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In section 3, you learned about different types of information sources.
In this section, you will learn which search tools can help you find different types of information & how to decide which database (search tool) to use.
You can then use the techniques you learned in section 4 on these tools.
PowerSearch is a one-stop search tool. It searches across about 2/3 of all the Library's subscribed material.
When you want to start looking at the Library's owned and subscribed material, start here first!
It is especially useful for getting you books and book chapters, over 1 million of them are e-books!
Watch these two videos to learn how to use PowerSearch. Want more details? Go to the PowerSearch Guide.
What is PowerSearch & Basic Searching (52 sec) |
Advanced searching in PowerSearch (2 min 9 sec) |
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Databases are structured systems for storing and retrieving records. If you know which database(s) you want to search, go directly to the Alphabetical List and then click on the one you want. Or, explore different categories to discover useful & interesting databases appropriate for your assignments.
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Primary resources (“First Hand”)sources in SHSS are usually those materials that were created or written at the time & place of your study. HKUST has a good collection of primary sources that you may want to use later in your university studies.
Examples:
Wikipedia has a useful and interesting article about primary sources and their uses.
The Goldsmiths-Kress Library of Economic Literature, 1450-1850
61,000 rare books and 466 serials (mostly 19th century magazines) from the Goldsmiths’ Library of Economic Literature at the University of London and the Kress Collection of Business and Economics at the Harvard Business School.
The collection shows the development of the modern western world through the lens of trade and wealth, encompassing law, geography, politics and international relations, social history, business and women’s studies. 2/3s is in English, with thousands of texts in French, German, and Italian.
Our collections include also Maps of China from the late Qing Dynasty-to 1949, thread bound books and other pre-1949 Chinese material, works about China and the Far East by western writers from 1500s to 1949, Fine Reproductions of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy.
Consult our digital collections online at the Rare & Special e-Zone or visit us in the Special Collection Reading Room (by appointment).
