Publishing Scientific Research

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Richard Omolo Midigo

Publishing Scientific Research Workshop The JKUAT Library in collaboration with Springer Publisher will be holding a workshop on publishing as follows: Title: Publishing Scientific Research Date: 31st May 2013 Time: 9.00am to 11.30am Venue: to be communicated later Key issues to be addressed are: • How to choose the right journal to submit your work to • What can you do to increase visibility of your work once it is published • Referencing existing work: what is allowed and what is not • What is an impact factor • What is peer review and how… Continue reading →

Access to ScienceDirect content through AGORA database

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Richard Omolo Midigo

Please note that you can now access content from Science Direct through the AGORA database. Science Direct is a leading full-text scientific database offering science, medical and technical (STM) journal articles and book chapters from more than 2,500 peer-reviewed electronic journals. ScienceDirect’s extensive and unique full text database covers authoritative titles from the core scientific literature like the Lancet. The Lancet is the world’s leading general medical journal and specialty journals in Oncology, Neurology and Infectious Diseases. Once you login to the AGORA database, search by publisher and select Elsevier Publisher. This allows you access… Continue reading →