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Support System For Novice Researchers (Ssnr): Usability Evaluation Of The First Use, Maizatul Akmar Ismail Dec 2011

Support System For Novice Researchers (Ssnr): Usability Evaluation Of The First Use, Maizatul Akmar Ismail

Maizatul Akmar Ismail

Scholars make use of research output in the form of conference proceedings, journal and theses as references as guideline in generating new knowledge for the use of future generations. Support in the early stage of study is crucial for novice researchers as it will give them some insights of where to seek for extra information on relevant literature, institutions, people and research trend without having to go through tedious process of identifying this information all by themselves. The result of the implementation of SSNR shows significant information that can be utilized by novice researchers in accelerating research process. Thus, this …


A Grid Enabled E-Theses And Dissertations Repository System, Maizatul Akmar Ismail Dec 2011

A Grid Enabled E-Theses And Dissertations Repository System, Maizatul Akmar Ismail

Maizatul Akmar Ismail

Some of the universities in Malaysia are still implementing hybrid Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) approach in managing Theses and Dissertations (TD). One of the limitations of the hybrid ETD approach is its online cataloguing method, which is only available at the physical location of the TD instead of enabling the information to be retrieved online. Maintaining the performance and the data accessing rate of an ETD system has become challenging, due in part to the high number of scholars who utilise and access the system. In order to allow remote access and maintain the services such as scalability, accessibility, …