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About Kopernio: A free browser plugin

Save time accessing full-text PDFs with the free Kopernio browser plugin. Kopernio is a free, easy-to-use browser plugin that helps you save time accessing full-text journal articles by bringing your institutional subscriptions as well as open access content into your workflow at your point of need. Kopernio simplifies the authentication process, enabling access to legitimate […]

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Present your innovative idea in 3 minutes

Image from https://www.tcc-africa.org/ Falling Walls in partnership with NACOSTI and TCC Africa are hosting Falling Walls Lab, Nairobi, which, will be done via Facebook Live on 25 September at 10:00AM EAT. Students, entrepreneurs, early-career researchers, & academics of all disciplines are invited to participate. Participants, also known as Labsters, are given the opportunity to present […]

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Summary of Mendeley training

Go to Mendeley- https://www.mendeley.com/ Create an account Download Mendeley Set up Mendeley by installing the following under Mendeley tools Build your Mendeley library Cite within the word document by following the pop up prompts Insert bibliography- An option within the Mendeley reference tools that reside under the word reference tools Choose style Always sync for […]

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OpenCourse resources

MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to publish  learning materials for undergraduate and graduate level- The resources are freely available. You can search the resources by topic. You can read more about the courseware * Please note that anybody with access to internet can access the MIT courseware (it is open access)

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How to Scan a QR (Quick Response) Code

Library catalogue A Quick Response (QR) code is a mobile phone readable matrix of barcodes made up of black and white pixel patterns that is created to embed links to online content. A QR code reader is used to quickly and easily scan the code’s content. Guide on using QR codes Download a free QR […]

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Kenyatta University featured in Top 200 Universities in Africa

Logo from UniRank The 2020 African University Ranking (UniRank) has ranked Kenyatta University number 16 of the top 200 recognized higher-education institutions in Africa. In Kenya, it is position two after University of Nairobi. The ranking measures popularity of the featured universities. Universities ranked must meet the following criteria: They must be chartered, licensed and/or […]

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Ministry of Health Guidelines on Home Based Isolation and Care for COVID-19 Patients

On 10th June 2020, the Ministry of Health, Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS), Dr. Rashid Aman during the daily COVID -19 briefing at Afya House announced that the government has developed Guidelines on Home Based Isolation and Care for COVID-19 Patients. The guidelines cover aspects such as eligibility, procedures for the care, referral system if patient’s health deteriorates, […]

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BASE: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine

https://www.base-search.net BASE is an academic search engine that lets you search more than 200 million documents. It is one of the world’s most voluminous search engines especially for academic web resources. BASE provides documents from more than 7,000 sources. You can access the full texts of about 60% of the indexed documents for free (Open […]

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