HKIEd Library

2013/14

Outline
Google Basic
More Google
Google Scholar
Google Books
Google Everything you Need
Do we have a Trust Issue Here?

Google Basics
Upper case or lower case doesn't matter
Word Order, Phrases put phrases in double

quotes; most important words first

kowloon city vs city kowloon vs "city kowloon"
english speakers learning cantonese vs

cantonese speaker learning english

Exclude some words use minus sign

chrome will find a lot of results about the web browser

offered by Google; use chrome -google to remove search

results mentioning Google
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Google Advanced Search

Reserved word: OR
eschinese american movies =
[chinese] and [american] and [movies]
chinese OR american movies =
chinese OR american and movies

Site search
"university of education" site:gov.hk
Overdue fines site:lib.ied.edu.hk
Filetype Search
unemployment rate hong kong japan singapore f
iletype:xls
ipad user guide filetype:PDF
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More Google Tricks

Dictionary define: blended learning
Calculator 23 * 85 - 20
Conversion
3259 seconds in hours
10km in miles
-10C in F

Foreign Exchange
hkd in cny
4100 eur in hkd

http://www.google.com.hk/help/features.html
http://www.google.com/intl/zh-TW/insidesearch/
Search features:

Try it yourself
Definition
Get number conversions
Define google
Miles to km
Define supercalifragilisticexpialidocious 100F in C (Fahrenheit -> Celsius)

Finding about Weather

Weather Beijing
weather Okinawa
Searching a specific file type:
Google tips and filetype:pdf
academic writing site:.edu.hk

Get currency conversions

1206 cny in hkd
6230 eur in hk
Get the time
Time Tokyo
Time Perth
Time Kazakhstan
Sunrise new zealand

Calculation
23 * 85 - 20
100*3.14-cos(83)=
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Refine your search

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Google Image Search

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Be careful with Copyrigh

restrictions! Why not
use
Britannica Image Quest

http://www.lib.ied.edu.hk/cgi-bin/WAMConnMgr?sid=q
st

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Britannica Image Quest

http://www.lib.ied.edu.hk/cgi-bin/WAMConnMgr?sid=qu
est

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Search by image
http://images.google.com

Note:
This feature is available
on Chrome and Firefox
browser

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Find out where these

places are

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More Google Tricks

Wild Cards "*"
"Hong Kong Institute of * Education"
"Tsang * Sing" site:gov.hk
More Google tools translate, images, videos,

news, maps, blog search and

Google Scholar, Google Books

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Google Scholar
http://scholar.google.com
Google Scholar allows you to search only the more

"academic" / "scholarly" contents of Google books,

journal articles, conference papers, public domain
research databases with options suited for academic
purposes not offered in standard Google like:
Search by Article Title / Author / Journal Title
Limit by Publication Years / Subject Areas
Citation Searches, Related Articles
Linking to HKIEd Library-Subscribed Online Resources

by EdLink
Direct Export to RefWorks

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Google Scholar
To look for a specific article, simply enter

the article title. If the article title is very

general and it does not show up
immediately, enclose the article title with
double quotes, add the author's name and /
or journal title / publication year
E.g. Crisp, Victoria (2008) "

Exploring the nature of examiner thinking durin

g the process of examination marking
". Cambridge Journal of Education. 38(2):247 264.
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If EdLINK@HKIEd is
displayed, it indicates that
full text to the article may
be available through
Library-subscribed
databases.
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Google Scholar
If EdLINK@HKIEd is displayed, it indicates

that full text to the article may be available

through Library-subscribed databases.
If Check EdLINK is displayed, generally we

don't have online full text to the specific

issue. You may still click it sometimes we
may have a print version.

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Google Scholar
Of course, you can also use Google Scholar as

a discovery tool and find relevant articles and

books related to your research topic. Simply
enter the key concepts of your topic with the
more important keywords listed first and use
double quotes for phrases:
E.g.

"inclusive education" elementary schools hong

kong

Quick limit options:

Include citations / at least summaries
Anytime / since . (year)

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By default: Include citation & patents; anytime

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Include citations
only; since 2013

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Set Preferences

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Choose to
export the
citation to
RefWorks

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For computers on campus:

EdLINK@HKIEd is activated by
default.
For computers off campus:
search hong kong at Library
Links and activate EdLINK;
then Save Preferences

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Import into RefWorks

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Advanced search

Advanced Scholar Search

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Advanced Scholar Search

Options

Where my words occur:

Anywhere in the article
In the title of the article

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Set search alert

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Google Scholar
Author Search (author:) use the surname and

initial of the given name and / or Christian name

E.g. teacher education author:lee jc"

Journal / publication title search

E.g. citizenship education (publication = moral
education)
Dates (year) can be a specific year or a range of

years
E.g. citizenship education year: 2005 2007
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Google Scholar Cited by

Related
articles

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Google Books

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Google Books
http://books.google.com/
Notwithstanding the legal issues related to

Google Books, it is a great research tool in

itself
Google not only scans but OCR's the text;
obtain full text from its partners making it
possible to easily search for a sentence in the
book
E.g.

"social media forces libraries to act as if they ex

ist an individual"
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Google Books
Book come from its Partner Program

(copyright holders like publishers, authors

granting different levels of permission) and
Library Project
May or may not be able to view full text:
Full view
Snippet View
Limited Preview
No Preview

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You can browse: Different Kinds of Books and

Magazines Available

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Google Books Many Search Options

available in the personal acount

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But Google Everything

There is no free lunch. Google is great but it doesn't own

the Web in particular the research materials and

contents that it indexes;
The Library already paid for a lot of e-journals, e-books, enewspapers so that you can access free online e.g.
compare the Library PressDisplay and other free online
newspapers; and our Britannica Image Quest
And remember, still not everything is in electronic format
or online check out iSearch our Intelligent one-stop
Searching which includes both Library books, videos,
music as well as journal articles
So, if you only rely on Google, you are going to miss a lot.
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iSearch: Intelligent One-Stop

Searching

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Other Resources You Should

Know
Local ones:
HKU Digital Initiatives http://lib.hku.hk/database/ including

Hong Kong Journals Online;

Hong Kong Government Reports Online (1842-1941) ;
Hong Kong Table of Contents Database;
Hong Kong University Theses Online
Hong Kong Literature Database (HKLit);
Index to Chinese Periodicals of Hong Kong (HKInChiP) ;
Modern Chinese Literature Research Portal ; CUHK ULS E-Journal
Initiatives
Dissertations and Theses Collection (DTC)
HK Public Libraries Digital Collections including the Old HK
Newspaper Project

Wayback machine from the Internet Archive

http://www.archive.org/
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Why You Can't Trust Everything

You Found on the Internet
Evaluation Criteria:

Who created it? Are they trustworthy? Are they who they say they are?

Is it a personal web page or an organizational web page?

When was it created and updated? Click on the related links how
many dead links are there?
What are the target audience? Are there advertising on it?
What is the tone and design of it?
Are the contents objective? Who sponsored it?
Something just doesn't add up? Too good to be true?

Short Reading:
Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html
Evaluating Sources in Harvard Guide to Using Sources: A Publication of the
Harvard College Writing Program. http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?
keyword=k70847&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup107786

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Thank You!
Q&A