E-books packages from Science Direct

Dear All,

Please be informed that the Library Acquisition Unit is proposing the below e-books packages from Science Direct for the library:

1) Focus Collection Biomedical & Medicine e-books &
2) Focus Collection Pharmacology, Toxicology & Pharmaceutical Science e-books


Among the benefits for having these packages in the library collections for Lecturers and Students are:

· Lecturers can be assured students are using authoritative and up to date content to gain foundational knowledge
· Faculty can easily build a portfolio of reliable course material, hosted online for easy distribution
· Students can quickly gain an understanding of a new subject at an accessible level
· Much wider knowledge resource than a textbook with access to thousands of articles

Please spend a few minutes of your precious time to vote the packages in the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YWT3SJZ ; and click HERE to explore the collection content of Focus Collection Biomedical & Medicine e-books.

You may refer to the most popular title by clicking the below URL for quick review on e-books packages.

Focus Collection Biomedical & Medicine
Title		Link
	International Encyclopedia of Public Health (2nd edition, 2017)	https://www.sciencedirect.com/referencework/9780128037089/international-encyclopedia-of-public-health
	Brenner's Encyclopedia of Genetics (2nd edition, 2013)	https://www.sciencedirect.com/referencework/9780080961569/brenners-encyclopedia-of-genetics
	Pathobiology of Human Disease: A Dynamic Encyclopedia of Disease Mechanisms (2014)	https://www.sciencedirect.com/referencework/9780123864574/pathobiology-of-human-disease
	Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition (3rd edition, 2013)	https://www.sciencedirect.com/referencework/9780123848857/encyclopedia-of-human-nutrition
	Encyclopedia of Cardiovascular Research and Medicine (2018)	https://www.sciencedirect.com/referencework/9780128051542/encyclopedia-of-cardiovascular-research-and-medicine
Focus Collection Pharmacology, Toxicology & Pharmaceutical Science
Title		Link
	Reference Work : Comprehensive Toxicology (3rd edition, 2018)	https://www.sciencedirect.com/referencework/9780081006016/comprehensive-toxicology
	Illustrated Toxicology (with study question) (2018)	https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780128132135/illustrated-toxicology
	Pharmacy Education in the Twenty First Century and Beyond, Global Achievements and Challenges (2018)	https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780128119099/pharmacy-education-in-the-twenty-first-century-and-beyond
	Risk Management of Complex Inorganic Materials, A Practical Guide (2018)	https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780128110638/risk-management-of-complex-inorganic-materials
	Principles and Practice of Clinical Research, (4th edition, 2017)	https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780128499054/principles-and-practice-of-clinical-research

Your feedback is highly appreciated.

“Help us to help you”


Thank you.

IMU Library event: Awareness Day Against Drug Abuse

Dear all,

IMU library supported by IMU Cares and School of Pharmacy will organize an Awareness Day Against Drug Abuse on Thursday, 27 June 2019 in conjunction with The International Day Against Drug Abuse.

The objectives of this event are;
1.    To educate our community and raise public awareness towards the hazardous of drug abuse.
2.    To spread the information to participant’s relatives and friends.
3.    For public to acknowledge the drug laws.

This event will benefit us (IMU staff and students) to learn about drugs, pharmacology, and drug abuse related matters.

Below is the agenda of the event;

With this, we cordially invite you to join us in the event and we would appreciate faculty members to encourage all students to join the event and participate in the Games organize at the library in the afternoon session.

Looking forward for your support.

"Help us to help you"

Thank you.

Developing Senayan Library Management System

Looking for an open source / free Library Management System? Or are you currently developing one?

If yes, this workshop is what you need / looking for.

Details are available in the poster.

Click here to register: http://imu.edu.my/icl-v2/events/developing-senayan-library-management-system/

Trial Activation - China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) Databases - IMU

Dear All,

Please be informed that the publisher, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) has activated 2 months online trial for the following databases :-

A)     Trial product and URL
Product Name : Acu-moxi Online
URL : Click HERE or available link at Library Portal [ http://i-lib.imu.edu.my – Online menu – Trials – CNKI : Acu-moxi Online ]
Trial Ends : 31 July 2019
Language : Chinese & English contents
User Guide : URL Link
Brief Introduction :  Acu-moxi Online aims to provide a practical traditional Chinese acupuncture and moxibustion database for overseas researchers, clinicians and other related persons in traditional Chinese medicine institutions, such as colleges, associations, clinics, etc. It collects important academic journals, conference papers, dissertations, standards, etc., and also includes 22 series of videos, that are produced based on national acupuncture operation standard. As a detailed, intelligible and practical acupuncture and moxibustion platform, this database features itself in the massive and comprehensive data collection, and provides high quality traditional Chinese acupuncture and moxibustion knowledge, like acupuncture point, diagnosis and treatment technique, etc.


B)     Trial product and URL
Product Name : Traditional Chinese Medicine Knowledge Service Platform (TCMD)
URL :  Click HERE or available link at Library Portal [ http://i-lib.imu.edu.my – Online – Trials – CNKI : Traditional Chinese Medicine Knowledge Service Platform (TCMD)]
Trial Ends : 31 July 2019
Language : Chinese Full-Text & English abstracts
Brief Introduction : Traditional Chinese Medicine Knowledge Service Platform (TCMD), based on comprehensive Traditional Chinese Medicine data collected, and in coordination with the industry academic theories and diagnosis systems, will satisfy needs of teaching research and clinical practice simultaneously.


C)      Trial product and URL
Product Name : Academic Focus (Series E Only – Medicine & Public Health)
URL :  Click HERE or available link at Library Portal [ http://i-lib.imu.edu.my – Online – Trials – CNKI : Academic Focus (Series E Only – Medicine & Public Health) ]
Trial Ends : 31 July 2019
Language : English full text, with some Chinese indexed contents
Brief Introduction : Academic Focus, a one-stop access to English Resources published in China. The product contains around 134 English journals,128 translated journals, 2366 international proceedings. It also releases hot topic collections timely and offers hot articles free online reading.

Kindly do not hesitate to contact or email any of the librarians should you need further assistance.

Thank you.

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri