LIB110: Locating Full-text Journal Articles Library University Library Sep

Find a Special Article from a Journal Library Online Catalogue E-journal Portal Example: Geva, N., Mayhar, J., & Skorick, J. M. (2000). The cognitive calculus of foreign policy decision making: An experimental assessment. The Journal of Conflict Resolution, 44(4), pp

Library Online Catalogue Full text articles can be accessed online via 2 electronic platforms (ProQuest & JSTOR) Geva, N., Mayhar, J., & Skorick, J. M. (2000). The cognitive calculus of foreign policy decision making: An experimental assessment. The Journal of Conflict Resolution, 44(4), pp

E-journal Portal You can : 1. Search by journal title; 2. Check alphabetical list; 3. Browse journals by Subjects. 4

Search Strategies (1) Use appropriate resources ▫Library catalogue – various books, journals, video programs, etc. available at the LibraryLibrary catalogue ▫Electronic databases – e-books, book chapters, academic journal articles, news articles, statistics, glossaries and definitions, etc.Electronic databases  Full-text Databases - contains partial or complete text of works, such as articles, books, etc.  Citation Databases - contains descriptive information (citation and subject headings) for publications, such as books, periodical articles, etc. ▫Internet resources – facts, news, organizational information, statistics…Internet resources 5

Search Strategies (2) Identify main concepts ▫Main concepts can be the name of an author or key words of title ▫E.g. Media and politics in Hong Kong media; politics; hong kong Choice of search words (related key terms/ synonyms) 1.media, journalism, etc. 2.politics, political, etc. 3.hong kong, hongkong, hk 6

Search Strategies (3) Use appropriate operators (AND / OR / NOT) and wildcards (e.g. *, !) ▫AND: searches records that mention both search terms, this narrows the search  e.g. media and hong kong ( 必須同時出現 ) ▫OR: finds records in which one or both search terms appear, this broadens the search  e.g. media or journalism ( 只要任何一個出現 ) ▫NOT: finds records in which search term after NOT does not appear, this narrows the search  e.g. media not hong kong (NOT 後面的字詞不出現 ) 7

Search Strategies (4) Wildcards / Truncation: retrieves all variant endings of that word ▫EBSCOhost: * ▫ProQuest: * ▫LexisNexis Academic: ! ▫OPAC: * e.g. journali* -- retrieves all words that start with JOURNALI such as journalist, journalism, journalistic, etc. 8

Search Strategies (5) ( )Parentheses: gives priority and order in the search statement e.g. (media or journalism) and hong kong Be prepared to narrow / expand your search results by using database-specific features / changing your keywords 9

 Access:  Full Text Databases ▫ProQuest, EBSCOhost, WiseNews, Factiva, LexisNexis, Emerald, JSTOR, 中國期刊全文數據庫  Citation Databases ▫Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA), MLA International Bibliography, EconLit, Sociological Abstracts  Find Databases by Subjects  WebBridge: Linking up Library-paid Databases and Full-text Contents 10 Using Electronic Databases

1-Search A more powerful search engine behind: The 1-Search 11

1-Search One single search box Many different types of contents Facet refine At the testing stage Welcome to try Report problems to us User Guide: d/1-search/1-search_guide.pdf d/1-search/1-search_guide.pdf 12

Example : If I want to find journal articles for my research project Question: I am looking for journal articles for my research project about Internet Banking in Hong Kong. Answer: Conduct a keyword search in 1-Search. Tips:  The Boolean Operators AND, OR and NOT must be written in ALL CAPS.  Words in a specific order use " ". e.g. “internet banking" 13

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Google Scholar (1) A freely-accessible web search engine indexes the full-text of scholarly literature across disciplines.scholarly literature Modify the Scholar Preference in Google Scholar Access: 15

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