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Library Workshop for Preparation of Honours Project
Research Strategies
April 2006
Collecting information effectively for Geography resources
Overview of Research Process
1. Think of “Doable” Topics Generate ideas from the Honours
projects done by the graduates <Library’s Honours Project Databa
se if your dept. participated> Overviews of research activities d
one by scholars/subject experts Identify gaps in the literature Write down a list of “doable” topics
Ecosystem management of forestSoil quality and pollution in China
Sustainable land use in deserts
Renewable energy resources in China
Overview of Research Process
2. Develop your Research Focus
International cooperationTransportation
of energy
Water resourcesWind
energy
What kind of renewable resources?
A “Doable” Topic: Renewable energy resources in China Ask yourself questions on what interest you to know more?
Renewable energy resources in China
Example: Creating more pollution problem by using wind energy?
Energy production & conservation
Which province
?
Solving pollution problem?
Environmental impact
assessment
Overview of Research Process
3. Identify Appropriate Resources Do you need pictorial works/ photos?
Do you need current articles or historical articles?
Do you need literary criticism/ book review articles?
Do you need statistics? Do you need government documents? Do you need survey and polling
results?
Finding books in the Library Catalogue
Finding journal articles in e-databases/ e-journalsFinding newspaper articles
Finding photos/ pictures on the Internet
SOURCES
4. Searching
TruncationTruncation Useful to find words in variant forms Search all words that start with the same characters Represent multiple characters Placement of truncation symbol is significant
Phrase searchPhrase search To search multiple keywords as an exact phrase
E.g. social role With limitations
e.g. “environmental policy of China” CANNOT find titles with “China’s environmental policy”, “environmental protection in China”, etc.
WildcardWildcard Useful to find words in different spelling, singular/plural form Represent zero or a single character
Combining the use of AND, OR, AND NOTCombining the use of AND, OR, AND NOT Useful to narrow down, expand your search To exclude unwanted concepts Use brackets to set search priority
cultur* VS cult*
cultur* VS cult*
Behavio?r Wom?n
Behavio?r Wom?n
China AND (environmental policy OR environmental protection)
China AND (environmental policy OR environmental protection)
(conservation OR environmental protection) AND natural resource* AND NOT manage*
(conservation OR environmental protection) AND natural resource* AND NOT manage*
Search Techniques – A Summary
Keyword Search VS Subject Search:Keyword Search VS Subject Search:
Search Techniques - Revision
Subject Search:
Environmental impact analysis
Roads – Environmental aspects
Keyword Search:
Environmental impact assessment
Keyword search
Subject search
ProximityProximity To set how close between two search terms Useful in free text search Useful in giving flexibility to search proper noun
Search Techniques - New
E.g. energy AND conservationenergy released by motionXXXXXXXXXXX。 XXXXXXXXXXXXXX conservation ofold buildings XXXX。
E.g. energy AND conservationenergy released by motionXXXXXXXXXXX。 XXXXXXXXXXXXXX conservation ofold buildings XXXX。
LOW ACCURACY
E.g. energy conservation (phrase)XX energy conservation,XXXXX。 XXXXX, XXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX。 InXXXXX XXXXXX。
E.g. energy conservation (phrase)XX energy conservation,XXXXX。 XXXXX, XXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX。 InXXXXX XXXXXX。
TOO RESTRICTIVE
E.g. energy within 3 conservationenergy in urgent conservationneed。 XXXXX, XXXX, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX。 XXXXXXXXXX, XXXXX conservation of energyXXXXXX。 XXXX。
E.g. energy within 3 conservationenergy in urgent conservationneed。 XXXXX, XXXX, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX。 XXXXXXXXXX, XXXXX conservation of energyXXXXXX。 XXXX。
MORE FLEXIBILITY
Field Search (Keyword=XXX)Field Search (Keyword=XXX) To search the keyword in a particular field To avoid retrieving irrelevant records
Search Techniques - New
Keyword search:
Ecosystem*
Irrelevant to “ecosystem” in geography context
Irrelevant to “ecosystem” in geography context
Subject in Computer software
1
2
Relevant to “ecosystem” in geography context
Relevant to “ecosystem” in geography context
Keyword search:
S: ecosystem*
Subject in Ecosystem management
Field SearchField Search To search the keyword in a particular field Example: s=subject, t=title, a=author
E.g. 朱鎔基 and s: 傳記E.g. (s: 江澤民 OR Jiang Zemin) including
評論 / 思想研究 , etc.
Applications
Biographical Information/ Works ABOUT a person
Finding InterviewsE.g. (president? AND united states) AND s:(int
erviews or 訪問錄 )
E.g. bush AND s:interviews
Finding Documentary Programs
E.g. <country> AND <topic> AND s:statistic*
E.g. 中國 AND ( 農村 OR 鄉鎮 ) AND s: 統計
Statistics
E.g. (a:bbc) AND globalization in <Multimedia>
E.g. s:(hong kong OR 香港 ) AND s:(social survey* OR poll? OR public opinion* OR 調查 ) AND <topic>
E.g. a:( 香港青年協會 OR hong kong federation of youth groups) AND (value? OR 人生觀 OR 價值觀 OR 理想 )
Finding Surveys and Reports
Finding SpeechesE.g. s:(speeches or quotations or 格言 or 語錄 or 演講集 ) AND s: ( 胡適 or Hu Shi)
OFFICIAL STATISTICS Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics ( 香港統計年刊 ) Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics ( 香港統計月刊 ) Hong Kong Social and Economic Trends ( 香港社會及經濟趨勢 ) Census & Statistics Dept. Hong Kong Statistics (Online) at: http://www.censtatd.gov.hk/
(Under “Statistics by Subject” & “Social Topics Studies”) Census & Statistics Dept. Thematic Household Survey Report Environmental Protection Dept. Hong Kong. Environmental Statistics at:
http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/english/resources_pub/envir_info/envir_info.html
Social Related Statistics Hidden in Somewhere
UNOFFICIAL STATISTICSHIDDEN QUESTIONNAIRES Non-profit organizations
SELECTED ORGANIZATIONS
基督教家庭服務中心香港社會服務聯會香港明愛長春社etc.
Concepts Needed Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Skills: 1. Grouping keywords together
2. Combination of groups of keywords
Concepts Needed? - Synonyms
Develop Search Strategies
Use of Renewable Energy solves the environmental problems in China?
#1 (renewable energy OR renewable resource)
#2 (environmental protection OR environment impact OR sustainable development)
Group 1 + Group 2
#3 china
Group 1 + Group 3#1 (renewable energy OR renewable resource)AND AND
Renewable energy ORRenewable resource
Environmental protection OR
Environmental impact
Sustainable development
china
Group 1AWind, solar energy, geothermal, tidal, biomass
Concepts Needed? - Synonyms
Develop Search Strategies
Use of Renewable Energy solves the environmental problems in China?
#1 (wind OR solar energy)
#2 (environmental protection OR environment impact OR sustainable development)
Group 1A + Group 2
Concepts Needed Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Renewable energyRenewable resource
Environmental protection
Environmental impact
Sustainable development
china
Group 1AWind, solar energy, geothermal, tidal, biomass
Skills: 1. Too many records=>Narrow Down the search
2. Too few records=>Broaden the search
#2 (environmental protection OR environment impact OR sustainable development)
Group 1A + Group 2+ Group 3A#1 (wind OR solar energy)
#3 Xinjiang
Group 3AXin Jiang
* Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management
indexes over 5980 scientific journals, conference proceedings, reports, and monographs in environmental sciences from 1967 onwards
thesaurus Link to full-text e-journals subscribed
by HKBU
Major Electronic Resources in GEOG
Subject Related Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Geography TOXLINE Conference Papers Index * Geography
covers international literature in physical and human geography from over 2000 journals, monographs, books, conference proceedings reports, and theses.
* Conference Papers Index Provides citations to papers
presented at major scientific meetings around the world since 1982.
Subject emphasis since 1995 has
been in life sciences, and environmental sciences.
Major Electronic Resources in GEOGCurrent Events WiseNews Lexis-Nexis Academic HK TV Programs Db.
Full-text Databases Academic Research Library Academic Search Elite
E-Books/E-Journals NetLibrary Project Muse JSTOR
* Project Muse
About 2 e-journals in “Geography”, “Population studies
About 12 e-journals in “Asian studies”
Full-text
* JSTOR
6 e-journals in “Ecology”
8 e-journals in “Geography”
9 e-journals in “Population studies”
The earliest back issue dated back to 1876
Historical study of a subject
* China Journal Net 中國期刊網 covers all aspects of the study of Chinese & English core journals 收錄中、英文核心期刊和專業期刊 5,000 余种,
收錄時間由 1994 年開始。
CAJ viewer
PDF file
Chinese e-Resources China Journal Net 中國期刊網 1994-
(Big5 or GB) ( 全文數據庫 –社會科學專輯 : 人口學與
計劃生育 )
中國期刊題錄數據庫 (GB) – http://www.cnki.net
理工 A 輯 : 地球科學、天文學 ;理工 B 輯 : 能源、環境科學 ;
理工 C 輯 : 交通運輸、水利工程 ;農業專輯 : 林業、農業、水產、漁業
中華民國期刊論文索引影像系統 1991-
中國統計數據庫 (China InfoBank)
• 中文科技期刊數據庫 – 生物科學專輯全文 (GB)
* 中華民國期刊論文索引影像系統
2700+ Chinese & English journals from China, HK & Taiwan from 1991
收錄 1991 年以來館藏台灣及 部份港澳地區出版的中西文 學術期刊學報 2700+ 之論文篇目
* 中國統計數據庫 (China InfoBank)
Phrase search e.g. 可再生能源 Boolean operators ( 全部字詞命中 =AND, 任意字詞命中 =OR, 全部字詞不出現 =NOT) 在前次結果中檢索
* 中文科技期刊數據庫 傳統檢索 , 高級檢索 , 分類檢索 全文下載
VIP browser / PDF file
Chinese Electronic Resources
How to Create your Bibliography?
: Campus-wide Web-based Bibliographic
Management Tool
Functions:• Import references directly from major databases available through the Library homepage and the Library Catalogue or from text files, or enter references manually.• Create personal folders and organize references into folders for different topics• Format in-text citations• Create bibliographies in a variety of citation styles including APA, MLA, and Chicago.
• Access your references from any location via the Web
Unit 2.2: Citing Information Resources @Library Tutorials
Apply for a Temp. Reader's Card HK$50 per application valid for 3 months, non-renewable endorsement from supervisor; interview
Request books that our Library does not hold or that have been checked out, but that are held by other libraries with the status "AVAILABLE" through Hong Kong Academic Library Link (HKALL)
Online Interlibrary Loan Request First 20 articles per academic year free of charge Web-based HKBU ILL System
First-time user registration Keep track of the status of requests online Retrieve electronic articles on desktop HK$5 charge for each additional article filled by local libraries.
Access to Resources Beyond HKBU Library –Final-Year
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