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Overview Making the best out of the Library begins at the Library home page

Using Library Catalogue and Other Library Resources Make sure you know Basic Searches – Author, Title Using Keywords and Boolean Operators Understand the Status Codes, Locations and Call Number System Check your Circulation Records, Online Renewals, SMS Alerts, New Book Alerts Limit / Sort Functions 3

Example One – If I already Know the Author ’ s Name Question: I want to read the book written by Bill Gates in What should I do? Answer: Search the Library Catalogue by name of Author. But you need to search by placing the Surname in front of the Given Names. 4

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Example Two – I do not know the Name of the Author / Title of the Book Question: I am writing a paper about translation of Chinese poetry. My Lecturer told me that there is a Lingnan Master Thesis in 2003 about translation of some Chinese poetries. How can I find it? Answer: Search the Library Catalogue by keywords, limit / sort by year and material types. There are different material types and one of it is Lingnan Thesis. 7

8 Under Keyword / Phrase Search, you can Limit Results to Chinese or English; Books or Journals; Special Material Types; Between certain Years; Sorting Orders and More …

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Course Reserve Course Reserve by Instructor or Course (RES) 10

Finding Readings on your Reading List HINTS: the Library Catalogue can only be searched by book author, book title, journal title, etc.  Therefore, article titles, title and author of a chapter in the book usually are not searchable Example: You are asked to read the followings: Michel Oksenberg, “Will China Democratize?” Journal of Democracy, 9:1, Jan. 1998:

12 Search article title “Will China Democratize” has NO MATCHES Example: Michel Oksenberg, “Will China Democratize?” Journal of Democracy, 9:1, Jan. 1998:27-34.

13 Need to Search for the Journal title “Journal of Democracy” instead Example: Michel Oksenberg, “Will China Democratize?” Journal of Democracy, 9:1, Jan. 1998:27-34.

HKALL – Borrowing from other Local Libraries HKALL = Hong Kong Academic Library Link ( 香港高 校圖書聯網 ) allows you to request for books not available at Lingnan but available at HKU, CUHK, HKUST, PolyU, CityU, HKBU or HKIEd -- delivered to Lingnan normally within 3 working days HKALL Quota: Up to 5 requests at the same time Up to 10 books at the same time 14

15 Online renewal /View Your Library Account

Using Electronic Databases Key Databases ProQuest, Ebscohost, Wisenews, Factiva, LexisNexis, 中 國期刊網 Find Databases by Subject, Types, Keyword Searches Webbridge: Linking up Library-paid Databases and Full-text Contents 16

Past Examination Papers, Local TV Programmes … Lingnan Exam Papers from 1993 on, but instructors can withhold the release of papers Local TV Programs: New Books / Movies

Library Booking Systems 18

Library Toolbar 19 With the Library Toolbar, you can Access Many Library and University Functions instantly

Survival Guide for New Students 20

Getting Help General Enquiries Integrated Helpdesk at Information Commons (1/F, Library) Tel: Ask A Librarian (Electronic Reference) Contact Us FAQ ntly_Asked_Questions_About_the_Library ntly_Asked_Questions_About_the_Library 21

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