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Using Google Effectively
 for Academic Research
                  February 2019
USING GOOGLE EFFECTIVELY FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH - FEBRUARY 2019 - EDUHK LIBRARY
Outline
   Google Search
        Basic
        Finding Quick Answers
        Advanced
   Google Scholar
        EdUHK Library Link Setting
        Tool: Google Scholar Search Button on Chrome
   Google Dataset Search
   Google Books
   Google Images
   Rethink about Free Information
USING GOOGLE EFFECTIVELY FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH - FEBRUARY 2019 - EDUHK LIBRARY
Google Search
https://www.google.com/
USING GOOGLE EFFECTIVELY FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH - FEBRUARY 2019 - EDUHK LIBRARY
How Google Search Works
   Harvesting all content discovered by the Web by fetching webpages
   Google does the indexing of the web and stores them
   Hit Ranking – Google Algorithm
       Google (2010) briefly shared their considerations for pagerank in the following
        points:
            How many times does the page contain your keywords?
            Do the words appear in the title? In the URL?
            Do the words appear directly adjacent?
            Does the page include synonyms for those words?
            Is the page from a quality website?
USING GOOGLE EFFECTIVELY FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH - FEBRUARY 2019 - EDUHK LIBRARY
Getting Started – Search Settings
   Google Search
    https://www.google.com/
   Key Settings
        Location
        Languages
        SafeSeach Filters
USING GOOGLE EFFECTIVELY FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH - FEBRUARY 2019 - EDUHK LIBRARY
Foundation of Query
   Using Google Search
       Entering your query in Google Search Box
   Query
       A set of words used to retrieve information
       Reflect your information needs
   Example
       If I want to know English teachers’ assessment standards,
       words English teacher assessment standards would be
        included in the query
USING GOOGLE EFFECTIVELY FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH - FEBRUARY 2019 - EDUHK LIBRARY
Results Page
USING GOOGLE EFFECTIVELY FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH - FEBRUARY 2019 - EDUHK LIBRARY
Let’s Test Google!
                      Do They Matter?
                                                      Rowling

  English speakers           achievement                VS
learning Cantonese
                                 VS                  © Rowling
       VS
                             achievmemt
Cantonese speakers
  learning English

                     EDUHK

                      VS               place   VS a place VS the place

                     eduhk
USING GOOGLE EFFECTIVELY FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH - FEBRUARY 2019 - EDUHK LIBRARY
Words Matters
                                                                             Rowling
    Matter            Does it matter?
                                                                                                          EDUHK
                                                                               VS
 Word Orders                                          English speakers
                                                     learning Cantonese     © Rowling
                                                                                                              VS

                                                                                                          eduhk
Capitatlisation                                            VS

                                                     Cantonese speakers
   Spelling                                           learning English

                                                                          place VS      a place VS       the place
 Punctuation                

                           Tips on Applying Words
                                                                                                     achievement
                     Think of important keywords of your topic
                                                                                                         VS
                     Brainstorm words probably stated in your
                                                                                                     achievmemt
                     Synonym of the keywords
                     Serval queries may attempt
USING GOOGLE EFFECTIVELY FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH - FEBRUARY 2019 - EDUHK LIBRARY
Using Operators – Refine Your Search
   Selected common search techniques by using operators from search tips stated by
    Google (2018a)

       -         • Exclude words from your search, put – in front of a word you want to leave out
                 • e.g. English test assessment –IELTS

     “”          • Search for an exact match, put a word phrase inside quotes
                 • e.g. “teaching plan”

                 • Search for wildcards or unknown words, put a * in your word or phrase
       *           where you want to leave a placeholder
                 • e.g. “largest * in the world”

     OR          • Combine searches, put OR between each query
                 • e.g. marathon OR race

      @          • Search for social media, put @ in front of a word to search social media
                 • e.g. Trump@twitter

    site:        • Search for a specific site, put site: in front of a site or domain
                 • e.g. library skills workshops site:eduhk.hk
Finding Quick Answers
   Google Search display quick answers or quick facts in its Quick
    Answers Box
        Also called Featured Snippet Block
        Locate at the top or right side of search results page
        Sometimes appear, unless the following types of specific query are
         applied
   Please spend 1-2 minutes and try the below examples or similar
    queries by yourself. See what answers you can retrieve.

                                                       Foreign Exchange:
      Weather:               Dictionary/Define:               e.g.                      Sports:               Color Picker:
e.g. weather London        e.g. define education          hkd in cny            e.g. Manchester United        e.g. #ff6732
                                                        1000jpy in usd

               Unit Conversions:                                                             Solutions (how to…):
                                                                  Quick Facts (celebrity,
                     e.g.                  Calculations:                                    e.g. How to become a
                                                                  location, movie, etc.):
                   20oz in g               e.g. 365*30                                      registered teacher in
                                                                      e.g. Lala Land
                   12C in F                                                                       Hong Kong
Advanced Search Page
https://www.google.com/advanced_search
Advanced Search Page
https://www.google.com/ad
       vanced_search
Google Scholar
https://scholar.google.com
Features
   Search all scholarly literature from one convenient
    place

   Explore related works, citations, authors, and
    publications

   Locate the complete document through your library
    or on the web

   Keep up with recent developments in any area of
    research

   Check who’s citing a publications

   Create a public author profile

                                         (Google, n.d.a)
Overview
Coverage: Search Academic or Scholarly Content only
 • Books
 • Journal Articles
 • Conference Papers
 • Theses
 • Public domain research databases with options suited for academic purposes (e.g. open access
   journal databases)
 • More…
Functions
 •   Searcy by article title / author / journal title
 •   Limited by publication years / subject areas
 •   Citation searches / Related articles
 •   Linking to EdUHK Library’s subscribed online resources through EdLink
 •   Direct exports to ReWorks
 •   Save your readings
 •   Publication alert
 •   More…
Refine Searches from the Beginning

Operators                                                 Advanced Search Box

 -    • Exclude words from your search
      • e.g. science education -STEM

 “    • Search for an exact match, i.e. article title
      • e.g. “exploring the nature of examiner thinking
 ”      during the process of examination marking”

 *    • Search for wildcards or unknown words
      • e.g. “strategic human resources manage*”

OR    • Combine searches
      • e.g. children health OR children nutrition
Refine Searches on Results Page
Results Page:
                       Functions on Publication Level
   Save to your reading list

        “My Library” (Google Account and Login required)

   Citation

        MLA, APA, Chicago, Harvard, and Vancouver

   Cited by

        List of publications which has cited the item is provided

   Related articles

        Exploring more similar articles

   Versions

   Library Search

        Finding which library has the holding

   EdLINK, Library Link to the publication, setting required
    on off-campus computers
Results Page:
Author Bibliography
EdLINK@EdUHK with Google Scholar
   With EdLINK, you can access to EdUHK Library’s
    subscribed e-resources through Google Scholar
    directly (Login is required under remote access
    environment)

   EdLINK is turned on if you are using Google
    Scholar from on-campus computers

   You may also turn on EdLINK on Google Scholar
    on off-campus computers (instruction is on next
    slide)

   If you cannot see EdLINK@EdUHK.Primo icon, you
    are encouraged to try searching the source title
    from our iSearch on EdUHK Library’s Website and
    see whether we have a print version
Library Link Setting
Citations exportation to ProQuest RefWorks:
                   Setting
Citations exportation to ProQuest RefWorks:
                   Setting
Setting Email Alert of Your Interested Topics
Linking to Google Books
   Download link:
                         https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-
                          scholar-button/ldipcbpaocekfooobnbcddclnhejkcpn

Tool:               A Chrome extension

Google Scholar           Add a browser button on your Chrome browser for access
                          Google Scholar from any web page

Button on           Help in finding full text on web or in your university
                     library
Chrome              Able to transfer your query from web search to Google
                     Scholar quickly
                    Provide quick different citation styles of your current
                     academic searches or readings
Google Scholar Button:
 Find full text, article information, or other version
                        of article

                                                                          Method 2:
                                                                          Select the title from bibliographic information platform, e.g. library resource records, and press
                                                                          button
Method 1:                                                                 Let’s try together:
Press button and input your keywords / article title                      Search the article entitled “On the nature of the governing system of the Qin empire in ancient
into extension box directly                                               China” from iSearch of EduHK Library, and see how Google Scholar Button functions

                          Method 3:
                          Press button directly without selecting words on a record of academic database
Google Scholar Button:
Quick query transfer from web search to Google
                    Scholar
Google Scholar Button:
Quick provision of citation styles
Google Dataset Search (Beta)
https://toolbox.google.com/datasetsearch
Google Dataset Search -
                           What is it?
   Find datasets stored across the Web through a simple keyword
    search, including datasets located in:
       Site of dataset publishers
       Digital library
       Author personal webpages

   Google believes this project would:
       benefit the creating a data sharing ecosystem
       give scientists a way to show the impact of their work through citation of
        datasets
Google Dataset Search –
  How Google quantify datasets (Google Search, n.d.)
Dataset     A table or a CSV file with some data
structure
can be:     An organized collection of tables

            A file in a proprietary format that

            A collection of files that together constitute some meaningful dataset

            A structured object with data in some other format that you might want to load
            into a special tool for processing
            Images capturing data

            Files relating to machine learning, such as trained parameters or neural network
            structure definitions
            Anything that looks like a dataset to you
Google Dataset Search

                        Dataset Information
How can shared
Infographic adopted from:
Springer Nature (2019)                                                                             datasets benefit
                                                                                                   to academic research?
https://researchdata.springernature.com/users/14585-mathias-astell/posts/28549-benefits-of-data-
sharing-for-you

                                                                                                      Some practical benefits to:
                                                                                                           Good sources for longitudinal
                                                                                                            study
                                                                                                           Good reference to metadata and
                                                                                                            data structure development
                                                                                                           Practice programming or
                                                                                                            statistical skills
                                                                                                           Test trial research models,
                                                                                                            simulations, or hypotheses
                                                                                                           Use for teaching demonstration
Google Books
https://books.google.com/
Overview
                          (Google, n.d.b, 2018b)

Book Sources

• Out of copyright
• From public domain
• Partner programme
• Library project

Book Search

• Search by title, author, ISBN, keywords
• Provide full-text search, while Google process the content by OCR (Optical
  Character Recognition)
• Provide bibliographic information

Read / Download

• Provide preview or full-text
• When the book is out of copyright, OR permission is given to Google
• PDF copy download if it is in public domain
Overview
                         (Google, n.d.b, 2018b)

Buy / Borrow Books

• Function of “Buy this book” and “Borrow this book” links is offered
• Links to places where you can buy or borrow the books
• Links to Google Play Books, ebooks store of Google

Other Reading Management Functions

•   Search inside the book content
•   Cite a book, export to bibliographic managing applications
•   Translate book content, not available for all books
•   Copy as image, not available for all books
•   Save to “My Library”, Google account login required
Basic Search and Results Page
Modify / Advanced Search

Modify               Advanced
Book Page – No Preview
Book Page – Full View & Preview

                                  Export citation
                                  from this page
Book Page - Snippet View
Google Images
https://images.google.com/
Image Search

   Google Images                        Britannica ImageQuest
    https://images.google.com/            http://www.lib.eduhk.hk/cgi-
                                          bin/WAMConnMgr?sid=quest
   Two ways to access
                                         Charged image database and subscribed by
   Query and refine your search          EdUHK Library
   Copyright issues                     More than 3 million copyright-cleared images
                                          for non-commercial and educational uses
Britannica
ImageQuest
Google Image Search by Keywords
Results Page

       Pay attention to “Reuse Right”
Google Image Search by Image
   Search by uploading image
   Search by pasting image URL
Results Page - Using Search by Image
Find Out Where These Places Are
Rethink about Free Information
Google ≠ Everything

   No free lunch

   Google is great but it does not own the Web, in particular the research

    materials and contents

   Still not everything is in electronic format or online

   If you only Googling, you will miss a lot

   Quality of information from the Internet is not secure
Why You Cannot Trust Everything from the Internet?
   Questions to ask before you use any information /                Learn more about “Evaluating Information”,

    Evaluation Criteria:                                              access “InforLit for U”, a information literacy
                                                                      online course
        Who created it? Are they trustable? Are they who they
         say they are? Is it a personal web page or an                    https://libguides.eduhk.hk/infolit

         organisational web page?

        When was it created and updated? Click on the related
         links – how many dead links are there?

        What are the target audience? Are there advertising on
         it?

        What is the tone and design of it?

        Are the contents objective? Who sponsored it?

        Something just doesn't add up? Too good to be true?
Why Don’t You Access From Our Library?
iSearch: Intelligent One-Stop Search for Your
          Study and Research Needs
   http://www.lib.eduhk.hk/
E-Databases Subscribed by EdUHK Library
   The Library has subscribed almost 300 e-databases of
    different subject areas:
        Academic Search Ultimate
        ERIC
        Factiva
        ProQuest Databases
        Scopus
        Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts
         & Humanities Citation Index
        ACI 學術引用文獻資料庫
        CEPS 中文電子期刊服務
        CNKI 中國知網
        中國學位論文全文數據庫
        漢籍電子文獻資料庫
        … and more
Other Resources Your Should Know
   Local:
       Digital Initiatives from Hong Kong UCG Libraries, e.g.
            Hong Kong Journals Online from HKU Libraries
            Hong Kong Government Reports Online (1842-1941) from HKU Libraries
            1911-1949 Minguo Publications 1911 至 1949 民國文獻 from CityU Library
            Hong Kong Literature Database from CUHK Library
            Overseas Chinese Clippings Database from HKBU Library
            Etc......

   Wayback Machine from the Internet Archive
       http://www.archive.org/
References
Google. (n.d.a) Google Scholar: About. Retrieved from
    https://scholar.google.com/intl/en/scholar/about.html
Google. (n.d.b) About Google Books. Retrieved from
    https://www.google.com/intl/en/googlebooks/about/
Google. (2010, March 4) How Search Works. Retrieved from
    https://youtu.be/BNHR6IQJGZs
Google. (2018a) Refine web searches. Retrieved from
    https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433
Google. (2018b) How to use Google Books. Retrieved from
    https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/43729?hl=en
Google Search. (n.d.) Dataset. Retrieved from
     https://developers.google.com/search/docs/data-types/dataset
Springer Nature. (2019) Benefits of data sharing for you. Retrieved from
     https://researchdata.springernature.com/users/14585-mathias-
     astell/posts/28549- benefits-of-data-sharing-for-you
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