Transcript Library Workshop for EdD Students

Library Workshop for
BA(CEE) Students
Sept 2010
HKIEd Library
Outline
 Basics and Overview
 Citation Linker – accessing e-journal articles directly
 Database in Focus – ERIC on EBSCOhost
 About RefWorks
 Another Educational Resource Example – ProQuest
Education Journals
 Google Scholar – Using EdLINK to Access HKIEd Full Text
Resources
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HKIEd Library Website
http://www.lib.ied.edu.hk
Search for books,
journals, media
resources
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E-Journals
 Search by Keywords
 Browse by Subject or Title
 Citation Linker
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How the Citation Linker works?
 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
Use Citation Linker
to check
availability of
journal article
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How the Citation Linker works?
Input as much essential
information as you know:
journal title, year, volume,
issue and start page
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Direct link to the
e-journal article
Click on any link to
access full text
Try it yourself
 Use the Citation Linker to check if these articles are available in the Library
Odafe, V. U. (2006). Oral examination in college mathematics: An alternative
assessment technique. PRIMUS, 16(3), 243-256.
doi:10.1080/10511970608984149
Jonsson, A, Baartman, L. K. J., & Lennung, S. A. (2009). Estimating the quality
of performance assessments: The case of an ‘interactive examination’ for
teacher competencies. Learning Environments Research, 12(3), 225-241.
doi:10.1007/s10984-009-9061-z
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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
 Education Full Text
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Other Relevant Databases for BA(CEE)
Students
 Academic Research Library (ProQuest)
 Academic Search Premier (EBSCOHost)
 ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
 Humanities Full Text
 JSOTR. Arts & Sciences Collection
 PsycINFO / PsycArticles
 Web of Science (Arts & Humanities Citation Index / Social Sciences
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Citation Index)
SCOPUS
Literature Online (LION)
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
MLA International Bibliography
Major Local / Chinese Databases
 Dissertations and Theses Collection (DTC)
 臺灣期刊論文索引系統 PerioPath Index to Taiwan Periodical
Literature System
 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)
 香港中文期刊論 文索引 HKInChiP
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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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Access to ERIC database
Enter
keywords
Search
Results
Limit your
search
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Example
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Your research topic: Using web-based portfolio assessment in
secondary education
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Identify the Keywords:
Second language learning 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
Check
Library’s
holdings
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.
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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 48 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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Try it yourself
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Topic: code switching in Hong Kong
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Suggested keywords:
Code switching and Hong Kong
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How many records retrieved?
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Limit your search to full text articles
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How many full text articles available?
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Try Find Similar Results (SmartText Searching)
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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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
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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Another Education Resources:
ProQuest Education Journals
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ProQuest Education Journals
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E.g. search small class education
Suggested Topics
 Class size AND
Academic
achievement
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We can also Email, Print, Save,
Export, etc.
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Google Scholar
 http://scholar.google.com
 Google Scholar allows you to search only the more "academic" /
"scholarly" contents of Google – books, journal articles,
conference papers, public domain research databases with options
suited for academic purposes not offered in standard Google like:
 Search by Article Title / Author / Journal Title
 Limit by Publication Years / Subject Areas
 Citation Searches, Related Articles
 Linking to HKIEd Library-Subscribed Online Resources by EdLink
 Direct Export to RefWorks
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Google Scholar
 To look for a specific article, simply enter the article title. If
the article title is very general and it does not show up
immediately, enclose the article title with double quotes, add
the author's name and / or journal title / publication year
 E.g. Crisp, Victoria (2008) "Exploring the nature of examiner
thinking during the process of examination marking". Cambridge
Journal of Education. 38(2):247 - 264.
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Scholar Pref
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For computers on campus:
EdLINK@HKIEd is activated by
default.
For computers off campus:
search “hong kong” at “Library
Links” and activate EdLINK; then
Save Preferences
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You can also choose to
export the citation to
RefWorks or EndNote
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Import into RefWorks
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Advanced Scholar Search
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Advanced Scholar Search
Options
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To Search by Article Title
Where my words occur:
•Anywhere in the article
•In the title of the article
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Google Scholar
 Author Search (author:) – use the surname and initial of the
given name and / or Christian name
 E.g. citizenship education author:"ja banks"
 Journal / publication title search
 E.g. citizenship education (publication = moral education)
 Dates (year) – can be a specific year or a range of years E.g.
citizenship education (year: 2005 – 2007)
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Google Scholar Cited by …
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Google Scholar: Related Articles
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Thank You!
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