Digital Library, E-Learning and Study aboard
林孟玲世新大學 玄奘學院 講師
June 30, 2001
I. Introduction
Why this class?
• scholarly research
• proliferation of publishing in all academic fields
• the development of electronic media and resources
Some other reason
• Overall, 93% of students surveyed perceived their library skills as fair , pretty good , or excellent. While only 7% of graduates rated their library skills as pretty poor , in point of fact some 63% of the graduates received poor to failing scores on the survey questions. Only 1.2% of the students scored 90% or higher in correctly answering the survey questions.
How? & What?—an outline
I. Introduction
II. Research Process
III. How to Search Library Materials
IV. How to Find Information on the Internet
V. How to Write a Research Report
VI. Discussion
II.Research Process
What is Research?
• Research is a process through which researchers reveal or discover knowledge
Research Method
• Quantitative management research methods– Survey designs
– Statistical analysis
– interpretation of results
• Qualitative research methods– Case-study based research
– Action research
– Ethnographic research
– Research based on observation
Approaches to Research
• Theoretical Applied
• Empirical Non-Empirical
• Experimental Non-Experimental
• Positivist Interpretive
• Induction Deduction
Research process(science method)
• Observation• Preliminary
information gathering• Hypothesizing
– Deductive research
– induction
• Data collection• Data analysis• Deduction
Research process
• Observation
• Preliminary information gathering
• Theory formulation
• Hypothesizing
• Further scientific data collection
• Data analysis
• Deduction
Research process (science method)
• Observation
• Problem definition
• Hypothesis generation
• Testing
• Hypothesis accepted, rejected, or modified
Research Methodologies
• Library Research– Library research involves accessing
• Surveys– questionnaires
• Interviews– questioning or discussing issues with selected
individuals (face or phone)
Research Methodologies
• Case Studies
• Experiments
• Action Research– Combine with theory with practice such that
advances in theory and necessary changes to practices are simultaneously achieved
How to gather information?
• Formal– Using Library Services
• Informal– Consulting Personal Collection– Asking Friends and Colleagues– Search on the Internet
III.How to search Library Materials
What a Library Can Offer You?
• How to Search Library Materials
• http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/
Main services on the library’s home page
• Using the library
• Locating the materials- printed & electronic
• Supplying services
Using the library
• FAQ & Help
• Hours
• Proxy Service
• Tours & Instruction
• Map for different libraries on campus
• How to do your research
Locating the materials- printed & electronic
• Online catalogs (OPAC, WebPAC)
• Pathfinder
• Archival
• Reserves- assigned readings, books & exam
• Electronic indexes & abstracts
• Digital libraries-electronic journals, databases, reference texts, archival
Supplying services
• Borrowing – loan period, renewal , overdue, fines, replaceme
nt charge
• Document Delivery– Specific document/article photocopies or inter-l
ibrary loan from the other libraries
• Interlibrary borrowing services (bks,jrl,thes)• More linkages for the resources worldwide
How to do your research
• Very helpful for beginners
• Good sites to visit
Databases in Various Disciplines
• 教育 / 人文 / 社會– ERIC, PsycINFO, PAIS, SSCI, Sport
• 法律 / 政治 / 新聞– LEXIS-NEXIS
• 化學– CA Search
• 材料科學– METADEX
Databases in Various Disciplines
• 科技– COMPENDEX, INSPEC, NTIS, ASTI, SCI
• 醫學 / 生命科學– MEDLINE, BIOSIS, TOXLINE, CANCERLIT
• 電腦– Computer Select, Computer Database
• 管理 / 經濟 / 商業– ABI/INFORM
Databases Databases in Various Disciplines in Various
Disciplines• 新聞
– Dow Jones News/Retrieval, NewsEdge
• 工商名錄– Dun &Bradstreet(www.dnb.com), Moody serie
s
• 專業商標• CLAIMS, TRADEMARKSCAN, INPADO
C, Derwent series
Databases in Various Disciplines
• 農業– Agricola
• 圖書資訊學– LISA, Library Literature
• 百科全書– Compton’s, Encarta, Grolier, Britannica
• 其他– DAO, BIP, Peterson’s GRADLINE