A recent systematic review conducted by the Collaboration for Evidence Based Healthcare in Africa (CEBHA) on evidence-based healthcare treatment (EBHC) has shown that EBHC teaching and learning strategies on the African continent should focus on implementing multifaceted, clinically integrated approaches and assessment. Also, urgent attention should be given to the development of research capacities in low performing countries around Africa supported by an increased focus on the process of turning program research evidence into policy and practice.
That is why Evidentia Publishing is pleased to announce that the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, has now full access to the Transfusion Evidence Library - an unique online database providing high quality, evidence-based information for all clinical research related to blood transfusion. In support of MUHAS’ efforts to have access to the highest quality standards and collaborative health research in Tanzania, the Transfusion Evidence database will allow them to get valuable evidence-based medical information for guiding them through the management, control and prevention of major diseases related to blood transfusion medicine the country faces.
Dr. Tandi Lwoga, PhD, Director of the Library Services at the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, said, “We’re very happy that with the Transfusion Evidence Library we now can research influential, evidence based health care resources. This database is really good helping us to apply valuable knowledge into our daily medical teachings and treatments around blood transfusion and blood alternatives. The data will contribute a lot to promote quality evidence based practices in our institution.”
Mark Schregardus, CEO of Evidentia Publishing, elaborated on the latest customer addition: “High quality, relevant research is critical for Tanzania’s national development of practicing medicine.
We applaud the MUHAS’ dedication to the advancement of medical knowledge and applying learning and technology extension with evidence based clinical trials and systematic reviews. Our Transfusion Evidence database will become a indispensable asset for the transfusion medicine staff and students at the institution.”
For subscription information or trial access to the Transfusion Evidence Library, email info@evidentiapublishing.com or follow us on Twitter via @Transfusion_TEL. Contact us also to receive the monthly Transfusion Evidence Alert
· For more information on the Collaboration for Evidence Based Healthcare in Africa (CEBHA), visit www.cebha.org
· For additional information on the MUHAS and its Library Services, visit
www.muchs.ac.tz and library.muhas.ac.tz
Library News Blog - Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Monday, March 10, 2014
Monday, February 24, 2014
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
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
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
Searching
journal in public health, human nutrition, parasitic, communicable and tropical
diseases and medicinal plants.
5. COCHRANE
Recommended for
Searching regularly updated evidence-based medical
systematic reviews
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.
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
Recommended for
Searching
for high quality journal articles in biomedical and related social sciences
10. IEEE XPLORE DIGITAL LIBRARY
Recommended for
high
quality technical literature in engineering and technology
11. JSTOR
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
Recommended for
Searching journals in biotechnology, biomedical
research/life sciences, clinical medicine and surgery, and law
13. OARE
Recommended for
Searching scientific journals in environmental science
and related fields
14. OECD iLibrary
Recommended for
Searching scientific journals in economics,
public policy, social sciences and environmental issues
15. OXFORD JOURNALS COLLECTION FOR DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES
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
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
Recommended for
Searching
high quality journal articles in biomedical and related social sciences
18. PROTA
Recommended for
Searching research information on the approximately 7000 useful plants of
tropical Africa.
19. ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS
Recommended for
Searching peer reviewed journals in clinical medicine and public
health
20. ROYAL SOCIETY JOURNALS ONLINE
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
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
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
Recommended for
Searching data on social, economic,
financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators. World Development
Indicators
26. WORLD BANK GLOBAL
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE (GDF) DATABASE
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.
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
Recommended for
Searching data on
social, economic, financial, natural resources, infrastructure, governance,
partnership, and environmental indicators.
29. AGORA
Recommended for
Outstanding
digital journal collection in the fields of food, agriculture, environmental
science and related social sciences
30. The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection
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
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.
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/
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/
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.
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.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
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 databaseURL: http://www.transfusionevidencelibrary.com/
Request username and password from the MUHAS Librarian
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
CALL FOR APPLICATION: DIGITAL REPOSITORIES AND WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES LEARNING OPPORTUNITY (8-11 April, 2014)
Date: 8th
– 11th 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:
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
1st April, 2014 business.
Charles
Marwa, Tel: 0713422199 and/or
Kesia Rad -
0752044896,
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
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.
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