VIS4310 Introduction to
Museum Studies Exploring Library’s resources
Lingnan University Library
Sep 2013
Terence Cheung – Reference Librarian
Tel: 2616 8572 Email: terencecheung@ln.edu.hk
What library service do you
use?
What sources do you use for
your research?
Any problems?
Today’s Contents
• Basic Research Concept & Searching Techniques
• Library Catalogue & 1-Search
• Consolidated Databases
EBSCOhost
JSTOR
• Databases related to Visual Studies
ARTstor
Grove Art Online (Oxford Art Online)
• News database – Factiva
• Theses & Dissertations
• Google Scholar
• Plagiarism
• Citation – Chicago Citation Style
• Q&As
Make the things right
at the beginning.
Good investment of
time.
http://tomfishburne.com/2012/11/creative-brief-2.html
By the end of this workshop, you
will be able to:
• have an overview on different types of library &
internet resources in order to select the most
appropriate tools in doing research.
• apply different search strategies in using the library
online catalogue, 1-search, and other Visual Studies
related databases in order to extract relevant
information efficiently and effectively.
• Have an understanding of the basic knowledge on
citation and using Chicago style of citation
What do you do before you do a
research?
What
Who
Why
Which
Where
When
Don’t need all the answers at the beginning!!!
Research Techniques
Boolean Operators
AND – both terms will appear in the result.
e.g. museum AND film
OR –
at least either one of the terms
will appear in the result.
e.g. film OR movie
NOT– only find items that do not
contain the search term.
e.g. film NOT comedy
museum AND film OR movie
What will you find?
Research Techniques
Parenthesis
( ) Use parenthesis ( ) to group words
together and set the order of the search
when using Boolean Operators.
e.g. use museum AND (film OR movie)
will find items with museum and film or
items with museum and movie in the
result.
Research Techniques
Phase Search
“ “
Use quotation mark for the exact
phase.
e.g. use “art history” will find the
exact phrase art history in the
result instead of items contains art
and history separately.
Research Techniques
Wildcards
?
Use question mark for one letter
truncation.
e.g. use wom?n will find women or
woman in the result.
*
Use asterisk for several letters
truncation.
e.g. use behavior* will find behavior,
behavioral, behaviorist, behaviorism, or
behaviorally in the result.
Evaluating Information
•
Authorship and Publishing Body: WHO is the author /
publisher?
•
Target Group: WHO is the intended audience?
•
Currency: WHEN was the information released?
•
Purpose: WHY this information was written?
•
Referral: HOW did the author find this information? Are
there references to other sources?
•
Accuracy : Is the information accurate?
Guides@LU
Guide for
research and
using databases
Guide for
Cultural Studies
We have over 260 databases.
Good and Bad!!!
Databases by types, subjects, A-Z
Use the database’s user guide
User Guide
1-Search
Input the search
terms
Click this
icon to
save the
article to
the list.
Narrow down
your search by
different criteria
Research Techniques
How to narrow down your search
•
Use more search terms
•
Limit the time frame
•
Limit to scholarly publications
•
Select appropriate content types
•
Select appropriate subject
•
Select appropriate sources
1-Search Advanced Search
Advanced
Search
Search by title, author, publication, etc.
Search by title, author, publication, etc.
Sort the results by :
-relevance
-date
To limit
your
search (to
have more
precise
results) by
selecting
these
facets
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How to View the Full-text ?
Click “Full Text
Online” to see the
online journal
article, normally
you will be linked
to a “Check for
Full Text” page
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How to View Full-text ?
Click “Article”, then a
new webpage ,
containing links to view
the article, will appear.
Click
“Journal”
and access
the journal
article by
year/volume
/page
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Exercise 1: Which of the following is the title
of the dissertations/theses on the topic of
marketing of museum published in 2001?
A.
Investigation of the current marketing
practices and consumer orientation in Ontario
museums
B.
Adopting marketing strategies in museums
C.
Museum marketing: competing in the global
marketplace
D.
Museum management and marketing
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Exercise 1: Which of the following is the title
of the dissertations/theses on the topic of
marketing of museum published in 2001
The answer is B
•
Perform a keyword search on “marketing” and
“museum”
•
Limit the search to “Dissertation/Thesis”
•
Limit the search to the year 2001
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EBSCOhost
EBSCOhost – Academic Search Premier
EBSCOhost – Academic Search Premier
EBSCOhost – Academic Search Premier
JSTOR
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JSTOR
Full-text
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ARTstor
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ARTstor
Limited by
“Classification”
,“Geography”,
etc.
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ARTstor – Exercise
Try to search a Chinese painting on Chinese woman
within the classification of “Fashion, Costume and
Jewelry”. Which is the one you found?
A.
C.
B.
D.
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ARTstor – Exercise
Try to search a Chinese painting on Chinese woman within
the classification of “Fashion, Costume and Jewelry”.
Which is the one you found?
The answer is C
•
Perform a keyword search on “Chinese
woman”
•
Limit the search to “Fashion, Costume and
Jewelry” under classification
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Grove Art Online (Oxford Art Online)
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Grove Art Online
e.g. Francois Boucher
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Grove Art Online
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Grove Art Online &
The Oxford Companion to Western Art
Enlarge image
Biography
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Grove Art Online
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Factiva
Factiva
Factiva
Dissertations
Dissertations
Google Scholar
Click
“Settings”
Google Scholar
Click “Library
links”
Search “Lingnan
University” & “WorldCat”
Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Findit@Lingnan links
will appear next to those
items which are held by
Lingnan University.
What is Plagiarism?

According to Oxford English Dictionary , Plagiarism refers to:
 The action or practice of taking someone else‘s work, idea, etc.,
and passing it off as one's own; literary theft.
 A particular idea, piece of writing, design, etc., which has been
plagiarized; an act or product of plagiary.

Plagiarism -- 學術剽竊 (online video) :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0R4WzbOGIY&feature=youtu.be

Plagiarism: How to avoid it (Bainbridge College) (Online video) :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q0NlWcTq1Y

User Guide: http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/bibliography_plagiarism
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Citation
Citation
Citation
Citation
Chicago-Style Citation
Chicago citation style - Books and journal articles
by Genesee Community College
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pUE_hdNjSo&
list=UUA4TVHj1LmiEyTO-3kwOAiw
Chicago-Style Citation
• Book – one author
Notes
1. Michael Pollan, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A
Natural History of Four Meals (New York: Penguin,
2006), 99–100.
2. Pollan, Omnivore’s Dilemma, 3.
Bibliography
Pollan, Michael. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A
Natural History of Four Meals. New York:
Penguin, 2006.
Chicago-Style Citation
• Journal article
Notes
1. Joshua I. Weinstein, “The Market in Plato’s
Republic,” Classical Philology 104 (2009): 440.
2. Weinstein, “Plato’s Republic,” 452–53.
Bibliography
Weinstein, Joshua I. “The Market in Plato’s
Republic.” Classical Philology 104 (2009):
439–58.
Chicago-Style Citation
• Book published electronically
Notes
1. Philip B. Kurland and Ralph Lerner, eds., The
Founders’ Constitution (Chicago: University of Chicago
Press, 1987), chap. 10, doc. 19, http://presspubs.uchicago.edu/founders/ (accessed February 28,
2010).
Bibliography
Kurland, Philip B., and Ralph Lerner, eds. The Founders’
Constitution. Chicago: University of Chicago Press,
1987. http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/.
(Accessed February 28, 2010.)
Chicago-Style Citation
• Article in an online journal
Notes
1. Gueorgi Kossinets and Duncan J. Watts, “Origins of
Homophily in an Evolving Social Network,” American
Journal of Sociology 115 (2009): 411. doi:10.1086/599247
(Accessed February 28, 2010).
Bibliography
Kossinets, Gueorgi, and Duncan J. Watts. “Origins of
Homophily in an Evolving Social Network.” American
Journal of Sociology 115 (2009): 405–50.
doi:10.1086/599247 (Accessed February 28, 2010).
Chicago-Style Citation
• Electronic source caption
Chicago-Style Citation
• Electronic source caption
Chicago-Style Citation
Electronic source caption
Figure 3. Leonardo da Vinci:
‘Mona Lisa’, panel, 600×470
mm, c. 1500–07 (Paris, Musée
du Louvre); Photo credit:
Réunion des Musées
Nationaux/Art Resource, NY."
In Grove Art Online. Oxford Art
Online,
http://www.oxfordartonline.com/
subscriber/article/img/grove/art/
F014932 (accessed September
22, 2011).
Chicago-Style Citation
Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide
.html
The Chicago manual of style online [electronic resource]
http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/eresources/restrict/chicagom
anual.html
Chicago-Style Citation - Exercise
1. Form a group of 2-3 persons.
2. In the given envelop, you will find pieces of paper with
parts of a citation.
3. One set in pink (for book) and one set in blue (for
journal article), separate them first.
4. Make one Chicago-style citation note for a book (pink).
5. Make one Chicago-style citation bibliography for a
journal article (blue).
6. The fastest team with the correct answer is the winner.
The next best thing to
knowing something is
knowing where to find it.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) British author.
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