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October 1 , 2010: Access to Springerlink eBook Collection's Trial

We would like to inform you that you now have access to a wide collection of Springer eBooks on a 1 month trial, starting 1st September 2010 to 1st November 2010. 

You can access them directly on http://www.springerlink.com  (no username/passwords required)
Springer eBooks deliver content wherever you need it:

·         at home, at the lab, in the library, at the office or in the course room

·         on your computer, your handheld or your mobile phone

·         Immediately, with unlimited downloading and printing facilities.

Springer eBooks deliver results however you want:

·         For browsing, specific research or immediate fact-finding

·         Integrated with research results in other formats like electronic journal articles, database entries, reference work items

Complete access to Springer’s total book content, including handbooks, textbooks, reference works, book series, proceedings and monographs.

eBooks are divided into the following 13 subject collections:

 Start using the new generation of books at: http://www.springerlink.com  and find out how easy it is.

 Please share this communication with colleagues or students and encourage them to explore the full breadth of content.

September 1, 2010: Access to Emerald's eBook Series Collection's Trial

Please be advised that as of Wednesday the 1st of September Kabarak University Library will be able to enjoy free access to Emerald’s eBook Series Business Management and Economics and Social Sciences Collection’s, until Sunday the 31st of October. Access is set-up via IP addresses and/or login details currently registered.

Essential research from your library

Did you know that our library currently has trial to research published by Emerald?

Emerald is a leading independent publisher of global research with impact in business, society, public policy and education.


The table below shows the Emerald products to which your library has access:

Emerald Business, Management and Economics eBook Series Collection

Covers fields including Strategy, Economics, Accounting and Finance and Human Resource Management.

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Emerald Social Sciences eBook Series Collection

Includes high quality research in the fields of Education, Environmental Management/Environment, Health Care Management/Healthcare, Language and Linguistics and Sociology and Public Policy.

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For further information about the products or for access details from the 01/09/2010 until the 31/10/10, please contact the Reference Librarian.

Or simply visit www.emeraldinsight.com to see Emerald for yourself.

August 23, 2010: Introducing Open Access Week

Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. What makes it possible is the internet and the consent of the author or copyright-holder. OA is entirely compatible with peer review, and all the major OA initiatives for scientific and scholarly literature insist on its importance. Just as authors of journal articles donate their labor, so do most journal editors and referees participating in peer review. OA literature is not free to produce, even if it is less expensive to produce than conventionally published literature. The question is not whether scholarly literature can be made costless, but whether there are better ways to pay the bills than by charging readers and creating access barriers. Business models for paying the bills depend on how OA is delivered.

This year's OA Week will run on 18-24th October 2010.

July 21, 2010: Digital Library Platform

We are pleased to inform you that Kabarak University Library is switching to a bigger and a much better Digital Library platform that we have called e-Maktaba. This will enable you easy access to our library guides and manuals, research projects and past examination papers. For a sneek preview visit the beta site here...(e-Maktaba - the Digital Library).

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