A LIST OF ONLINE DATABASES AT MUHAS LIBRARY

1. THE SINGLE SEARCH INTERFACE FOR ALL E-RESOURCES AT MUHAS

http://Libhub.kiox.org

Recommended for

Searching and downloading full text articles from all e-resources subscribed by MUHAS library from a single searching tool   

 2. MUHAS Institutional repository

http://ir.muhas.ac.tz:8080/jspui/

Recommended for

Disseminating electronic copies of research and scholarly works created at MUHAS. Such publications include journal articles, conference presentations, proceedings, working papers, theses and dissertations.

3. SCEINCEDIRECT & SCOPUS

http://prola.aps.org/search

Recommended for

Searching of peer reviewed journals physical sciences and engineering, life sciences, health sciences, and social sciences and humanities

4. CABI’S GLOBAL HEALTH DATABASES

 http://www.cabdirect.org/

Recommended for

Searching journal in public health, human nutrition, parasitic, communicable and tropical diseases and medicinal plants.

5. COCHRANE

http://www.thecochranelibrary.com

Recommended for

Searching regularly updated evidence-based medical systematic reviews

 6. DE GRUYTER LIS BOOKS AND JOURNALS

http://www.reference-global.com/

Recommended for

Searching books and journals in Library and Information Science

7. The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library (TEEAL)

TEEAL is an offline full-text and searchable database of articles from 200 high-quality research journals in agriculture, health and other related disciplines.

Please visit MUHAS library computer lab, first floor to access the offline database.

8. FORMER BLACKWELL SYNERGY CONTENT ON WILEY INTERSCIENCE
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/

Recommended

for searching peer-reviewed journals in all life sciences, medicine/health, ecology, veterinary science, accountancy and economics, cultural studies, development issues, social policy, law, history, management studies

9. HINARI

 http://www.who.int/hinari

Recommended for

Searching for high quality journal articles in biomedical and related social sciences

 10. IEEE XPLORE DIGITAL LIBRARY

http://www.ieee.org/ieeexplore

Recommended for

high quality technical literature in engineering and technology

11. JSTOR

http://www.jstor.org

Recommended for

Searching peer reviewed journals in law, economics, history, political science, language & literature, art & art history, music, mathematics & statistics, education

12. MARY ANN LIEBERT ONLINE

http://www.liebertonline.com/

Recommended for

Searching journals in biotechnology, biomedical research/life sciences, clinical medicine and surgery, and law

 13. OARE

http://www.oaresciences.org

Recommended for

Searching scientific journals in environmental science and related fields

  

14. OECD iLibrary

http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org

Recommended for

Searching scientific journals in economics, public policy, social sciences and environmental issues

15. OXFORD JOURNALS COLLECTION FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

http://www.oxfordjournals.org/

Recommended for

Searching peer reviewed journals in biological sciences, medicine, public health and epidemiology, humanities, social sciences, law, economics, business, and finance, mathematics, statistics, computing and physics

16. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN JOURNALS

http://www.palgrave-journals.com/pal

Recommended for

Searching peer reviewed journals in business and management, economics, education, information systems and technology, political science and international studies, social and cultural studies, urban design and architecture

17. PUBMED

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

Recommended for

Searching high quality journal articles in biomedical and related social sciences

18. PROTA

http://www.prota.org/

Recommended for

Searching research information on the approximately 7000 useful plants of tropical Africa.

19. ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/rcop/cm

Recommended for

Searching peer reviewed journals in clinical medicine and public health

20. ROYAL SOCIETY JOURNALS ONLINE

http://royalsocietypublishing.org/

Recommended for

Searching scientific, technical, medical, and professional journals

 21. SAGE

http://online.sagepub.com

Recommended for

Searching high quality journal articles in life & biomedical sciences; materials science & engineering; and social sciences & humanities

22. TAYLOR & FRANCIS ONLINE JOURNALS

http://www.informaworld.com

Recommended for

Searching peer reviewed journals in arts & humanities, environment & agriculture, urban & environment, library & information science, mathematics & statistics, physics, public health & social care, sociology, and related disciplines.

23. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS

http://www.journals.uchicago.edu

Recommended for

Searching peer-reviewed journals in social sciences, humanities, education, and biological, physical sciences, economics and law.

24. WILEY-BLACKWELL - INTERSCIENCE CONTENT

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Recommended for

Searching peer reviewed journals in business, chemistry & physics, computer science, engineering, humanities & social sciences, life, earth and environmental sciences, mathematics & statistics, medicine & nursing, physics and astronomy, polymers and materials science

 25. WORLD BANK WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS (WDI) ONLINE DATABASE

http://wdronline.worldbank.org.

Recommended for

Searching data on social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators. World Development Indicators

26. WORLD BANK GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE (GDF) DATABASE

http://data.worldbank.org

Recommended for

Searching data on external debt stocks and flows, major economic aggregates, and key debt ratios as well as average terms of new commitments, currency composition of long-term debt, debt restructuring, and scheduled debt service projections.

 27. WORLD BANK - GLOBAL ECONOMIC MONITOR

http://data.worldbank.org

Recommended for

Searching data on global growth trends, industrial production, international trade, oil and non-oil commodity markets, financial markets as well as currencies.

28. WORLD BANK: AFRICA DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS

http://data.worldbank.org

Recommended for

Searching data on social, economic, financial, natural resources, infrastructure, governance, partnership, and environmental indicators.

 29. AGORA

Http://www.aginternetwork.org

Recommended for

Outstanding digital journal collection in the fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences

30. The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection

http://hstalks.com/main/index_category.php?c=252&

This collection of specially prepared animated audio visual presentations with synchronized narration is regularly updated and growing with over 1,500 talks

31. AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES

http://pubs.acs.org/search/advanced

Recommended for

Searching of journals in agriculture, pharmacology & pharmacy, plant sciences, polymer science, toxicology

32. Transfusion Evidence Library database

The database consists of Systematic Reviews and Randomized Controlled Trials, and is a unique resource for medical practitioners, policy makers and researchers in the field of transfusion medicine.

http://www.transfusionevidencelibrary.com/

33. Biomed Central

MUHAS has become a members of the Biomed Central Foundation.

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 for more details

THE CENTRAL INDEX SEARCH SYSTEM FOR ALL E-RESOURCES AT MUHAS

With a support from USAID, the MUHAS Library has been able to set up a Central Index Search System that allows seamless integration and searching across all free and subscribed e-journals and e-books available at MUHAS - Muhimbili Campus.
 You can search and retrieve the following through the Central Index Search System:
- Over 40 subscribed databases of e-journals and e-books at MUHAS
- Over 35,000 free e-journals and e-books - All e-journals & e-books from HINARI & AGORA
- E-theses & e-journals from MUHAS Institutional repository
- and MUHAS Online Public Access Catalogue
- All content from free journals and repositories around the world, including those produced in Africa.

 Kindly click here to access the Central Index Search System 

 Please note that the system is available at MUHAS - Muhimbili Campus only.

Transfusion Evidence Library database is now available at MUHAS - Muhimbili campus

The Transfusion Evidence Library database is now officially available at MUHAS – Muhimbili campus. The database consists of Systematic Reviews and Randomized Controlled Trials, and is a unique resource for medical practitioners, policy makers and researchers in the field of transfusion medicine.

 The high quality of the evidence is ensured by applying strict methodological criteria, and new records are added every month. All relevant Systematic Reviews (since 1980) and RTCs (since 1998) are included, and pre-1998 RCTs will be added in the future. In the UK all NHS staff have access to this database.

In summary, the Transfusion Evidence Library database offers you:

·         Access to evidence-based information on all aspects of transfusion medicine

·         Access to all Systematic Reviews since 1980

·         Access to all Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) since 2002.  We are in the process of adding RCTs from before 2002.

·         Economic Studies (since 1980) relevant to transfusion medicine

·         Fully customized user interface specifically designed for the transfusion medicine community, including search filters that make it very easy to find specific information.

·         All users receive a monthly Transfusion Evidence Alert listing the 10 most important and interesting new high quality publications

·         Direct one-click-access to all free full text articles

·         Soon the be added: Expert Reviews  of individual articles.

Here are the details of the database

 URL:   http://www.transfusionevidencelibrary.com/

Request username and password from the MUHAS Librarian

CALL FOR APPLICATION: DIGITAL REPOSITORIES AND WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES LEARNING OPPORTUNITY (8-11 April, 2014)

Date: 8^th – 11^th April, 2014

  
Venue: Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS)

Organized by: Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Directorate of Library Services

Course Fee for Tanzanians: 300,000 TShs   

Course Fee for Non-Tanzanians: US$ 300

Overall Course objectives:

This four days workshop, will introduce participants to the terminology and some of the software tools that support development of institutional repositories, optimizing access to content in digital library and repository through Web 2.0 technologies.

 Course Main Topics

1. Introduction to basic digital library, repositories and web 2.0 terminologies

2. Introduction to open source software: work with linux software

3. Work with dspace software to set up a digital repository

4. Use web 2.0 to feature the contents of a repository

5. Online publishing through web 2.0 tools

Who Should Attend? Professionals involved in information management, institutional management, librarians, lecturers ,project administrators and any other professional who has a use for ICT or digital repository in their work.

Training Format: Training over 4 consecutive days, Face to face in a group setting and practical sessions for online cataloguing tools, Attendance on all 4 days is required for certificate of completion.

Deadline for application: Kindly submit your details to the undersigned by close of Tuesday 1^st April, 2014 business. 

Charles Marwa, Tel: 0713422199 and/or

Kesia Rad - 0752044896,

Email: librarymuhas@gmail.com and/or library@muhas.ac.tz.

RE: A learning opportunity on Cataloging and Classification from 11th to 13th Feb. 2014 at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS).

I am pleased to invite you to attend a Training Workshop on Cataloging and Classification that will be held at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) Tanzania inDar essalaam from11th to 13th 2014.
The course is open to Library staff, Records Management, Administrators, Researchers, Information Professionals and any other who would like to participate and acquire knowledge in doing subject analysis of various information.

Open Access, Institutional Repositories and E-resources Workshop for MUHAS Academic Staff at MUHAS Library (10 December 2013)

MUHAS Library organized a one day workshop for health practitioners online literature search on 10 December 2013.
Topics covered:
- Online search strategies
- Open access resources for health
-Subscribed e-resources
- Copyright and licencing issues
- Institutional repositories - searching and uploading content into the repositories