Information Search:
Generic: Basic and Advanced First Year Undergraduate
Date: 22 April 2022 – 19 May 2022
Sunway University Business School (SUBS)
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Finding Information for your Learning and Research
Information sources in the Library can be searched by
using: -
✓ Reading Lists Database
✓SearchAll (Books, ebooks, magazine, journal
articles & newspaper)
✓A-to-Z Databases
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Using Reading Lists Database to
locate books
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Logon to Reading Lists Database
1. Go to the Library homepage at
https://sclibrary.sunway.edu.my
2. Click on Reading Lists under
Resources
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Logon to Reading Lists Database
1. Click “Sunway University
Business School” to display a
list of subjects
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Logon to Reading Lists Database
Click “URL” to
view list of books
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Logon to Reading Lists Database
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Logon to Reading Lists Database
You may read
the book online
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Logon to Reading Lists Database
Location:
Open Shelf Collection
Note Call Number
HF5823 B42 2018
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Logon to Reading Lists Database
Call Number
HF5823 B42 2018 10
Searching books by title and author
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Searching books by title and author
Title: Principles of
Marketing
Authors
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Searching books by title
1. Go to the Library homepage at https://sclibrary.sunway.edu.my
2. Select ‘Title’
3. Click ‘Search’
1. Type words e.g. principles of
marketing
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Searching books by title
1. Click on Welcome, Guest. Sign in to………
Click Online Access
to view the book. Click Retrieve Catalogue
Item to view e-book
Location:
Open Shelf
Note Call Number
HF5415 K87 2021A
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Logon to SearchAll
Sign in with your Sunway Campus Library account
in this authentication page.
1. Type Student ID.
2. Type PIN
(default is 1234).
3. Click on login.
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Logon to SearchAll
If there are 2 login boxes appear, type and select
Sunway Campus Library in Find your institution
login box.
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Searching books by title
Click a particular
chapter to read
online.
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Searching books by author
1. Go to the Library homepage at https://sclibrary.sunway.edu.my
1. Type author’s name: 2. Select ‘Author’
Kotler, Philip 3. Click ‘Search’
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Searching books
Please refer to https://sclibrary.sunway.edu.my/onlinetutorials
✓ How to Find Books
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Using SearchAll to search library materials
Topic: The role of social media marketing in hotel industry
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Identify Keywords
• Read the assignment and identify the important keywords
✓Social Media
✓Marketing
✓Hotel industry
Topic: The role of social media marketing in hotel industry 21 21
Identify Keywords
• Read the assignment and identify the important keywords
✓Social Media, Facebook; Instagram; twitter
✓Marketing, advertising
✓Hotel industry, motels, bed and breakfast accommodations, tourist camps,
inns, hospitality industry
Topic: The role of social media marketing in hotel industry 22 22
Identify Keywords
• Read the assignment and identify the important keywords
✓Social Media, Facebook; Instagram; twitter
✓Marketing, advertising
✓Hotel industry, motels, bed and breakfast accommodations, tourist camps,
inns, hospitality industry
Example of search statements:
hotel industry AND marketing
hotel industry AND social media
hotel industry AND marketing AND social media
(hotel industry OR hospitality industry) AND social media
(hotel industry OR hospitality industry) AND facebook
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Using SearchAll to search library
materials
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Using SearchAll to search library materials
1. Go to the Library homepage at https://sclibrary.sunway.edu.my
2. Type words e.g. 3. Click ‘Search’
hotel industry
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Login for full text access
Click on Welcome, Guest…….
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Logon to SearchAll
Sign in with your Sunway Campus Library account
in this authentication page.
1. Type Student ID.
2. Type PIN
(default is 1234).
3. Click on login.
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Logon to SearchAll
If there are 2 login boxes appear, type and select
Sunway Campus Library in Find your institution
login box.
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Research Starter
1. Research Starter-
usually appears
right on top
2. Click on “Hotel and
motels industry”
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Research Starter: Background Information
Here is the article from
Research Starter
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View Electronic Books
2. Click Online Access
to view e-book
1. Click on
E-Resource SCL
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View Electronic Books
Click Read Online
to read the book
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View Electronic Books
Click Retrieve Catalogue
Item to view e-book
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View Electronic Books
Click to View the e-book
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Books from Open Shelf Location
1. Click on
Open_Shelf Scl
3. Note down Call number
2. Note down
TX928 S85 2015
location Open Shelf.
as item is shelved
according to number.
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Locating books on shelves (by Call Number)
Call number:
TX928 S85 2015
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Logon to SearchAll (Advanced Search) – Journal Articles
1. You have to
REFINE RESULTS
3. Click on “Full Text from
Sunway Campus Library” to
2. Click on view the full text37
article
“Academic Journals”
Logon to SearchAll (Basic Search) – Journal Articles
PDF Full Text- Article: Determinants of hotel social media
continued usage
Can be saved,
printed Journal: International Journal of Contemporary
Hospitality Management
Authors: Timothy Hyungsoo Jung and M. Claudia
Tom Dieck
Vol: 30
Issue no: 2
Year: 2018
Pages: 1152-1171
Doi: 10.1108/IJCHM-02-2017-0068
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Logon to SearchAll (Search: Limit by Subject) – Journal Articles
1. This time,
REFINE RESULTS to
Academic Journals and
Subject: consumer
behavior. Begin a
new search
2. Click on “PDF Full Text”
to view article 39
Logon to SearchAll (Search: Limit by Subject) – Journal Articles
1. This time,
REFINE RESULTS to
Academic Journals and
Subject: consumer
behavior. Begin a
new search
2. Click on “PDF Full Text”
to view article 40
Logon to SearchAll (Advanced Search) –Articles from Magazines
1. You have to
REFINE RESULTS
2. Refine to “Magazines”
3. Click “PDF Full Text” to view
41 article
Logon to SearchAll – Articles from Magazines
PDF Full Text- Article: A look at tomorrow’s technology innovations,
Can be saved, today
printed
Magazine: Hotel Management
Authors: Jill Quick
Month / day: June 13
Year: 2016
Pages: 52
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Logon to SearchAll (Advanced Search) –Articles from News
1. You have to
REFINE RESULTS
2. Refine to “News”
3. Click “Full Text from…” to view article
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Using ProQuest Central database to
find library materials such as articles
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Using A-Z Databases: ProQuest Central
1. Go to the Library homepage at
https://sclibrary.sunway.edu.my
2. Click on Reading Lists under
Resources & Services
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E-Databases: ProQuest Central
1. In the A-Z Databases page, click on the alphabet “P”
2. Click on “ProQuest Central”
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E-Databases: ProQuest Central
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E-Databases: ProQuest Central
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Authority of Information Sources
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Library Search Engine Vs Internet Search Engine
Provide
bibliography Library Search Engine: Internet Search Engine: No filtering
eg. SearchAll eg. Google process
Textbook &
reading
Copyright materials Theses &
Dissertations
Unregulated
Journals video-sharing
Annually platform Reference resources by laws
published Link to reliable
Magazines free website
Require
Updated evaluation
Newspaper
Conference proceedings
Credible
resources Online database
Institutional repositories
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Evaluating information
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What is the site's domain? URL
.com .org .gov
eg. www.mcdonalds.com eg. https://en.unesco.org/ eg. www.nih.gov.my
A business or commercial site An advocacy web site, such as a not-for-profit A federal government site.
organization.
The origination of the site can provide indications of the
site's mission or purpose. The most common domains are:
.edu .uk eg. http://www.ox.ac.uk/
eg. www.sunway.edu.my A site originating in another country
A site affiliated with a higher education institution (as indicated by the 2 letter code)
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Examples of site domain
• https://us.norton.com/internetsecurity-kids-safety-what-is-cyberbullying.html
.com • https://au.reachout.com/articles/what-is-cyberbullying
• https://www.unicef.org/malaysia/media_features2015-bullying-is-just-not-cool.html#.XI8rOSgzaUk
.org • https://cyberbullying.org/
• https://www.stopbullying.gov/cyberbullying/what-is-it/index.html
.gov • https://www.esafety.gov.au/esafety-information/esafety-issues/cyberbullying
• https://www.tuw.edu/health/impact-of-cyberbullying/
.edu • https://online.maryville.edu/blog/what-is-cyberbullying-an-overview-for-students-parents-and-teachers/
• https://www.prevnet.ca/bullying/cyber-bullying
.uk • http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2017-07-12-face-face-bullying-more-common-cyberbullying-among-teenagers
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Criteria on Evaluating Information
Who is the
author?/ What type
of
Who is publication
responsible is this?
for it?
How it was What is the
created? Who is the purpose of
Was it intended this
reviewed audience? writing?/Wh
by experts? y it exists?
What
makes it
What type credible or
of writing is not for
this? different
kinds of
uses?
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Topic : Depression
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1. Articles
Article from SearchAll Article from Google
Who is the author?
Type of publication
How it was created? Was
it reviewed by experts?
Audience?
Purpose of writing?
Type of writing?
Credible for different
kind of uses?
2. Book Review
Book review article from SearchAll Book review article from Google
Who is the author?
Type of publication
How it was created? Was
it reviewed by experts?
Audience?
Purpose of writing?
Type of writing?
Credible for different
kind of uses?
3. Social Media
Who is the author?
Type of publication
How it was created? Was
it reviewed by experts?
Audience?
Purpose of writing?
Type of writing?
Credible for different
kind of uses?
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5.
5. Others
Others
http://search.credoreference.com.ezproxy.sunway https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-
.edu.my/content/entry/fofd/depression/0 families/depression/what-is-depression
Who is the author?
Type of publication
How it was created? Was
it reviewed by experts?
Audience?
Purpose of writing?
Type of writing?
Credible for different
kind of uses? 59
Useful Library Guides
Please refer to Guides
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Useful Library Guides
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Useful Library Guides
Sunway Campus Library General Information Guide
A Simple Guide to Finding Materials in the Library
Arrangement of Library Collections
Subject Guide to Library Collections
Shelf Guides
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Recorded Session Link
https://sclibrary.sunway.edu.my/friendly.php?s=zoomrecording
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Need Help? Ask a Librarian
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Thank you ☺
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