Helping your students identify academic sources 29 September 2017 Andy Jarvis (ELC), Christine Ho (Library) 29 September 2017
Learning Outcomes Understand what you can do on the Library s new OneSearch Identify databases that are best for first year students Guide students to quality sources
Starting Point Imagine you are a student who is having difficulties finding sources for your essay. How would you, as an instructor, help this student?
Responses Directed students Google Scholar @ PolyU Directed students to OneSearch Direct students to the library s Databases by Subject list to explore relevant disciplinary databases Recommended disciplinary databases such as Science Direct Requested a library workshop on searching Troubleshot some searches together (too few results? too many? typos in search statement? relevance of results?) Helped students distinguish between types of sources Used writing exemplars
1 - OneSearch
www.lib.polyu.edu.hk search anything 6
Print 20% What s in OneSearch? Search the totality of our collections 3.7M books of which 3M are e-books 75K journals of which 73K are e-journals 500+ databases 500K+ AV/multimedia materials + Journal articles not owned by us [ log in to request through ILL ] Books now owned by us [ log in to request through HKALL or ILL ] Electronic 80% Our collection spending * In rough figures
OneSearch Demo https://youtu.be/1zcxbnw4aak
What is OneSearch A single search box to access the Library s collections Searches (nearly) everything PolyU Library: our books, journals, articles and media items, print and digital Use filters to refine search results Can also expand search to get citations first, then initiate a request via ILL or HKALL
Find a book 1. Go to the PolyU Library website 2. Put in search terms 3. Click More 4. Filter results by Resource Type -- Books any observations?
Tips 1 Start broad, refine later caffeine health For books: use broad terms Use advanced search
Tips 2 Refine by filter
Tips 3 Peer review articles only Full-text online only Books Articles Reference Entries.& more Collection = Database
Tips 4 Click to expand results beyond PolyU Library. This pulls citations from all member libraries Then request items we don t have through HKALL or ILL
A sample e-book
2 Credo Reference
What s inside Credo Reference is a searchable collection of reference books covering over 20 disciplines. Cross-search millions of full text articles in 800+ dictionaries and encyclopedias from reputable publishers.
Credo 1 Default: Basic Search
Credo 2 Topic page = broadest overview Entries from subjectspecific reference books
Credo 3 Cite / Email / Sample entry PDF / Save / Translate Permalink to this entry Mind map of related topics
Credo 4 Related entries are listed Sample mind map Related topics are hyperlinked
Credo 5 Scope your search at the outset
Go to guide Access from the library guide University English
University English > Find Topic Overviews > Credo
How to Find the Guides
How to Find the Guides
= Explore Credo Go to University English guide Go to Find topic overviews tab Go to Use Credo Do a search on your topic Find a useful overview on your topic Email the result to yourself
Other online reference collections
3 Academic Search Premier
Academic Search Premier A good place to look for periodical articles on a wide range of topics -- business, education, social sciences, health, science and technology. Contains full-text articles of 1000+ periodicals, plus 3,000+ magazines and trade journals.
Explore Academic Search Premier Go to University English guide Go to Find books and articles tab Go to Articles Open Academic Search Premier Do a keyword search & locate an article Email the article to yourself
Wrap up
Comments & questions Provide a scoped OneSearch search box for Year 1 students (I ll check to see if I can build one) Provide a guide to MLA style (Will follow up) Other databases for Year 1 students (I ll create a list of other disciplinary databases suited for first year students)
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or ask me! Thank you! Christine Ho christine.sw.ho@polyu.edu.hk