Category: Library News

Free Open Access Publishing

Image from SciRange Publications EIFL has negotiated a free read & publish agreement with the following journals: Development Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology This means that corresponding authors from these countries will not have to pay any Article Processing Charges (APCs) for open access publishing when an article is accepted for publication […]

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A One Step Registration for E-Resources Access

Using mobile gadget? Simple scan the code Please register to access e-books and e-journals by simply clicking on this link https://elibraryku.remotexs.co/user/register Once you are successfully registered, please check your registered email for further instructions. If you are using a mobile gadget, you can easily scan the QR code on this page for the link to the […]

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Register for off and On Campus Access to E-Resources

Scan this QR code to go to  e-resources registration Please note that we have moved from our previous e-resources access platform to Remotexs. Our online/digital/e-resources are now available on RemoteXs. The platform facilitates access to our e-resources whether one is on the campus network or off the campus network. What should you expect? If you are a […]

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Library Services During Lockdown

During the lockdown period, the Library will be open 8.00 am to 5.00 pm due to curfew restrictions. Library users are free to return any library materials they no longer need before exiting on 1st April 2021. Library users can retain books they still need. However, if the books become due, they can return them […]

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Contact your Liaison Librarian for support

The Post Modern Library has designated and assigned Liaison Librarians to different schools to support them in their research needs. These needs may include but not limited to Information literacy (covers aspects such as online searches, use of reference management software, publishing), Turnitin support, and access to information resources. You can reach your respective Liaison […]

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Journal Impact Factor

Image from oxford-review.com What is a journal Impact Factor? Impact Factor (IF) is used to measure the importance of a journal by calculating the average number of citations to recent articles published in the journal. IFs are useful in comparing journals in the same discipline. How is IF measured? Journal Citation Reports (JCR) provides ranking for journals in […]

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Trial access to EBSCO E-books

Kenyatta University has free trial access to eBook Academic Collection Trial, eBook Business Collection Trial and eBook Education Collection Trial from EBSCO. The eBook Academic Collection Trial is a large selection of multidisciplinary e-book titles representing a broad range of academic subject matter, and is a strong complement for any academic collection. The eBook Business […]

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Taylor & Francis Waives Article Processing Charges for Open Access Journals

Image from https://scirange.com/article-processing-charges Taylor & Francis has an agreement with EIFL that guarantees no – or heavily reduced – Article Processing Charges (APCs) for authors from EIFL partner countries when they publish in a Taylor & Francis-owned fully Open Access (OA) journal, including Cogent journals. Kenya is one of the partners included in the agreement.  […]

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Steps to downloading Mendeley Reference Manager

1. Go to Mendeley- https://www.mendeley.com/ 2. Create an account 3. Download Mendeley 4. Set up Mendeley by installing the following under Mendeley tools a. Web Importer b. MS Word Plugin 5. Build your Mendeley library by a. Adding files from your desktop b. Adding folders from your desktop c. Adding entry manually 6. Cite within […]

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