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
Topic: The role of social media marketing in hotel industry 23 23
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

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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. 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

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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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