New Publication from Research on Poverty Alleviation (REPOA) in Tanzania

Research on Poverty Alleviation (REPOA) is one of the leading independent research institutions in Tanzania specialising in policy research on socio-economic and development issues. REPOA's research is currently conducted in Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar, with some research projects covering every district.

Here are the new publications from REPOA

Affordability and Expenditure Patterns for Electricity and Kerosene in Urban Households in Tanzania
Raymond Mnenwa and Emmanuel Maliti, 2011
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Creating Space for Child Participation in Local Governance in Tanzania: Save the Children and Children’s Councils
Meda Counzens and Koshuma Mtengeti, 2011
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Tracer Study on Two REPOA Training Courses: Budget Analysis and Public Expenditure Tracking System
Ophelia Mascarenhas, 2011

Latest reports from Tanzania Online

Here are the latest electronic Tanzanians reports added to Tanzania Online, the gateway to information on development issues in Tanzania. All documents are available free on the Internet at www.tzonline.org

The latest synthesized reports from Tanzania Online include the following:

Tanzania Macroeconomic Forecast - October 2011
2011
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Country Strategy Paper 2011-2015. United Republic of Tanzania
United Republic of Tanzania, 2011
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Transforming Tanzania’s Cotton Sector
Ian Anderson, Gatsby / UKaid , 2011
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Doing Business in Tanzania: 2011 Country Commercial Guide for U.S. Companies
U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service and U.S. Department of State, 2011
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Inception Report for Growth and Employment Platform First phase (August 2011- July 2013)
Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania SUA, 2011
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Is water and electricity serving the deserving?
Twaweza , 2011
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Linking Smallholders to Livestock Markets Combining Market and Household Survey Data in Tanzania
FAO, AU-IBAR, ILRI with support from the Gates Foundation
and, in Tanzania, in collaboration with the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development , 2011
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REDD+ benefit sharing in Tanzania: a Case Study by Leo Peskett
REDDnet and Worldbank , 2010
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Mission report Platform for Growth and Employment Tanzania November 28th - December 3rd 2010
UDSM and SUA in Tanzania, 2010
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When is a school not a school?
Uwezo and Twaweza , 2011
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Palgrave Macmillan, a global publisher has joined HINARI

Palgrave Macmillan, a global publisher with over 160 years of independent academic publishing, has joined HINARI offering 81 journals, including the Journal of Public Health Policy.

In the URL below you will find the publishers offering their publications to your country and institution category for the current year (2011) through HINARI: http://extranet.who.int/hinari/en/country_offer.php?country=102&institution=4

Latest health e-resources added to the library website

AHILA-13 Congress in Cape Verde 2012

The 13th congress of the Association of Health Information and Libraries in Africa ( AHILA-13 ) will be held in Cape Verde, October 15-19, 2012.

The theme will be : Enhancing access to health information in Africa: research, collaboration and innovation.

Sub themes :

- Global partnerships and access to health information in Africa. -Empowering end user access and use of health information.
-The role of ICT in enhancing access to health information in Africa.
-Promoting research among healthcare providers through access to health information. -Strengthening library and information networks at country level.

Further details on the conference will be posted on the AHILA website ( www.ahila.org ) in due course.

Access Online Reference Services at MUHAS Library

The MUHAS library has just installed an online reference service on its website to enhance personalized research assistance to library users in accessing suitable information resources to meet their need.

By having this online reference service, both staff and students at MUHAS can request assistance/ or ask questions regarding access to information materials at the library. The users only need to go to the following library website and they can directly ask questions to the librarian regarding any difficulty they face in accessing infromation resources at the library. Click here for more details

Forthcoming workshop: Online Reference Management and Advanced Multilingual Searches for MUHAS Academic Staff [12-13 Jan 2012]

The Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) through its MUHAS-Library will organize a Two Days workshop on Online Reference Management and Advanced Multilingual Online Searches.

This two-day workshop will introduce you to online reference management and advanced searches methods and tools and equip you with skills in using reference management and search tools to enhance and improve teaching and research work within the context of their work and organization. Click here for more details...

The Knowledge Sharing Methods and Web 2.0 Tools Workshop at MUHAS (Nov 29 - 2 Dec, 2011)

Workshop particiipants from health and agricultural Universities and Research Institutes in Tanzania

- The Knowledge Sharing Methods and Web 2.0 Tools Workshop at MUHAS (Nov 29 - 2 Dec, 2011)

Access a new range of fully open access journals through SpringerOpen

Access a new range of fully open access journals through SpringerOpen. It covers all disciplines within the science, technology, and medicine (STM) fields. The entire content published in a SpringerOpen journal is freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication. Many SpringerOpen journals are citation-tracked and some already have Impact Factors. SpringerOpen is committed to maintaining high standards through full and stringent peer review.
Click here to access the SpringerOpen journal content

New annotated links to online journals at the library website

New annotated links to online journals in health and allied sciences have been added to the library website, including Public Library of Science (PLOS); Journal of Postgraduate Medicine; Journal of Medical Internet Research; International Journal of Molecular Sciences — Open Access Journal; Indian biomedical literature; Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research - Free medical journals;   Electronic Journals Library;   ERA - Electronic Research Archive; Cancer.gov; Bioline International and many others.

Access them via the following links: Latest e-resources - MUHAS Library
or General Frree Online Journals - MUHAS library 

New online tutorials on the use of online scholarly databases have been added at the library wiki

These tutorials include the following:

Global health with CAB direct

Using CAB abstracts through AGORA

Using PUBMED through HINARI

Click here for more tutorials on infomation search strategies at the library wiki.

Physics Today Journal has been added to our collection at MUHAS library

The mission of Physics Today Journal is to provide a unifying voice for the diverse areas of physics and the physics-related sciences.

It does this by providing authoritative, engaging coverage of physical science research and its applications without regard to disciplinary boundaries.
Click here to access the journal in full text

Workshop Participants Highlight Challenges of Using Social Media : Knowledge Sharing Methods and Web 2.0 Workshop at MUHAS (29 Nov - 2 Dec, 2011)

Adoption and use of social media in Africa for work related activities in organizations such as universities, research institutions and libraries is progressing at a very slow pace du eto several factors. These challenges have been re-affirmed by participants on a knowledge sharing Chat Show session during the Knowledge Sharing and Web 2.0 training workshop at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from 29 November - 2 December, 2011. Click here for more details.