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