MEd (Liberal Studies)
Module Title: Self and Personal Development
September 2010
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Doing education research
e.g. An investigation into any one chosen adolescent issue in the Hong Kong
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Literature Search
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Design Research (Methodology)
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Theoretical frameworks, e.g. holistic approach, developmental
approach, ecological approach, resilience approach, life skills and
competence approach, culture and gender perspectives.
Data Collection
Data Analysis and Interpretation
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e.g. Journal articles, reference texts, news, etc.
Critical analysis of the adolescent issue from multiple perspectives,
e.g. the physiological, psychological, sociological, moral, political
and spiritual perspectives.
Writing Research Proposal and Report
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How to do a literature search?
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Steps for literature search
 Define your Topic
 Search Electronic Databases
 Search Library Catalogue
 Search the Web
 Search for News
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 Define your topic
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What am I looking to find out with my research?
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e.g. An investigation into any one chosen adolescent issue.
What is the focus of my research?
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Local or International?
Home, School or Society Settings?
Gender?
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 Search electronic databases
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 Search electronic databases
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Use electronic databases to search for local and
international literature.
Electronic databases contain recent information
from book reviews, journal articles, conference
papers, and other materials.
Some databases provide the complete full text
articles or papers.
Other databases will just provide abstracts of the
journal papers.
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 Search electronic databases
Some examples of local electronic databases:
 Hong Kong Journals Online
 Dissertations and Theses Collection (DTC)
 Chinese ERIC (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Tips:
 Available via Library Website
(http://www.lib.ied.edu.hk) -> E-Resources Tab
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 Search electronic databases
Some examples of international electronic databases:
 ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
 Child Development & Adolescent Studies
 Family & Society Studies Worldwide
 Gender Studies Database
 ProQuest Education Journals
 PsycINFO & PsycArticles
 Social Sciences Citation Index
 Scopus
 ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
Tips:
 Available via Library Website -> E-Resources Tab
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Identify your keywords
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Keywords are words or phrases that should appear in the information you
are searching for.
Keywords are used to do search in the library catalogue and e-databases.
For example, your topic is:
Study of family relationship among Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong
Keywords are :
family
adolescents
Hong Kong
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Use Boolean Operators (AND/OR/NOT), Wildcards (*), etc, where
appropriate, e.g. family AND adolescen* AND Hong Kong
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What is ERIC database?
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What is ERIC database?
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Provides access to education literature and
resources and to information from journals
included in the Current Index of Journals in
Education and Resources in Education Index. It
contains full text with citation and abstracts from
educational and education-related journals.
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Demonstration
Tentative topic:
Study of family relationship among Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong
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Keywords:
 family AND adolescen* AND Hong Kong
Limit your search to full text articles
Use thesaurus function where necessary
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e.g. (family relationship) use (parent child relationship)
How many records retrieved?
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Access to ERIC database
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Access to ERIC database
Keywords
Limit to Full Text
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Access to ERIC database
Keywords
Article
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Access to ERIC database
Full text can be accessed via
EdLINK or PDF Full Text link
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Can I search across multiple
EBSCOhost databases?
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Yes, you can …
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Searching tips: Expand your search
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Use “Expanders” from the database search screen
to expand your search
Use boolean operator “OR” to include more search
terms
 e.g. youth OR adolescent OR teenager
Use truncation (*) to expand your search term in
alternative way
e.g. adolescen* to search for adolescent, adolescence,
etc.
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Searching tips: Narrow your search
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Use “Limiter” from the database search screen to
limit your search results in various way
Consider the suggested “Narrow Search Results by
Subject” from the search result screen
Use boolean operator “AND” to limit search results
to a narrower scene
 e.g. youth AND hong kong
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What is PsycINFO database?
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What is PsycINFO database?
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Indexing and abstracting to articles, book chapters,
books and technical reports, as well as citations to
dissertations, all in the field of psychology and
psychological aspects of related disciplines.
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Access to PsycINFO database
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Access to PsycINFO database
Advanced Search
Keywords
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Access to PsycINFO database
Full text can be accessed via
EdLINK or PDF Full Text link
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What is ProQuest Education Journals
database?
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What is ProQuest Education Journals
database?
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Covers almost 400 leading journals in education and
related fields.
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Access to ProQuest Education Journals database
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Access to ProQuest Education Journals database
Select all databases and click “Continue”
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Access to ProQuest Education Journals database
Keywords
Limit to Full Text
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Access to ProQuest Education Journals database
Full text can be accessed via
EdLINK or PDF Full Text link
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Try yourself with different databases
Tentative topic:
School-based stress management training for adolescents
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Suggested keywords:
 stress management AND adolescen*
Limit your search to full text articles
How many records retrieved?
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Try yourself
 Try using the e-databases to search for literatures related to
the following adolescent issues:
 Academic goal setting, career's extra-curricular activities and
work experiences) choice and decision, priorities setting and
time management, finding life goal, understanding emotion,
stress management, dealing with adversities (health, family
situations, poverty), body image, physical health and
wellness, relating with friends, relating with parents, relating
with siblings, single child families, single parent families,
generation gap, family conflicts, dealing with gangs, teenage
sexuality, pursuing name brand, money management,
internet kids, social responsibility, public and private
domain, crime and you, tolerating the ‘deviants’.
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How can I export my search results?
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Export search results
You may export your search results to:
 An email account
 Bibliographic management software
such as RefWorks (available from
Library Website)
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Export search results - Email
Click “Add to folder” to save the citation and
go to “Folder View”
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Export search results - Email
Select all citations and click E-mail
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Export search results - Email
Your email address
Select APA style
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Export search results - Email
Citations in APA style
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Export search results - RefWorks
Click “Add to folder” to save the citation and
go to “Folder View”
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Export search results - RefWorks
Select all citations and click Export
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Export search results - RefWorks
Select “Direct Export to RefWorks”
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Export search results - RefWorks
Register for new user
Login for existing user
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Export search results - RefWorks
2 references imported to
“Last Imported Folder”
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Export search results - RefWorks
Click “Bibliography”
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Export search results - RefWorks
Select “APA 5th”
Select file type: MS Word
Source folder
Click “Create Bibliography”
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Export search results - RefWorks
Citations output in APA format
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Any e-databases contain local
publications?
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Local Literature:
Hong Kong Journals Online
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Provides access to selected academic and
professional journals, both in English and
Chinese, published in Hong Kong. Titles
included in this database cover a wide range of
disciplines including law, medicine and education.
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Access to Hong Kong Journals Online database
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Access to Hong Kong Journals Online database
Full Text
Keywords
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Local Literature:
Dissertations & Theses Collection (DTC)
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An online union collection of Hong Kong
postgraduate students’ doctoral and master
dissertations and theses indexed in the online
catalogues of seven university libraries (CityU,
CU,HKBU, HKU, HKUST, LU, PolyU) in Hong
Kong.
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Access to Dissertations & Theses Collection
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Access to Dissertations & Theses Collection
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Access to Dissertations & Theses Collection
Keywords
Click to view and access
online theses
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Try yourself
Tentative topic:
School-based stress management training for adolescents
Hong Kong Journals Online
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stress OR adolescent
Hong Kong Dissertations & Theses Collections (DTC)
 Keywords:
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stress OR adolescen*
How many records retrieved from each of the TWO databases?
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 Search library catalogue
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 Search library catalogue
You will be able to find:
 Multimedia in HKIEd Library
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Library Catalogue
Library Media Resources Website
EdVideo
Publications from HK organizations
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Multimedia in HKIEd library:
Library Catalogue
Keywords, e.g. adolescen*
Select “Media Resources Collection”
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Multimedia in HKIEd library:
Library Catalogue View video online
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Multimedia in HKIEd library:
Library Media Resources Website
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Multimedia in HKIEd library:
Library Media Resources Website
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Multimedia in HKIEd library:
EdVideo
Click to view video online
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Multimedia in HKIEd library:
Access EdVideo from Library Homepage
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Publications from HK organizations:
Advanced Search
Some examples are:
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突破
香港青年協會
香港家庭計劃指導會
香港基督教女青年會
香港小童群益會
香港明愛
防止青少年吸煙委員會
香港基督教服務處
香港社會服務聯會
香港教育專業人員協會
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Publications from HK organizations:
Advanced Search
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Publications from HK organizations:
Advanced Search
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Publications from HK organizations:
Advanced Search
English keywords retrieve results in
both English and Chinese
Chinese keywords retrieve results
in Chinese only
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Library Catalogue
Search Tips
Source: http://library.ied.edu.hk/search/X#Tips
Truncation: e.g. adolescen* = adolescence, adolescent
Boolean operators: e.g. AND, OR, NOT
Keywords: e.g. (youth) and (hong kong)
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 Search the Web
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 Search the Web (Internet Resources)
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 Search the Web
Google Scholar
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Try Google Scholar
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http://scholar.google.com/
e.g. single parent families and hong kong
Use Advanced Search to narrow your search
 Check Library Catalogue if the resources are not
readily available from the Web
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 Search for News
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 Search for News
WiseNews
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 Search for News
WiseNews
Search for Local News Articles
Using “WiseSearch”
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 Search for News
WiseNews
1. Type in keywords, (Chinese keywords for Chinese articles,
English keywords for English articles, e.g. 隱蔽少年 / internet kids
2. Specify the date
(Search limited to 3 years)
3. Choose newspaper titles by region, or
type in the name of newspaper to search
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 Search for News
WiseNews
Search tips
Source: http://prd3-libwisesearch.wisers.net/WISENEWS-SHARED/ws/docs/searchtips.en.htm
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Try yourself
WiseNews
 Keywords:
Keyword = “drug” and “Hong Kong”
 Limit the search to the latest 3 years
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How many records retrieved?
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Search skills covered today
 Define your Topic
 Search Electronic Databases
e.g. Journal articles
 Search Library Catalogue
e.g. Multimedia materials
 Search the Web
e.g. Google Scholar
 Search for News
e.g. WiseNews
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Reminder
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The process of literature search could be time
consuming.
Start your work as soon as possible.
DON’T wait until the last minute.
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