August 10, 2009
Project MUSE
What is Project MUSE?
Project MUSE (http://muse.jhu.edu/search) is an online collection of several hundred titles in the arts, humanities and
social sciences from 60 university and society presses. MUSE journals cover many fields of study including
literature, history, politics and policy studies, economics, education, film, religion and women’s studies.
What you’ll find in MUSE:
· 100% Full-text articles from scholarly journals
· Entire contents of journals
· Reviews (books, performance, art, music, etc.)
· Fiction and poetry
· Illustrations and photographs within the full text
· Articles in both HTML and PDF formats
· Editorial and submission information for the journals
Features and Functionality:
· Browse full journal content:
> Browse by title or subject.
> View complete Tables of Contents issue by issue.
> Article entries include Library of Congress subject
headings and links to full text.
· Link to MUSE from other electronic resources:
> Search MUSE articles using Google and Google Scholar.
> MUSE links to familiar indexing/abstracting or gateway
services.
> MUSE is a member of CrossRef — a multi-publisher citation
linking system.
> MUSE links with JSTOR to allow searching the full digital
run of several core journals from one interface.
· Manage your search results
> E-mail full-text article links to yourself and others.
> Export citations directly to EndNote or RefWorks.
> Download or print results in text-only format.
· Researchers can access MUSE from any computer in the
campus-wide network or off campus via the library’s remote
access server.
To view journal titles in each subject visit: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/subject.html
Download a detailed "How to search Project MUSE" guide here.
July 6, 2009
The World Bank e-Library
- The World Bank e-Library is an electronic portal to the World Bank's full-text collection of books, reports/working papers, journals and other documents on social and economic development. It is the most comprehensive collections in the area and it brings together, in PDF format, a fully indexed and cross-searchable database of over 5,500 titles, as well as every new title as it becomes available in print. In addition, subscribers have access to information not available in print. E-Library is fully searchable by subject, region, keyword, title, author, abstract, or year of publication
- World Development Indicators (WDI) Online is the premier data source on the global economy. It contains statistical data for 854 development indicators and time series data from 1960 for over 200 countries and 18 country groups
- Global Development Finance (GDF) Online offers external debt and financial flow data for over 129 countries that report public and publicly guaranteed debt to the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System. Time series includes over 200 indicators from 1970 through 2017. The database covers external debt stocks and flows, major economic aggregates, and key debt ratios as well as average terms of new commitments, currency composition of long-term debt, debt restructuring, and scheduled debt service projections
Subject Strengths
- World Bank e-Library includes: Agriculture; Communities & Human Settlements; Conflict and Development; Education; Energy; Environment; Finance and Financial Sector Development; Gender; Governance; Health, Nutrition and Population; Industry; Information and Communication Technologies; Infrastructure Economics and Finance; International Economics & Trade; Law and Development; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth; Poverty Reduction; Private Sector Development; Public Sector Development; Rural Development; Science and Technology Development; Social Development; Social Protections and Labor; Transport; Urban Development; Water Resources; Water Supply and Sanitation; World Bank.
- World Development Indicators Online contains statistical data for over 850 development indicators. Data include social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators. For a complete list of indicators visit the World Bank website.
- Global Development Finance Online includes over 200 indicators: For a complete list of indicators visit the World Bank website
- Africa Development Indicators Online includes over 1,400 indicators on Africa: For a complete list of indicators visit the World Bank website
Service Strengths
- Full indexed databases, cross-searchable
- Advanced search features
- Small file sizes to facilitate downloading
- Easy navigation through regional collections
- Metadata provided in Excel so each title can be listed in online library catalogues
- COUNTER compliant usage statistics for World Bank e-Library, WDI, GDF and ADI online databases
- Mapping function available in WDI, GDF and ADI online databases
- Different language interfaces including English, French, Spanish, Portuguese,
Russian, Arabic, and Chinese
June 20, 2009
ICT
Training
Watch out for the inaugural e-Resources training courtesy of the Library.
June 01, 2009
Exam Papers (e-Xams)
You can now read, copy and print your exam past paper now online. Log
on to get started.
Disclaimer: The links provided and the content therein do not necessarily reflect the views of Kabarak University and in no way does is amount to endorsement.