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Andy Jarvis (ELC), Christine Ho (Library) 29 September 2017
Helping your students identify academic sources
29 September 2017
Learning Outcomes
Understand what you can do on the Library’s new OneSearchIdentify databases that are best for first year studentsGuide 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
6
search anything
www.lib.polyu.edu.hk
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 ]
20%
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
…any observations?
1. Go to the PolyU Library website
2. Put in search terms
3. Click “More…”
4. Filter results by “Resource Type” --“Books”
Find a book…
Tips 1
caffeine
health
Use advanced
search
For books: use broad
terms
Start broad, refine later
Tips 2 Refine by filter
Tips 3 Peer review articles only Full-text online only
Books Articles Reference
Entries ….& more
Collection = Database
Tips 4Click 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 subject-specific
reference books
Sample entry
Credo 3 Cite / Email /
PDF / Save / Translate
Permalink to this entry
Mind map of related
topics
Credo 4
Sample mind map
Related topics are
hyper-linked
Related entries
are listed
Credo 5 Scope your
search at the outset
Access from the library guide
University English
Go to guide
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)
Ask us anytime2766 6863
6423 0820
…or ask me! Thank you!
Christine Hochristine.sw.ho@polyu.edu.hk
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