Dragon (HKUL Catalogue)

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1 Dragon (HKUL Catalogue) (A) (B) (C) (D) Why Dragon? Find a Book Find a Journal Article Keyword Search (I) Build a Keyword Search Statement (II) Exercise (III) Evaluate and Focus: Subject Search (IV) Evaluate and Focus: New Keyword Search September

2 A Why Dragon? VS Content More focused set: Includes books, journals, audio-visual materials in the HKUL Very huge set: Includes Dragon plus many HKUL subscribed full text articles Search features More sophisticated Simple Coverage of HKUL subscribed resources All catalogued resources in HKUL Does not cover all HKUL subscribed resources. Especially weak in legal and Chinese materials View your Circulation Record Renew books online, check the status of your requested items and display your reading history. New Acquisitions List New additions to the library collection over the past 4 weeks. Other Library Catalogues Search library catalogues of libraries in Hong Kong. Search Features Search for materials (both print and electronic) in the Main Library and all branch libraries of HKUL. HKALL Provides simultaneous search of the 8 local university libraries and request for the delivery of books held in them. 2

3 B Find a Book Kapferer, J.-N., & Kapferer, J.-N. (2008). The new strategic brand management: Creating and sustaining brand equity long term. London: Kogan Page. Printed Book Call number: Location: /F., Main Library, ( Wing) Available on the shelf? Yes No Title of Chapter 3: E - Book Open the e-book. Go to chapter 4 (page 65). Find the paragraph and fill in the blank. Distributors brand are on the rise everywhere, and now dominate the market in many so-called mass consumption categories. For example, in France the market of self service packaged ham is tonnes a year. How to locate the printed book?

4 C Find a Journal Article Chamberlain, L. B. (2009). The amazing teen brain: what every child advocate needs to know. ABA Child law practice, 28(2), 17-18, Select Title search Article not found in Find@HKUL 2. Enter journal title 3. Check Lib Has: Does it cover the issue we need? 4. If yes, click to start searching... 4

5 D Keyword Search Keyword search finds in all searchable fields in Dragon. Author Title Table of contents Summary Subjects 5

6 (I) Build a Keyword Search Statement Building a search statement is just 3 steps away See how this works! Topic: Controlling one s diet to lose weight 1. Analyse the topic The two major concepts are diet and lose weight 2. Brainstorm for related terms Find synonyms for each of the concepts. Concept 1: Concept 2: diet lose weight Related terms diet food habits weight loss slimming 3. Build the search statement (diet* or food habit*) and (slimming or weight loss) Insert the Boolean operators: Truncate appropriate terms Insert brackets to Or: connect related terms * for 1-5 characters group concepts together And: connect terms on different concepts ** for > 1 character Boolean Search Statement Finds Purpose Or internet or web Records with either term Broaden a search And internet and commerce Records with both terms Narrow down a search And Not web and not spider Exclude the term from the search Narrow down a search 6

7 (II) Exercise: Keyword Search Topic: Films in China I would like to have English books published between 2009 and 2013, and housed in the Main Library. 1. Analyze the topic The two concepts are films and China 2. Brainstorm for related terms Related terms Concept 1: Concept 2: films China 3. Write the search statement 4. Search 1. Select search field 2. Enter search statement 3. Select boolean operator 4. Specify the limit criteria: Year: After 2008 and before 2014 Material Type: Book Language: English Location: Main Library Sort results by: Alphabetical 7

8 5. Evaluate the results Examine the following two titles Title A: 101 essential Chinese movies (2010) Relevant Not so relevant Title B: Kaleidoscope : history of Hong Kong comics exhibition (2011) Relevant Not so relevant Some guidelines for evaluation Currency - Timeliness of the information. Accuracy and Authority - Reliability and correctness of the content. Relevance - Relatedness to your topic. Equitable and Impartial - Whether it s fact, opinion or propaganda. Search Extension Tools Share in social bookmarking tools e.g. Facebook, Twitter & more Request books from other local university libraries Discover the collection at HKUL in one go Send book details to your mobile Display citation in different styles Scan QR code with your mobile to save call number 8

9 (III) Evaluate and Focus: Subject Search 1. What s this book about? Examine the LC Subject.? (A) Poultry industry in Minsk (B) Brain teaser problems on mathematical physics 2. How to find more relevant books? (A) Click on the Subject Term (B) Do a keyword search Chicken and Minsk 9

10 (IV) Evaluate and Focus: New Keyword Search 1. What s this book about?? (A) Teaching strategies to foster creativity, critical thinking and communication (B) Teaching strategies for gifted children 2. How to find more relevant books? Refer to the LC Subjects. Use those terms to build a keyword search statement. (A) Effective teaching and creative thinking (B) Effective teaching or (creative ability and critical thinking and communication) (C) Effective teaching and (creative ability or critical thinking or communication) (D) Students skills or creative or critical or communication 10