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The University of Cyberjaya’s Library & Knowledge Management Centre (UoC Library) was established in 2006 and specializes in the areas of General and Specialized Medicine, Pharmacy, Traditional and Complementary Medicine, Allied Health Sciences and Business. To date, University of Cyberjaya’s Library holds a total collection more than 18,000 physical collection. In addition to printed collection, the University of Cyberjaya’s Library and Knowledge Management Centre also maintains a large collection of electronic journals and databases accessible via the Internet. User of University of Cyberjaya would have the best both worlds when it comes to library and information resources support.

Besides operating at the main campus in Cyberjaya, there are three (3) other Resource Centres located at Sepang, Melaka and Seri Manjung, Perak.

The University of Cyberjaya’s Library and Knowledge Management Centre is using VIRTUA LMS, an integrated library management system provided by VTLS. It is a web-based library system which records all titles in the library. Library holdings can be accessed through the WebOPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) via (bestari.cybermed.edu.my), or from the University website at (https://cyberjaya.edu.my/library/).

 

Opening Hours

Monday-Friday: 9.15 AM – 6.00 PM

Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays: CLOSED

Vision & Mission

Vision

University of Cyberjaya’s Library will become the intellectual centre of the University by fully integrating its services, and unique collections into all aspects of the institution.

Mission

The primary mission of the University of Cyberjaya’s Library is to support the curriculum, research, and general information needs of the University of Cyberjaya’s community by providing physical and remote access to printed and electronic resources.

Borrowing & Returning

Services

STUDENT

Borrowing

  • User will need a valid student card to borrow library item
  • Take the book and student card to the Circulation Counter

Loan Entitlement

CATEGORY OPEN SHELF RED SPOT REFERENCE COLLECTION
Postgraduate 5 Items / 30 days  

1 item / 2 hours

 

  

1 item / 1 day

 
Undergraduate  

3 Items / 14 days
Diploma
Foundation

 

Library Fines

CATEGORY OPEN SHELF RED SPOT REFERENCE COLLECTION
Postgraduate  

RM 0.30 / day

 

 

 RM 0.50 / hour

 

 RM 1.00 / day

 
Undergraduate
Diploma
Foundation

STAFF

Borrowing

  • User will need a valid staff card to borrow library item
  • Take the book and staff card to the Circulation Counter.

Loan Entitlement

CATEGORY OPEN SHELF RED SPOT REFERENCE COLLECTION
Academic Staff (Full time) 5 Items / 30 days 1 item / 30 days

 

  

 

1 item / 1 day

 
Academic Staff (PartTime) &Administrative Staff 5 Items / 30 days 1 item / 2 hours

 

Library Fines

CATEGORY OPEN SHELF RED SPOT REFERENCE COLLECTION
Academic Staff (Full time)  

 

RM 0.30 / day

 RM 0.30 / day

 

  

 

RM 1.00 / day

 
Academic Staff

(PartTime), Administrative Staff

 RM 0.50 / hour

 

 

Lost & Damage Item

If an item borrowed by a patron is accidentally lost or damaged, the person will be charged for its replacement cost which consists of the:
  • Current price of the item
  • RM 30.00 of processing fee
  • Any outstanding fines/ over dues
If an inter-library loan material from another library is lost/damaged, the patron will be billed by the lending library according to that library’s policies. Patrons should report lost materials immediately, so that their library privileges are not suspended.

Renewal Service

Item that on loan can be renew by user using Web OPAC as long as there is no one reserved the item. Each renewal extends the due date by the same length of time as user originally borrowed the item. The renewal period starts on the day renewal been made not the original date the item was due.

We recommend user not to wait until the last minute before trying to renew an item in case it can’t be renewed for any reason. User is responsible for any late fees if an item cannot be renewed and is returned late.

How to renew item?

  • Online
  • Via Facebook
    • Sign in to your Facebook account
    • Search UOC Library page
    • Post up Name & Student / Staff ID No. at the University of Cyberjaya Library & Knowledge Management Centre page
  • Via E-mail
  • Via Phone
    • You can call the library Circulation Counter at 03-83137187 anytime between library opening hours

Or user can walk-in to the University of Cyberjaya’s Library Circulation Counter and asks the staff to renew your item(s).

Reservation

You can reserve your book if the item is on loan by others free of charge by;

Inter-Library Loan (ILL)

Can’t find what you want? Try inter-library loan (ILL). ILL service allows user access to material which is not held in the library. ILL is a library service which supports the scholarly research and curriculum needs of current University of Cyberjaya academic staff and students.

This service offered by University of Cyberjaya library and should be used when your needs cannot be met with the University of Cyberjaya library resources. A material received via ILL is by permission of the lending library.

The form for ILL can be downloaded here.

Document Delivery Service (DDS)

DDS provides students, academicians and researchers copies of articles from books, journals and other materials which are not available at the University of Cyberjaya Library. User need to complete the DDS Form and submit the request to the Circulation Counter or via email. All current students, staff, faculty of the University of Cyberjaya can request materials via DDS.

How to request materials?

Kindly fill up the DDS Form completely and submit to the Circulation Counter or via email. The form can be downloaded here.

Information Literacy

Information Literacy program or also known as Information Skills Class provided by the University of Cyberjaya Library & Knowledge Management Centre is to give guidance to the user (new user most importantly) in identifying the real information they needed. This service is open for students, staff (academic and non-academic). Through this program, users are taught how to get accurate information from the reliable sources. This is to train user to be effective information seekers.

Library Visit & Tour

Discover more about our collections, services and facilities on a visit and tour of library area. The tour includes briefing from library staff about the library overview. Library visit and tour is on the weekdays only from 9.30 am to 5.00 pm. Library visit and tours will take approximately 30 minutes and advance booking are recommended.

Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC)

The University of Cyberjaya Library and Knowledge Management Centre is using VIRTUA LMS; an integrated library management system provided by VTLS. It is a web-based library system which records all titles in the Library. User can use the Web Online Public Access Catalogue (Web OPAC) to search, browse, renew and even reserve library material. Through our networking facilities, all information and online collections are easily accessed and effectively distributed to user. User can access Web OPAC here

Reading Area

The University of Cyberjaya Library has 500 seating capacity where students can use the seating area as their study area.

Thesis Room

There are 2 Thesis Room that may be booked for use during library opening hours. Those who want to use this room must first fill up the Thesis Room Booking Form (available at Circulation Counter) and submit to the Circulation Counter.

Discussion Room

There are 5 Discussion Room available in the library. Booking can be made by completing the Room Reservation Request Form (available at Circulation Counter) and submit to the Circulation Counter. The rooms are given on a first come, first served basis.

WiFi

Free wireless Internet access is available around University of Cyberjaya’s Library.

An online resource is any information source that the University of Cyberjaya Library provides access in an electronic format. The library has purchased subscriptions to various electronic information resources in order to provide you with access to them free of charge.

SUBCRIBED

American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP)

E-reference books for Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences. ASHP ebook covers the following subjects:

  • Drug Information
  • Patient Safety
  • Compounding Sterile Prep
  • Management
  • Clinical References
  • Professional Practice
  • Complementary / Alternate Therapy
  • Pharmacokinetics
  • Pharmacogenomic
  • Student Resources
  • Pharmacy Technician Resources

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

BMJ Best Practice

Best Practice is a completely new concept for information delivered at the point of care. It has the combination of latest research evidence, guidelines and expert opinion presented in a step-by-step approach, covering diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention. It also provides a second opinion in an instant. Best Practice contains information relating to over 10,000 diagnoses, more than 3,000 diagnostic tests and over 4,000 diagnostic and treatment guidelines. It incorporates a full drug formulary for quick checking of prescription guidance, and patient leaflets to support treatment options. It contains internationally renowned Clinical Evidence – incorporating the evidence from relevant systematic reviews into Best Practice articles. Resources include references and images incorporated into the text as well as separately available.

BMJ Learning

The BMJ Group flagship general medical journal, published since 1840, is updated daily online, weekly in print and on the iPad. It publishes rigorous and accessible material to help doctors and medical students in daily practices, learning and international debate on health. It consists of scientific studies and reviews, educational papers, papers commenting on clinical, scientific, social, political and economic factors affecting health.

BMJ Journals

BMJ Journals publishes a broad range of medical specialties, public health, and evidence-based journals to support the research and current awareness needs of clinicians and researchers across a diverse range of specialties. It mainly consists of clinical titles, which have linked references from free access to full text of cited articles hosted by HighWire Press.

BMJ OnExamination

Solid background in both theoretical and applied medical education research which helped with medical revision for user especially doctors. As the leading provider of online medical revision, BMJ OnExamination help people prepare for their medical exams. On average over 8,000 BMJ OnExamination questions are answered every hour across the world. With the amount of activity and number of customers, the website’s uptime is at 99.9%.

EBSCOHost

EBSCOhost is an intuitive online research platform used by thousands of institutions and millions of users worldwide. With quality databases and search features, EBSCOhost helps researchers of all kinds find the information they need fast.

Ovid E-books

This collection includes over 25 e-books in health and medicine. The books cover clinical medicine, emergency medicine, primary care, nursing education, nutrition and mental health nursing.

FREE ACCESS

Open Access - General

Directory of Open Access Journal (Emphasis on Health Sciences)
http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=subject&cpid=20

Australasian Digital Theses Program
http://adt.caul.edu.au/

OpenStax College
https://openstax.org/

Open Access - Medical Journal

FreeMedicalJournals

– Biological Research

http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php/script_sci_serial/lng_en/pid_0716-9760/nrm_iso

– Blood Journal

http://bloodjournal.hematologylibrary.org/

– Internet Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

http://www.ispub.com/ostia/index.php?xmlFilePath=journals/ijtcvs/front.xml

– Journal of Clinical and Basic Cardiology

http://www.kup.at/JClinBasicCardiol/

– Journal of Clinical Oncology

http://jco.ascopubs.org/archive/

– Psychiatric News

http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/

Annals of Dentistry

http://ejum.fsktm.um.edu.my/VolumeListing.aspx?JournalID=13

Asean Journal of teaching And Learning in Higher Education

http://pkukmweb.ukm.my/jtlhe/

DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)

http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=subject&cpid=20

Hardin MD : Free Medical Journals Search

http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/ej.html

Highwire Press (Stanford university)

http://highwire.stanford.edu/

Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology

http://www.ijpmonline.org/

International Journal of Mental Health Systems

http://www.ijmhs.com/

Journal of Biology

http://jbiol.com/

Malaysian Family Physician

http://www.e-mfp.org/

OpenMed@NIC

http://openmed.nic.in/

PubMed

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/

EJUM (Electronic Journal University Malaya)

http://ejum.fsktm.um.edu.my/

WHO/WPRO-Health in Asia and the Pacific

http://www.wpro.who.int/publications/Health+in+Asia+and+the+Pacific.htm

CLASSIFICATION SCHEME

The University of Cyberjaya library uses the Library of Congress and National Library of Medical Classification to classify their library collection:

  1. Please click on this link to view more details on the Library of Congress Classification Scheme: https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/
  2. Please click on this link to view more details on the National Library of Medical Classification Scheme:     https://www.nlm.nih.gov/class/OutlineofNLMClassificationSchedule.html

General Rules

The Library is accessible to all staff, students or members officially registered with University of Cyberjaya (UoC). The use of the library however, is governed by its rules and regulations set forth herewith.

The operating hours of the UoC Library is available on the University Library website and in front of the library entrance.

For the Library to carry out its functions effectively, as well as for the benefit of other Library user, the UoC Library requires all user to comply with the following general rules and regulations:

  1. Display your Student / Staff ID card upon entering the Library.
  2. You must be decently dressed and should conduct yourself properly in the Library
  3. All Library users must observe silence in the Library and its environments at all times.
  4. As seating in the Library is limited, reservation of seat is not permitted. The Library staff may remove books and personal belongings left for any length of time on chairs and table.
  5. The discussion rooms are to be used strictly for group discussions only.
  6. The Librarian on duty has the right to request you to leave the premise if you are found to be violating any of its rules.
  7. An announcement will be made ten minutes prior to closing time and you must vacate the premise punctually.
  8. The Library will not be held responsible for the loss or misplacement of personal belongings.
  9. The Librarian is empowered to withhold the Library facilities if there is any infringement of these rules.
  10. The Management may amend the Library Rules and Regulations as and when necessary.

LIBRARY GENERAL POLICY

General Prohibitions

The following items and actions are prohibited in the Library:

  1. Smoking, including electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes).
  2. Consumption of food and drinks (except for plain water in a covered bottle).
  3. Playing games or any non-academic related activities
  4. Pets of any kind, living or non-living
  5. Talking excessively loudly, shouting, or chatting noisily with other user or on mobile phones.
  6. Any user who causes disturbance in the Library or who refuses to abide by Library rules may be directed by the Librarian or security personnel to leave the Library.

 

Roving

Roving services is a service where the Librarian moves throughout the Library to locate user who make noise and eat inside the Library. Librarian will do a roving for every floor during peak hours to minimize the noise and also prevent user from eating inside the Library.

Librarian

Hawa Naimah Kamarudin
hawa@cyberjaya.edu.my
603 – 83137000 ext. 7282

Librarian

Ahmad Azim Pikeri
azim@cyberjaya.edu.my
603 – 83137000 ext. 7280

Librarian

Noraida Zakaria
noraida@cyberjaya.edu.my
603 – 83137000 ext. 7189

Sepang Resource Centre

Norhafisza Remllee
norhafisza@cyberjaya.edu.my
603 – 8706 3371

Melaka Resource Centre

Siti Norshiela Md Shaib
norshiela@cyberjaya.edu.my
606-231 0850

Manjung Resource Centre

Azida Mat Isa
azida@cyberjaya.edu.my
605 – 6887067

University of Cyberjaya Library and Knowledge Management Centre

E-mail
library@cyberjaya.edu.my

Telephone
03-83137187

WEB OPAC
MyAthens

Opening Hours

Monday-Friday:-
9.15am-6.00pm

Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays:-
Closed

Sunday & Public Holiday:-
CLOSED