1. Library Class for PGDE(S) - Self and Personal Development (Liberal Studies) September 2009

2. Search Skills Covered Today  Local Literature: including organizational reports  Advance Search in Library Catalogue  Local News Articles  Multimedia in HKIEd Library  Internet Resources from HKIEd Library Website  Search the Web  International Literature: including journal articles related to Hong Kong  Search Electronic Databases  Hong Kong Dissertations & Theses Collections (DTC)  Hong Kong Journals Online

3. Local Literature

4. Local Literature: Advanced Search in Library Catalogue

5. e.g. Keyword = 香港 and 青少年 Limit to Material type = book

6. Local Literature: Advanced Search in Library Catalogue Click on “Subject” or “Author” hyperlinks to expand your search results to similar subjects or publications

7. Finding Publications from HK Organizations: Use Subject Headings Search results with subject = “Youth -- China -- Hong Kong ”

8. Finding Publications from HK Organizations: Use Subject Headings Some example are:  Stress management – China – Hong Kong  Bullying – China – Hong Kong  Youth – China – Hong Kong – Attitudes  Youth – China – Hong Kong  Sexual ethics for teenagers  Teenage gamblers – China – Hong Kong  Youth – Employment – China – Hong Kong  Family – Hong Kong  Drug abuse – China – Hong Kong

9. Finding Publications from HK Organizations: Use Author Search Search results with author = “ 突破 ”

10. Finding Publications from HK Organizations: Use Author Search Some examples are:  突破  香港青年協會  香港家庭計劃指導會  香港基督教女青年會  香港小童群益會  香港明愛  防止青少年吸煙委員會  香港基督教服務處  香港社會服務聯會  香港教育專業人員協會

11. Finding Publications from HK Organizations: Use Title Search Search results with Title = “ 靑年研究學報 ”

12. Finding Recommended Readings Use Title Search Recommended Readings:  Human development: general framework: Bee, H. (2000). The developing child (4th ed.). Needham Heights, MA: Ally and Bacon. (p. 463-470)  Relating with Others: Harry, Reis & Gable, S (2003) Toward a positive psychology of relationships. In Keykes, C & Haidt, J (Eds) Flourishing: positive psychology and the life well-lived. Washington D.C.: American Psychological Association.  Culture and Self and Other Development: Luk,YYP. (2001) Competing contexts for developing personal and social education in Hong Kong in Comparative Education, 37 No.1, pp65-87.  Gender and Self and Other development: Wood, J.T. (1997) Gendered lives: Communication, gender and culture. Chapel Hill: Wadsworth.

13. Local News Articles

14. Local News Articles: E-Newspapers Newspaper websites are arranged by Alphabet or by Country

15. Local News Articles: WiseNews Search for Local News Articles Using “WiseSearch”

16. Local News Articles: WiseNews 1. Type in keywords, (Chinese keywords for Chinese articles, English keywords for English articles, e.g. 隱蔽少年 / internet kids 2. Specify the date (Search limited to 3 years) 3. Choose newspaper titles by region, or type in the name of newspaper to search

17. Local News Articles: WiseNews Search Tips Source: http://prd3-libwisesearch.wisers.net/WISENEWS-SHARED/ws/docs/searchtips.en.htm

18. Local Literature: Hands-on  Library Catalogue (Advanced Search) Library Catalogue  Keyword = 香港 and 青少年 + limited to material type = book  Author = 突破  Subject = Family – Hong Kong  Title = Handbook of positive psychology in schools  WiseNews WiseNews  Keyword = “drug” and “Hong Kong”

19. Multimedia in HKIEd Library

20. Multimedia in HKIEd Library: Library Catalogue Search from Library Catalogue e.g. keyword = adolescen*

21. Multimedia in HKIEd Library: Library Catalogue Note the Description and Summary of the media from the Library Catalogue

22. Multimedia in HKIEd Library: Library Website (http://www.lib.ied.edu.hk/mss) Teaching Kits & Pathfinder

23. Multimedia in HKIEd Library: EdVideo Click here to view the video online

24. Internet Resources: HKIEd Library Website

26. Try Google Scholar  http://scholar.google.com/ http://scholar.google.com/  e.g. adolescent issues and hong kong Internet Resources: Search the Web

27. International Literature

28. International Literature: Search E-Databases Some example are:  Academic Research Library  Academic Search Premier  Child Development  Child Development & Adolescent Studies  Family & Society Studies Worldwide  Gender Studies Database  Humanities Full Text  PsycINFO  Social Services Abstracts  Sociological Abstracts  中國期刊全文數據庫 - 教育與社會科學綜合輯

29. International Literature: Search E-Databases Choose E-Databases, then select databases by alphabet or subject

30. Search Example: Child Development & Adolescent Studies 2. Check EdLINK for Full Text 1. Direct link to PDF Full Text

31. International Literature: Search HK Dissertations & Theses Collection (DTC)  An online union collection of Hong Kong postgraduate students’ doctoral and master dissertations and theses indexed in the online catalogues of seven university libraries (CityU, CU,HKBU, HKU, HKUST, LU, PolyU) in Hong Kong.

32. International Literature: Search HK Dissertations & Theses Collection (DTC) By Subject: Theses and Dissertations

33. International Literature: Search HK Dissertations & Theses Collection (DTC) Some Libraries provide full text theses and dissertations online

34. International Literature: Search HK Journals Online  Provides access to selected academic and professional journals, both in English and Chinese, published in Hong Kong. Titles included in this database cover a wide range of disciplines including law, medicine and education.

35. International Literature: Search HK Journals Online By Alphabet: Select “H”

36. International Literature: Search HK Journals Online Click the links to retrieve PDF full-text

37. International Literature: Search Tips 1  Be prepared to change your search term according to the convention used in a particular database  Use “Index”, “Subject Terms” or “Thesaurus” to pick up the most appropriate terms for your search  e.g. Academic Search Premier  TEENAGE sexuality Use TEENAGERS -- Sexual behavior

38. International Literature: Search Tips 2  Use “expanders” from the database search screen to expand your search  Use boolean operator “OR” to include more search terms  e.g. youth OR adolescent OR teenager  Use truncation (*) to expand your search term in alternative way  e.g. adolescen* to search for adolescent, adolescence, etc.

39. International Literature: Search Tips 3  Use “Limiter” from the database search screen to limit your search results in various way  Consider the suggested “Narrow Search Results by Subject” from the search result screen  Use boolean operator “AND” to limit search results to a narrower scene  e.g. youth AND hong kong

40. International Literature: Hands-on  Try using the e-databases to search for literatures related to the following themes on adolescent issues:  Physical appearance, body image, weight control, sexual behavior, friendship, dating, intimate relationship, pornography, gender stereotypes, gender equity, sense of responsibility, conformity versus self determination, stress management, emotions and you, volunteer work, youth unemployment, internet addiction, internet kids ( 隱蔽少年 ), conflicts with parents, sibling rivalry, autonomy versus dependence, family harmony, risk-taking involving anti- social behavior such as bullying, gambling, shoplifting, peer groups and gangs, substance abuse, smoking, alcohol as well as assertiveness and refusal skills.

41. Reminder  The process of literature search could be time consuming.  Start your work as soon as possible.  DON’T wait until the last minute.

42. Search Skills Covered Today Summary  Local Literature: including organizational reports  Advance Search in Library Catalogue  Local News Articles  Multimedia in HKIEd Library  Internet Resources from HKIEd Library Website  Search the Web  International Literature: including journal articles related to Hong Kong  Search Electronic Databases  Hong Kong Dissertations & Theses Collections (DTC)  Hong Kong Journals Online

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