Open Educational Resources | Pao Yue-kong Library, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Video

Identifying the appropriate search tools to look for the information

Starting your research in Google may not be ideal as it often ends up leading you to millions of websites and you have no clue which ones are dependable and reliable. Let’s watch this video and learn the short-cut of locating quality social sciences information.

Subjects:: Statistics and Research Methods
Keywords:: Information resources Keyword searching Social sciences -- Research Database searching Web search engines Internet searching
Resource Type:: Video

Video

What kind of information sources are needed to answer the sub-questions

In this video, two students are discussing the types of information are needed to answer the sub-questions. In their conversation, various type of information, including manuscripts, diaries and autobiographies, audio recordings and videos, original art works, letter patents, conference papers, books, government publications, critical analysis and review, journal articles, and handbooks.

Subjects:: Statistics and Research Methods
Keywords:: Information resources Social sciences -- Research Information literacy
Resource Type:: Video

Others

What kinds of information resources can help you at different stages

In this game, learners are required to put the information that can support the work in different research stages.

Subjects:: Statistics and Research Methods
Keywords:: Research -- Methodology Information literacy Information resources
Resource Type:: Others

Others

Matching various scientific content types with their intended purpose

In this matching game, learners are required to match various scientific content types, for example, books, literature review articles, encyclopedia entry, conference proceedings, scholarly journal articles, government documents, reference books, technical reports, with their intended purpose.

Subjects:: Statistics and Research Methods
Keywords:: Research Information literacy Information resources
Resource Type:: Others

Others

Want to test your knowledge on Primary and Secondary Sources?

In this exercise, learners are required to distinguish the information belong to "primary sources" or "secondary sources". Primary information source are anything created at the time when the incident/event happened. They were created with the intention to record the incident/event. It could be a document, manuscript, autobiography, a recording, a diary, an artifact, and so on. Secondary information source is anything (e.g., documents, records, artifacts, objects, and so on) that discuss, relates, or refers another piece of information existing elsewhere.

Keywords:: Information resources Research -- Methodology Information literacy
Resource Type:: Others

Search OER Collection

ALL

PolyU OER

Internet Resource

Discipline

Keywords

Resource Type

Creator / Instructor

Affiliation

Year

Language

Identifying the appropriate search tools to look for the information

What kind of information sources are needed to answer the sub-questions

What kinds of information resources can help you at different stages

Matching various scientific content types with their intended purpose

Want to test your knowledge on Primary and Secondary Sources?

Search OER Collection

ALL

PolyU OER

Internet Resource

Search Constraints

Search Results