LIB210 LOCATING

BUSINESS STUDIES RESOURCES

September 2010

http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/help/classes/2010/fall/powerpoint/

LIBRARY MATERIALS

AV materials (Local TV programmes), books, journals & newspapersSearched by Library online catalogue

http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/ E-resources: E-Databases, E-Journals,

Selected Internet Resources Subject Research Guide

Library Online Catalogue

Subject Research Guide

E-Database, E-Journals, Selected Internet Resources

AV materials

E-RESOURCES

E-DatabasesBibliographic Databases - contains

descriptive information (citation and subject headings) for publications, such as books, periodical articles, & government documents, etc.

Full-text Databases - contains the partial or complete text of works, such as articles, books, poems, and essays.

E-RESOURCES

E-JournalsLibrary subscribed e-journalsJournals available in the database

Coverage Available in databases

HOW TO CONSTRUCT A SEARCH Step 1 – Identify key concepts

E.g. E-commerce in Hong KongMain concepts: E-commerce, Hong Kong

Step 2 – Selection of search wordsRelated words/synonymsE-commerce: E-commerce, electronic

commerce, E-business, electronic businessHong Kong: Hong Kong, hk,

HOW TO CONSTRUCT A SEARCH Step 3 – Search command

Use “AND/OR”○ E.g. E-commerce and Hong Kong

Truncation (retrieves all variant endings of that word)

○ E.g. Electr* (electronic, electric, electricity etc.)Parentheses ( ) : gives priority and order in

the search statement○ E.g. (E-commerce or electronic commerce)

and Hong Kong

LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOGUE Title search

(Business environment, small and medium enterprises/SME)

Subject search (small business)

Author search

Search for: Business environment for small and medium enterprises in Hong Kong

LOCAL TV PROGRAMMES

Or you could search for a specific programme by using the “Search Local TV programme” function

DATABASE DEMONSTRATION

E-DatabasesEbscohostEmeraldProQuestFactivaWisenews

Search for: Business environment for small and medium enterprises in Hong Kong

1-SEARCH

Allows searching for 40 databases at once NOT a substitute for any individual database

GETTING HELP

Tel

2616-8586 (General Enquiry )

2616-8571 (Reference Enquiry)

Email

Ask a Librarian / refstaff@ln.edu.hk

Q&A

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