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Latest News & Announcements
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Library Orientation & Knowledge Ambassadors Initiative at the School of Business Library
The school of business library held orientation for first year students in the bachelor of Commerce degree program on the 5th February 2021.A total of 281 students turned up.The program ran from 9am to 1pm.The students were divided into three groups.each comprising 100 students.
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Guide - How to access the Daily Nation E-Newspaper
Outlined below is a step-by-step instructional on how to go about accessing the Daily Nation e-paper whether on or off-campus.
We have also made available a link to download a Pdf copy of this instructional.
When on Campus
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Library Disability Mainstreaming Committee Visit to Joy-Town School for the Mobility Disabled (16/12/2020)
Joy town school for the mobility disabled is situated in Thika County. Both the primary and secondary schools have close to 200 students. The primary school is exclusively for the mobility disabled most of whom have cerebral palsy while the Secondary school is interpreted. The two schools were hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic when the Government ordered them to open.
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New Open Access Titles Available Now on Springer Nature
Three new titles from Nature Research Journals are now available on Springer Nature. These resources will provide researchers and students information that they can use to make their own groundbreaking discoveries. This balanced mix of journals contribute to increasing human health spans, the development of new computational techniques, and will offer vital resources to help researchers understand and implement unfamiliar techniques and methods.
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MSD Manuals - Medical Electronic Resource on Human and Animal Health
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. (MSD) has a long history of providing medical information to both human and animal health care professionals.
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eKitabu Open Day: Activities to Celebrate UoN @ 50
As the University of Nairobi celebrates 50 years of academic excellence, the Library in collaboration with our electronic resource partner eKitabu, will host a virtual open day event on Thursday, the 3rd of December 2020.
The aim of this event will be to sensitize and provide knowledge to University students and members of staff on key resources that can support teaching, learning and research, especially during the current COVID-19 pandemic. These are -
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UoN @ 50 ACTIVITIES ON CAPACITY BUILDING FOR RESEARCHERS
In commemoration of UoN @50, the University of Nairobi Library has organized for online training for researchers and students on Zotero Referencing Tools, Remote access to E-core text books supplied by EKITABU, and OrCid, Google Scholar and Self-archiving research tools.
The training will be conducted online from 1st to 8th December 2020.
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Library Department Receives Book Donations from Rattansi Educational Trust (10-Sept-2020)
The Deputy Director, Administration on behalf of the Director, Library Services received new books donated by the Rattansi Educational Trust through the University of Nairobi Chancellor, Dr. Vijoo Rattansi.
The books were supplied by Educate Yourself Limited at a cost of Kshs.14.5 million. In attendance at the handover is the Deputy Director Administration, Mr. Harun Mugo, the Acquisitions Librarian, Mr. David Mulonzia, and other members of staff from the technical processing unit.