Introduction of TWC Search
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Phone: 3190-6650
 
            
Sign In
Searching through TWC Search on the Library webpage does not require sign in.
 
Sign in to the TWC Search allows you to access to the following personalised functions:
  • Library Card
  • Viewing the list of personal loans, requests and fines
  • Request and renewal item(s) online
  • Saving search records and creating search alerts
 
How to Sign In
1. Click the “Sign In” button.
2. Sign in with your college email address and password.
  • Remember to Sign Out your account after use.
  • To change the password, please refer to the Change Password page from ITSO.
Sign Out
Always remember to Log Out your account after use.
 
Click on “Sign Out”at the top right-hand corner of the page.
 
My Borrowing Record
To view your Borrowing Record, you should:
  1. Sign in TWC Search with your college email and password
  2. Click “Menu” at the top right corner and then click “Library Card"
You can view your records of loans, requests, fine and fees in here.
Renewing the Due Dates of the Borrowed Items
To renew the borrowed items, please login your account. In the “Loans” tab, click the renew button  for extending the loan period.

When renewal of the item(s) is/are successful, the below screen would be shown.
Making a Hold Request
You can make hold requests for the item(s) of the Circulation Collections (main items) when all the copies of the certain items are checked out or reserved by another user(s). Each staff or student can make a total of ten (10) hold requests concurrently. To make a hold request, you should:
  1. Sign in with your user ID & password.
  2. Search the library material.
  3. Click the item title to full view and check the status in the “Location Items” section.
  4. Click on “Request” button.

  5. Choose pickup location and click “Send Request” button.
    Note: Only hold request of items of King’s Park Library could be transferred to and picked up at Kwai Hing Campus while items of Kwai Hing Campus could not be transferred to and picked up at Kings Park Library.
  6. After submitting the hold request, you will be notified by an email when the material is available.
  7. Remember to Sign Out after use.
Basic Search
Type in the keywords and click the “Search” button. The default search scope of the system is vast and it will provide the search outcomes in all varieties.
All keywords are case-insensitive. Use double quotation marks (" ") to bracket a phrase, e.g. “occupational therapy”. Use truncation symbols such as (*) or (?) to look for variations of an English vocabulary. For example, enter chin* to retrieve the records with the keywords Chinese or China; enter wom?n to find records with the keywords woman or women.
 
(If you want to use more than one search technique at a time or want to limit your search results by adding filters, please use “Advanced Search”.)
 
 
Normally, the systems provide three of searches and they are TWC Search, Library Holdings and Union Search.
  • Tab: TWC Search – A full discovery of the collections (both printed and e- resources) from the TWC library, the Internet and the Central Discovery Index (CDI). Ideal for those who just want to do a quick search and access to the electronic resources.
  • Tab: Library Holdings – A discovery of internal collections in the TWC Library such as the printed books, journals, audio-visual materials and others. Ideal for those who want to locate the physical items in the Library.
  • Tab: Union Search – An interface to discover and access to the collections of TWC Library and other four local institutions including HKMU, SFU, HKCHC and HKSYU.
Advanced Search
You may narrow down the scope of search by applying filters. There are various options of filters which you can select the language, subject, publication date, material type and material type of the items that you are looking for.
 
Search Options Description Examples
Any Field Keywords of Title, Series, Author, Subject, Table of Contents of "Occupational therapy" OR "職業治療"
Title Keywords of Titles tale of two cities
Author/Creator Keywords of the Author(s) Freud, Sigmund OR Hospital Authority
Publishers Keywords of publisher Elsevier OR Oxford
ISSN/ISBN Exact International Standard Book or Serial Number 9789888016167
Subject Keywords of Library of Congress Subject Heading (English Only) nursing OR comput*
Course Code (TWC) Keywords of Course Number PHT1011 OR PHT*
 
Tips:
  1. All keywords are case-insensitive. Use double quotes (" ") for searching a phrase, e.g. "occupational therapy".
  2. Use truncation symbols such as (*) or (?) to look for variations of an English vocabulary. For example, enter chin* to retrieve the records with the keywords Chinese or China; enter wom?n to find records with the keywords woman or women.
Limiting Search & Focusing on what you need
Narrowing your search results by checking their availability of the item(s) that you are looking for.
Make Good Use of the Tabs on the left to get what you need (click Library, Location, Availability, Resources Type, Author/Creator, Creation Date,  Language, Subject, Course Code, and Publisher).
Result List in Brief View
Check the item availability by looking the caption below the items’ information (title, author(s), publisher(s), publication date).
 
 
Online Resources
1. Click the “Available Online” button in brief view.
2. Click the hyperlink in View Online section to access the online resource.
 
 
Physical Items
Check their availability in the Get It tab. If the item(s) is/are unavailable, you should click the title of the item and then look at “Location Items” to view the item(s)’s latest condition (e.g.: no of requests & due-date).
  
Result List in Full View
Click the title of the item in Brief View
  • Location Items section (for physical items only): Find the location and status of the item(s) here
  • View Online section (for online resources only): Click the link to access to the online resource
  • Details section: To review item information, e.g. publisher, format
  • Virtual Browse section: Click Virtual Browse for the related items based on the Library of Congress call numbers (books and physical items)
 
  
Saving My Search Results
Please Log In if you like to save a search result. If you have found some really useful items, you can save them in your “My Favorites” for later viewing. To save the selected search results, click on the pin icon on the right-hand side of the item column.
 
You also may select multiple records from the search result and save them at once.
To view saved items in your account, you may click the pin symbol that is next to your username or click “Saved Items” in the pop-up menu.
 
“Saved Records” enable readers to add one or more labels to each record(s). To add a label, you should click the pencil icon at the bottom of each item column.
 
Meanwhile, you can select a used label or add a new one by typing on the line under “Add new label”.
Export My Saved Record
You may select the specific record(s) and export the bibliographic information.
 
1. Check the checkbox of the record(s) you would like to export.
2. Click the [‧‧‧] icon.
3. Five export actions are available for selection.
 
  • Export to Excel
    You can export the bibliographic information to xlsx or csv file. The Excel file includes publication information such as title, creator(s), ISBN, subject(s) which it belongs to and the publisher(s).
  • Mendeley
    You can export the bibliographic information to Mendeley after login your Mendeley account.

  • Export RIS
    You can export the bibliographic information to a RIS file for importing to reference managers such as Mendeley.
  • Print
    You can print the bibliographic information to hardcopy.
  • E-mail
    You can send the bibliographic information to your e-mail account.
Inter-campus Book Delivery
To facilitate readers to utilize the library resources, the Library provides the “Inter-campus Book Delivery” service that allow readers to request the library resources in the King's Park Campus (KPC) Library to borrow at the Kwai Hing Campus (KHC) or Tsim Sha Tsui Campus (TSTC).
 
Item Collection Home Library Pickup Location Inter-campus Book Delivery
Circulation Collection / Teaching Resources Collection King's Park Campus Library (KPC) Kwai Hing Campus (KHC) ✔ Eligible
Tsim Sha Tsui Campus (TSTC)
Kwai Hing Campus Library (KHC) King's Park Campus (KPC) ✖ Ineligible
Tsim Sha Tsui Campus (TSTC)
 
To make an inter-campus book delivery request, you should:
  1. Search library resources at TWC Search and click the book title to enter the book record full view.
  2. Go to the “Get It” section and check the item’s availability.
    • If the book is available in the KHC Library, only the KPC Library item can be requested to borrow and deliver at the TSTC.
    • If the book is out of the KHC Library, the KPC Library item can be requested to borrow and pickup at the KHC and TSTC.
  3. Press the Sign in button to sign in the library catalogue.
  4. Sign in with your college e-mail address and password.
  5. Go to the “Get It” section again and press the Request button.
  6. Select the pickup location from the drop-down menu and press the Send Request button.
  7. The below system message will be displayed on the screen if your request was successfully submitted.
  8. An email notice will be sent to your college email account once the item is available for pickup at the selected location.
  9. Readers can pick up the items at the selected pickup location:
    Kwai Hing Campus Tsim Sha Tsui Campus
    Library Service Counter
    (Room 1608)    		 Facility Management Office Counter
    (Room 601)
    KHC Library Counter TSTC FMO Counter
    * Readers will be requested to sign the request slip when pick up the library items at TSTC.
Note:
  • Please allow three to five working days to deliver the library items.
  • Hold request does NOT apply to:
    • Items from the reserve, multimedia, e-book, or other not-for-loan collections; or
    • Readers have already reached the maximum request limit. Please refer to the loan privileges.
  • Book drops are available in KHC and TSTC. Please visit the library website for more information.
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Citations Tracing
The article(s) which you found are usually belonged to the same subject(s) with their references and those articles which had cited the former. You could trace the references of a certain article and find those articles that cited it on Primo.
 
First, locating and clicking “Citations” on the left side of the page.
 
 
  • After clicking , the system will generate a list of articles which had cited the article that you found.
  • After clicking , the system will generate a list of referenced articles and books of the article which you found.
  • *Note! If an item doesn't have any citation details, this section will be blank.
Generate Citations
  • If you want to export the item information to Mendeley, you may click “Mendeley” option. The item information will be exported to Mendeley after login your Mendeley account.
  • If you want to cite a selected item, you may click “Citation” or click “Export RIS” to generate the citation format by other citation tools.
Export the Item Information to Mendeley
You may export the item information to Mendeley. In the full result view, click the icon under the “Send to" tab.
Please enter your email address to login your Mendeley account or create a free account.
The item information will be exported to Mendeley after login your account.
Share Resource Information
 
If you want to share the item information, you may:
  • Click “Share” to post the permalink to social media platforms.
  • Click “QR” to access the resource via the mobile device by scanning the QR code.
  • Click “Export to Excel” to download the Excel file (.xlsx or .csv format) includes publication information such as title, creator(s), ISBN, subject(s) which it belongs to and the publisher(s).
  • Click “Print” to print the bibliographic information to hardcopy.
  • Click “Permalink” and copy the permalink.
  • Click “Email” to send the item information to the entered email address.