Consultation Services
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Our One-on-One Research Consultation Service is intended for HKBU Faculty, Postgraduate Students, and final year Undergraduate Students working on their Honours Projects.
For faculty, we are happy to provide "Office Calls" to integrate our assistance into your natural environment and workflow. Select one or more of the following when making an appointment with a librarian.
Information Resources Update & Troubleshooting
Introduce new databases relevant to your teaching/research
Show you the new features to your favourite databases
Answer any questions you may have in searching or accessing the library resources
Resource Recommendation & Search Strategy
Recommend the most relevant databases for your specific research topic(s)
Work with you to develop search strategies that best suit your topic and focus
Citation Searching Services
Show you the tools for finding out how many times your articles have been cited
Identify "high impact" journals in a particular field
Assist you in using citation databases to find cited and citing references for the most important articles your research has uncovered thus far
Stay Current with Alert Services
Set up automatic alerts so that contents of new issues of your favourite journals are sent to you once they are published
Set up personalized alerts so that new articles published on a topic are sent to you once they are published
Information Management - RefWorks
Set up RefWorks folders for managing citations for your research projects
Introduce you to direct downloading of citations from your preferred databases
Assist you in using Write N' Cite to easily include notes and references into your writing, in a preferred citation style
Multimedia Consultation Services
Recommend AV materials based on your teaching needs
Reserve relevant teaching materials for your class
Research Support Services beyond HKBU
Set you up with access to other Hong Kong university libraries
Set you up with an interlibrary loan account for requesting books/articles not available at HKBU
