ARDI – Your Reliable Research Database for Scientific Academic Writing

The Access to Research for Development and Innovation (ARDI) program is coordinated by WIPO together with its partners in the publishing industry with the aim to increase the availability of scientific and technical information in developing countries. By improving access to scholarly literature from diverse fields of science and technology. Currently, over 100 publishers provide access to around 30,000 journals, books, and reference works for 120 developing countries and territories through ARDI.

To access ARDI please contact the Librarians through muhasreaderservice@gmail.com to get the Username and Password!

Also you can use Bookfi which is one of the most popular Multi-lingual online libraries in the world. It has more than 2,238,180 books, also this is a non-profit project which is completely free with uninterrupted access to literature. The user can access and download books of any title for free of charges. Click this Link http://en.bookfi.net to access.

Participants Praise MUHAS Library for Conducting Koha ILMS Training that will help to Transform Libraries

Earlier this week (March 26th - 28th, 2018) Muhas Library conducted the training on using KOHA Software. The training involved more than 30 participants who are Librarians and System Administrators from different institutions and libraries across Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar namely; The Tanzania Institute of Accountancy (TIA), The Institute of Social Work (Dsm), Water Institute (Dsm), Bunge Library  (Dodoma), The State University of Zanzibar (SUZA),  The Institute of Public Administration (IPA) Zanzibar, The St. John's University of Tanzania (Dodoma), The Ministry of Industry Trade and Investment (Dodoma), The Prime Minister Office (Dodoma), Mbeya University of Science and Technology (MUST), Community Development Training Institute (Ruaha CDTI), Arusha Technical College, The Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences (CUHAS) - Bugando, Tengeru Institute of Community Development (TICD), Buhare Community Development Training Institute (Buhare CDTI) and MUHAS.

Speaking the words of thanks on behalf of fellow participants before being awarded Training Certificates, both Mr. Emil N. Malisha (The Network Administrator from CUHAS, Bungando - Mwanza) and Ms. Zainab Mvita Juma (From The State University of Zanzibar - SUZA) acknowledged and praised MUHAS Library for conducting time-to-time library training's that aims to equip librarians and libraries on adopting the use of ICT in provisions of its services. They also praised the KOHA ILMS facilitators for sharing to them the knowledge and skills on the use of Koha in Libraries and Information Centres and assuring that with the  three days training they have attended, now they are able to go and implement using Koha software to their mother libraries as they are able to manage it. 

From the Left: Dr. Sydney Msonde (Head of Training's and Research Consultancy, MUHAS Library) and Dr. Mboni Amir Ruzegea (Ag. Director of Library Services, MUHAS) few minutes before awarding training certificates to KOHA ILMS Participants.

From the Left: Mr. Deogratias Egidio (Librarian, Bunge Library - Dodoma) receiving his training certificate from Dr. Mboni Amir Ruzegea (Ag. Director of Library Services, MUHAS).

From the Left: Ms. Mwanaasha Mwadini (A Student from Institute of Public Administration - IPA, Zanzibar) receiving her training certificate.

From the Left: Mr. Faraja January (System Administrator, Arusha Technical College) receiving his training certificate.

Ms. Christine Kyando (Librarian from the Prime Minister Office, Dodoma) receiving her training certificate.

Mr. Emil N. Malisha (Network Administrator from CUHAS, Bugando) receiving his training certificate.

Photos for the On-going Koha ILMS Training Workshop at MUHAS Library {March 26th-28th, 2018}

The Ag. Director of Library Services (MUHAS) Dr. Mboni Amir Ruzegea opening the Koha ILMS Training early on Monday 26th March 2018 at Muhas Library Multimedia Lab.

 

Front-line from the left: Dr. Sydney Msonde (MUHAS Library), Mr. Willehard Kamleka (Arusha Technical College Library), Dr. Mboni Amir Ruzegea (Ag. Director of Library Services MUHAS), Dr. Rehema Mallya (MUHAS Library) and Mr. Emil N. Malisha (CUHAS Bugando, Mwanza)

KOHA ILMS participants during one of the training session.

Participants enjoying the Koha training hands-on practice session.

Participants discussing during the hand-on practice session.

Discover the power of JSTOR Database in Research & Teaching

JSTOR provides access to more than 10 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. It is a growing digital library of academic journals, books, and primary source objects which helps students, scholars, and other individuals discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content through a powerful research and teaching platform.

This is how the JSTOR interface looks like!

You can enjoy accessing all these resources through MUHAS network!

Also you can use BOOKSEE which is an Electric Library with more than 2 million books and magazines to read online and download full text books free of charges basing on your subject area.

Experience Incredible Electronic Health Resources in Wiley Online Library

Wiley Online Library hosts the world's broadest and deepest multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities. It delivers seamless integrated access to over 6 million articles from over 1500 journals, over 20,000 online books, and hundreds of reference works, laboratory protocols and databases. To access this database please visit http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/

This is the Network based database which is accessible through MUHAS Network !

Also you can use Z-LIBRARY which is one of the largest online libraries in the World that aims to make any literature of any subject accessible for everyone. This site contains over 2,780,670 books and 52,429,917 articles. It gives a user to search, read online and download a number of books and articles for free without any subscriptions. Click this Link http://en.b-ok.org