Advanced Multilingual Online Searches (Search Magic) for MUHAS Students (6th June 2012)

To be conducted at the Directorate of Library Services (MUHAS)
Target group: undergraduate/ postgraduate students
Date: Wednesday, 6th June, 2012
Time: 2-4 PM
Venue: library ICT training room
Content: construction of a search query, Boolean logic, Googlelogy, and use of HINARI&Pubmed database
Note: interested participants are requested to submit their details at the special reserve section, MUHAS library

MUHAS institutional repository is alive!

The MUHAS institutional repository is a newly launched service provided by the Directorate of Library Services in collaboration with the Directorate of Information and Communication Technology to collect, preserve and disseminate electronic copies of research and scholarly works created at MUHAS, and serves as a gateway to disseminate and reach out to similar resources elsewhere. Such publications include journal articles, conference presentations, proceedings, working papers, theses and dissertations. All members of the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences are invited to contribute their research outputs to the repository. Please contact the repository administrator to deposit your works (library@muhas.ac.tz). Click here to access the repository

Google Scholar Citations

Google Scholar Citations provides a simple way for authors to keep track of citations to their articles. You can check who is citing your publications, graph citations over time, and compute several citation metrics. You can also make your profile public, so that it may appear in Google Scholar results when people search for your name, e.g., richard feynman. Best of all, it's quick to set up and simple to maintain - even if you have written hundreds of articles, and even if your name is shared by several different scholars. Get started with Google Scholar Citations.

Google scholar metrics: the easy way to gauge the visibility of your scholarly publications

Google Scholar Metrics provide an easy way for authors to quickly gauge the visibility and influence of recent articles in scholarly publications. While most researchers are familiar with the well-established journals in their field, that is often not the case with newer publications or publications in related fields - there're simply too many of them to keep track of! Scholar Metrics summarize recent citations to many publications, to help authors as they consider where to publish their new research. To get started, you can browse the top 100 publications in several languages, ordered by their five-year h-index and h-median metrics. You can also search for publications by their titles, and then compare the publications that are of interest to you. Finally, if you wish to see which articles in a publication were cited the most and who cited them, click on its h-index number to view the articles as well as the citations underlying the metrics.

Tanzania Journal of Health Research has just published its latest issue

Tanzania Journal of Health Research has just published its latest issue. Visit the website to view the table of contents an ddownload journal articles.

Tanzania Journal of Health Research (TJHR) aims to facilitate the advance of health sciences by publishing high quality research and review articles that communicate new ideas and developments in biomedical and health research. TJHR is a peer reviewed journal and is open to contributions from both the national and the international communities.

7th International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training.

Date: 23 - 25 May 2012
Venue: Le Palais des Congres de Contonou, Benin
Registration: http://www.elearning-africa.com/

The Continent's largest gathering of high-level policy makers, decision makers and practitioners from education, business and government - do not miss out on this key event for developing eLearning capacities in Africa.

REMINDER: DIGITAL REPOSITORIES WORKSHOP AT MUHAS (12-15 JUNE 2012)

Once again, the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences through its Directorate of library Services is organizing a workshop on digital repositories together with the Information, Training and Outreach Center for Africa (ITOCA) and Royal Tropical Institute of Netherlands (KIT).
The registration is still open, Register today.
 Venue: The Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Tanzania
Date: June 12-14, 2012
Course Fee: US$75
Facilitators from Cornell University in USA, Information, Training and Outreach Center for Africa (ITOCA), Institute of Development Studies in UK, and Royal Tropical Institute of Netherlands (KIT)
 Course Main Topics:
· What are Digital Repositories, their use, history and purpose?
· Greenstone, D-Space, AgriOceanDpace, Drupal, E-Print
· How much money do you need? Planning the budget
· Digitization of material
· Managing the digital library
· Developing successful Information Literacy instruction programs
· Developing technology infrastructure

Click here for more details