LIBRARY
WORKSHOP
Research Methods for Translation Studies
TRA 1160
OUTLINE
• Searching Tool Overview
• HKBU Library Catalogue
– Finding books
– Finding journals
– Finding conference proceedings
• Keyword Search Skills
• Electronic Resources/
E-Reference Tools
– Finding journal articles
– Online dictionaries
• Understanding Citation
• Practice!!
Academic Resources &
Searching Tool Overview
Academic Resources
Searching Tool #1: HKBU Library Catalogue
In different publication forms
Academic Resources
Searching Tool #2: E-Resources - Databases
Academic Resources
Searching Tool #3: E-Reference Tools
Information Scenario Exercise:
• Scenario #1: you want to know about a general overview
on translation theories
• Scenario #2: you want information that discusses the for
and against, and application of using Vermeer’s skopos
theory in translation
Information Scenario Exercise:
• Scenario #1: you want to know about a general overview
on translation theories
Searching Tool: Lib. Catalogue
• Scenario #2: you want information that discusses the for
and against, and application of using Vermeer’s skopos
theory in translation
Searching Tool: Databases
HKBU
Library Catalogue
Lib Catalog
• Title
– Exact title or the first several words of the title
BOOKS
A textbook of translation
written by Peter Newmark
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A textbook of translation
Textbook of translation
JOURNALS
Babel
Babel [journals]
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Exercise:
Search a known citation
Zhang, Hansun Waring. “Peer Tutoring in a Graduate
Writing Centre: Identity, Expertise, and Advice Resisting.”
Applied Linguistics 26.2 (2005): 141-168.
JOURNAL
ARTICLE
Q: Can you find out the article in the
library catalogue using:
– (a) author name
– (b) article title
Lib Catalog
• Keyword
– Refer to “Keyword Search Skills”
BOOKS
JOURNALS
- pull down menu:
Journals
CONFERENCE
PROCEEDINGS
- search statement:
and s:congresses
Keyword Search Skills
Keyword Search Skills
• When only a topic is given
• Strategies apply to:
– HKBU Library Catalogue
– All databases
– Internet search engines (e.g., Google, Yahoo)
• Symbols are different in different search tools
• Truncation *
translat*
--------> translate, translation, translator, etc.
trans*
--------> + transport, transportation, etc.
Keyword Search Skills
• Operators (AND, OR, AND NOT)
Narrow Down
A
B
Expand
A
B
Exclude
A
B
discourse analysis
gender
discourse analysis
AND
OR
AND NOT
gender
sex
media
• Phrase Search
discourse analysis
analyzing media texts
Lib Catalog
• Location
General ……… Eng.: L4-L6
Chi.: L7
Reference …….L4
Reference HK ..L2
Serials ………...Current: L2
Eng. Bound: L4-L6 Chi. Bound: L6-7
Multimedia …. L4
• Call number
Which floor
529.64 7706
Which shelf
Try it out: a Search Strategy
Is there any impact of
gender difference on
discourse analysis
Identify the
main
concepts
List possible
Search terms
Combine your
search terms
appropriately
Formulate a Search Strategy
Is there any impact of
gender difference on
discourse analysis
gender
discourse analysis
sex
discourse analysis and (gender or sex)
Identify the
main
concepts
List possible
Search terms
Combine your
search terms
appropriately
(discourse analysis and (gender or sex)) and not media
Electronic Resources:
Databases
Databases
Subject-specific Databases
•
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
– British Humanities Index [AB]
– Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts
[AB]
– MLA International Bibliography [AB]
•
Translation Studies Bibliography [AB] – 1 user
•
Bibliography of Pragmatics Online [AB] – 1 user
•
Linguistics Abstracts Online [AB] – 1 user
•
•
Collins Wordbanks Online (jLookup program)
Translation Studies Abstracts/Bibliography
of Translation Studies (2004 - )
– Translation Studies Abstracts (1998-2004)
– Bibliography of Translation Studies (1998-2003)
Multi-discipline Databases
•
Academic Research Library
(ProQuest 5000) [FT]
•
Academic Search Premier
(EBSCOhost) [FT]
•
OCLC FirstSearch – 4 users
– PapersFirst
– Proceedings
Databases
Other E-Resources/E-Journals
•
Annotated Bibliography for English Studies [AB]
•
ArticleFirst (FirstSearch) [IN]
•
Bibliography of Metaphor and Metonymy [FT]
•
Cambridge Journals Online [FT]
•
Hong Kong Journals Online [FT]
•
IngentaConnect [FT]
•
JSTOR [FT]
•
MetaPress [FT]
•
Project MUSE [FT]
Practice
Searching in the Databases
Is there any impact of
gender difference on
discourse analysis
Search
strategy
1. Search in Linguistics & Language Behavior
Abstracts @CSA
2. Search in Academic Research Library
@ProQuest
Searching in the Databases
Is there any impact of
gender difference on
discourse analysis
Search
strategy
discourse analysis and (gender or sex)
1. Search in Linguistics & Language Behavior
Abstracts @CSA
2. Search in Academic Research Library
@ProQuest
Searching in the Databases
Legal translation in
Chinese society
Search
strategy
Searching in the Databases
Legal translation in
Chinese society
Legal translation
Chinese society
1. Search in Linguistics & Language Behavior
Abstracts @CSA
2. Search in Academic Research Library
@ProQuest
Linguistics & Language
Behavior Abstracts
Legal translation in
Chinese society
Legal translation
Legal language
Court interpreting
Law translation
Chinese society
China
Chinese
(legal or court or law) and (translation* or interpreting) and Chin*
E-Reference Tools:
Online Dictionaries/
Encyclopedias
Online Encyclopedias /
Dictionaries
• Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
• Handbook of Pragmatics Online
• Oxford English Dictionary
• Oxford Reference Online
• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics
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–
–
–
–
–
–
The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature
The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature
The Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
A Dictionary of English Folklore
A Dictionary of First Names
A New Dictionary of Eponyms
• A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples
Understanding Citations
MLA
Robinson, Douglas. Becoming a Translator: an Introduction
to the Theory and Practice of Translation. London:
Routledge, c2003.
BOOK
chapter
BOOK CHAPTER /
ARTICLE
Dickins, James, Sandor Hervey, and Ian Higgins. Thinking
Arabic Translation: a Course in translation method:
Arabic to English. London: Routledge, 2002.
Hung, Eva. “Translation in China – An Analytical Survey:
First Century B.C.E. to Early Twentieth Century." Asian
Translation Traditions. Ed. Eva Hung and Judy
Wakabayashi. Manchester [England]: St. Jerome Pub,
[2005]. 219-223.
Flanigan, Beverly Olson. “Peer Tutoring and Second
Language Acquisition in the Elementary School.” Applied
Linguistics 26.2 (2005): 141-58.
JOURNAL
ARTICLE
Citation Record
What kind of resource does it refer to?
Sin, KK. “The Translatability of Law." Research on Chinese
Linguistics in Hong Kong. Ed. Thomas Lee HT. HK:
Linguistics Society of HK, 1992. 86-100.
Poon, WY. “The Pitfalls of Linguistic Equivalence: The
Challenge for Legal Translation.” Target 14.1 (2002): 75106.
Thank You!