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 Overviews of research activities done by scholars/subject experts Identify gaps in the literature Write down a list of “doable” topics Ecosystem management of forest Soil 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 cooperation Transportation of energy Water resources Wind 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-journals Finding newspaper articles Finding photos/ pictures on the Internet SOURCES 4. Searching

Truncation Truncation 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 search Phrase 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. Wildcard Wildcard Useful to find words in different spelling, singular/plural form Represent zero or a single character Combining the use of AND, OR, AND NOT Combining 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) ( 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

Proximity Proximity 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 conservation energy released by motion XXXXXXXXXXX 。 XXXXXX XXXXXXXX conservation of old buildings XXXX 。 E.g. energy AND conservation energy released by motion XXXXXXXXXXX 。 XXXXXX XXXXXXXX conservation of old buildings XXXX 。 LOW ACCURACY E.g. energy conservation (phrase) XX energy conservation ， XXXXX 。 XXXXX ， XXXXX XXX ， XXXXXXXXXX 。 In XXXXX XXXXXX 。 E.g. energy conservation (phrase) XX energy conservation ， XXXXX 。 XXXXX ， XXXXX XXX ， XXXXXXXXXX 。 In XXXXX XXXXXX 。 TOO RESTRICTIVE E.g. energy within 3 conservation energy in urgent conservation need 。 XXXXX ， XXXX ， XXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX 。 XXXXXXXXX X ， XXXXX conservation of energy XXXXXX 。 XXXX 。 E.g. energy within 3 conservation energy in urgent conservation need 。 XXXXX ， XXXX ， XXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX 。 XXXXXXXXX X ， XXXXX conservation of energy XXXXXX 。 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 Subject in Computer software 1 2 Relevant to “ecosystem” in geography context Keyword search: S: ecosystem* Subject in Ecosystem management

Field Search Field 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 Interviews E.g. (president? AND united states) AND s:(interviews or 訪問錄 ) E.g. bush AND s:interviews Finding Documentary Programs E.g. AND 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 E.g. s:(hong kong OR 香港 ) AND s:(social survey* OR poll? OR public opinion* OR 調查 ) AND 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 Speeches E.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: (Under “Statistics by Subject” & “Social Topics Studies”) Census & Statistics Dept. Thematic Household Survey Report Environmental Protection Dept. Hong Kong. Environmental Statistics at: Social Related Statistics Hidden in Somewhere UNOFFICIAL STATISTICS HIDDEN 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.

AND: use when both A& B concepts are needed to narrow down your search OR: use with synonyms to increase search result AND NOT: use when some related concepts are excluded Use Brackets to specify search order Use of renewable energy Environmental problems Keyword(s) for Gp1: “use of renewable energy” EXPAND the search by: TRUNCATION Using OR to combine SYNONYMS: To expand the search Use of Renewable Energy really solves the environmental problems in China? Phrase search may result in NO or TOO FEW RECORDS Develop Your Search Strategy Scenario : (wind OR solar energy) AND (environmental protection OR environmental impact OR sustainable development) AND More SPECIFIC terms China Concept 1: Concept 2: Concept 3: BREAK DOWN the topic into concepts: THREE CONCEPTS are involved Keyword(s) for Gp2: (environment * protection OR environment * impact OR sustainable development) =>USE “renewable energy” OR “renewable resource” Xin Jiang More SPECIFIC place Keyword(s) for Gp3: China

Concepts Needed Group 1Group 2Group 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 Renewable energy OR Renewable resource Environmental protection OR Environmental impact Sustainable development china Group 1A Wind, 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 1Group 2Group 3 Renewable energy Renewable resource Environmental protection Environmental impact Sustainable development china Group 1A Wind, 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 3A Xin Jiang

* Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management m indexes over 5980 scientific journals, conference proceedings, reports, and monographs in environmental sciences from 1967 onwards m thesaurus m 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 m covers international literature in physical and human geography from over 2000 journals, monographs, books, conference proceedings reports, and theses. * Conference Papers Index m Provides citations to papers presented at major scientific meetings around the world since m Subject emphasis since 1995 has been in life sciences, and environmental sciences.

Major Electronic Resources in GEOG Current 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 m About 2 e-journals in “Geography”, “Population studies m About 12 e-journals in “Asian studies” m Full-text * JSTOR m 6 e-journals in “Ecology” m 8 e-journals in “Geography” m 9 e-journals in “Population studies” m The earliest back issue dated back to 1876 m Historical study of a subject

* China Journal Net 中國期刊網 m 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。 m CAJ viewer m PDF file Chinese e-Resources China Journal Net 中國期刊網 (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) – 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 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 m Chinese & English journals from China, HK & Taiwan from 1991 m 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 之論文篇目 * 中國統計數據庫 (China InfoBank) m Phrase search e.g. 可再生能源 m Boolean operators ( 全部字詞命中 =AND, 任意字詞命中 =OR, 全部字詞不出現 =NOT) m 在前次結果中檢索 * 中文科技期刊數據庫 m 傳統檢索, 高級檢索, 分類檢索 m 全文下載 m 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 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