MUHAS BioMed Central Foundation Membership

MUHAS has become a members of the Biomed Central Foundation.

Biomed Central Foundation Membership enables institutions to achieve the most widespread dissemination of the research published by their scientists. Researchers and faculty are entitled to submit an unlimited number of research papers to any Biomed Central journal.

As a Foundation Member, the article processing charge (APC) for MUHAS is automatically waived, and you will receive free access to all Biomed Central subscription products available here:

1. Alzheimers Research & Therapy http://alzres.com/
2. Arthritis Research & Therapy  http://arthritis-research.com
3. Breast Cancer Research  http://breast-cancer-research.com
4. Critical Care  http://ccforum.com
5. Stem Cell Research & Therapy http://stemcellres.com/
6. Genome Medicine http://genomemedicine.com/
7. Genome Biology  http://genomebiology.com
8. Biology Image Library http://www.biologyimagelibrary.com/

Click here to access the page of MUHAS - Biomed Central Foundation membership page

On this page, you will be able view work published with Biomed Central,
Chemistry Central and SpringerOpen by researchers at Muhimbili University

ADDED BOOKS IN OUR LIBRARY COLLECTION

No	TITLE	AUTHOR	YEAR
1	Prevention of acute drug-related	WHO	2010
2	International Agency for Research on	WHO	2007
3	Pass the preregistration pharmacy exam	Cheung, Chi-Loon	2006

FIND NEW BOOKS ADDED IN OUR COLLECTION - 10 OCTOBER 2013

No. TITLE AUTHOR YEAR 1 Bacteriology and immunology for students of medicine Stewart, Frederick Stanley 1968 2 Barefoot doctor's manual :the american translation  1977 3 Outline of fractures including joint injuries Adams, Crawford John 1978 4 Textbook of surgical pathology Illingworth, Charles 1979 5 Forensic medicine Simpson, Keith 1974 6 Principles of chest roentgenology Felson, Benjamin 1965 7 Current medical treatment Havard, C.W.H 1970 8 Introduction to general pathology Spector, W.G 1980 9 Common symptoms of diaeases in children Illingworth, R.S 1975 10 Medical care in developing countries King, Maurine (editor) 1966 11 Textbook of medical physiology Guyton, Arthur C 1981 12 Textbook of pharmacology BOWMAN, W.C. 1968 13 Textbook of surgery :the biological basis  Sabiston, David. C 1972 14  A Short textbook of chemical pathology Baron, D.N 1969 15 Genetics in medicine Thompson, S. James 1966 16 Aids to pathology Dixon, F. Michael 1981 17 Home - based maternal records: guidelines for  WHO 1994 18 Diseases of children in the subtropics and tropics Jellifer, D.B (editor) 1978 19 Current pediatric diagnosis and treatment Kempe, C. Henry 1972 20 Samson wright's applied physiology Wright, Samson 1971 21 The Principles and practice of medicine :  Davidson, Stanley 1971 22  Essential immunology Roitt, Ivan M. 1980 23 Davidson's principles and practice Mcleod, John 1974 24 Paediatric priorities in the developing world Morley, David 1973 25 Textbook of contraceptive practice Peel, John 1969 26 Pathologic basis of disease Robbins L. Stanley 1974 27 Clinical anatomy :a revision and applied Ellis, Harold 1971 28 Nelson textbook of pediatrics Vaughan, C. Victor 1979

Open Access Workshop Evaluation Form (26th September 2013)

Publishing and Research e-resources

Essential Health Links Gateway 
Health Research Resources This section contains annotated links to 25+ Internet sites including toolkits, online bibliographies, funding sources and networks and organizations that support research in developing and emerging countries.  Many of the sites would assist research in multiple disciplines.




EHL gateway Internet skills for health information users section
These annotated links are geared toward the end-user including sites on accessing, evaluating Internet based health information and other information literacy issues.


Essential Health Links Gateway
Health Statistics This site is a combination of databases with health statistics and several sites about the use/application of statistics in research.  The latter group will be relevant to all science-related disciplines.

Web-bibliography (Authorship Skills)
This pdf contains annotated links to WWW based information on how to:
Conduct ethical research, Write a scientific paper, Write a structured abstract, Prepare and submit manuscripts for publication, Write footnotes and bibliographies and Copyright/plagiarism.

Online Tools for Researchers
The site is a list of online ‘web 2.0’ tools, designed for researchers including material about:
Using ‘the crowd’ for research (crowdsourcing, surveys), Scientific social networking, Sharing Science (data, figures, code, samples), Lab management tools, Paper writing and publishing tools and Find, organize and discuss papers.

SiteFinder This site supports research sites in developing their experience and diversity the types of study in which they are involved.   Through this resource, research sites can register and let would-be collaborators and sponsors know about them, their previous experience and what type of research they would like to take part in.  Also, research groups can post their research plans and potentially locate partners. After registering, institutions can search the database to find a search, identify a study seeking sites, enter a study and enter a site. SiteFinder is part of the Global Health Network.

Journal Advisor (english editing for scientists)
 The website details the step-by-step process for publishing a journal article.  It guides you through Journal Selection, Writing, Submission, Responding to Peer Review and Publication Success.  Users also can find/communicate with editors who are native-English speaking experts in their scientific fields.

Journal Selector (english editing for scientists)
 This resource uses semantic technology to help identify the proper
journal(s) for the publication of specific research. Using the Journal Selector box, you can enter your abstract or sample text. The results are a list of journals that publish in related areas. Searches results are based on such factors as publication frequency, Impact Factor or publishing model, including open access.


Training
Information Management Resource Kit (iMARK)
This FAO e-learning project focuses on training for management of agriculture resources but the material is relevant for other disciplines; available free via the Internet or as CD-ROMs, it is a series of self-paced, distance learning modules on the management of electronic resources, building electronic communities, investing in information management and digitization and digital libraries. 


INASP training resources
This U.K. based NGO has developed numerous information literacy training courses; topics range from accessing information in developing countries to information literacy and science on the Internet;  training materials can be downloaded free of charge.






AuthorAid 
is global online network that provides support, mentoring, resources (over 500 full-text documents) and training for researchers in developing countries.  Of particular use is the mentorship program that assists early career researchers with their research and writing.

Authorship skills modules on HINARI training page
Topics include how to write/publish a scientific paper including structured abstracts, copyright and plagiarism, writing skills and an annotated web bibliography. 

Reference management software modules
Also available on the HINARI training page; includes modules for Zotero (open source) and Mendeley (free version); these modules discuss how to download the software and the key features of these resources.




 

New printed book titles at MUHAS Library (2nd September 2013)

NO.	TITLE		AUTHOR		YEAR		COPY
1	Laparoscopic surgery for gynaecologic oncology		Coven, Allan L.		2009		16
2	Cellular and molecular immunology		Abbas, Abul K.		2010		3
3	Clinical ophthalmology a synopsis		Kanski, J. Jack		2009		2
4	Research skills for medical students		Allen, K. Ann		2012		1
5	Let's talk about HIV counselling and testing		Ngo		2012		1
6	REVISION MCQS and EMIS for the mrcpsych		Puri, Basant K.		2011		1
7	Medical - surgical nursing assessment and management of clinical problems		Lewis, Sharon Mantik		2007		1
8	Elementary pharmacology and toxicology		Budhiraja, R.D		2009		1
9	Cancer symptoms and cancer treatment side effects		Kelvin, Frankel Joanne		2010		1
10	Contemporary nursing : issues, trends and management		Cherry, Barbara		2008		1
11	Meaningful use and beyond		Trotter, Fred		2011		1
12	Reviews in orthodontics		Jena, Ashok Kumar		2007		1
13	A nurse's survival guide leadership and management on the ward		Thomas Jenny		2009		1
14	Advanced practice nurse		Bishop. Tina (Editor)		2007		1
15	Global development finance: charting a global recovery		World Bank		2009		1
16	Master medicine clinical anatomy		Monkhouse, Stanley		2007		1
17	Human resource management :text and cases		Aswathappa, K		2010		1
18	100 cases in radiology		Thomas, Robert		2012		1
19	Publishing journal articles		Becker, Licinda		2012		1
20	The labour ward handbook		Edozien, C. Leroy		2011		1
21	Clinical supervision in practice some question, answers and guidelines…		Bishop, Veronica(Editor)		2007		1
22	Publishing without boundaries		Ross, N. Michael		2007		1
23	Nelson Essentials of paediatrics		Kliegman, Robert M.		2011		5
24	Infection control and management of hazardous materials for the dental team		Miller, Chris H.		2010		7
25	Image-guided interventions		Mauro, Matthew A.		2014		2
26	Cornea		Krachmer, J.H.		2005		2
27	Color textbook of histology		Gartner, Leslie P.		2007		1
28	Atlas of breast surgical techniques		Klimberg, V. Suzanne.		2010		1
29	Netter's anatomy coloring book		Hansen, John T.		2010		1
30	Maternal-child nursing		McKinney, Emily Slone.		2009		1
31	Assisted ventilation of the neonate		Goldsmith, Jay P.		2003		1
32	The Johns Hopkins internal medicine board review 2008 -2009 : certification and recertification		Miller, G.Redonda		2008		1
33	Braunwald’s heart disease : a textbook of cardiovascular medicine		Libby, Peter.		2008		1
34	Human anatomy		Mckinley, Michael		2010		3
35	Squire's fundamentals of radiology		Novelline, Robert A.		2004		2
36	Nurse’s quick check. Skills.		Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.		2006		1
37	Glencoe medical terminology : language for health care		Becker, Joanne.		2000		2
38	Essentials of medical language		Allan, David		2010		11
39	Carbon monoxide poisoning		Penney, David G.		2007		5
40	The Human body in health & disease		Thobodeau, G.A.		2010		5
41	The Paramedic		Chapleau, Will		2007		5
42	Saunders comprehensive review for the NLEX-RN examination		Silvestri, Linda Anne		2010		9
43	Handbook of nurse anesthesia		Nagelhout, John J.		2010		3
44	Hinman’s atlas of pediatric urologic surgery		Hinman, Frank		2009		3
45	Clinical lipidology : a companion to Braunwald’s heart disease		Ballantyne, Christie M.		2009		1
46	Meternal, fetal, and physiology:a clinical perspective		Blackburn, Susan T.		2007		1
47	Primer of diagnostic imaging		Weissleder, Ralph		2007		1
48	Atlas of radiologic anatomy		Wicke, Lothar.		2004		2
49	Nelson Introduction for pediatric patients		Pomeranz, Albert J.		2007		1
50	Netter’s concise orthopaedic anatomy		Thompson, Jon C.		2010		1
51	Gray's Anatomy for students		Drake, Richard L.		2005		1
52	Anaesthesia and intensive care A-Z : an encyclopaedia of principles and practice		Yentis, Steven M.		2009		1
53	Palliative practices: An interdisciplinary approach		Kuebler, Kim K.		2005		1
54	Gastroenterology and nutrition : neonatology questions and controversies		Neu, Josef.		2008		1
55	Wounds and lacerations : emergency care and closure		Trott, Alexander.		2005		1
56	Calculate with confidence		Morris , Deborah Gray		2010		1
57	Pulmonary pathology		Zander,Dani S.		2008		1
58	Robbins and cotran atlas of pathology		Klatt, Edward C.		2010		1
59	Introduction to vascular ultrasonography		Zwiebel, William J.		2004		1
60	EEG Pearls		Quigg,Mark		2006		1
61	Imaging		Ter Meulen, Deborah.		2008		1
62	Starting statistics : a short, clear guide		Burdess, Neil.		2010		1
63	Earth as an evolving planetary system		Condie, Kent C.		2011		1
64	Medical terminology made incredibly easy!.		Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.		2009		1
65	A-Z psychology handbook		Cardwell, Mike.		2009		1
66	Key research & study skills in psychology		McGee, Sieglinde.		2010		1
67	Environment and children : passive lessons from the everyday environment		Day, Christopher		2007		1
68	Africa's odious debts : how foreign loans and capital flight bled a continent		Ndikumana, Le'once.		2011		1
69	Clinical biochemistry : an illustrated colour text		Gaw, Allan		2008		1
70	Global shift : mapping the changing contours of the world economy		Dicken, Peter.		2007		1
71	Climate change adaptation and international development : making development cooperation more effective		Fujikura, Ryo		2010		1
72	Chemical engineering design		Towler, Gavin P.		2009		1
73	Essentials of economics		Sloman, John		2007		1
74	Doing a literature review : releasing the social science research imagination		Hart, Chris.		2011		1
75	The companion to development studies		Desai, Vsandana		2008		1
76	Working with people		Callis, Sidney.		2010		1

New printed book titles at the Special Reserve Section - MUHAS Library (13 August 2013)

TITLE	AUTHOR	YEAR	COPY
Rapid review biochemistry	Pelley, John W.	2007	1
Improve your study skills	Walmsley, Bernice	2010	1
troduction to counselling skills : texts & activities	Nelson-Jones, Richard	2005	1
Toxocara : the enigmatic parasite	Holland, C.V.	2006	1
Statistic for people who think they hate statistics	Salkind, J Neil	2008	1
Doing a literature review : realising the social science reserch imagination	Hart, Chris	2005	1
The new universe and the human future: how a shared cosmology cold tranform the world	Abrams, Nancy E.	2011	1
Contemporary human geography	Rubenstein, James M.	2010	1
100 cases in psychiatry	Wright, Barry	2010	1
Clinical neuroanatomy and neuroscience	Fitzgerald, Mj Turlough	2007	1
Pediatric anesthesia : principles & practice	Bissonettte, Bruno	2002	2
Comprehensive review for the NCLEX - RN examination	Boyd, Donna	2008	6
Evidence-based practice of anesthesiology	Flasher, Lee	2009	3
Netter's anatomy coloring book	Hansen, John T.	2010	6
Thoracic imaging : case review series	Boiselle, Phillip M.	2011	5
Emergency medicine	Plantz, Scott H.	2007	5
Medical emergencies in the dental office	Malamed, S.F.	2007	2
Health promotion throughout the lifespan	Edelmon, L.C.	2010	6
Fundamental aspects of anatomy	Sreedevi, P.	2008	5
Anurse's survival guide to mentoring	Elcock, Karen	2011	1
Creative leadership : skills that drive change	Chigwedere, Craig	2007	1
Psychiatry by ten teachers	Dogra, Nisha	2011	1
Brunner & suddarrth's textbook of medical surgical nursing	Smeltzer, Suzanne C.	2010	4
Lippincott's encyclopedia of clinical skills	Allen, Deborah	2009	5
Human anatomy	Mckinley, Michael	2008	5
Clark's ocket handbook for radiographers	Sloane Charles	2010	1
Evaluating research in health and social care	Gomm, Roger	2000	1
Gender and the economic crisis	Pearson, Ruth	2011	1
Self-assessment in medicine and surgery	Horton-Sazr Dan	2009	1
Dementia	Bartle, Caroline	2007	1
The nurse the math,the meds : drugs calculations using dimensional analysis	Mulholland, Joyce M.	2007	5
Wheater's basic pathology : a text,atlas and review of histopathology	Young, Barbara	2011	1
Virtual clinical excursions : Pacific view regional hospital	Cooper, Kim D.	2007	2
Neurology in clinical practice : the neorological disorders	Bradley, Walter G.	2008	2
Principles and practice of burn surgery	Barret, Juan P.	2005	33