LIBRARY WORKSHOPCommunication Research Method
(COMM 2350)
April 2008
Overview
• Information Searching Tools
• Keyword Search
• Library Catalogue
• Databases
• Resources Outside HKBU Library
Info Searching Tools
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Content
Only
Sometimes, It GoesBeyond the Film Itself…
Beyond
Content
藝伎回憶錄Memoirs of a Geisha
Book Review
Original
Novel
Film Review /
Criticism / Study
Culture /Social Life /
History of Japan
WomenStatus
In Japan
Geishas inTourism &
Performing Arts
Info Searching Tools
HKBU Library Catalogue
Indexes & Databases
Info Searching Tools
Others: Online Dictionaries, E-Learning Software, etc.
Information Scenario Exercise:
• Scenario #1: you want to know about a general overview on geisha in Japan
• Scenario #2: you want information that critically evaluate and review the film of “Memoirs of a Geisha”
• Scenario #3: you want to find the filmography of Zhang Yimou
Information Scenario Exercise:
• Scenario #1: you want to know about a general overview on geisha in Japan
• Scenario #2: you want information that critically evaluate and review the film of “Memoirs of a Geisha”
• Scenario #3: you want to find the filmography of Zhang Yimou
Searching Tool: Lib. Catalogue
Searching Tool: Reviews @Databases/ Internet
Searching Tool: Databases/ Internet
Keyword Search Skills
• Find out whether the Library has the following journal
Exercise
Journal of Film and VideoJOURNALS
Sight and Sound
Search Option: (a) Title (b) Keyword (c) Subject
Exercise:
Q: Which search option would you use in the library catalogue to find out whether we have this piece of information?– (a) author name– (b) article title – (c) journal title
Wang Yiman. “From the Indexical to the Spectacle: On Zhang Yimou's Postmodern Turn in Not One Less.” Journal of Film and Video 57.3 (2005): 3-13.
Search a known citation
JOURNALARTICLE
Keyword Search Skills
• When there is a topic on hand
• This skills can be applied to :– HKBU Library Catalogue
– Indexes & Databases
– Internet Search Engines, e.g., Google, Yahoo
• Different search engines use different symbols
--------> film* • Truncation * Film
Films, Filmmaker, Filmography,Filmology, etc.
Keyword Search Skills• Phrase Search
• Operators
film* OR movie* OR motion picture*
film* AND NOT photograph*
film* AND politics
Film style
A B A BA B
AND OR AND NOT
Style of filmStyle of comedy film
Won’t find:
Movie style
<Narrow down> <Expand> <Exclude unwanted>
Develop a Search Strategy
Identify the main
concepts
List possibleSearch terms
Combine yoursearch termsappropriately
FilmMovie*Motion picture*
(film* or movie* or motion picture*) and hong kong and politic*(film* or movie* or motion picture*) and hong kong and politic*
Films Hong Kong Politics
Political
Politics in Hong Kong Films
Politics in Hong Kong Films
Exercise:
Pop Culture in ComediesPop Culture in Comedies
Identify the main
concepts
List possibleSearch terms
Combine yoursearch termsappropriately
Exercise:
Pop Culture in ComediesPop Culture in Comedies
Identify the main
concepts
List possibleSearch terms
Combine yoursearch termsappropriately
Pop Culture Comedies
Popular cultureStreet culture
Comedy
(pop* culture or street culture) and comed*(pop* culture or street culture) and comed*
Library Catalogue
Library Catalogue
Keyword Search :
screenplay* screenwriting scriptwriting
Subject Search :
motion picture authorship motion picture plays
• Keyword Search vs. Subject Search
Library Catalogue
KEYWORD SEARCH SUBJECT SEARCH
Natural Language
e.g., screenplay, screenplays script writing scriptwriting screenwriting
Controlled Vocabulary
e.g., motion picture authorship motion picture plays television authorship
Low Accuracy High Accuracy
To retrieve books / articles that really talk about the subject.
• Keyword Search vs. Subject Search
Library Catalogue
KEYWORD SEARCH SUBJECT SEARCH
Search Skills
- Boolean operators
- Field search
- Proximity search
Search Skills
- Locate a very good result by
keyword search
- Make use of the Subjects of
that item to do the subject
search
• Keyword Search vs. Subject Search
• Keyword– Field search
• Particularly good for people / movie search
Library Catalogue
Background :
「警匪片」 appears in 書名 (title), 撮要 (abstracts) or 主題詞 (subject) fields
Background :
「警匪片」 appears in 書名 (title), 撮要 (abstracts) or 主題詞 (subject) fields
吳宇森Woo, John
吳宇森’ s writings/ productions :
「吳宇森」 appears in 作者 (author) field
吳宇森’ s writings/ productions :
「吳宇森」 appears in 作者 (author) field
a: 吳宇森 a: 吳宇森
About 吳宇森: - Biography - Criticism, etc.
「吳宇森」 appears in 主題詞 (subject) field
About 吳宇森: - Biography - Criticism, etc.
「吳宇森」 appears in 主題詞 (subject) field
s: 吳宇森 s: 吳宇森
Example: s: 吳宇森 and a: 卓伯棠Example: s: 吳宇森 and a: 卓伯棠
• More applications of field search
Library Catalogue
Purpose Search Statement
Movies s:(feature films or 電影 ) <in multimedia>
s:(documentary films or 紀錄片 )
Reviews / Criticism s:(reviews or criticism or 評論 )
Interviews s:interviews
Statistics s:statistics
Example
1. s:(feature films or 電影 ) and s:(hong kong or 香港 ) <in multimedia>
2. harry potter and s:(reviews or criticism)
3. s:interviews and s:Scorsese
Example
1. s:(feature films or 電影 ) and s:(hong kong or 香港 ) <in multimedia>
2. harry potter and s:(reviews or criticism)
3. s:interviews and s:Scorsese
• Keyword Search– Field search
Exercise on Field Search
Exercise:
1. Finding Tom Cruise’s films produced by the Paramount Pictures Corporation
2. Finding reviews on 王家衛 (Wong Kar Wai)
3. Finding interviews with 張藝謀 (Zhang Yimou)
Exercise:
1. Finding Tom Cruise’s films produced by the Paramount Pictures Corporation
2. Finding reviews on 王家衛 (Wong Kar Wai)
3. Finding interviews with 張藝謀 (Zhang Yimou)
Library Catalogue
Cinematography
Digital cinematography
Motion pictures – Production and direction
Motion picture authorship
Motion pictures -- Philosophy
Technology in motion pictures
Television authorship
• Subject Search– Selected subject headings related to film production
電影–製作電影–攝製法電影–導演藝術電影–攝影藝術電影–劇本電影–技術
Film adaptations
British Literature – Film and video adaptations
電影文學
Electronic Resources: Databases
Databases
Communication & Film Study
EBSCOhost -- Academic Search Premier [FT] -- Communication & Mass Media Complete [FT] -- The Music Index [IN]
Film Index International Online [IN] – 2 users
Communication Institute for Online Scholarship (ComAbstracts) [AB]
Media Review Digest [IN]
Art Index [IN]
China Journal Net 中國期刊網 : 電子技術及信息科學輯 [AB]
HK Television Database [IN]
Newspaper Articles
WiseNews 電子剪報 [FT]
Lexis Nexis Academic [FT]
• What is the difference between the review articles found on the Internet and in the Film Index International Online?
Person Search: Zhang YimouPerson Search: Zhang Yimou
Finding Film Criticism & Awards
Film Index International Online
Film Search: King KongFilm Search: King Kong
Film Search: Oscars AwardsFilm Search: Oscars Awards
Finding Film Reviews
David LynchDavid Lynch
“The Piano”, A 1993 film directed by Jane Campion (Jan Chapman Productions)
“The Piano”, A 1993 film directed by Jane Campion (Jan Chapman Productions)
Communication and Mass Media Complete @EBSCOhost
Finding Interviews
Demo: Zhang YimouDemo: Zhang Yimou
Try: Martin ScorseseTry: Martin Scorsese
Communication and Mass Media Complete @EBSCOhost
Finding Journal ArticlesGlobalization of kung fu
(culture) through movies
Globalization of kung fu (culture) through
movies
Communication and Mass Media Complete @EBSCOhost
kung fu movie*
martial art*
(kung fu or martial art*) and (movie* or film* or motion picture*)and (global* or international)
(kung fu or martial art*) and (movie* or film* or motion picture*)and (global* or international)
globalization
film*motion picture*
globalglobalizeinternational
Bruce LeeBruce Lee Stephen ChowStephen Chow Jackie ChanJackie Chan
Databases報章影評 : 「父子」報章影評 : 「父子」
WiseNews
Practice
Exercise:
Using Film Index International Online:
1. Finding film criticism on LEE Ang ( 李安 )
2. Finding criticism on the film “Blood Diamond ( 血鑽 )”
Using Communication and Mass Media Complete @EBSCOhost:1. Finding journal articles discussed Akira Kurosawa ( 黑澤明 )2. Finding review articles on Akira Kurosawa’s film “Ran ( 亂 )”3. Finding journal articles discussed on women’s stereotype in
the Hollywood
Using Film Index International Online:
1. Finding film criticism on LEE Ang ( 李安 )
2. Finding criticism on the film “Blood Diamond ( 血鑽 )”
Using Communication and Mass Media Complete @EBSCOhost:1. Finding journal articles discussed Akira Kurosawa ( 黑澤明 )2. Finding review articles on Akira Kurosawa’s film “Ran ( 亂 )”3. Finding journal articles discussed on women’s stereotype in
the Hollywood
Resources OutsideHKBU Library
• HKALL– Local University Libraries (UGC)– Books only– http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/lib/about/hkall.html#request
• ILL– Global library network– Books & Journal acticles– First 20 articles per academic year free of charge– Keep track of the status of requests online– Retrieve electronic articles on desktop– HK$5 charge for each additional article filled by local libraries– http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/lib/about/ill.html#illuser
• JULAC Reader Card (UGC Libraries)– Physically access the Library– Cannot check out books– HK$50 per application– expires at the end of the academic year (i.e. 31st July) and renew it in a new
academic year– endorsement from supervisor
http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/lib/forms/ugcreader.html
Resources Outside HKBU Library
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• Access your references from any location via the Web
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