Transcript Library Workshop for EdD Students

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Research Methods using
Library Resources
2 Dec 2011
Town Centre
Outline
 Warm up: Finding a Particular Article
 Database in Focus - ERIC
 Another Educational Resource Example – ProQuest
Education Databases
 RefWorks
 Google Scholar
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HKIEd Library Website
http://www.lib.ied.edu.hk
Search for books,
journals, media
resources
Essential tips: make sure you are familiar with the HKALL, the request / recall
system, library delivery service between the Tai Po MMW Library and Town
Centre branch, and understand how to read the location codes (e.g. MMW
Lib Book)
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Finding a Particular Article
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Is this article available in the Library?
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There are more than one way to check whether we have a particular article. The
simplest way is to check the Library catalogue by journal title (not the article title)
E.g.
Sadler, P. M. & Good, E. (2006). The impact of self- and peer-grading on student learning.
Educational Assessment, 11(1), 1-31. doi:10.1207/s15326977ea1101_1
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Search the Library catalogue to see if we have the
print copy and / or electronic copy of the Journal
We may have more than one database providing access to the same journal
but they may contain issues for different years – and some of them use an
embargo period (e.g. latest 12 months not available)
E-Journals – if you are off-campus and only
interested in online availability
 Search by Keywords
 Browse by Subject or Title
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Finding a Particular Article
 Is this article available in the Library?
Sadler, P. M. & Good, E. (2006). The impact of self- and peer-grading on student
learning. Educational Assessment, 11(1), 1-31. doi:10.1207/s15326977ea1101_1
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Why use e-database for information?
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E-Database is an organized collection of scholarly information.
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E-Databases contain update information of journal articles, book reviews,
conference papers, and other academic materials.
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E-Databases support flexible and in-depth search for journal title, article
title, author, issue, volume, etc.
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Use electronic databases to search for local and international literature.
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Some databases provide the complete full text articles.
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Other databases provide abstracts of the journal articles.
E-Resources
 Include E-Databases & E-Book Collections
 Search by Keywords
 Browse by Subject or Title
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E-Resources by Subject
– E.g. Education
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Major Education Databases
 ERIC (via EBSCOhost)
 Education Research Complete
 ProQuest Education Journals
 ProQuest Research Library
 Education Full Text
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Other Relevant Databases
 Proquest Research Library (ProQuest)
 Academic Search Premier (EBSCOHost)
 ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
 Humanities Full Text
 JSOTR. Arts & Sciences Collection
 PsycINFO / PsycArticles / Psybooks
 Web of Science (Arts & Humanities Citation Index / Social
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Sciences Citation Index)
SCOPUS
Literature Online (LION)
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
MLA International Bibliography
Major Local / Chinese Databases
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HK Education Bibliographic Database (香港教育文獻數據庫)
中文電子期刊服務 CEPS
中文電子學位論文服務 CETD
中國知網
 中國期刊全文數據庫
 中國優 秀碩士學位論文全文數據庫
 中國博士學位論文全文數據庫
中國學位論文全文 數據庫
華人社會教育文獻資源中心 Chinese ERIC (Chinese University of
Hong Kong) (no update from 2010 onwards)
香港中文期刊論 文索引 HKInChiP
Dissertations and Theses Collection (DTC)
臺灣期刊論文索引系統 PerioPath Index to Taiwan Periodical
Literature System
Database in Focus – ERIC
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Find ERIC by Browsing "E" (or browse by
education subject; or search ERIC)
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Remote access to Library E-Resources
Users will be prompted to enter their HKIEd Network user
names, and HKIEd Network paswords when they select the
databases on the Library webpage for authentication purpose.
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Access to ERIC database
Enter
keywords
Search
Results
Limit your
search
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Example
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Your research topic: Is goal setting a useful strategy for
learning English as a second language?
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Identify the Keywords:
English as second language AND goal setting
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Use indexes / thesaurus / descriptors to check related terms
where necessary.
How many records retrieved?
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Example
Full Text
available
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Searching tips: Expand your search
 Use “expanders” from the database search screen to expand
your search
 Use Boolean operator “OR” to include more search terms
e.g. Second language learning or english as second language
or esl
 Use truncation (*) to expand your search term in alternative
way
e.g. learn* to search for learning, learns, learner, etc.
profess* to search for profession, professor, professional,
professionalization, etc.
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Searching tips: Narrow your search
 Use “Limiter” from the database search screen to limit your
search results in various way
 Consider the suggested “Narrow Search Results by Subject”
from the search result screen
 Use Boolean operator “AND” to limit search results to a
narrower scene
e.g. peer assessment AND higher education
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ERIC EBSCOHost – Refine your results by
Subjects, Peer-reviewed Journals, Year, etc.
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Reduced from over 300 results to 56 by
selecting peer reviewed and 2000 and after
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ERIC EBSCOHost Special Features – Find
Similar Results (SmartText Searching)
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Searching Multiple Databases in Ebscohost
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Add to Folder: Save / Print / Email / Export
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Add to Folder: Save / Print / Email / Export
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We can export the results directly to
RefWorks
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Another Education Resources:
ProQuest Education Databases
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ProQuest Education Databases
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E.g. search small class education
Suggested
Topics  e.g.
Class size
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Academic
achievement
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We can also Email, Print, Save,
Export, etc.
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About RefWorks
 Web-based Bibliographic Management Tool
 Create your own reference databases
 Import references from library catalogues &
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databases
Manage & organize your references in folders
Search your references
Adding your own keywords & comments
Can be integrated with MS-Word to create in-text
citations & reference list in preferred style
Accessible by computers connected to Internet
APA citation format
Accessing RefWorks
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Can also Directly Export Library
Catalogue Records to RefWorks
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How to Import References from Library E-resources
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How to Import References
from Library E-resources
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Finding a Particular Article –
via Google Scholar + EdLink
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Finding a Particular Article – via Google Scholar + EdLINK
 Is this article available in the Library?
Sadler, P. M. & Good, E. (2006). The impact of self- and peer-grading on student
learning. Educational Assessment, 11(1), 1-31. doi:10.1207/s15326977ea1101_1
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•If EdLINK@HKIEd is displayed, it
indicates that full text to the article
may be available through Librarysubscribed databases.
•If EdLINK is Not displayed,
generally we don't have online full
text to the specific issue. You may
still click it – sometimes we may
have a print version.
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Read instructions on how to set up EdLINK in
Google Scholar from off-campus
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Sneak Preview
Discovery Services: an all in one
quick search to be implemented –
Coming Soon!
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Sneak Preview – Discovery Services: an all in one
quick search to be implemented later this year
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Thank You!
Q&A
Ask your Librarian @
 Information Counter (MMW Lib)
 Tel: 2948 6653
 Email: [email protected]
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