LIBRARY WORKSHOPResearch Methods for Translation Studies

TRA 1160

OUTLINE• Searching Tool Overview

• HKBU Library Catalogue– Finding books– Finding journals– Finding conference proceedings

• Keyword Search Skills

• Electronic Resources/ E-Reference Tools– Finding journal articles– Online dictionaries

• Understanding Citation

• Practice!!

Academic Resources & Searching Tool Overview

Academic Resources

Searching Tool #1: HKBU Library Catalogue

In different publication forms

Searching Tool #2: E-Resources - Databases

Academic Resources

Searching Tool #3: E-Reference Tools

Academic Resources

Information Scenario Exercise:

• Scenario #1: you want to know about a general overview on translation theories

• Scenario #2: you want information that discusses the for and against, and application of using Vermeer’s skopos theory in translation

Information Scenario Exercise:

• Scenario #1: you want to know about a general overview on translation theories

• Scenario #2: you want information that discusses the for and against, and application of using Vermeer’s skopos theory in translation

Searching Tool: Lib. Catalogue

Searching Tool: Databases

HKBULibrary Catalogue

• Title– Exact title or the first several words of the title

A textbook of translation written by Peter Newmark

A textbook of translation A textbook of translation

Textbook of translationTextbook of translation

Lib Catalog

Babel [journals]Babel [journals] Babel

BOOKS

JOURNALS

Exercise:

Q: Can you find out the article in the library catalogue using:– (a) author name

– (b) article title

JOURNALARTICLE

Zhang, Hansun Waring. “Peer Tutoring in a Graduate Writing Centre: Identity, Expertise, and Advice Resisting.” Applied Linguistics 26.2 (2005): 141-168.

Search a known citation

• Keyword– Refer to “Keyword Search Skills”

Lib Catalog

BOOKS JOURNALS CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

- pull down menu: Journals

- search statement: and s:congresses

Keyword Search Skills

Keyword Search Skills

• When only a topic is given

• Strategies apply to:– HKBU Library Catalogue

– All databases

– Internet search engines (e.g., Google, Yahoo)

• Symbols are different in different search tools

• Truncation *translat* --------> translate, translation, translator, etc.

trans* --------> + transport, transportation, etc.

Keyword Search Skills• Operators (AND, OR, AND NOT)

• Phrase Search

gender

sex

discourse analysis

media

discourse analysis

gender

discourse analysis

A B A BA B

Narrow Down Expand Exclude

analyzing media texts

analysis of media texts

Media discourse

AND OR AND NOT

Lib Catalog• Location

• Call number

General ……… Eng.: L4-L6 Chi.: L7

Reference …….L4

Reference HK ..L2

Serials ………...Current: L2Eng. Bound: L4-L6 Chi. Bound: L6-7

Multimedia …. L4

Which floor 529.64 7706

Which shelf

Try it out: a Search Strategy

Is there any impact of gender difference on

discourse analysis

Is there any impact of gender difference on

discourse analysisIdentify the

mainconcepts

List possibleSearch terms

Combine yoursearch termsappropriately

Formulate a Search Strategy

Is there any impact of gender difference on

discourse analysis

Is there any impact of gender difference on

discourse analysisgender discourse analysis

sex

(discourse analysis and (gender or sex)) and not media(discourse analysis and (gender or sex)) and not media

discourse analysis and (gender or sex)discourse analysis and (gender or sex)

Identify the main

concepts

List possibleSearch terms

Combine yoursearch termsappropriately

Electronic Resources: Databases

Databases

Multi-discipline Databases

• Academic Research Library (ProQuest 5000) [FT]

• Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) [FT]

• OCLC FirstSearch – 4 users– PapersFirst– Proceedings

Multi-discipline Databases

• Academic Research Library (ProQuest 5000) [FT]

• Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) [FT]

• OCLC FirstSearch – 4 users– PapersFirst– Proceedings

Subject-specific Databases

• Cambridge Scientific Abstracts– British Humanities Index [AB]– Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts

[AB]– MLA International Bibliography [AB]

• Translation Studies Bibliography [AB] – 1 user

• Bibliography of Pragmatics Online [AB] – 1 user

• Linguistics Abstracts Online [AB] – 1 user

• Collins Wordbanks Online (jLookup program)

• Translation Studies Abstracts/Bibliography of Translation Studies (2004 - )

– Translation Studies Abstracts (1998-2004)– Bibliography of Translation Studies (1998-2003)

Subject-specific Databases

• Cambridge Scientific Abstracts– British Humanities Index [AB]– Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts

[AB]– MLA International Bibliography [AB]

• Translation Studies Bibliography [AB] – 1 user

• Bibliography of Pragmatics Online [AB] – 1 user

• Linguistics Abstracts Online [AB] – 1 user

• Collins Wordbanks Online (jLookup program)

• Translation Studies Abstracts/Bibliography of Translation Studies (2004 - )

– Translation Studies Abstracts (1998-2004)– Bibliography of Translation Studies (1998-2003)

Databases

Other E-Resources/E-Journals

• Annotated Bibliography for English Studies [AB]

• ArticleFirst (FirstSearch) [IN]

• Bibliography of Metaphor and Metonymy [FT]

• Cambridge Journals Online [FT]

• Hong Kong Journals Online [FT]

• IngentaConnect [FT]

• JSTOR [FT]

• MetaPress [FT]

• Project MUSE [FT]

Practice

Searching in the Databases

Is there any impact of gender difference on

discourse analysis

Is there any impact of gender difference on

discourse analysis

1. Search in Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts @CSA

Search strategy

2. Search in Academic Research Library @ProQuest

Searching in the Databases

Is there any impact of gender difference on

discourse analysis

Is there any impact of gender difference on

discourse analysis

1. Search in Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts @CSA

discourse analysis and (gender or sex)discourse analysis and (gender or sex)Search strategy

2. Search in Academic Research Library @ProQuest

Search strategy

Legal translation in Chinese society

Legal translation in Chinese society

Searching in the Databases

Legal translation in Chinese society

Legal translation in Chinese society

Legal translation Chinese society

1. Search in Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts @CSA2. Search in Academic Research Library @ProQuest

Searching in the Databases

Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts

Legal translation in Chinese society

Legal translation in Chinese society

Legal translation Chinese society

Legal languageCourt interpretingLaw translation

ChinaChinese

(legal or court or law) and (translation* or interpreting) and Chin*(legal or court or law) and (translation* or interpreting) and Chin*

E-Reference Tools: Online Dictionaries/

Encyclopedias

Online Encyclopedias / Dictionaries

• Encyclopaedia Britannica Online

• Handbook of Pragmatics Online

• Oxford English Dictionary

• Oxford Reference Online

• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics– The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature

– The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature

– The Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature

– The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology

– A Dictionary of English Folklore

– A Dictionary of First Names

– A New Dictionary of Eponyms

• A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples

Understanding Citations

MLA

Dickins, James, Sandor Hervey, and Ian Higgins. Thinking Arabic Translation: a Course in translation method: Arabic to English. London: Routledge, 2002.

BOOK

JOURNALARTICLE

BOOK CHAPTER / ARTICLE

chapterHung, Eva. “Translation in China – An Analytical Survey: First Century

B.C.E. to Early Twentieth Century." Asian Translation Traditions. Ed. Eva Hung and Judy Wakabayashi. Manchester [England]: St. Jerome Pub, [2005]. 219-223.

Flanigan, Beverly Olson. “Peer Tutoring and Second Language Acquisition in the Elementary School.” Applied Linguistics 26.2 (2005): 141-58.

Robinson, Douglas. Becoming a Translator: an Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Translation. London: Routledge, c2003.

Citation Record

Sin, KK. “The Translatability of Law." Research on Chinese Linguistics in Hong Kong. Ed. Thomas Lee HT. HK: Linguistics Society of HK, 1992. 86-100.

Poon, WY. “The Pitfalls of Linguistic Equivalence: The Challenge for Legal Translation.” Target 14.1 (2002): 75-106.

What kind of resource does it refer to?

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