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EBSCOHost Research Databases

EBSCOhost is a powerful online reference system accessible via the Internet. The comprehensivedatabases range from multidisciplinary full text collections to subject-specific databases.

I. Access

HKUL Homepage at www.lib.hku.hk > Electronic Resources> Key English E-Resources> EBSCOhost research databases

Off-Campus Access :

1. HKU Staff or Students - EZProxy2. HKU SPACE - SOUL Platform3. Circle of Friends (Platinium -Alumni) - EZProxy

Details please refer to HKUL Homepage > Technical Support > Off-Campus Accesshttp://lib.hku.hk/general/research/connect.html

II. Choose Databases

Academic Search Premier isselected by default.

You may select more than onetitle for searching.

Click on the <Continue> button to proceed.

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Major Resources Available :

Databases Nature Subject Note Relevant

1. Academic Search PremierArticle database( Full Text )

MultidisciplinaryFT from over 3,600peer-reviewedjournals

2. ATLA Religion DatabaseMore than 1.3 millionbibliographic recordsReligion

Article database( Index )

3. Communication & Mass MediaComplete

Article database( Full Text )

Journalism,Communication& Mass Media

FT from over 240journals

5. Econlit EconomicArticle database( Index )

More than 735,000records

6. ERICArticle database( Index ) Education

Over 1,000 educational& education-relatedjournals

4. TOC Premier

Article database

( Table of Contents ) MultidisciplinaryOver 23,000 TOC ofthe most recentlypublished journals

7. Funk & Wagnalls New WorldEncyclopedia

Encyclopedia MultidisciplinaryOver 25,000 articlescovering different areas

8. Library, Information Science& Technology Abstracts

Article database( Abstracts )

Library &Information Sc

More than 600 journals,plus books, reports &proceedings

9. MEDLINEArticle database( Index ) Medical Sciences More than 4,800

journals

10. The Serials Directory DirectoryLibrary &Information Sc

Information & pricingof popular periodicals

11. EBSCO Animals Encyclopedia Biodiversity,Ecology & Zoology

Nature & habitat offamiliar animals

12. CINAHL & Pre-CINAHL

13. SPORTDiscus

Article database( Full Text )

Nursing

Article database( Index )

Sport & FitnessOver 650,000 recordsof articles, books &dissertations

More than 2,500journals

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III. Search Cases

Case #1Locating a publication :

PC Magazine

1. Locate the publication

2. Browse the publication by issues

Click on the issue tobrowse its article list.

Click on the publication title.4

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PC Magazine v.23 n.20 p.43What is the article title ?

Select <Publications>.

Enter thepublicationtitle.

Click<Browse>.

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Case #2Finding an image :

Dolly

1. Find an image

2. Download the image

Click on the image.5

Can you find Dolly's picture? Who is Dolly ?

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dolly

Select <Images>.

Enter your termsin the search box

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Limit your search if necessary.

Click <Search>.

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Case #3Searching journal articles on a topic :

Negotiate with your Customers

1. Analyse the Topic

Concept Negotiate Customers

Related Terms

2. Search by keywords

NegotiateNegotiatingNegotiation

CustomersCustomerConsumersConsumer

Peer Reviewed

Tick "Peer Reviewed"to find articlesassessed by experts.

PeriodicalSelect "Periodical".This will exclude newspaperor magazine articles

Select the appropriateboolean operator.

Click on the Search button.

Enter your terms in thesearch boxes1

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negotiat*customer* or consumer*

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Check HKUL catalogue Link to a full text source, if available in HKUL.

Full text available

3. Evaluate the results

Which record is more reltated to our Topic ? (Hint: Examine their Subject Terms and Abstracts)

4. Modify the search

Here are the Subject Terms from the more related record. Select keywords to modify the search :

Subject Terms: *CONSUMER satisfaction

*CUSTOMER relations

*CUSTOMER services

*NEGOTIATION in business

*CUSTOMER retention

5. Get the articles

From the result list, if the article full text is not found, check against HKUL Catalogue orWebBridge if we have it in the HKU Libraries.

Recrod AManaging Change in Software Process Improvement. Mathiassen, Lars; Ngwenyama, Ojelanki K.;Aaen, Ivan. IEEE Software, Nov/Dec2005, v. 22 no. 6, p.84-91

Record BHow to Lose Customers. Brodsky, Norm. Inc., Jul2005, Vol. 27 Issue 7, p49-50

SU Sujbect Terms

SU Sujbect Terms

4. Modify the search

Here are the Subject Terms from the more related record. Select keywords to modify the search :

Subject Terms: CONSUMERSINVOICES NEGOTIATION in business PRICES SALES personnel SELLING

Record B (amendment)Consumer Persuasion: The Use of Evidence When Negotiating the Price of a New Automobile.Seiter, John S.; Seiter, Debora L. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Apr2005, v.35, p.686-698

SU Sujbect Terms

SU Sujbect Terms

consumers

negotiation

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IV. My EBSCOShost

1. Create a personal account

2. Put items into My Folder

After signing in My EBSCOhost, all marked items are shown in My Folder permanently.

Click on the folderto mark this item.

Marked items areshown in My Folder.

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Click <Sign in my EBSCOhost>.

Select <I'm a new user>.

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3. Save Searches / Alert

4. Sign Out My EBSCOhost

Important

Remember to sign outMy EBSCOhost !!!

AlertsPerform the search automatically and

send the new result list to you by email

SearchesRetrievable in My EBSCOhost

Select <Search History / Alerts>.

Select <Save Searches / Alerts>.

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