Library Resources


Information on Publishing

Know why you should publish and how to avoid predatory journals

EBSCO Discovery Service

Access the Library's entire collection of information materials from one search point

Academic Integrity

Understand plagiarism, how to avoid it, and how to access plagiarism detection tools


Capacity Building for Students, Researchers & Academic Staff on Research Tools

The Library has organized online training on Remote Access to Electronic Information Resources (Books, including core-text books & Journals), Research Tools (Turnitin, ORCID, Google Scholar & Zotero Referencing Tool), and Publishing to run for the period between April 28th to May 30th, 2021.

The main objective of the training will be to guide the students and researchers on how to access the books, journals, and other information resources remotely, how to use Turnitin software, install and use Zotero open source referencing tool, and best practices in Publishing. Links for the topics to be covered will be availed at the beginning of every week.

For those who will not be able to participate in the training, please find step by step presentation on the above topics on the Library website using the following link: https://uonlibrary.uonbi.ac.ke/basic-page/library-guides-presentations.

TRAINING TOPIC

PARTICIPANTS

DATE

TIME

26TH – 30TH APRIL 2021

TURNITIN – SIMILARITY INDEX

 

ACADEMIC STAFF/SUPERVISORS

April 28, 2021

10.AM - 12.PM

  • REMOTE ACCESS TO E- RESOURCES 
  • ACCESS TO ELSEVIER E-RESOURCES

ALL STUDENTS & RESEARCHERS

April 29, 2021

10.AM - 12.PM

ZOTERO REFERENCING TOOL

 

POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS & RESEARCHERS

April 30,  2021

10.AM - 12.PM

3RD – 7TH MAY 2021

REMOTE ACCESS TO E-INFORMATION RESOURCES

ALL STUDENTS & RESEARCHERS

MAY 4, 2021

10.AM - 12.PM

TURNITIN – SIMILARITY INDEX

 

ACADEMIC STAFF/SUPERVISORS

May 6, 2021

10.AM - 12.PM

TURNITIN – SIMILARITY INDEX

 

ACADEMIC STAFF/SUPERVISORS

May 7, 2021

10.AM - 12.PM 

10TH – 14TH MAY 2021

ZOTERO REFERENCING TOOL

 

POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS & RESEARCHERS

May 11, 2021

10.AM - 12.PM

REMOTE ACCESS TO E-INFORMATION RESOURCES 

ALL STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS

May 13, 2021

10.AM - 12.PM

ZOTERO REFERENCING TOOL

 

POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS & RESEARCHERS

May 14, 2021

10.AM - 12.PM

17TH – 21 MAY 2021

  • ORCID & GOOGLE SCHOLAR
  • DIGITAL REPOSITORY SELF ARCHIVING 

POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS & RESEARCHERS

May 18, 2021

10.AM - 12.PM

TURNITIN – SIMILARITY INDEX

 

ACADEMIC STAFF/SUPERVISORS

May 20, 2021

10.AM - 12.PM

ACADEMIC WRITING & PUBLISHING IN HIGH IMPACT PLATFORMS

POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS & RESEARCHERS

May 21, 2021

10.AM - 12.PM

24TH – 28TH MAY 2021

REMOTE ACCESS TO E-INFORMATION RESOURCES 

ALL STUDENTS & RESEARCHERS

May 25, 2021

10.AM - 12.PM

ZOTERO REFERENCING TOOL

 

POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS & RESEARCHERS

May 27, 2021

10.AM - 12.PM

ACADEMIC WRITING & PUBLISHING IN HIGH IMPACT PLATFORMS

POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS & RESEARCHERS

May 28, 2021

10.AM - 12.PM