kenyatta university library e-resources

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Kenyatta University Library E-Resources

Kenyatta University Post Mordern Library

Accessing Library

E-Resources

Mainly fulltext journal articles

Include e-books and reports

Kenyatta University subscribes E-journals through

KLISC/PERI, a national consortium: Kenya Library and Information Services Consortium (KLISC)

Programme for Enhancement of Research Information (PERI)

The consortium negotiates for discounts

in subscriptions

ONLINE RESOURCES

ONLINE JOURNALS

MODE OF ACCESS

Password and User names

IP Address range

EXAMPLES

JSTOR

Emerald

EBSCO

HINARI, Wiley Interscience, Oxford

Journals, etc

SPRINGERLINK:

Books, journals, reference works

URL: http://www.springerlink.com

EBRARY

Provides access to e-books only

URL: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/kenyatta

Resources at a glance… • Library Website

http://library.ku.ac.ke

• Library Catalogue http://maktaba.ku.ac.ke

• Institutional Repository

http://ir-library.ku.ac.ke

Digitized Past Examination Papers

http://digital-library.ku.ac.ke/h


http://library.ku.ac.ke/

http://maktaba.ku.ac.ke/

http://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/



http://digital-library.ku.ac.ke/




http://maktaba.ku.ac.ke/


Library Website

Library Management System


Online Resources Available through the Internet Offline Resources

Stored in Secondary Storage CDS / DVDS Hard Disk Institutional/Department Computer Servers Other Storage e.g. Flash Disk

Require no internet connection but sometimes may require KU Wide Area Network


ONLINE RESOURCES

Mainly full text journal articles Include e-books and reports

Kenyatta University subscribes through KLISC/PERI, a national consortium Kenya Library and Information Services Consortium Programme for Enhancement of Research Information

The consortium negotiates for discounts in subscriptions


ONLINE JOURNALS MODE OF ACCESS Password and User names IP Address range EXAMPLES JSTOR Emerald EBSCO

Research4life.org(HINARI, Agora, OARE, ARDI), Wiley Interscience, Oxford Journals, etc


SPRINGERLINK

Books, journals, reference works

URL: http://www.springerlink.com

EBRARY

Provides access to e-books only

URL: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/kenyatta


Index of Kenyan Theses and Dissertations (KIPS) Contains a listing of over 20,000 theses and dissertations from Kenyan Universities and Research Institutions Managed by KIPS (Kenya Information Preservation Society) Kenyatta University submits records with abstracts URL: http://www.researchkenya.org

E-Resources Cont…

http://www.researchkenya.org/

Other E-Resources sites Includes

• AJOL http://www.ajol.info

• TEEAL (The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library, locally hosted)

• World Bank Collections http://www.worldbank.org

Please consult our E-resources list for more details on our current E-Resources subscription list


http://www.ajol.info/

http://www.worldbank.org/

FREE SEARCH ENGINES

www.metacrawler.com (Offers a single source to

search the Web, images, audio, video, news from Google, Yahoo, Yandex, and many more search engines)

www.scirus.com (Scirus is the most comprehensive

science-specific search engine on the Internet)

www.scienceresearch.com (The world's most

comprehensive, public science and technology research portal, ScienceResearch.com uses federated search technology to retrieve results)

Yahoo Directory (www.dir.yahoo.com The first large

scale directory of the Internet. Lists sites categorized by topic and location)


http://www.metacrawler.com/

http://www.scirus.com/

http://www.scienceresearch.com/

http://www.dir.yahoo.com/




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