ScienceDirect - November 2011

30 October 2011 : ScienceDirect already covers around one quarter of the world’s full-text scientific, technical and medical (STM) literature published in 24 fields of science, and continues to deliver new programs of high-quality online content that researchers need for their work. ‘Articles in Press’ are available to give researchers the advantage of access to articles on average 15 days after they are accepted for publication, before appearance in the print journal. At this moment in time, ScienceDirect offers over eight million full-text articles from over 2,000 peer-reviewed journals, as well as a growing range of authoritative books, including reference works, handbooks and book series. There are over 50 reference works, over 150 book...

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Databases Information

22 October 2011 : ezproxy is a web proxy server program extensively used by libraries to give access from outside the library's computer network to restricted-access websites that authenticate users by IP address. This allows library patrons at home or elsewhere to log in through their library's ezproxy server and gain access to bibliographic databases and the like to which their library subscribes. http://ezproxy.usm.my   Please use your Library Username & your New IC No. for password to gain access USM databases. Example: Username    :   98258  IC No            :   562320015556 2. Any enquiries, please email (Titled: Databases)...

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Role of Libraries and Librarians in Managing Digital Information

20 October 2011 : Prepared by Husriati Hussain (Librarian, Reference & Research Division)  Today my turn to give my point of view and the topic is the role of libraries and librarians in managing digital information. First, what is digital information, digital library and digital librarian? There are several definitions on them. For my simple understanding, I can conclude that: Digital information – are resources which deal with born-digital materials and digitized materials which can be either accessible from library’s in-house database or from the world-wide-web. The digital information collection may include digital books, digital scanned images, graphics, textual and numeric data, digitized films, audio-video clips, etc. Digital...

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Book Review: The Craft of Research (3rd. ed.)

17 October 2011 : Prepared/Reviewed by Husriati Hussain (Librarian, Reference and Research Division)  Title:The craft of research (3rd. ed.) Author:Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb and Joseph M. Williams Call Number:Q180.55.M4 B725 2009  Year:  2009  Although there are many books on writing research or term papers, I have not found anything else which brings together material on planning, reasoning and writing the research paper as well as this book. Ignore any reviewers who make this book out to be a simplistic text. It is an excellent work on well reasoned writing that even most graduate students can benefit greatly from reading. As a professor of a graduate class on Research...

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ASM Workshop on Technical Writing for Research & Publication 2011

12 October 2011 : ASM Workshop on Technical Writing for Research & Publication  6-8 December 2011  Seminar Hall, ASM   Objectives Program's Schedule Registration Form Further information: http://www.akademisains.gov.my/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=409&Itemid=...

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Welcome to Our World!

12 October 2011 : This blog has been created by USM Library to be a medium for us to communicate and distribute information to our users. We welcome all of you to join our world. Let’s embark on  a journey with USM Library on blogosphere. This blog aims to disseminate  latest news regarding  the library activities and enable users to give feedback either suggestion, comment or participate in Library surveys. It is also a platform for USM Library to interact with our customers, to show them what’s been happening or what are we up to. USM Library is really looking forward to be connected to you and once again, welcome to our world...

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