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Specific Key Resources (Kenya Science)

PHYSICS

  • WAVES AND OPTICS

Waves and Optics (2021) - Harish, Parthasarath

Taylor & Francis: http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003162735  

 

University physics with modern physics (2016) – Hugh D. Young and Rodger, Freedman

E-KITABU: https://uon.ekitabu.com/epub_content/9781292100326

 

College Physics, 2: Optics and Electronics (2007)- Sarode, R.T

PROQUEST: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uonbi-ebooks/detail.action?docID=588599&query=college+physics

 

Optics (2002) – Hecht, Eugine

Kenya science library shelf mark:  KSC QC 355.2 .H42 2002

 

Vibrations and waves in physics (1993) - Main, Iain G.

Kenya science library shelf mark: KSC QC 136 .M34 1993

 

  • ELECTRCITY AND MAGNETISM

College Physics, 3: Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism (2007)- Sarode, R.T

PROQUEST: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uonbi-ebooks/detail.action?docID=588600&query=college+physics

 

Physics for scientists and engineers (2017) – Randall, D. Knight

E-KITABU : https://uon.ekitabu.com/dist/cloud-reader/?epubs=..%2F..%2Fepub_content%2Ft_technology_engineering_subject.json

 

Fundamentals of magnetism and electricity (2011) - Vasudeva, D. N.

Kenya science library shelf mark: KSC QC 518 .V3 2011

 

  • QUANTUM MECHANICS

Quantum mechanics: an introduction (1994) - Bromley, D. A

PROQUEST: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uonbi-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3090193&query=quantum+mechanics

 

Quantum Mechanics: A Fundamental Approach (2019) – Wan, Kong

TAYLOR & FRANCIS: http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780203702413

 

PHYSICS TEACHING PRACTICE BOOKS

  • SECONDARY PHYSICS  FORM 1-4  STUDENT BOOK AND TEACHER S GUIDE–KLB

Kenya science library shelf mark: KSC [RES] QC 23 .S43

 

BIOLOGY

  • IMMUNOLOGY

Roitt’s essential immunology - Peter J Delves

E-KITABU: https://uon.ekitabu.com/dist/cloud-reader/?epub=..%2F..%2Fepub_content%2F201712%2FREI&epubs=..%2F..%2Fepub_content%2Fq_s_science_medicine_agriculture.json&goto=epubcfi(/6/26!/4/2/2/2%5BMathJax_SVG_glyphs%5D)

Fundamental immunology

PROQUEST: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uonbi-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3417830&query=immunology

  • PLANT ECOLOGY

Approaches to plant evolutionary ecology (2015) – Cheplick, G

PROQUEST: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uonbi-ebooks/detail.action?docID=2066693&query=plant+ecology

 

Botany (1995) – Moore, Randy

Kenya Science Library shelf mark: KSC QK 47 .M6

 

  • ZOOLOGY

Handbook of practicals in zoology (2008) – Rao, Varnan

PROQUEST: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uonbi-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3011142&query=zoology

 

Invertebrate zoology (2004) – Ruppert, Edward

Kenya Science Library shelf mark: KSC QL 362 .R7 2004

 

Understanding biology 1991 - raven, peter.

Kenya Science Library shelf mark: KSC QH 308.2 .R3 1991

 

BIOLOGY TEACHING PRACTICE BOOKS

SECONDARY BIOLOGY FORM 1-4 STUDENT BOOK AND TEACHER S GUIDE – KLB

Kenya Science Library shelf mark: KSC [RES] QH 315 .S43

 

CHEMISTRY

  • INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

 

Inorganic chemistry – Catherine E. Housecroft

E-KITABU: https://uon.ekitabu.com/dist/cloud-reader/?epubs=..%2F..%2Fepub_content%2Fq_s_science_medicine_agriculture.json

 

Inorganic chemistry for dummies (2013) – Matson Michael

PROQUEST: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uonbi-ebooks/detail.action?docID=832582&query=inorganic+chemistry

 

Inorganic chemistry (2012) – Housecroft, Catherine

Kenya Science Library shelf mark: KSC QD 151.3 .H68 2012

 

  • ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Undergraduate organic chemistry - Jagdamba Singh and L.D.S Yadav

PROQUEST: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uonbi-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3011566&query=organic+chemistry

 

General, organic and biological chemistry (2016) – Timberlake , Karen

E-KITABU: https://uon.ekitabu.com/dist/cloud-reader/?epubs=..%2F..%2Fepub_content%2Fq_s_science_medicine_agriculture.json

 

Chemistry 2005 - Chang, Raymond.

Kenya Science Library shelf mark: KSC [RES] QD 31.2 .C37 2005

 

  • PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

 

Physical chemistry (2000) – Mortimer, Robert

PROQUEST: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uonbi-ebooks/detail.action?docID=404935&query=physical+chemistry

 

Physical chemistry: how chemistry works (2016) -  Kurt, Kolasinki

PROQUEST: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uonbi-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4678331&query=physical+chemistry 

 

Atkins physical chemistry (2010) – Atkins, Peter

Kenya Science Library shelf mark: KSC QD 453.2 .A8 2010

 

CHEMISTRY TEACHING PRACTICE BOOKS

  • SECONDARY CHEMISTRY FORM 1-4 STUDENT BOOK AND TEACHER S GUIDE – KLB

Kenya Science Library shelf mark: KSC [RES] QD 42 .S43

 

MATHEMATICS

  • CALCULUS

Vector calculus - Paul C. Matthews

PROQUEST:https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uonbiebooks/detail.action?docID=3073487&query=calculus

 

Basic Analysis II: A Modern Calculus in Many Variables (2020) – Peterson, James

TAYLOR & FRANCIS: http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315166216

 

Schaum's outlines of calculus – Ayres, Frank

Kenya Science Library Shelf Mark – KSC QA 303 .A96 2009

 

 

  • ALGEBRA

Linear algebra and its applications – david c. lay

EKITABU: https://uon.ekitabu.com/dist/cloud-reader/?epubs=..%2F..%2Fepub_content%2Fh_social_sciences_statististics_subject.json

 

Linear Algebra: What You Need to Know (2021) - Hugo J.

Taylor & Francis: http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003137702

 

MATHEMATICS TEACHING PRACTICE BOOKS

 

  • SECONDARY MATHEMATICS FORM 1-4 STUDENT BOOK AND TEACHER S GUIDE – KLB

Kenya Science Library shelf mark: KSC [RES] QA 11 .S43

 

ICT

  • DATA STRUCTURES AND ALGORITHIMS

Data structure simplified (2018 – Singh, Jitendra

PROQUEST: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uonbi-ebooks/detail.action?docID=5640158&query=data+structure

 

Data structures and algorithims (2005) – Drozdek, Adam

Kenya Science Library shelf mark : KSC 76.73 .C153D76

 

 

Management information system – Kenneth C. Laudon

E-KITABU : https://uon.ekitabu.com/dist/cloud-reader/?epubs=..%2F..%2Fepub_content%2Ft_technology_engineering_subject.json;

 

Fundamentals of computer organization and architecture  - Mostafa Abd-El-Barr

PROQUEST: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uonbi-ebooks/detail.action?docID=231740&query=Advanced+computer+architectures:

 

Introductory information technology (2002) – Jain, Satish

Kenya Science Library shelf mark: KSC QA 76 .J3

 

ICT TEACHING PRACTICE BOOKS

 

  • LOG ON COMPUTER STUDIES FORM 1-4 STUDENT BOOK AND TEACHER S GUIDE - KLB                                                                           

Kenya Science Library shelf mark: KSC [RES] QA 76.28 .L64

                                                                       

HISTORY OF EDUCATION

INTRODUCTORY HISTORY OF EDUCATION – Daniel Sifuna and James E. Otiende

PROQUEST: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uonbi-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3001548&query=history+of+education

 

Kenya Science Library shelf mark: KSC LA 1501 .S54 1994

 

 

 

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