Searching Skills Series (Sep-Oct 2023)

The default search engine on the Library Homepage, LibrarySearch, is a one-stop search and discovery tool which allows you to search for library materials and millions of scholarly e-resources, such as journal articles, e-books, reviews, theses and dissertations, etc. This workshop shows you how to use LibrarySearch effectively for your academic studies and assessments.

Topics covered:

• Overview of LibrarySearch
• Using LibrarySearch to find
  • Books and journal articles
  • Relevant materials on a topic
  • Other functions on LibrarySearch e.g. finding books on course reserves

This workshop covers the following to help you to:

• Understand your Reading Lists
• Expand the range of your search terms by using similar concepts and synonyms
• Use advanced search techniques such as Boolean Operators, truncation, etc.
• Identify good academic sources and evaluate journal articles

Introduces finding Chinese materials on LibrarySearch, major Chinese databases, and relevant searching techniques.

Topics covered:

• Searching Chinese materials on LibrarySearch
• How to find suitable databases by subject and by material types for your research
• How to develop search strategies according to your research topic

CUHK Library has subscribed to a number of data and statistics databases. This workshop provides an overview of these databases which will assist your academic studies and assessments.

Topics covered:

• Introduce major data and statistics databases in the Library Collection
• Demonstrate searching techniques to find suitable data for your topic
• How to cite data