Resource Development
The Library focuses on developing significant and relevant resources to support teaching-learning, research, consultation work and life-long learning in the university. We have a dedicated team to develop resources and promote usage to optimize our investment on the library resources. Our resource development strategies prioritize on providing excellent access to resources, 24 hours a day.
Scholarly Resources @ UniMAP Library
Discovery Tools
WorldCat Discovery serves as single search solution and the only discovery service for scholarly contents at Universiti Malaysia Perlis. The discovery service hosted more that 3 billion metadata for scholarly contents across 79,000 member libraries. It allows users to search for relevant contents in various format; printed materials, e-books, e-theses, electronic journal articles, conference proceedings and many others. UniMAP is the first academic library in Malaysia to offer access to WorldCat Discovery Service.
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: | This discovery service are able to search Malaysian Academic Library Union Catalog and institutional repository from various information databases (OAI-PMH Service). Authentication required when users are trying to get fulltext documents from third party services esp. commercial information databases. |
| Note: | Unlimited access |
MalREP
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: | This discovery service are able to search Malaysian Academic Library Institutional Repository from various information databases (OAI-PMH Service). Authentication required when users are trying to get fulltext documents from third party services esp. commercial information databases. MALRep includes more than 480k records representing digital resources from more than 25 contributors. The records of the open access digital resources available via MALRep lead to a wide range of materials, and include: Journal articles, Newspapers, Manuscripts, Digital text, Photographic images (jpeg, tiff, gif), theses and research papers. |
| Note: | Unlimited access |
E-Book
The main e-book collections, titles begin with A to Z, to which the Library provides access.
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: | Over 129 titles of Books and Book Series published by Emerald. UniMAP provides both full access and partial access to selected contents. Emerald Insight provides quality scholarly contents to ebooks in various topics including accounting, finance and economics, business, management and strategy, education, engineering and many others. |
| Note: | Unlimited access |
EngnetBASE
(No longer available beginning June 2017)
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: | EngnetBASE provides access to thousands of e-books in engineering and other related engineering topics. This includes agriculture, Biomedical Science, Business and Management, Chemistry, Computer Science and Engineering, Economics, Physics and others. |
| Note: | Unlimited access |
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: | Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) provides access to selected quality e-books by Cengage Learning covering biography, Business, Education, Environment, History, Law, Literature, Medicine, Nature of the World, and many more. |
| Note: | Unlimited access |
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: | Knovel Knovel provides general reference and best practice insights, process and design applications, material and substance properties data, and equations for specific engineering disciplines. |
| Note: | Unlimited access |
McGraw Hill Access Engineering
Access to full text contents is available until 31st August 2017
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: |
AccessEngineering is an award-winning engineering reference tool for professionals, academics, and students that providesseamless access to the world's best-known, most-used collection of authoritative, regularly updated engineering reference information. AccessEngineering also comprises dynamic online features, such as instructional, faculty made videos, calculators, interactive tables and charts, as well as personalization tools allowing users to organize crucial project information as they work. Whether a working engineer, a faculty member looking for a means of teaching students how to solve real-world engineering problems, or a student who needs to learn how to use the reference material they will use throughout their professional lives, AccessEngineering is essential to getting the right results, fast. |
| Note: | Unlimited access |
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: | Access to more than 200 selected titles published by numerous international publishers. Titles available includes ebooks in Science, Technology and Engineering, Social Sciences and the Humanities. |
| Note: | Unlimited access |
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: | UniMAP purchased more than 8,000 ebook titles from SpringerLINK EBooks since 2010. SpringerLINK Ebooks platform is well-known for its quality scientific documents in various topics. |
| Note: | Unlimited access |
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: | Access to more than 55 ebook titles on communications, journalism, Culture, Creativity, and new media published by Sage Knowledge. |
| Note: | Unlimited access |
E-Journals
UniMAP Library provides access to more than 15,000 e-journals titles published by prominent publishers across the globe. Huge amount of library budget is spent on licensing to e-journals.
ACM Digital Library
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: |
The ACM Digital Library is a research, discovery and networking platform containing:
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| Note: | Unlimited access |
ASME Digital Library
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: |
The ASME Digital Library, is ASME’s repository of current and archival literature featuring:
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| Note: | Unlimited access |
EBSCOHost Academic Search Premier
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: | The EBSCOHost Academic Search Premier is a streamlined access to all of the library's content, but within the context of a greater experience that pulls together intuitive features and functionality, high-end indexing and instant access to critical full text containing:
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| Note: | Unlimited access |
EBSCOHost Business Source Complete
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: |
The EBSCOHost Business Source Complete is a full-text content and peer-reviewed business journals, this database is an essential tool for business students. It covers all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, banking, finance containing:
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| Note: | Unlimited access |
CLJLAW
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: |
CLJLAW is a one-stop website providing case laws from the Malaysian courts, legislation, articles and other materials on a variety of issues. The site receives numerous hits on a daily basis and visitors from around the globe include lawyers, members of the judicial services, legal officers, academicians, law students, human resource practitioners and members of the public |
| Note: | Unlimited access |
Emerald Management 175
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: | The Emerald Management 175 combines the Emerald Fulltext database with Emerald Management Reviews through an integrated search and navigation system, providing access to 170 authoritative management titles, 76% of which are peer-reviewed. |
| Note: | Unlimited access |
IEEE Xplore
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: |
The IEEE Xplore is a full-text of IEEE content published since 1988 with select content published since 1872 from:
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| Note: | Unlimited access |
International Journal of Industrial Engineering : Theory, Application and Practice
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: |
The International Journal of Industrial Engineering: Theory, Applications and Practice publishes original, quality articles reporting advances in industrial engineering theory, techniques, methodology, applications and practice; general surveys and critical reviews; educational or training articles including case studies; short communications; keynote papers; book reviews; announcements; etc., concerned with traditional aspects and recent advances in Industrial Engineering. Topics include:
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| Note: | Unlimited access |
IOP Science
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: | IOPscience is an online service for journal content published by IOP Publishing. IOPscience embraces innovative technologies to make it easier for researchers to access scientific, technical and medical content.With IOPscience you can:
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| Note: | Unlimited access |
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: |
JSTOR journal collections include more than two thousand journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Both multidisciplinary and discipline-specific journal collections are offered, covering more than 50 academic disciplines. At present, JSTOR contains a range of Arts & Sciences collections, a multidisciplinary Life Sciences Collection, discipline-specific collections across several fields, and four primary source collections.Collections on JSTOR include the complete archival record of each journal. Coverage begins at the first volume and issue of the journal ever published, and extends up to a publication date usually set in the past three to five years. |
| Note: | Unlimited access |
SAE International Journal of Engines
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: |
The SAE International Journal of Engines is a scholarly research journal dedicated to internal combustion engine science and engineering. The Journal spotlights innovative and archival technical reports on all aspects of internal combustion engine development including research, design, analysis, control, and emissions. Aiming to be the internationally recognized definitive source for researchers and engineers in the area of engine research and development, the Journal publishes only those technical reports that are deemed to have significant and long term impact on engine development and design. Studies published in the Journal include but are not limited to the following subjects:
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| Note: | Unlimited access |
SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: |
The SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants is a leading international scholarly journal providing reports of research with focus on fuels and lubricants in automotive engineering. The Journal aims to be the primary source of information for comprehensive and innovative research in the areas of fuels, lubricants, additives, and catalysts, by providing a peer-reviewed platform for academicians, scientists, and industrial researchers to present their work. The Journal reflects the transitions from the traditional to the cutting-edge realm of fuels and lubricants technology, and traces such changes in the fields of:
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| Note: | Unlimited access |
ScienceDirect
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: | ScienceDirect is Elsevier’s leading information solution for researchers, teachers, students, health care professionals and information professionals . It combines authoritative, full-text scientific, technical and health publications with smart, intuitive functionality so that you can stay informed in your field, and can work more effectively and efficiently. |
| Note: | Unlimited access |
SIAM Locus
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: | For more than 50 years, SIAM books have been a leading source of knowledge for the world’s applied mathematics and computational science communities. SIAM’s line-up of stellar, prize-winning authors and titles that address both timely and fundamental topics have made SIAM books indispensable to researchers, faculty, and students around the world. Now, for the first time, almost 400 books are available for institutions to offer to their users electronically. |
| Note: | Unlimited access |
SPIE Digital Library
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: |
The SPIE Digital Library is the most extensive resource available on optics and photonics, providing unprecedented access to more than 450,000 technical papers from SPIE Journals and Conference Proceedings from 1962 to the present. More than 18,000 new technical papers are added annually. Content of the SPIE digital library:
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| Note: | Unlimited access |
SpringerLink e-journals
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: |
The Springer link is a leading global scientific, technical and medical portfolio, providing researchers in academia, scientific institutions and corporate R&D departments with quality content through innovative information, products and services. Springer has one of the strongest STM and HSS eBook collections and archives, as well as a comprehensive range of hybrid and open access journals. Springer is part of Springer Nature, a global publisher that serves and supports the research community. Springer Nature aims to advance discovery by publishing robust and insightful science, supporting the development of new areas of research and making ideas and knowledge accessible around the world. |
| Note: | Unlimited access |
Wiley Online Library
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: |
Wiley Online Library hosts the world's broadest and deepest multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities. It delivers seamless integrated access to over 6 million articles from over 1500 journals, over 19,000 online books, and hundreds of reference works, laboratory protocols and databases. Featuring a clean and simple interface, this online service delivers intuitive navigation, enhanced discoverability, expanded functionalities and a range of personalization and alerting options. Content of the Wiley Online Library: 1. Advanced engineering materials |
| Note: | Unlimited access |
E-Theses
Proquest Dissertation & Theses
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: |
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day and offering full text for graduate works added since 1997, along with selected full text for works written prior to 1997. It contains a significant amount of new international dissertations and theses both in citations and in full text. You have access to:
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| Note: | Unlimited access |
E-Reference
SciVerse Scopus
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
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| Note: | Unlimited access |
Repositories
UniMAP Library Digital Repositories
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
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DSpace is built to store, share and search UniMAP's research and scholarly materials. UniMAP Library Digital Repository provides access to thousands of scholarly materials produced by UniMAP community. You will also find other relevant materials such as full text content of theses, past year exam papers, selected government circulars, speeches, reports, and many others. Contribute now and make your publications accessible online! . Brought to you by Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra Library Items in UniMAP Library Digital Repository are fully indexed and searchable on Google Scholar. You have access to:
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| Note: | Unlimited access |
