Lingnan University LibraryMarch 2013
This PowerPoint can be downloaded from:
http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/services/library-workshops/handouts
AV materials, books, journals & newspapers
E-resources: E-Databases, E-Journals, Selected Internet Resources◦ 1. Searched by Library online catalogue
http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/◦ 2. Searched by 1-Search
http://lingnan.summon.serialssolutions.com/
Subject Guides Citation Tools - RefWorks
Library Online Catalogue
AV materials, E-Databases, E-Journals, Selected Internet Resources
1-SearchSubject Guides
http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/english?hs=a
Step 1 – Identify key concepts◦ Author? A particular work? Content of the work?
Criticism of a particular work? ◦ Main concepts can be the name of an author or
keyword from a particular work
Step 2 – Selection of search words◦ Use related words/synonyms◦ Use of Thesaurus◦ For author search, type surname first (E.g.
Austen, Jane, but NOT Jane Austen)
Step 3 – Search command◦ Use “AND/OR/NOT”
E.g. Austen AND Pride Shakespeare NOT “Merchant of Venice”
◦ Truncation (retrieves all variant endings of that word)
E.g. criti* (criticize, criticism, critical etc.)◦ Parentheses ( ) : gives priority and order in the
search statement E.g. (fiction or novel) and Austen
Title search ◦ Pride and Prejudice
Subject search ◦ Fiction
Author search ◦ Austen, Jane (NOT Jane Austen for author search)
www.library.ln.edu.hk
One single search box
Many different types of contents
Facet refine
At fine toning stage, welcome to try
Report problems to us
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E.g. Search for “Harry Potter” in 1-Search
If you cannot find a specific book in the Lingnan University library catalogue, you can search for HKALL to see if the item can be searched and borrowed in other 7 UGC-funded University Libraries.
Demonstration: Twenty-first century novels. the first decade
If you cannot find a journal article from the databases of our Library, you can request for the ILLiad service.
Instructions of ILLiad: http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/services/interlibrary-loan-services
For year 1-2 students: please fill in the form for the ILLiad service (instead of registering online), from the Circulation Counter of the Library.
E-Databases
◦ Bibliographic Databases - contains descriptive information (citation and subject headings) for publications, such as books, periodical articles, & government documents, etc.
◦ Full-text Databases - contains the partial or complete text of works, such as articles, books, poems, and essays.
Academic Search Premier EBSCOhost Contemporary Literary Criticism Literature Online (LION) JSTOR Exploring Novels/Exploring Poetry/Exploring
Shakespeare/Exploring Short Stories Etc. …
By subject By database
name All
databases
http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/databases
http://www.jstor.org/
ExampleExampleBeloved (item title) ANDreview
http://lion.chadwyck.co.uk/
ExampleExampleAgatha Christie
- Author Search- Title Search- Subject Guide- Advanced Search
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/0/1/1/purl=rc6_CLC?sw_aep=lingnan
Exploring Novels Exploring Shakespeare Exploring Short Stories Exploring Poetry
First time users of the above databases should follow the instruction of the website and install the reader from CITRIX first
Full-text information of news, business, and legal publications in English› SCMP: from July 28, 1992 to
current Easy Search
› Search news articles› Find a US legal case by Citation
or Party Name › Find a company profile by Name
or Ticker Symbol › Find a country profile › Research a person › Do a broad search across
different types of sources
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http://www.lexisnexis.com/ap/academic/
ExampleExampleHillary Clinton
Power Search◦ Index Terms lookup◦ Supports
sophisticated query language techniques for Boolean Searching
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http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/databases
General Enquiry: 2616-8586 Reference Enquiry: 2616-8571
Ask a Librarian / Email: [email protected] “Chat with a Librarian” service
Q & AQ & A
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