Information for Freshmen
Information for New Staff
Welcome to the Online Guide for SHTM students!
Feel free to explore the following topics from this subject guide:
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Find Journal Articles |
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Find Data & Statistics Introduce useful data and statistics sources for research and assignment purposes. |
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Find Books
Tips to find e-books and print books from OneSearch and HKALL. |
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Find Course Resource Lists Tips to find course resource lists for SHTM courses. |
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Find Exam Papers
Tips to find past papers from SHTM and other disciplines. |
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Find Theses & Dissertations
Tips to find dissertations and theses from OneSearch and other databases. |
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Find References & Handbooks Recommended references, encyclopedias and dictionaries in tourism, hospitality, event management, food & beverage, and wine studies area. |
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Find Data Tools
Introduce useful data analyzing tools, data visualization tools, and a data cleaning tool for researchers. |
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Search Tips
Share searching skills like making use of boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT), exact phrase, truncation, wildcard, and citation chaining skills. |
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Build a Search Statement
A step-by-step guide to build an effective search statement with examples. |
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Find Newspapers
Tips to find news & newspapers via databases and OneSearch. |
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Find Magazines
Provide a list of recommended magazines and tips to find magazines from OneSearch. |
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Know Your Privileges
Share information like privileges for undergraduate & postgraduate students, Library Card, Login, myRecord, and iBooking. |
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Citation Style
Share basic knowledge in citation & citation style, built-in citation generators, reference management tools, and APA style examples. |
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Conduct a Literature Review
Learn how to select & evaluate sources, search literature effectively, and read articles strategically. |
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Library News & Publications
Provide links for Library Newsletter, e-Bulletin (for SHTM), and Library News and Events. |
Library Workshops
The library conducts both face-to-face workshops and online courses to help build up essential skills to support study and research. Topics cover information searching and evaluation, citing references, and more.
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Online Courses & Webinars |
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Face-to-face & Hybrid Workshops |
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Workshops Handouts and Recordings from Previous Semesters Consolidates PPT slides, recordings, and related information of completed workshops and webinars. |
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Why Library Resources?
What's the point to use library resources if we can google everything in the world? Let's explore it from the video below:
Source: InfoLit for U – MOOC on information literacy offered by the libraries of all UGC-funded universities in Hong Kong
