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Emerald Insight

Strength: Accounting and Finance, Economics, Management, Education, Engineering, Human Resources, Computer Science, Public Policy, Sociology, Tourism, Hospitality and Transport.

Cambridge University Press Journals Online

Publishes over 300 peer-reviewed academic journals in Politics, Linguistics, Social Science, Humanities, Law, Mathematics, Science and Medicine.

IEEE Xplore

Content includes: Cloud Computing, Robotics & Automation, Vehicular Technology, Smart Grid Research, Communications and Networking, Circuit Theory, Cable Television, Computer Architecture, Computer Aided Design, Computer Graphics, Control of Network Systems, Cybernetics, Cryptography, Waves and Electromagnetism, Other related disciplines.

EBSCO Host Research Databases

Covers most branches of humanities and social sciences. Strong in business, nursing, medicine and allied health sciences.

Institute of Physics

Provides access to journals, magazines, e-books in physics. Holds useful materials for education and research. Covers Applied physics, Computer science, Condensed matter and materials science, High energy and nuclear physics, Mathematics, applied mathematics and mathematical physics, Measurement science and sensors, Medical and biological sciences, Optical, atomic and molecular physics.

JSTOR

Multi-disciplinary database covering Anthropology, Archeology architecture, Biological Sciences, Botany & plant Science, Business, Economics, Education, Finance, ecology, history political science, language, literature, Arts, Art history, Music, Mathematics, social sciences and Zoology.

Nature Publishing Groups

Covers Life Sciences, Chemistry, Physical Sciences, Clinical practice and research and Earth and Environment.

Oxford English Dictionary Online

An authority on English language with over 600,000 words. Provides evolution and meaning of words.

Geological Society of London - Lyell Collection

The Geological Society of London (Lyell Collection) is an online collection comprising of the Society's journal titles, Special Publications and key book series.

Royal Society Journals Online

Strength: natural Resources, Management, Computer science, Information Technology, Business Studies.

Sage Online Journals

Includes materials in Business, humanities, social sciences, Business, Technology and Medicine.

Taylor and Francis Journals

Strength in Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics, Economics, Finance, Business, Physical Sciences, Hospitality, Humanities, Development Studies.

Wiley Online Library

Business, Mathematics, Statistics, Chemistry, Computer science, Earth and environmental science, Education, Engineering, Law, Life sciences, Medicine, Physics and astronomy, Polymers and materials science, Psychology, Social sciences.

OECD iLibrary

Includes e-books and papers in Economics, Finance, Taxation, Transport, Science and Technology, Industry and services.

World Bank e-Library

Holds materials in Agriculture, Development, Environment, Energy, International Economics, Trade, Macroeconomics, Rural Development, Transport, Water Resources, Water Supply and Sanitation.

AGORA - Access to Global Online Literature in Agriculture

AGORA, HINARI, OARE & ARDI are the 4 Research4Life programs that provide developing countries with free or low cost access to academic and peer reviewed content online. AGORA contains peer reviewed journals from major scientific publishers in food, Agriculture, Plant Sciences, Soil Science, Biology, Biochemistry, Natural Resources and Environmental Science.

HINARI - Access to Research Information in Health

The world's largest information source for biomedical and health literature. Contains over 12,700 journals, 24,900 e-books and related sciences. Subjects include Cardiology, Dentistry, Dermatology, Human Anatomy, Immunology, Infectious diseases, Internal Medicine, Neurosciences, Nursing, Oncology, Parasitology, Pharmacy, Public Health, Surgery and Tropical Medicine.

OARE - Online Access to Research Environment

Environmental information research in over 1,000 scientific journals coordinated by United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) and YALE University. Covers biology, biotechnology, genetics, genetically modified species, Botany, Environmental disasters, remote sensing, hydrology water, marine biology, Animal biodiversity satellite.

ARDI - Access to Research for Development and Innovation

ARDI Program is administered by World International Property Organization (WIPO). This resource contains scientific and technical journals, e-books.

Open Access Resources

Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)

Provides Open Access to books from publishers that are of academic nature and peer reviewed.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

DOAJ aims to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals, thereby promoting their increased usage and impact. DOAJ is a comprehensive resource that covers all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system to guarantee the content.

Google Scholar

A freely available web search engine that provides access to scholarly literature across disciplines including abstracts, articles and e-books.

Directory of Open Access Repositories

Provides a list of open access repositories around the world. The aims of this service are to play a prominent international role in organizing and creating access to repositories and support open access initiatives among others.

Research Kenya

List of theses and dissertations on Kenyan research.

United Nations Resources

UNESCO

Educational materials, Social and Human Sciences, Culture, Communication Information.

UNDP - United Nations Development Program

Millennium development goals and reports, Human Development, Capacity Building, Women Empowerment.

UNEP - United Nations Environment Program

A knowledge repository on national environmental systems and Research on Environment.

UNAIDS

Contains Campaign materials, documents, Corporate Publications, Videos, photo-galleries and Info-graphics.

United Nations Organization Library - Nairobi

United Nations Books, reports and related publications.

FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization

Animal health and production, Aquaculture, Biodiversity, Biotechnology, Investment Agriculture, Nutrition, Organic farming, more in agriculture and related sciences.

WHO - World Health Organization

Global Health Matters, WHO reports, Online Journals, WHO Programs on Health.

Kenyan Resources

Kenya Government Portal

Official Kenya Government Portal; gateway to all government ministries and departments.

Kenya Law Reform / Kenya Gazette

Official Government newspaper.

The Constitution of Kenya

The supreme Law of Kenya.

E-Book Collections

ProQuest Ebook Central

Thousands of academic e-books across all disciplines.

IEEE Explore

Technical e-books in electrical engineering and computer science.

Baobab E-Books

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How to Access

All electronic resources are accessible from campus IP addresses. For off-campus access, use the library's remote access system. Contact the library for login credentials and assistance.

Our Collaborators & Partners

Proud to collaborate with leading institutions and organizations worldwide

DAAD

German Academic Exchange Service

NML - CSIR India

National Metallurgical Laboratory

WFURS

World Forum of Universities of Resources on Sustainability

Technical University of Mombasa

Kenya

HTW Dresden

University of Applied Sciences, Germany

GIA

Gemological Institute of America

TU Clausthal

Clausthal University of Technology, Germany

TU Bergakademie Freiberg

Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany

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