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.