1. iSearch : Discovery Tool for Academic Resources

2.  An Intelligent Search Engine that lets you find relevant information from Library Catalogue, major academic databases and publishers in a single search box  An mega-index of Library print and electronic materials and external information resources  Gives you Google-like searching experience

3.  It represents the aggregated content from Library Catalogue, Databases, Journals, Archives and Publishers  Nearly 50,000 Magazines & Journals  Nearly 6 million Books  Nearly 20,000 Conference Proceedings …

4.  Books? Library Catalogue  Local TV programme? EdVideo  Sociology Articles? Social Sciences Citation Index  Education Articles? ERIC  Psychology Articles? PsycINFO  China Quarterly? E-Journal  …  You have to choose the right infornation resources and do the searches separately

5. Search multiple academic resources in a Single Search Box HKIEd Lib Catalog Databases Journals Emerald Journals Web of Science JSTOR EBSCO Databases ScienceDirect iSearch Foundation IndexiSearch

6. Library Catalogue Books, Journal Articles, Videos, Audios, News, Dissertations, Reports, Proceedings and more iSearch Some specific Databases & Journals Most HKIEd Databases & Journals

7.  Example: Keywords = Japanese culture  How many records found in iSearch & Library Catalogue respectively?  Can you find any journal articles in the Library Catalogue?

8. Example: Japanese culture  iSeach gets 1,300 times more results than Library Catalogue!

9. 1.Enter your search terms 2.Refine your results 3.View your results 4.Expand your search

10. Step 1. Enter your keywords at iSearch http://www.lib.ied.edu.hk You can limit your search for specific materials

11. Results Include Books, Journal Articles, Videos, Audios, News, Dissertations, Reports, e-Resources …

12. Step 2. Refine your results You can limit the results with different options in left panel e.g. Library Catalogue Only, Publication Date, Source Type, Subject, Content Provider…

13. You can modify the limiting criteria or remove them at anytime

14. Step 3. View your results Full Text Journal Article e-Book Library Book

15. Request checked-out item Library Book Record Search record at HKALL Search the item at Google Books

16. You can view the e- books online by the Access Link e-Book Record

17. Journal Article Full Text provided Use EdLink to check availability of Full Text

18. Step 4. Expand your search If you find insufficient results in iSearch, you can expand the search to other databases at the right. Click on the database to get results More results from other databases

19. Get results from other databases

20. Yu can find more Databases

21. Sign In to store your results, saved searches, search alerts Note: This is not your MyIEd or MyLibrary account. You have to create a new account in iSearch Sign In Personalized Account

22. Off-Campus Remote Access Some information is restricted to HKIEd members only. You have to login to get full access

23. Need Help? Quick Guide & FAQ Contact us at  Information Counter  Phone: 2948 6653  Email: libinfo@ied.edu.hk

24. iSerach in Beta Edition We need your feedbacks for improvement