LibGuides: LANG 2070 -English Communication for Humanities and Social Science Studies I: Purpose

Guide & Workshop

Library workshop powerpoint (March 13, 16, & 17 2020)

This guide is developed for LANG 2070 students, to help you find the required sources to complete your project.

By using this guide & attending the Library workshop, you will learn to:

Name some of the important scholarly source types & search tools for university level research in HSS
Apply appropriate search methods & techniques to these sources & tools
Wisely select & use these sources & tools to begin to carry out university-level SHSS research
Use browsing methods to do more reading in SHSS

In order to....

Short term:
- Complete your LANG 2070 assignment (short term)
Long term:
- Develop your knowledge & skill as an HSS researcher, confidently navigating the information environment
- Become a thoughtful & critical information consumer & creator

Link to Workshop Feedback

LANG 2070 Assignment - 2020

The assignment: - Preparing for Arguments (Individual)

Infographic presentation
Students will present research data or information using infographic, a graphic format designed to make the data easily understandable at a glance

Self-Reflection on Research Tools and Process
A library workshop has been specially designed to show students a range of research tools to facilitate their finding of relevant articles and or databases for their research.

After the lesson, students are required to write a short piece (200 – 300 words) to justify their choice of research tools (e.g. Proquest, PowerSearch, Statista, etc.) and describe the choices they made on search tools, search and research process, as well as sources (e.g. academic articles, book chapters, data sets, etc.) selected for their infographic & write-up.

What tools you used to search
Why you chose them
How you used the tools
How and why you selected the information and data you used in your infographic from the search tools you used

Students need to demonstrate how they applied the knowledge and information they receive from the library class. Tools and process should match what was used in the infographic presentation.

Topics for Argument

Topics for Infographic for LANG 2070 - spring 2020

Mandarin Chinese will become East Asia’s lingua franca by 2050
The use of Search Engines in education has compromised creativity among students
Ethnic minority Hong Kong citizens are discriminated against in the workplace in Hong Kong
Globalisation has widened the gap between the rich and the poor in Asia

Johnson Quotes

Things to think about...

“The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write: a man [sic] will turn over half a library to make one book.”

― Samuel Johnson, The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Vol 2 by John Boswell - (Project Gutenberg edition)

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. When we enquire into any subject, the first thing we have to do is to know what books have treated of it. This leads us to look at catalogues, and the backs of books in libraries.'

― Samuel Johnson, The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Vol 2 by John Boswell - (Project Gutenberg edition)

Sourced from here: https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/22191.Samuel_Johnson