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We shall begin with
http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/
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Library Online Catalogue
› Find books, journals, AV, etc.
› How to get access?
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Question: Search for the book: Boone, L.
E. & Kurtz, D. L. (2006). Contemporary
business 2006. Australia : Thomson/SouthWestern.
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Answer: Search the Library Catalogue by
title: contemporary business 2006.
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Question: I want to read the book written
by Bill Gates in 1999. What should I Do?
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Answer: Search the Library Catalogue by
name of Author. Be sure to search by
placing the SURNAME in front of the first
name.
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Question: I want to find books for my
research project on Hong Kong’s
Banking industry?
 Answer: Conduct a key word search on
banking and hong kong. Click “Modify
Search” to limit the search terms in
“Subject” and publication year after
2005.
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Use Lingnan E-mail / password to login
 Check for your borrowing records.
 Make online renewal.
 Check your reading history.
 Register for SMS Alert Service to receive
library notices.
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General Search Tips for the Library
Catalogue :
http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/search_tips
 About My Library Account:
http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/about_my_libr
ary_account
 About Library Catalogue:
http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/opac
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1-Search: A new discovery tool to
search for all kinds of materials including
journal articles, book chapters, books,
AV and more.
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1-Search is a simple and fast search
engine that helps you discover and
access relevant information in the
Library's Collections. It is a good place to
find books, scholarly journals,
newspaper articles, e-books, theses and
dissertations, videos, etc. through a
single search box.
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Question: I am looking for journal articles
for my research project about the
development of internet banking in
China.
 Answer: Conduct a key word/advanced
key word search in 1-Search.
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› The Boolean Operators AND, OR and NOT
must be written in ALL CAPS.
› Words in a specific order use " ". e.g.
“Internet banking"
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http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/databases
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Bankscope -- Includes detailed spreadsheet data
(balance sheet and income statement),
ownership information (shareholders and
subsidiaries), Reuters news articles, ratings and
rating.
 Compustat & CRSP via WRDS -- A comprehensive
web-based business data management system
which provides a variety of financial, economic
and marketing data sources.
 OSIRIS -- A comprehensive database of financial
information, ratings, earnings estimates, stock
data and news on global listed companies.
 EconLit -- EconLit is the American Economic
Association's electronic database and the
foremost source of references to economic
literature containing more than 630,000 records
covering 1969-present.
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Datastream (English) – Global equity / listed companies
information.
Bloomberg Terminal – It provides real-time and historical
pricing, indicative data, reporting, research, estimates,
analytics, portfolio management tools, electronic trading and
order management systems, multimedia events and
electronic communications to the users.
Wind 資訊金融終端(Chinese) – China equity / fund / bond /
macro economics database.
CSMAR (Chinese & English) – Company financial information
and trading statistics of listed companies in China.
CEIC Premium China Database = 中國經濟數據庫 - Extensive
coverage of over 250,000 statistical data series of China on
national, provincial and municipal level.
*RatingsDirect: Provides real-time access to integrated credit
research, market information, and risk analytics.
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Inter Library
Loan
HKALL
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HKALL = Hong Kong Academic Library Link
(香港高校圖書聯網) allows you to request for
books not available at Lingnan but
available at HKU, CUHK, HKUST, PolyU, CityU,
HKBU or HKIEd -- delivered to Lingnan
normally within 3 working days
 http://hkall.hku.hk/search/
 Quota: Up to 10 books at the same time
 User Guide: http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/hkall
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JULAC Card:
› JULAC Library (Borrower) Cardholders
can access and borrow items from other
UGC Libraries.
› Apply online at:
http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/user/login?d
estination=/services/library-forms/julac
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Bookings can be make for the following
› Discussion Rooms
› Individual Study Rooms
› CD-ROM / Database Workstations
› Microfilm Workstations
› Multimedia Booths
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If you are off-campus, please log in to
ITSC VPN service prior to access the
booking system.
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http://libguides.ln.edu.hk
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Like the convenience with the Google
Toolbar or Yahoo! Toolbar? Quick
searches and instant access to often
used Library and University functions are
readily available by installing the Lingnan
University Library Toolbar:
› http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/library-toolbar
› Available for both IE and Firefox web
browsers.
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Let’s have our Library tour
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