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PXGZ 6190 DISSERTATION 40 CREDITS

Synopsis

This course requires the student to formulate a research problem and framework in the field of
counseling and carry out the study for the Counseling Project. Students would conduct a comprehensive review
of the relevant literature, and use appropriate methods of data collection and analysis. Students would be
supervised by a lecturer throughout the process. A research report is submitted for examination at the end of the
semester.

Assessment Method : Dissertation will be assessed by examiner‟s report

Medium of Instruction : Malay and English Language

Main References
Abd Rahim Md Nor (2009). Statistical methods in research. PJ, Selangor: Prentice Hall.
Chua, Y. P. (2008). Asas statistik penyelidikan. Shah Alam: McGraw-Hill.
Chua, Y. P. (2008). Asas statistik penyelidikan: Analisis data skala ordinal dan nominal. Shah Alam: McGraw-
Hill.
Chua, Y. P. (2006). Kaedah penyelidikan. Shah Alam: McGraw-Hill.
Creswell, J. W. (2005). Educational research: Planning conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative
research (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

WXGB 6311 DIGITAL LIBRARIES 3 CREDITS

Synopsis

Topics included are: Digital library concepts, digital libraries and the global information society,
development of digital collections and digital libraries, digital library initiatives and research projects, technical
infrastructure of the digital library, knowledge organization in digital libraries, document formats and collection
development, information access and users of digital libraries, social, economic and policy issues in developing
digital libraries, professional issues in managing digital libraries.

Assesment Method : Continuous Assessment: 70% (assignment, test,project report and presentation)
and Final examination: 30%

Medium of Instruction : Malay and English Language

Main References
Witten, Ian; Bainbridge, David and Nichols, David. 2009. How to Build a Digital Library, Second Edition
(The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Multimedia Information and Systems). Morgan Kaufmann.
Willinsky, John. 2009. The Access Principle: The Case for Open Access to Research and Scholarship
(Digital Libraries and Electronic Publishing). MIT Press.
Reese, Terry and Banerjee, Kyle. 2007. Building Digital Libraries: A How-to-do-it Manual (A How-to-Do-It
Manual). Neal Schuman Publishers.
Chowdury, G.G and Chowdury, S. 2001. Introduction to Digital Libraries. Facet Publishing.
Lesk, Michael. 2004. Understanding digital libraries. Morgan Kaufmann.

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