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 Library Online Catalogue › Find books, journals, AV, etc. › How to get access? 3

 Question: Search for the book: Boone, L. E. & Kurtz, D. L. (2006). Contemporary business Australia : Thomson/South- Western.  Answer: Search the Library Catalogue by title: contemporary business

5  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. Be sure to search by placing the SURNAME in front of the first name.

 Question: I want to find books for my research project on Hong Kong’s Banking industry?  Answer: Conduct a key word search on banking and hong kong. Click “Modify Search” to limit the search terms in “Subject” and publication year after

Use Lingnan / password to login  Check for your borrowing records.  Make online renewal.  Check your reading history.  Register for SMS Alert Service to receive library notices. 7

 General Search Tips for the Library Catalogue :  About My Library Account: ary_account ary_account  About Library Catalogue: 8

 1-Search: A new discovery tool to search for all kinds of materials including journal articles, book chapters, books, AV and more. 9

 1-Search is a simple and fast search engine that helps you discover and access relevant information in the Library's Collections. It is a good place to find books, scholarly journals, newspaper articles, e-books, theses and dissertations, videos, etc. through a single search box. 10

 Question: I am looking for journal articles for my research project about the development of internet banking in China.  Answer: Conduct a key word/advanced key word search in 1-Search. › The Boolean Operators AND, OR and NOT must be written in ALL CAPS. › Words in a specific order use " ". e.g. “Internet banking" 11

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13  Bankscope -- Includes detailed spreadsheet data (balance sheet and income statement), ownership information (shareholders and subsidiaries), Reuters news articles, ratings and rating. Bankscope  Compustat & CRSP via WRDS -- A comprehensive web-based business data management system which provides a variety of financial, economic and marketing data sources. Compustat & CRSP via WRDS  OSIRIS -- A comprehensive database of financial information, ratings, earnings estimates, stock data and news on global listed companies. OSIRIS  EconLit -- EconLit is the American Economic Association's electronic database and the foremost source of references to economic literature containing more than 630,000 records covering 1969-present. EconLit

 Datastream (English) – Global equity / listed companies information. Datastream (English)  Bloomberg Terminal – It provides real-time and historical pricing, indicative data, reporting, research, estimates, analytics, portfolio management tools, electronic trading and order management systems, multimedia events and electronic communications to the users. Bloomberg Terminal  Wind 資訊金融終端 (Chinese) – China equity / fund / bond / macro economics database. Wind 資訊金融終端 (Chinese)  CSMAR (Chinese & English) – Company financial information and trading statistics of listed companies in China. CSMAR (Chinese & English)  CEIC Premium China Database = 中國經濟數據庫 - Extensive coverage of over 250,000 statistical data series of China on national, provincial and municipal level. CEIC Premium China Database = 中國經濟數據庫  *RatingsDirect: Provides real-time access to integrated credit research, market information, and risk analytics. *RatingsDirect 14

15 HKALL Inter Library Loan

 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 10 books at the same time  User Guide: 16

 JULAC Card: › JULAC Library (Borrower) Cardholders can access and borrow items from other UGC Libraries. › Apply online at: estination=/services/library-forms/julac estination=/services/library-forms/julac 17

 Bookings can be make for the following › Discussion Rooms › Individual Study Rooms › CD-ROM / Database Workstations › Microfilm Workstations › Multimedia Booths  If you are off-campus, please log in to ITSC VPN service prior to access the booking system. ITSC VPN service 18

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 Like the convenience with the Google Toolbar or Yahoo! Toolbar? Quick searches and instant access to often used Library and University functions are readily available by installing the Lingnan University Library Toolbar: › › Available for both IE and Firefox web browsers. 20

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