Universiti Sains Malaysia Library 

Library Staff & Qualification

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category PHD MLIS PGDLS BSC Diploma Certificate STPM SPM SRP/PMR
Professional
Total: 30 staff		 2 19 1 8
Supportive I
Total: 58 staff		 1 12 13 2 2 28
Supportive II
Total: 8 Staff		 1 3 4
category MLIS BSC Diploma Certificate STPM SPM SRP/PMR
Professional
Total: 7 staff		 6 1
Supportive I
Total: 15 staff		 1 3 4 3 4
Supportive II
Total: 7 Staff		 1 4 2
category MLIS BSC Diploma Certificate SPM
Professional
Total: 8 staff		 5 3
Supportive I
Total: 18 staff		 2 2 3 11
Supportive II
Total: 0 Staff
category BSC Diploma SPM
Professional

Total: 1 staff

1
Supportive I

Total: 4 staff

1

3
Supportive II
Total: 0 Staff

School List

LIbrary collection

list of collection

  • History (General)

    Class Number Range: D
    Title:2318
    Copies:4178

  • History – Asia

    Class Number Range: DS
    Title:14318
    Copies:25727

  • Geography (General). Atlases. Maps.

    Class Number Range: G
    Title:4229
    Copies:6776

  • Social Sciences (General)

    Class Number Range: H
    Title:1359
    Copies:2154

  • Industries; Land use; Labor

    Class Number Range: HD
    Title:16589
    Copies:22486

  • Land use. Land tenure

    Class Number Range: HD101 - HD1395.5
    Title:417
    Copies:612

  • Agriculture

    Class Number Range: HD1401 - H2210
    Title:1179
    Copies:1644

  • Industry

    Class Number Range: HD2321 - HD4730.9
    Title:4729
    Copies:6515

  • Management. Industrial management

    Class Number Range: HD28 - HD70
    Title:9281
    Copies:12559

  • Economic growth, development, planning

    Class Number Range: HD72 - HD88
    Title:2000
    Copies:2849

  • Transportation and communications

    Class Number Range: HE
    Title:1046
    Copies:1399

  • Commerce

    Class Number Range: HF
    Title:10655
    Copies:14662

  • Finance

    Class Number Range: HG
    Title:4042
    Copies:5627

  • Public finance​

    Class Number Range: HJ
    Title:705
    Copies:996

  • Sociology (General)

    Class Number Range: HM
    Title:3563
    Copies:6170

  • Social history and conditions; Social problems; Social reform

    Class Number Range: HN
    Title:2547
    Copies:4343

  • The family; Marriage; Woman; Sexuality

    Class Number Range: HQ
    Title:4204
    Copies:5667

  • Societies: secret, benevolent, etc.

    Class Number Range: HS
    Title:102
    Copies:193

  • Communities; Classes; Races

    Class Number Range: HT
    Title: 2535
    Copies: 3946

  • Social pathology; Social and public welfare; Criminology

    Class Number Range: HV
    Title: 4393
    Copies: 5621

  • Socialism; Communism; Anarchism

    Class Number Range: HX
    Title: 690
    Copies: 1080

  • Education (General)

    Class Number Range: L
    Title: 246
    Copies: 386

  • History of education

    Class Number Range: LA
    Title: 1679
    Copies: 2891

  • Theory and practice of education

    Class Number Range: LB
    Title: 18132
    Copies: 27391

  • Special aspects of education

    Class Number Range: LC
    Title: 3312
    Copies: 4345

  • Individual institutions (USA, Europe)

    Class Number Range: LD - LF
    Title: 176
    Copies: 193

  • Individual institutions (Asia, Africa, Indian Ocean islands, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands)

    Class Number Range: LG
    Title: 2215
    Copies: 2857

  • Individual Institutions in Brunei, Malaysia & Singapore

    Class Number Range: LG395 - LG396.9
    Title: 2099
    Copies: 2695

  • Visual arts

    Class Number Range: N
    Title: 2390
    Copies: 3065

  • Architecture

    Class Number Range: NA
    Title: 3431
    Copies: 4332

  • Sculpture

    Class Number Range: NB
    Title: 340
    Copies: 394

  • Drawing. Design. Illustration

    Class Number Range: NC
    Title: 688
    Copies: 814

  • Painting

    Class Number Range: ND
    Title: 1355
    Copies: 1624

  • Print Media

    Class Number Range: NE
    Title: 205
    Copies: 229

  • Decorative arts

    Class Number Range: NK
    Title: 1386
    Copies: 1753

  • Arts in General

    Class Number Range: NX
    Title: 419
    Copies: 540

  • Philology. Linguistics

    Class Number Range: P
    Title: 6265
    Copies: 9820

  • Translating and interpreting

    Class Number Range: P306 - P310
    Title: 40
    Copies: 55

  • Modern languages. Celtic languages

    Class Number Range: PB
    Title: 40
    Copies: 51

  • English language

    Class Number Range: PE
    Title: 2432
    Copies: 3689

  • Oriental languages and literatures (including Arabic)

    Class Number Range: PJ
    Title: 740
    Copies: 1294

  • Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania

    Class Number Range: PL
    Title: 18664
    Copies: 40617

  • Modification for Oceanic languages (Including Malay language and literature)

    Class Number Range: PL5001 - PL6162
    Title: 16898
    Copies: 37916

  • Literature (General)

    Class Number Range: PN
    Title: 8178
    Copies: 12502

  • English literature

    Class Number Range: PR
    Title: 4485
    Copies: 5645

  • American literature

    Class Number Range: PS
    Title: 2503
    Copies: 3031

  • Fiction and juvenile belled lettres

    Class Number Range: PZ
    Title: 74
    Copies: 105

  • Science (General)

    Class Number Range: Q
    Title: 2330
    Copies: 3797

  • Mathematics

    Class Number Range: QA
    Title: 21992
    Copies: 35272

  • General

    Class Number Range: QA1 - QA43
    Title: 10073
    Copies: 16745

  • Tables

    Class Number Range: QA47 - QA59
    Title: 336
    Copies: 483

  • Electronic computers. Computer science

    Class Number Range: QA75.5 - QA76.95
    Title: 9082
    Copies: 13911

  • Elementary mathematics. Arithmetic

    Class Number Range: QA101 - QA145
    Title: 454
    Copies: 665

  • Algebra

    Class Number Range: QA150 - QA272.5
    Title: 2289
    Copies: 3475

  • Probabilities. Mathematical statistics

    Class Number Range: QA273 - QA280
    Title: 2225
    Copies: 3371

  • Analysis

    Class Number Range: QA299.6 - QA433
    Title: 4294
    Copies: 8032

  • Geometry. Trigonometry. Topology

    Class Number Range: QA440 - QA699
    Title: 1043
    Copies: 1481

  • Analytic mechanics

    Class Number Range: QA801 - QA939
    Title: 766
    Copies: 1242

  • Astronomy

    Class Number Range: QB
    Title: 1254
    Copies: 1675

  • Physics

    Class Number Range: QC
    Title: 7774
    Copies: 13888

  • Chemistry

    Class Number Range: QD
    Title: 8461
    Copies: 18402

  • Natural history - Biology

    Class Number Range: QH
    Title: 6299
    Copies: 10867

  • Botany

    Class Number Range: QK
    Title: 2711
    Copies: 5205

  • Zoology

    Class Number Range: QL
    Title: 4036
    Copies: 6928

  • Human anatomy​

    Class Number Range: QM
    Title: 378
    Copies: 894

  • Physiology

    Class Number Range: QP
    Title: 3937
    Copies: 6497

  • Microbiology

    Class Number Range: QR
    Title: 1903
    Copies: 3278

  • Medicine (General)

    Class Number Range: R
    Title: 1177
    Copies: 1590

  • Public aspects of medicine

    Class Number Range: RA
    Title: 3165
    Copies: 4140

  • Therapy. Pharmacology

    Class Number Range: RM
    Title: 2164
    Copies: 3162

  • Pharmacy and materia medic

    Class Number Range: RS
    Title: 1384
    Copies: 2395

  • Homeopathy

    Class Number Range: RX
    Title: 23
    Copies: 27

  • Technology (general)

    Class Number Range: T
    Title: 3167
    Copies: 4810

Library Resources as of December 2024

Resources As of December 2024
Title Copies
Book 440,212 661,769
e-Book 565 571
Thesis and Dissertation 7,538 7,566
Final Year Project 8,498 8,524
Media Collection 27,724 36,617
Total 484,537 715,047
Subscribed e-Journal Akmal (BPK)
Bound Journal 47,449 166,239
Subscribed Databases 13

PHS Report Card

PHS
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About US

  • The library was established in 1969 known as the Penang University Library located in Malayan Teachers College, Gelugor, Penang. The library moved to Minden (temporary building) in 1971 and occupied a new building in 1979.
  • The Main Library II was completed in 1994. On December 10, 2004, the Main Campus Library was named the Hamzah Sendut Library in conjunction with the name of the First Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Sains Malaysia, namely Tan Sri Hamzah Sendut.
  • On January 11, 2011, the additional building of the Hamzah Sendut Library, which is the research wing of the Library, began operating and was subsequently inaugurated on 3 March 2011 by the former Vice Chancellor, Professor Tan Sri Dato' Dzulkifli AbdulRazak.

How to avoid predatory/blacklisted journal

how to avoid predatory/blacklisted journal

  • According to Grand Valley State University Libraries, indicators of predatory/blacklisted journals publishers are as follow:
  • Publisher “About” information is absent on the journal’s web site
  • Publisher direct marketing (i.e., spamming) or other advertising is obtrusive
  • Instructions to authors information is not available
  • Information on peer review and copyright is absent or unclear on the journal web site
  • Journal scope statement is absent or extremely vague
  • No information is provided about the publisher, or the information provided does not clearly indicate a relationship to a mission to disseminate research content
  • Repeat lead authors in same issue
  • Publisher has a negative reputation (e.g., documented examples in Chronicle of Higher Education, list-servs, etc.)
  • Journal web site is difficult to locate or identify
  • Tips on how to avoid predatory journals:

a) Many predatory journals are claiming they are indexed by SCOPUS & WOS/JCR with impact factors. You can check the truth by searching these resources:

i) Web of Science (WOS by Clarivate Analytics)

ii) SCOPUS (by Elsevier)

iii) MyJurnal

iv) MyCite

b) Check out Open Access Journal Quality Indicators

c) Retraction Watch – A blog that reports on retractions of scientific papers

d) Tips and tools to spot predatory journal publishers

TOOLKITS

Research Visibility

SUBSCRIBED PLATFORMS

  • Web Of Science (WOS)

    • Includes the Science Citation Index Expanded™ (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index™ (SSCI), Arts & Humanities Citation Index™ (AHCI), and Emerging Sources Citation Index™ (ESCI).

  • SCOPUS

    • Content types included on Scopus are either serial publications that have an ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) such as journals, book series and some conference series, or non-serial publications that have an ISBN (International Standard Book Number) like one-off book publications or one-off conferences.

OPEN ACCESS PLATFORMS

  • DOAJ

    • DOAJ is a unique and extensive index of diverse open access journals from around the world, driven by a growing community, committed to ensuring quality content is freely available online for everyone

  • ERA

    • ERA is Australia’s national research assessment, administered by the ARC. It identifies and promotes excellence in research in Australia’s higher education institutions through comparisons with international benchmarks.

  • MyJurnal

    • MyJurnal is a online system used by Citation and Infometrics Center (formely known Malaysia Citation Centre (MCC)) to collect and index all the Malaysian journals.

  • MyCite

    • MyCite provide access to bibliographic as well full-text contents of scholarly journals published in Malaysia in the fields of Sciences, Technology, Medicine, Social Sciences and the Humanities.

  • USM Journal

    • Penerbit USM publishes 15 refereed academic journals including 4 journals that are co-published with other publishers and associations.

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