finding journal articles @ hku

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Why journal articles ?

(A) Information timeline p.2

- Exercise 1: What would you choose? p.2

You’ve 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.16-17

Related library services

- Interlibrary Loan Services p.18

- Endnote@HKU p.18

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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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

You’ve 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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You’ve got an

A journal article citation

You will find ...

You need journal information

Title 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

Print-Journal


Electronic-Journal

personality and individual differences

Article Citation !

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You’ve 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

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) Down’s syndrome

A journal article citation

You will find ...

You need journal information

Title Search in Dragon

Print-Journal

Electronic-Journal

Article Citation !

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You’ve 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.

User Authentication

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Enter your HKU Portal ID and PIN

Title Search By the journal title NOT article title

e.g. Journal of organizational change management

Title Search

By the newspaper title NOT article title

e.g. National post

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Research Topic ...


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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Research Topic ...


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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Research Topic ...


● 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

Topic: Emotional Intelligence at the Workplace

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Research Topic ...


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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Research Topic ...


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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Research Topic ...


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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Research Topic ...


1. Full text available online

2. Full text not available (a) Full text match in Find It@HKUL (b) No full text match in Find It@HKUL

Check if HKUL has a print subscription. (Note: Same procedure as in Exercise 2)

Step 6: Get the articles

The Missing Link: Using

Emotional Intelligence to

Reduce Workplace Stress...

Predicting Safety Related

Attitudes in the Workplace

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Research Topic ...


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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Research Topic ...


Thesaurus (Cont’d)

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.

- Useful if your research topic spans for months or years.

How to set up email alerts?

Step 1: Go to the Alerts page, click on Search History

Step 2: Select Save Searches / Alerts

Step 3: Create a new account

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Handy tools!

Step 4: Set up email alerts

You will be notified by email when new articles match your search statement.

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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

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Interlibrary 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) 中國期刊網

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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Summary

finding journal articles @ hku

Documents

article available

electronicjournal personality

b printjournal

individual differences

factual information

specific information

research topic

different citation styles