Welcome to Library Research SUPPORT ServiceS
Reference and Academic Support Division is mainly to support research works conducted by Health Campus Community, USM by providing research assistance, support, and training to USM students, researchers and academicians. The services are:
USER EDUCATION & INFORMATION LITERACY
Programs to teach user life-long skills to enable them to use information resources effectively through the following activities:
Literature Search for Beginner
Introduction to USM library
Search Strategy
Library Searching platforms
Library account
Advanced Literature Search
Searching the literature:
To explore some of the useful research-related platforms/websites which can be used to find high quality articles related to your topic, such as MyTo, Proquest Dissertations & Theses Global, DOAJ, Mycite, Scopus & Alert Services
Research Writing:
To explore some of the beneficial research support tools to ease your research writing process
STRATEGIC PROGRAM IN RESEARCH SUPPORT SERVICES (SPiReSS)
Strategic Program In Research Support Service (SPiReSS) Team is developed to facilitate the library users in organizing and managing their research work especially in terms of:-
Optimizing the usage of MS Word for thesis writing effectively.
Storing and managing bibliographic information efficiently .
Conducting consultation on how to publish in scholarly journals and develop better understanding on issues and trend related to the Open Access scholarly publication.
Enhancing expertise in using Google application that simplifies the process of research work.
AREA OF TRAINING PRODUCTS & CONSULTATION SERVICES
Smart Referencing using Mendeley
Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network. Make your own fully-searchable library in seconds, cite as you write, and read and annotate your PDFs on any device.
Google Drive for Research
Create, share collaborate the research documents compatible with multiple file format
Online back-up for documents
Technique to secure the access of cloud documents
Technique to keep working and access cloud documents on multiple gadgets
Technique to integrate and synchronize cloud and desktop documents
Google Scholar for Research
Identify what is Google Scholar, features and functions
Distinguish the difference between Google and Google Scholar
Search and identify relevant resources for specific research topic using Google Scholar
Create Researcher Profile in Google Scholar
Monitor citation performance using Google Scholar citation metrics
Open Access Scholarly Publication
Overview of scholarly publishing
Overview of Open Access
Open Access tool and resources
Develop OA journals checklist
Thesis Formatting with MS Word (Beginner) and Thesis Formatting Template (Advanced)
Microsoft Office Word (MS) word is a basic software yet important to support research writing. It is going to be easy to create thesis and dissertation formatting file if you are attend this training.
Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) and Systematic Review
What is EBM?
How is EBM practiced?
Elements of answerable questions: PICO format
Literature Searching using PubMed