A Workshop on Advanced Multilingual Online Search Techniques for Undergraduate Students (18th April 2013) - MUHAS

Target group: Undergraduate students at MUHAS
Date: Thursday, 18th April 2013
Time: 2-4.00 pm
Venue: Undergraduate ICT Computer Lab, MUHAS

Programme of the workshop:
- Advanced searching techniques – Googlelogy, and other techniques
- Library Online catalogue, Institutional repository, search e-resources tool
- Abstract and citation databases – Google scholar,Scirus
Note: interested participants are requested to submit their details at the Office No. Seven, MUHAS library
Or send emails to library@muhas.ac.tz

By MUHAS Library management

New journal articles added at MUHAS institutional repository

New journal articles authored by MUHAS faculty have been added at the MUHAS institutional repository.

The MUHAS institutional repository disseminates 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.


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Developing countries to get access to 12,000 online research books

Research and academic communities in the developing world are set to benefit from free access to online books.

Global academic publishing company John Wiley & Sons has made 12,200 online books available via the Research4Life initiatives — Access to Research in Health (HINARI), Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture and Online Access to Research in the Environment — to 80 low and middle-income countries.
Emily Gillingham, chair of Research4Life's Executive Council, tells SciDev.Net that access to these books could help researchers develop better and more informed scientific writing skills; produce focused research that can be discussed with top researchers worldwide; compete more effectively for research funding; and deliver better teaching programmes.

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·         Developing countries now have free access to thousands of online research books

·         Publishing company John Wiley & Sons has made the books available via the Research4Life initiatives

·         The books 'could provide developing countries with information crucial in research and decision-making'

"The books are empowering universities, colleges, research institutes and government ministries as well as non-governmental agencies and hospitals, with access to scientific knowledge," Gillingham says.
"They span a broad range and … the list is growing each month — for example 600 books from the American Geophysical Union will be added in March," says Gillingham.
She adds that, for example, almost 6,000 of the titles are in the fields of chemistry, physical sciences and engineering; 1,200 are medical, nursing and related health titles; and 2,000 are related to life sciences, agriculture and food science.
Examples of the books included are Basic Guide to Dental Sedation Nursing; Textbook of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology; and Sustaining Soil Productivity in Response to Global Climate Change: Science, Policy, and Ethics.
The Wiley Online Books Collection includes handbooks, dictionaries, companions, encyclopedias and landmark book series from authors and researchers in the life, health and physical sciences, social sciences and the humanities.
Mohamed Atani, officer-in-charge of the publishing unit in the Division of Communication and Public information at UNEP (the UN Environment Program) headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, says: "Our goal with Research4Life is to provide and support quality research in developing countries in order to advance higher education, inform public policy decisions and ultimately improve quality of life".
Atani says that the initiative will enable accessibility to electronic books at no cost to developing countries and equip researchers in places like Africa with information on agriculture and the environment. "The books are very important to universities and policymakers, providing them with information crucial in research and decision-making".

New Books at the MUHAS Library - Special Reserve Section

Title		Author	Year	Copy
Hot topics in general practice		Kilburn, J	2006	1
Emery's  elements of medical genetics		Turn, Penny Peter	2007	1
Cardiology in primary care		Squire, Iain	2008	1
The physics of radiation therapy		Khan, Faiz	2010	1
Sociology exploring the architecture of everyday		Newman, David	2006	1
Young children personal social&emotional		Dowling, Mariam	2009	1
Clinical periodontology and implant dentistry		Lang,P Niklaus	2008	1
Ethnographic study on reduction of material		Gopal, Kusum	2011	3
Foundations of nursing		White,Lois	2011	1
Nutritionand diet therapy		Roth, Ruth A	2003	1
Tech your self arabic		Smart, Jack	2003	1
Seeley's anatomy&physiology		Seeley,Road	2011	1
Medical physiology:a cellullar n Molecular		Boran,Walter	2009	1

IHI and LSHTM announce scholarships for MSc course by Distance Learning

The Ifakara Health Institute and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine invite applications to undertake MSc Course by Distance Learning in clinical trials, epidemiology, global health policy, infectious diseases and public health. Funded by the Commonwealth Scholarships Commission, these are courses run by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. IHI will organize supplementary study support activities to enhance the learners’ distance learning experience. 

For details, download the Selection Criteria and Application Form

Recent books added at the Special Reserve Collection - MUHAS Library (March 2013)

Title		Author	Year	Copy
Un heard voice :the challenge of climate change in Tanzania		Gordon- MacLean, Andrew	2010	4
Foundations of psychological testing : a practical approach		Miller, Leslie A.	2011	1
Evidence-based healthcare and public healt		Gray, J. A Muir	2009	1
Child and family assessment in social work practice.		Holland, Sally.	2011	1
Reforming healthcare systems.vol 1		Marmor, Theodore R.	2011	1
Reforming healthcare systems.vol 2		Marmor, Theodore R.	2011	1
Your undergraduate dissertation in health and social care		Walliman, Nicholas	2009	1
The Edinburgh international encyclopaedia of psychoanalysis		Skelton, Ross M.	2009	1
Tips and tricks in laporoscopic urology		Kumar, Udaya	2007	1
Responding to terrorism:a medical handbook.		Greaves, Ian	2011	1
21st century sexualities		Herdt, Gilbert H	2011	1
Early childhood		Bruce, Tina	2010	1
Communication and interpersonal skills for nurses.		Bach, Shirle	2009	1
Periodontics		Eley, B. M.	2010	1
Atlas of clinical gross anatomy		Moses, Kenneth P	2005	1
Clinical procedures in primary eye care		Elliott, David B	2007	1
Master dentistry:oral and maxillofacial surge		Coulthard, Paul	2008	1
The Sociology of healthcare		Alan Clarke.	2010	1
Psychiatric and mental health nursing		Barker, Philip J.	2009	1
Clinical medicine 17th ed.		Kumar, Parveen	2009	1
Handbook of counselling psychology		Woolfe, Ray.	2010	1

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