Library Workshop
Alternative Assessment Strategies
20 Sep 2011
Objective
• Find Library resources for research
 Overviews
 Journal Article Databases
 ERIC on EBSCOhost
 CEPS中文電子期刊服務
 Dissertation Databases
 中文電子學位論文服務
 中國博士學位論文全文數據庫
• RefWorks Basic
 Create an account
 Import references
 Create reference list in preferred style
E-Resources
• Include E-Databases & E-Book Collections
• Search by Keywords
• Browse by Subject or Title
Why use an e-database?
Because …
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E-Database is an organized collection of scholarly information.
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E-Databases contain update information of journal articles, book reviews,
conference papers, and other academic materials.
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E-Databases support flexible and in-depth search for journal title, article
title, author, issue, volume, etc.
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Use electronic databases to search for local and international literature.
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Some databases provide the complete full text articles.
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Other databases provide abstracts of the journal articles.
Can we use the Library Catalogue to retrieve journal
articles?
No!
• We can only search for journal title in the Library Catalogue, but not on
individual article title or author.
• The search does not go into details of each issue or volume of the journal.
• Therefore e-database is extremely useful when you want to find articles on
particular topics, e.g. Using alternative assessment with Internet.
E-Resources
• More than 40 E-Databases on Education
• Some of them provide full text articles
• User guide available online
Browse
E-Databases
on Education
Prominent E-Databases on Education
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Academic Search Premier
Australian Education Index
British Education Index
ERIC
Education Full Text
ProQuest Education Journals
Scopus
Social Sciences Citation Index
華人社會教育文獻資源中心 Chinese ERIC
中國期刊全文數據庫 CAJ (China)
中國優秀碩士/博士學位論文全文數據庫 (China)
中文電子期刊服務 CEPS (Taiwan)
Database in Focus – ERIC
Find ERIC by Browsing "E" (or browse by education subject; or
search ERIC)
Access to ERIC database
Enter
keywords
Search
Results
Limit your
search
Full Text
available
Check
Library’s
holdings
Try yourself
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Search Journal Articles with keywords: alternative assessment
and portfolio
How many records retrieved?
Can you find the full text in all records?
Searching tips: Expand your search
 Choose “Apply related words” under the Search Option to
expand your search
 Use Boolean operator “OR” to include more search terms
e.g. web-based OR internet OR electronic OR digital
 Use truncation (*) to expand your search term in alternative
way
e.g. adolescen* to search for adolescent, adolescence, etc.
Searching tips: Narrow your search
 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. peer assessment AND higher education
Try yourself
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Topic: Use of scoring rubrics in mathematics education of
secondary school
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Suggested keywords:
scoring rubrics AND mathematics AND secondary education
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Limit your search to full text articles
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How many records retrieved?
CEPS 中文電子期刊服務
收錄範圍：
• 台灣及中國出版的學術期刊
• 2,000多種期刊，超過13萬篇電子全文
• 每月持續新增6,000篇電子全文
收錄主題：人文學科、社會科學、自然
科學、應用科學、醫學與生命科學等
收錄年代：以1991年之後為主
瀏覽期刊
檢索文章
輸入檢索詞
又或是直接以 AND OR NOT
輸入，例如:
合作學習 AND
語言
Try yourself
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Find Chinese articles published in Taiwan on the topic:
Mathematics assessment in primary schools
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Suggested keywords:
數學, 小學, 評量, 評估, 測量 …
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How many records retrieved?
Databases of
Dissertations & Theses
Browse
E-Databases on Theses
and Dissertations
Databases of Dissertations and Theses
• ProQuest Dissertations and Theses (USA)
• Dissertation & Theses Collection (Hong Kong)
• 中國博士學位論文全文數據庫(中國知網) (China)
• 中國優秀碩士學位論文全文數據庫(中國知網) (China)
• 中國學位論文全文數據庫 (萬方) (China)
• 中文電子學位論文服務 (Taiwan)
• 臺灣博碩士論文知識加值系統 (Taiwan)
中文電子學位論文服務
Chinese Electronic Theses and Dissertations Service
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Includes theses & dissertations of 40 Taiwan universities
> 97,000 records (42,000 Full text)
Year 2004+
Humanities, Social Sciences, Life Sciences, etc.
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Advanced Search
Browse by school
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Search Combination
Limiting Options
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Export Citation
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China Dissertations & Theses Full-text Database
• 中國博士學位論文全文數據庫
 Year of coverage 1999+
 contains >84,000 full text records
• 中國優秀碩士學位論文全文數據庫
 Year of coverage 1999+
 contains >611,000 full text records
• Searching interface in traditional Chinese
• Records in simplified Chinese
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Select field to search
Limit by year
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RefWorks
Your personal reference
database @Internet
Create your RefWorks
account
Create/Access your RefWorks account
• Click the RefWorks link at library web site
RefWorks Login
Useful Help for RefWorks
Remote Access
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Go to http://www.refworks.com
Use the Group Code to login (HKIEd members only)
Login personal account for HKIEd users
Get the Group Code
Enter Group Code
1. RefWorks User Login for HKIEd
2. Sign up / Login
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Sign up a new RefWorks account
The menu bar allows you to access all functionalities of
RefWorks. Simply move your mouse pointer over the entries
and further options will drop down.
HKIEd Library Website
http://www.lib.ied.edu.hk
Search for books,
journals, media
resources
Export the record to RefWorks
Export record to
RefWorks directly
Last Imported Folder
• The result imported will be placed in the last
imported folder.
• If you repeat importing records, this folder will
only contain the results of the very last import.
• All previously imported records are stored in the
database, but not associated with a folder.
Try yourself
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Go to HKIEd Library Catalogue
 Search for Author = “Hutton, Christopher”
 Save and export all found records
 Import the records to your RefWorks account
Example: ERIC (EBSCOhost)
Export records
You’ll be asked to login RefWorks
if not login yet
Last Imported Folder
Many databases support direct exporting references to
RefWorks, e.g. ProQuest
Try yourself
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Go to ERIC (EBSCOhost) Databases
– Library homepage > E-Resources
> By Alphabet: E > ERIC (via EBSCOhost)
 Search Title = inclusive education
 Mark 5 records found & export to RefWorks
Creating a Bibliography
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Create bibliography from your references
Bibliography created in preferred style e.g. APA
References arranged and sorted automatically
Output bibliography in HTML or Word format
Create bibliography from all references or selected
folder
1 Click Bibliography
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Select Output Style
Select Output Format
3 (HTML/Word)
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Select Folder / All
5 Click to Create
References sorted and
formatted in APA Style
HKIEd Chinese citation style (for
reference only)
Refer to Citation System in
Student Handbook for details
Try yourself
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Create a bibliography for all references using
the APA 6th
Thank You
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