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Student Handbook - Rules and Academic Regulations (MBBS) Academic Session 2018/2019

17.7 Books Category
a. Open Shelves (OS)
Location Indication Borrowing Period

Display on shelves at Maximum seven (7) books
Level 6 and 7 of the within fourteen (14) days
library

b. Red-Spot (RS)
Location Indication Borrowing Period
Display on shelves at With Call Number and Limited usage (1 day per
Level 7 of the library alphabet “RS’ printed on book).
the sticker on the book’s
spine.
Red Spot Sticker on the spine.

c. Reference (REF)
Location Indication Borrowing Period

Display on shelves at With Call Number and Internal Limited
Level 7 of the library alphabet “REF’ printed on usage.
the sticker on the book’s
spine.

17.8 Cataloguing and Classification System / Documentation System (Shah Alam
Campus)
Library collections are cataloged, classified and arranged according to the
international standard. The MSU Library and Resource Centre is using AACR2
(Anglo American Cataloging Rules 2) to catalog all the materials and using LCC
(Library of Congress classification) and National Library Medicine (NLM for
medical book) to develop the call number. As for the subject heading, the
library is using LCSH (Library of Congress Subject Headings) as the reference.

17.9 Facilities and Services (Shah Alam Campus)
a. Borrowing/Returning/Renewal/Reservation of books via computerized
library system
b. Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
c. Reference Materials – Books, Monographs and Multimedia
d. Online Journals and Online Books
e. Past Year Exam Questions, Students Project, Thesis and Dissertation

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