Locating Business Resources

Lingnan University Library

Jan 2011

http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/help/classes/2011/spring/powerpo int/

Exercise must be submitted online:

URL:http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/help/classes/exercise/

Deadline: 14 Feb 2011 (Mon)

Questions are about skills with finding items inthe Library catalogue and some basics in usingonline databases

Making the best out of the Library begins atthe Library home pagehttp://www.library.ln.edu.hk/

http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/libserv/toolbar/

With the Library Toolbar,you can access manylibrary and universityfunctions instantly

Title search

Author search

Understand the Status Codes, Locations andCall Number System

Request in-process items, recall checked-outbooks

Example – If I already Know the Author’s Name

Question: I want to read the book written byBill Gates in 1999. What should I do?

Answer: Search the Library Catalogue by nameof Author. But you need to search by placingthe Surname in front of the Given Names.

HINTS: the Library Catalogue can only be searched bybook author, book title, journal title, etc.  Therefore,article titles, title and author of a chapter in the bookusually are not searchable

Example: You are asked to read the followings:

1.Lai, D., & Surood, S. (2008). Predictors of Depression in AgingSouth Asian Canadians. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology,23(1), 57-75.

2.Ren Y. (1999). China’s Perceived Image of the United States: Itssources and impact. in P. Koehn and J. Cheng (Eds.), TheOutlook for U.S.- China Relations Following the 1997-1998Summits: Chinese and American Perspectives on Security,Trade, and Cultural Exchanges (pp. 247-265). HK: Chinese UP.

Search Article Title “Predictors ofDepression in Aging South AsianCanadians” has NO MATCHES

Example: Lai, D., & Surood, S. (2008). Predictors of Depression in AgingSouth Asian Canadians. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 23(1), 57-75

Need to search for the Journal Title“ Journal of Cross-CulturalGerontology” instead

Search Chapter Title“China’s Perceived Imageof the United States” hasNO MATCHES

Example: Ren Y. (1999). China’s Perceived Image of the United States: Itssources and impact. in P. Koehn and J. Cheng (Eds.), The Outlook for U.S.-China Relations Following the 1997-1998 Summits: Chinese and AmericanPerspectives on Security, Trade, and Cultural Exchanges (pp. 247-265). HK:Chinese UP.

Need to search for theBook title “The Outlookfor U.S. – China …”instead

Example: Ren Y. (1999). China’s Perceived Image of the UnitedStates: Its sources and impact. in P. Koehn and J. Cheng (Eds.),The Outlook for U.S.- China Relations Following the 1997-1998Summits: Chinese and American Perspectives on Security, Trade,and Cultural Exchanges (pp. 247-265). HK: Chinese .

This isCHAPTER ina BOOK

Course Reserve by Instructor or Course (RES)

Searching for Reading Materials for your Term Paper

Keyword search

Subject search

Too many items– Limit the search

Search for local TV Programmes

Example – I do not know the Name of the Author / Title of the Book

Question: I am writing a paper abouttranslation of Chinese poetry. My Lecturer toldme that there is a Lingnan Master Thesis in2003 about translation of some Chinese poetries.How can I find it?

Answer: Search the Library Catalogue bykeywords, limit / sort by year and materialtypes. There are different material types andone of it is Lingnan Thesis.

Under Keyword Search, you canlimit results to Chinese or English;Books or Journals; SpecialMaterial Types; Between certainYears; Sorting Orders and More …

My Library Account, Online Renewals, SMS Alert Service

HKALL – Borrowing from other Local Libraries

HKALL = Hong Kong Academic Library Link(香港高校圖書聯網) allows you to request for booksnot available at Lingnan but available at HKU, CUHK,HKUST, PolyU, CityU, HKBU or HKIEd -- delivered toLingnan normally within 3 working days

http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/cat/hkall /

Quota:

Up to 10 requests at the same time

Up to 10 books at the same time

Library Catalogue vs Electronic Databases

Library Catalogue

Allows you to search for all kinds of library materialssuch as books, journals, AV materials, etc.

Electronic Databases

e-books, book chapters, academic journal articles,

news articles, statistics, glossaries and definitions, etc

Full-text Databases - contains the partial or complete textof works, such as articles, books, poems, and essays.

Bibliographic Databases - contains descriptiveinformation (citation and subject headings) for publications,such as books, periodical articles, & governmentdocuments, etc.