Online Journals,E-books and Databases
Egerton University Library provides access to a huge range of electronic resources (e-resources) to support learning, teaching and research for students, staff and researchers.
The major databases and their subject strengths are listed alphabetically below. Please select your preferred publisher and have access to the most authentic online information.
Researchers can also search across all e-resources simultaneously from a single search box by following the link below:
Electronic Journals List
Subject Strengths
Acoustics.
Subject Strengths
Applied and multidisciplinary physics.
Subject Strengths
Physics, Atomic, molecular and optical physics , Condensed matter and materials physics , Nuclear physics, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology, Statistical, non-linear, and soft matter physics , Accelerators and beams , Physics education research
Subject strengths
Biomedical/Life Sciences , Physical Sciences, Social Sciences , Economics
Subject Strengths
Public policy for science and technology , Research evaluation
British Psychological Society (BPS)
Subject Strengths
Psychology
Cambridge University Press - Cambridge Journals Online
Subject Strengths
Politics, Linguistics, Social Science, Humanities
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Evidence based medicine, Clinical trials
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Library and Information Sciences
Subject Strengths
Good coverage of most branches of social sciences and humanities, Strong business coverage. Strong nursing, medicine and allied health coverage, Dedicated newspaper database, kept separate from peer-reviewed content.
Subject strengths
Covers electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics content
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Emerald Management, features 140 Business and Management journals and Emerald Engineering eJournal Collection, features 19 Engineering journals. All of which are peer-reviewed and fully searchable full text journals plus reviews from the world's top 300 management journals.
Subject Strengths
Computer Science, Engineering, Library and Information Sciences, Marketing, Business and Management.
Gale(Thomson Learning)-Academic ASAP and Health & Wellness Resource Center.
Subject Strengths
Expanded Academic ASAP: economics, topics in business and finance anthropology, archeology, computing and computers, education, art, literature, music, history, international relations, law ,sociology, philosophy, religion
Subject Strengths
Geology , Earth Sciences
Subject Strengths
Economic data, Monetary policy, Financial stability, Economic development, Forecasts and outlooks,Poverty reduction
Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS)
Subject Strengths
Operations Research, Management Science, Analytics, Operations Management, Information Systems, Decision Analysis, Research Theory, Marketing Research and Science, Computing and Information Technologies, Research Theory, Strategic Management
Subject Strengths
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
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers- (IEEE)
Subject Strengths
Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Computer Science & Architecture, Imaging Science & Photographic Technology, Robotics
JSTOR http://www.jstor.org
Subject Strengths
Economics, History, Political Science, Language & Literature, Art & Art History, Music , Mathematics & Statistics, Education
LexisNexis Library
Subject Strengths
The LexisNexis include thousands of trusted legal, tax and regulatory sources, Law Reports, collection of annotated legislation,cases, forms,precedents and commentary from Butterworths and Tolley
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers
Subject Strengths
Biotechnology, Biomedical research/life sciences, Clinical medicine and surgery, Law
NPG (Nature and Palgrave Macmillan Journals)
Subject Strengths
Business and management economics, education, information systems and technology , political science and international studies, social and cultural studies, urban design and architecture
OSA - Optical Society of America
Service Strengths
Gain access to OSA's journals through Optics InfoBase, Search for articles from OSA's journals and conference publications, Read the online version of Optics & Photonics News (OPN), Find information for journal authors, Get the latest news about OSAs publications
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - Source OECD
Subject Strengths
Economics, Energy, Environment, Social sciences
Subject Strengths:Over 200 leading titles in science, technology, medicine, humanities and social sciences.
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business and management, economics, education, information systems and technology, political science and international studies, social and cultural studies,urban design and architecture
Subject Strengths
African American and African Diaspora Studies, African Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Art and Architecture
Royal Society - Royal Society Journals Online
Subject Strengths
Mathematics, engineering and other physical sciences, All biological sciences; particularly good on ecology, environment, Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary science
Royal Society for Chemistry - RSC Journals Archive
Subject Strengths
All branches of chemistry including traditional fields (organic, inorganic, analytical chemistry) plus newer developments and cross-disciplinary studies such as natural products and green chemistry, Databases in analytical chemistry, catalysts and catalysed reactions, organic synthesis and natural products
Royal Society for Chemistry - RSC Journals Online
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Humanities, Social Sciences, Scientific, Technical and Medical
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Engineering, Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Mathematics and Statistics, Medicine, Physics and Astronomy, Computer Science, Biomedical and Life Sciences.
Subject Strengths
Education, Learning
Arts & Humanities, Behavioral Science, Business, Management & Economics, Chemistry, Criminology & Law, Education, Engineering
University of California Press - Caliber
Subject Strengths
Area Studies, History of Science, Human research and Bioethics, Sociology, Social interaction
Subject Strengths
Economics, Education, Humanities, Law, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, Social Sciences
Wiley-Online Library - former Synergy
Subject Strengths
All life sciences, Medicine/health, Ecology, Veterinary science, Accountancy and economics, World Bank Africa Development Indicator, World Bank Global Economic Monitor
Subject Strengths
World Bank e-Library
Subject coverage:
World Development Indicators, International Debt Statistics, Africa Development Indicators and Global Economic Monitor.
Available E-Books
Subject coverage:
Agriculture, Education, Geography, Anthropology, Recreation, History, Language and Literature, Law, Medicine, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Political Science, Social Sciences, and Technology
Subject coverage:
Economics, Business, Community Development
Subject coverage :
Agriculture, Environmental Sciences, Arts, Behavioral Sciences, Computer Science, Economics, Finance, Business, Education, Engineering, Management, Food science, Humanities, Information Science, Language & Literature, Mathematics & Statistics, Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing & Allied Health, Sports ,Leisure, Travel & Tourism.
Collection of Medical books for Faculty of Health Sciences [only access within Main Campus]
Navigating this treasure trove of information is easier than it ever was. You can search by title, year of publication, or keyword across an entire archive, or within a single Gazette. Try it out now simply by visiting KenyaLaw.org or searching Google or Google Books. Research4Life e-resources-(Mode of Access:Usernames&Passwords)
- HINARI - Health Internetwork Access to Research Initiative
- AGORA - Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture
- OARE - Online Access Research in Environment
Seed of Gold Link
CABI Databases
CABI is a not-for-profit scientific research, publishing and international ... Global Health, two of the most important bibliographic databases in the life sciences. Following are some useful links to the databases.
Crop Protection Compendium - http://www.cabi.org/cpc/
Animal Health and Production Compendium - http://www.cabi.org/ahpc/
Aquaculture Compendium - http://www.cabi.org/ac/
Forestry Compendium - http://www.cabi.org/fc/
Open Access Resources
- Wiktionary- http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page
- Googlescholar- http://scholar.google.com/
- OPENDOAR repository - Directory of Open Access Repositories - - http://www.opendoar.org/
- Directory of open access journals (DOAJ)- http://www.doaj.org/
- Open Course Ware (OCW)- http://ocw.egerton.ac.ke