subject matter of this article.

● Is this article relevant ? □ Yes □ No

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Research Topic ...


What if the results are not satisfactory?

Example: Obviously, this article is about the closure of companies in China. The word “euthanasia” has been used metaphorically.

Use Lateral Search

3. Perform a new search statement using these subject terms

1. Pick a relevant record.

2. Identify Useful Subject Terms

Step 5: Modify

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Research Topic ...


1. Full text available online 2. Full text not available (a) Full text match in WebBridge (b) No full text match in WebBridge

Finds out whether HKUL has a print subscription.

Step 6: Get the articles

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Research Topic ...


Exercise 5: Thesaurus

Search steps Topic Highrise in earthquake regions

Search statement Highrise and earthquake*

Search result 3 records… Too few!

Use lateral search

Any new subject terms which might be useful? □ Yes No

Advanced search techniques D

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Research Topic ...


Thesaurus (Cont’d)

Try the thesaurus (a) Find related terms for highrise (b) Find related terms for earthquake

New Search Statement: ________________________ and _____________________________

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Handy tools!

What is Research Alerts? - Regular updates on latest publications on a topic. - Can be in email or RSS feeds.

When to use?

- Your research topic spans for months or years. How to set up email alerts? Step 1: Go to the Alerts page

1. Click on Search History.

2. Select Save Searches / Alerts.

Research Alerts A

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Handy tools!

Step 2: Create a new account Step 3: Set up the email alerts

2. Complete the form and then click on Submit.

1. First-time users click on Create a New Account.

Research alerts (Cont’d)

1. Fill in the details if necessary.

2. Select Alert for Save Search As.

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Handy tools!

6. The email alert has been created. You will be notified by email when new articles match your search statement.

Step 3: Set up the email alerts (cont’d)

3. Change the Options, e.g. frequency, duration of alerts, if necessary.

Research alerts (Cont’d)

5. Click on Save.

[email protected]

4. Enter your email address.

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Handy tools!

What is ResearchPro?

- One search interface across multiple databases. When to use?

- Exploratory stage of your research, e.g. "Which database(s) has a higher chance in getting

relevant articles on this topic?" - Perform quick and rough searches, e.g. "I just need a few articles for my short assignment."

How to search? Step 1: Access ResearchPro HKUL Homepage > ResearchPro Step 2: Choose search interface

Note: Authentication is required for using Research Pro off campus

You can either choose this Simple search or change to Advanced Search

Research Pro B

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Handy tools!

global warming and whale

Step 3: Search

Step 4: Retrieve results

1. Enter your search statement e.g. global warming and whale.

2. Select the desired databases. Default is Best Bets which include a number of popular resources, e.g. Dragon and full text article databases.

1. Records are grouped by databases.

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Handy tools!

You are ready to write your paper !

Endnote will help you to:

● Manage your bibliographies

● Cite While You Write (CWYW)

Endnote @ HKU http://lib.hku.hk/endnote

Join us in one of the Endnote Workshops!

Step 4: Retrieve results (cont’d)

2. Fulltext can be retrieved where available.

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Related Library Services :

Interlibrary Loan Service

1. Click on e-forms from the HKUL Homepage.

What is Interlibrary Loan?

- Procure journal articles which are not available in HKUL. - Borrow books which are neither available in HKUL nor local academic libraries.

* If the number of request exceeds the quota, a cost recovery basis charge will be applied.

How to place an interlibrary loan request? Step 1: Access the ILLiad e-form

Users Quota

Terms of Service I staff 150

Research Staff, Research Assistant and Demonstrator 150

HKU Postgraduate 125

Final year degree student 25

HKU SPACE Academics 100

HKU SPACE higher degree students (local resources only) 100

3. Click on ILLiad.

2. Select the ILLiad e-form.

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Interlibrary Loan Service

Step 2: Authenticate and acknowledge the copyright declaration

1. Click on HKUL Authentication.

2. Enter your HKU Portal UID/ Library Card Number and PIN.

3. Read the Copyright Declaration. If you agree with the terms, click on Accept.

Ms Wong Mary Mei Ling

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Interlibrary Loan Service Step 3: Registration for First-time Users Step 4: Fill in request information

1. Update your personal information, as appropriate. Once done, click on Submit Information.

2. Click on Add Account.

3. Click on Exit to Main Menu

Get a copy of an article or a patent.

Request the loan of an entire work, such as a book.

Expected Fill Time From local institutes: 1 week

From overseas institutes: 2 to 3 weeks

For more information, visit http://lib.hku.hk/mainlib/ill.html#1

26 Journal Articles The University of Hong Kong Libraries

Vollrath, M. and Torgersen, S. (2002). Who takes health risks? A probe into eight personality types. Personality and Individual Differences, 32(7), 1185-1197.

To find this article in Dragon (HKUL Catalogue), you would search by: (A) Author > Vollrath M (B) Title > Who takes health risks (C) Title > Personality and individual differences Your research topic is global warming. Which database(s) will

help you find journal articles on this topic? (You can select more than one database.) (A) Academic Search Premier (B) Dragon (HKUL Catalogue) (C) ISI Web of Science (D) Scopus

(E) 中國期刊網

Your research topic is water pollution arising from oil spills. Pick the appropriate search statement: (A) (water pollution or marine pollution) and oil spill* (B) (water pollution and marine pollution) or oil spill*

What is the name of the e-form for interlibrary loan service? (A) HKALL (B) ILLiad

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