Library Workshop for Preparation of Honours Project Research Strategies March 2007 Collecting information effectively for Humanities resources

Overview of Research Process 1. Starting Points Previous work done by the graduates Departmental Web site at _curriculum_honpro.htm _curriculum_honpro.htm HKBU Faculty and Staff Papers and Reports Catalogue Identify gaps in the literature, other areas that worth of exploration General background of the topic 2. Research Focus 1.Discuss with your professor 2.Is your topic too broad? Consider a narrower scope 3.Write down your research questions

Overview of Research Process 3. Identify Appropriate Resources Depending on your needs: Do you need pictorial works/ photos/ads? Do you need literary criticism/ book review/ film review articles? Do you need current articles or historical articles? Do you need interviews? Do you need 人物評論 ? Finding books in the Library Catalogue Finding journal articles in e-databases/ e-journals Finding newspaper articles Finding photos/ pictures on the Internet SOURCES

Information Scenario Exercise: Scenario #1: you want to know about theories of gender communication Scenario #2: you want information that discusses gender identity and stereotypes Scenario #3: you want information on the criticism or comments on women stereotypes in Virginia Woolf’s fiction

Information Scenario Exercise: Scenario #1: you want to know about theories of gender communication Scenario #2: you want information that discusses gender identity and stereotypes Scenario #3: you want information on the criticism or comments on women stereotypes in Virginia Woolf’s fiction Searching Tool: Lib. Catalogue Searching Tool: Databases Searching Tool: Book Review/ Journal Catalogue/ Database/ Internet

Search Option Exercise: Scenario #1: you want to find out works written by Virginia Woolf. Which search option in the Library Catalogue would you use? Scenario #2: you want to find information written about Virginia Woolf say her biography, criticism on her work. Which search option in the Library Catalogue would you use?

Search Option Exercise: Scenario #1: you want to find out works written by Virginia Woolf. Which search option in the Library Catalogue would you use? Scenario #2: you want to find information written about Virginia Woolf say her biography, criticism on her work. Which search option in the Library Catalogue would you use? Search Option: Author Search Option: Subject

Keyword Search Skills

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. discourse analysis With limitations e.g. “social role of women” CANNOT find titles with “Social status of women”, “Women’s social role”, 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 social role AND (wom?n OR female) (wom?n OR female) AND social role AND NOT Taiwan Search Techniques – A Summary

Ideological Ideologist Ideology Ideologies Where would you put the * truncation symbol? Ideological Ideologist Ideology Ideologies Where would you put the * truncation symbol? Search Techniques – A Quiz on using “Truncation” Critic Critics Critical Criticism CriticizeWhere would you put the * truncation symbol? Critic Critics Critical Criticism CriticizeWhere would you put the * truncation symbol?

Identify Key Words in your Topic: Identify Key Words in your Topic: What are the KEY terms? 2 Research on: The relationship of popular culture and the Internet Search Techniques – Exact Phrase VS Identify the KEY Terms How many records can you find in the library catalogue by using the exact phrase? 1

Identify Key Words in your Topic: Identify Key Words in your Topic: What are the KEY terms? 1 Research on: A critical study on the changes of herbal tea shops in Hong Kong Search Techniques – Exact Phrase VS Identify the KEY Terms Combine the KEY terms using “AND” 2 Note: Always look for the “subject headings” listed in the records to link to related items on the topic.

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: Social role Irrelevant to “social role” in humanities context Irrelevant to “social role” in humanities context Subject in community colleges 12 S: social role Keyword search: Relevant to “social role” in humanities context Subject in men, sex role, social role, masculinity

Using Field search in the library catalogue Keyword search: s:(review* or critic* or 文學評論 ) and shakespeare Useful Subject Headings in the Library Catalogue Motion pictures -- Reviews Film criticism Books – Reviews – Indexes Books – Reviews – Periodicals -- 評論 -- 作品 – 文學評論 Book Reviews / TV & Movie Reviews Reviews on popular readings and scholarly resources Academic Search Academic Research Scholarly reviews on films Film Index International Online INTERNET RESOURCES on Reviews + Academic Search + Academic Research m Book review m Entertainment or Television/Movie review m Interview & Speech search m Search for a Person

Develop a Search Strategy

* : variant forms AND: use when both A& B concepts are needed to narrow down your search OR: use with synonyms to expand your search AND NOT: use when some related concepts are excluded Use Brackets to specify search order Identify the main concepts List possible Search terms Combine your search terms appropriately Topic: Homosexual marriage in Hong Kong DEVELOP A SEARCH STRATEGY Homosexual Homosexuality Gay Lesbian Same sex Marriage Wedding Hong Kong Add “additional terms” to narrow down the search HomosexualMarriageHong Kong Option #1: homosexual* AND marriage AND Hong Kong Option #2: (homosexual* OR same sex) AND marriage AND Hong Kong Option #3: (homosexual* OR same sex) AND marriage AND Hong Kong AND (ethic* OR moral)

* : variant forms AND: use when both A& B concepts are needed to narrow down your search OR: use with synonyms to expand your search AND NOT: use when some related concepts are excluded Use Brackets to specify search order Identify the main concepts List possible Search terms Combine your search terms appropriately Exercise: Stereotype of women in the literature DEVELOP A SEARCH STRATEGY

* : variant forms AND: use when both A& B concepts are needed to narrow down your search OR: use with synonyms to expand your search AND NOT: use when some related concepts are excluded Use Brackets to specify search order Identify the main concepts List possible Search terms Combine your search terms appropriately Topic: Stereotype of women in the literature DEVELOP A SEARCH STRATEGY Stereotype Stereotypes Image Characteristics Women Female Feminine Gender Literature Motion pictures StereotypeWomenLiterature Option #1: stereotyp* AND wom?n AND literature Option #2: (stereotyp* OR image*) AND (wom?n OR female) AND Hong Kong

Major Resources

Gale Literary Index a master index to 130+ major literature products published by Gale. use as a starting point to locate authors and titles covered in any volumes Contemporary Writers (maintained by British Council Literature Dept.) searchable database contains up-to-date profiles of some of the UK and Commonwealth's most important living writers Internet Public Library (IPL) Literary Criticism Collection contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works The collection is not inclusive of all the work on the web, only selected sites are covered. The Literature Network A searchable database for over 250 authors Locate a particular quotation by searching through a database of the author’s works. (go to the Author Index) RESOURCES on Literature & Literary Criticism

Useful Subject Headings in the Library Catalogue Chinese literature -- 20th century – History and criticism– Periodicals 文學評論 -- 中國 -- 期刊 文學評論 – 香港 -- 期刊 China Journal Net 中國期刊網 - 文史哲專輯 (1994- ) 期刊論文及評論 香港中文期刊論文索引 在香港出版的中文和雙語期刊提供論文索引，引用的期刊超過三百種。大部份 期刊之索引資料從一九八零年開始，但重要之學術期刊則從創刊號開始。收錄 最早之期刊為香港第一份中文刊物《遐邇貫珍》 ( 一八五三年八月一日出版 ) ，其 中約有二十種期刊授權提供全文影像 。 香港文學資料庫 / 香港文學檔案 有關香港文學的資料庫，除具備多項檢索功能外，資料庫部分條目更附有該文 章之全文。內容包括香港報章文藝版文章、學報及期刊文章、 香港中文大學大 學圖書館之館藏香港文學書刊、及學位論文。 中文電子期刊服務 提供超過 4,000 種不同學科領域的期刊索引資料 當代文學史料系統 台灣國家圖書館收集五十餘年台灣地區 2000 多位當代文學作家之基本資料及生 平傳記, 手稿, 照片, 作品目錄, 評論文獻, 歷屆文學獎得獎紀錄 中華民國期刊論文索引影像系統 (1991-) RESOURCES on Chinese Literature & Literary Criticism

* British Humanities Index m BHI indexes over 320 internationally respected humanities journals and weekly magazines published in the UK and other English speaking countries m thesaurus m Link to full-text e-journals subscribed by HKBU Major Electronic Resources in Humanities Subject Related British Humanities Index ATLA Religion Database Philosopher’s Index ARTBibliographies Modern DAAI: Design and Applied Arts Index * ATLA Religion Database m covers Biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religious perspectives on social issues from m Scriptures Search m Search subject name personal * Philosopher’s Index m covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, logic, and metaphysics from m Person name as subject m Limit your search to lang./document type/ publication date * ARTBibliographies Modern m provides abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, dissertations, and exhibition reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary art from late 19th century * DAAI m articles, news items, and reviews published in design and applied arts periodicals from 1973 onwards

Major Electronic Resources Current Events WiseNews HK, mainland China, Taiwan, Macau news Lexis-Nexis Academic International newspapers HK TV Programs Db. E-Journals Project Muse JSTOR * Project Muse m Over 10 e-journals in “Philosophy” m About 8 e-journals in “Religion” m About 16 e-journals in “Women studies”, “Gay & Lesbian studies”, “Culture & Society” m Full-text * JSTOR m Over 15 e-journals in “Philosophy” m About 15 e-journals in “Language & Literature” m The earliest back issue dated back to 1876 m Historical study of a subject

Research Support

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 Register for a FREE account from ITSC!

Apply for a JULAC Reader Card HK$50 per application expires at the end of the academic year (i.e. 31st July) and renew it in a new academic year endorsement from supervisor 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 (Final Year) 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