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Why journal articles ?
(A) Information timeline p.2
- Exercise 1: What would you choose? p.2
Youve 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) Search steps p.8
- Exercise 4: Find articles on a topic p.9-13
(D) Advanced search techniques p.14
- Exercise 5: Thesaurus p.14-15
Handy tools
(A) Research Alerts p.16
(B) Research Pro p.16
(C) WebBridge in Dragon p.16
Related library services
- Interlibrary Loan Services p.17
- Endnote@HKU p.17
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. Earthquake in Japan)
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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Youve 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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Youve got an
A journal article
You will find ...
You need ...
Search in Dragon ...
Cramer, Kenneth M. and Hartleib, Mindy. (2001) The attitudes to chocolate
questionnaire: a psychometric evaluation. Personality and Individual
Differences 31(6), 931-942.
Is this article available? Yes No
Journal : Personality and Individual Differences .
Volume 31 Issue 6 published in 2001 .
How to Find ? B
P-Journal
Is this article available? Yes No
E-Journal
personality and individual differences
Article Citation !
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Youve got an
Watchman, C., (2003) Why wait for dementia? Journal of Learning Disabilities, 7(3), 221-230.
If yes, complete the following:
Call Number: ________________________ Location: ______________________
Exercise 2: Find this article
P-Journal
E-Journal
Journal : ______________________________ .
Volume Issue published in .
Is this article available? Yes No
Is this article available? Yes No
If yes, access the article and find the answer to this question: The Charity recommends that supported accommodation projects for people with learning disabilities be adapted in advance of the tenants developing ______. (A) Dementia (B) Downs syndrome
A journal article
You will find ...
You need ...
Search in Dragon ...
Article Citation !
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Youve 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
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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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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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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)
Search Strategies B
Search Steps 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
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Topic: Emotional Intelligence at the Workplace Decide on SUBJECT area, e.g. Multi-disciplinary
Access HKUL Homepage at http://lib.hku.hk
Click on Electronic Resources
Select Key English E-Resources
Select e.g. EBSCOhost research databases
Exercise 4: Find articles on a topic
Step 1: Select databases
Identify the Key Concepts of the topic, e.g.
Brainstorm for Related Terms
Step 2: Devise search statement
Concept 2:
Concept 1:
Related terms
Your search statement is: ______________________________
Concept 1 Concept 2
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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 2012
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Number of items = __________
3 Number of items after refine results = ________
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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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What if the results are not satisfactory?
Example: Obviously, this article is about smoking cessation in the workplace.
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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1. Full text available online
2. Full text not available (a) Full text match in WebBridge (b) No full text match in WebBridge
Check if HKUL has a print subscription. (Note: Same procedure as in Exercise 2)
Step 6: Get the articles
The dimensional structure of
the emotional self-efficacy
scale (ESES).
Predicting Safety Related
Attitudes in the Workplace
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Exercise 5: Thesaurus
Search steps Topic Highrise in earthquake regions
Search statement Highrise and earthquake*
Search result N records Too few?!
Use lateral search
Any new subject terms which might be useful? Yes No
Advanced search techniques D
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Thesaurus (Contd)
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!
A. Research Alerts
- Regular updates on latest publications on a topic.
- Can be in email or RSS feeds.
B. Research Pro
- One search interface across multiple databases.
IMPORTANT
1. Use of library resources is restricted to purposes of research and education only. 2. Excessive downloading of files are prohibited. 3. Violators will lose library privileges, face disciplinary actions and may be prosecuted.
C. WebBridge in Dragon
- A rough and quick way to search for journal articles via Dragon.
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Related Library Services
Endnote will help you to:
Manage your readings, e.g. books, articles, websites Cite While You Write (CWYW)
Endnote @ HKU A reference storage and management software tool
(http://lib.hku.hk/endnote/index.html)
Training and support
Online guides Endnote workshop at Libraries
* If the number of request exceeds the quota, a cost recovery basis charge will be
Users Quota
Terms of Service I staff 40
Research Staff, Research Assistants and Demonstrators 40
Postgraduates of the University of Hong Kong 40
Final year degree students 25
HKU undergraduates except final year ones (CRL collections only) 25
SPACE Academics 40
SPACE higher degree students (local resources only) 40
Interlibray Loan - Procure journal articles which are not available in HKUL - Borrow books which are neither available in HKUL nor local academic libraries
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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)
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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