This page collects the free reference material Dr. Muhamad Hariz Bin Muhamad Adnan shares with postgraduate students: methodology papers, systematic review guidelines and study resources you can download without registering. Everything below is grouped by folder, and the two most-used collections are Postgraduate and Systematic Literature Review.
What is in each collection
Systematic Literature Review. Reference documents used when planning and reporting a review, including the widely cited protocol guidance for software engineering. If you are new to the method, read the walkthrough on systematic literature reviews in software engineering first, then use these documents while you write your protocol.
Postgraduate. General study and research resources for Master and PhD candidates, covering proposal writing, thesis structure and viva preparation.
Where to start, depending on your stage
- Choosing a method: compare approaches in SLR versus experimental research and case study research in software engineering.
- Writing your proposal: see the research proposal example and the guide to an AI research proposal for Master and PhD in Malaysia.
- Preparing for viva: read tips persediaan menghadapi viva and tips penting untuk berjaya viva.
- Publishing: see how to publish in a Scopus-indexed journal from Malaysia.
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Using these materials
These documents are shared for study and reference. Cite the original authors and publishers in your own work, and check the licence of any third-party paper before redistributing it.
Need a supervisor?
Dr. Hariz supervises Master and PhD candidates in artificial intelligence, educational technology and technopreneurship at Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris. See the 2026 postgraduate AI supervision intake and the supervision page, or contact him with a short research summary.