Finding Journal Articles @ HKU

October 2012

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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

Journal Articles

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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. 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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Journal Articles The University of Hong Kong Libraries

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


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 .



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

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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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

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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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