KIRINYAGA UNIVERSITY ONLINE DATABASES

Kirinyaga University Library subscribes to peer reviewed full text electronic journals and books to support teaching, learning and research activities of the University. The available electronic databases cover all subject areas. The major databases and their subject coverage are summarized below. Kindly access the databases for more information.

SUBSCRIBED ERESOURCES FOR 2024

RESOURCES

SUBJECT COVERAGE

Journals, databases and mixed packages

1

EBSCO Host Research Databases

Science, technology, medicine, social sciences and humanities.

http://search.epnet.com/

2

EBSCO Religion and Theology Collection

Religion and theology

http://search.epnet.com/

3

Edward Elgar publishing

Business management, Education, Economic and finance, Geography, Innovation, Research methods, Social and sociology, Teaching methods, Urban & regional, Development studies, Environment

https://www.e-elgar.com/

4

E-duke journals scholarly collection

African studies, anthropology, art & art history, asian studies, criticism & theory, cultural studies, economics, education, environmental humanities, ethnography, european studies, fiction & poetry, film & media studies, gender & sexuality studies, literary studies

https://read.dukeupress.edu/

5

Emerald ejournals

Management and library & information marketing, business disciplines, engineering and materials science.

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/

 

6

Euclid Prime Collection

Applied mathematics, statistics, theoretical mathematics

https://projecteuclid.org/

7

JSTOR

Economics, History, Political science, Archeology, African Studies, Music, Art & Art History, Business, Ecology & Botany, Language & Literature, Mathematics & Statistics

https://www.jstor.org/

8

Mathematical Sciences Publishers Journal

Provides free access to MSP’s journals, open to libraries in these 29 countries: Subject coverage: Mathematics, mechanics & engineering

https://msp.org/publications/journals/

9

OpenEdition Journals

Is a bundle of 175 journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences, published by university presses and small academic publishers.

https://journals.openedition.org/?lang=en

10

OECD

OECD iLibrary is the online library of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) featuring its books, papers and statistics and is the gateway to OECD's analysis and data.

https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/

11

Oxford journals

It has 291 titles receiving an Impact Factor. Journals in Medicine & health, Arts & humanities, sciences & mathematics, social sciences and Law

https://academic.oup.com/journals

12

Royal Society

Subject strength: biochemistry, immunology, bioinformatics, ecology, microbiology and many more

https://royalsociety.org/

13

Taylor & Francis Journals

Information Science, Interdisciplinary Studies, Language & Literature, Law, Mathematics & Statistics, Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing & Allied Health, Museum, Heritage Studies & Visual Arts, Physical Sciences, Reference & Information Science, Social Sciences, Social Work, Sports, Leisure, Travel & Tourism and Urban Studies

https://www.tandfonline.com/

 

14

University of Chicago Press

Social Sciences, Humanities, Education, Biological and Medical Sciences, and Physical Sciences.

https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/

15

Wiley Online Library Full collection (1,360 titles)

Business, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth and Environmental Science, Education Engineering, Law Life Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics, Medicine and Healthcare, Physics and Astronomy, Polymers and Materials Science, Psychology, Social Sciences

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/

16

Project MUSE books

Ethics studies, art & pacific studies, art & architecture, creative writing, education, film theater & performance arts, history, language & linguistics, library science & publishing, literature, medicine & health, music, philosophy, religion, science technology & mathematics, social sciences, studies by time period and women’s studies gender & sexuality.

https://muse.jhu.edu/about/UPCC.html

17

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Humanities, Social Sciences, Behavioural Sciences, Built Environment, STM and Law content.

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/

18

Henry Stewart Talks Ltd

Biomedicine, Life Sciences, Marketing and Management collection

https://hstalks.com/

19

IEEE

Computer Science; Architecture, Imaging Science & Photographic Technology, Robotics, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science Information Systems, Software Engineering, Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence.

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/home.jsp

20

Lexis Nexis Legal Library

 

Law,Tax and regulations

https://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/legal/

21

PROQUEST Academic complete & Library Thing Book cover widget

academic, corporate, government, school and public libraries, as well as professional researchers.

http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kyuke/home.action

22

Taylor and Francis eBooks

5,000 titles (Perpetual Access)
Access to the world’s premier Humanities, Social Sciences, Behavioural Sciences, Built Environment, STM and Law content. 

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/search?isLicensed=true&key=

23

European Respiratory Journals

Adult and paediatric respiratory medicine, including cell biology, epidemiology, immunology, oncology, pathophysiology, imaging, occupational medicine, intensive care, sleep medicine and thoracic surgery.

https://erj.ersjournals.com/

24

International Water Association

IWA Publishing publishes 17 peer-reviewed journals, plus supporting 4 more in association with Elsevier.

https://www.iwapublishing.com/journals

25

The Company of Biologists' Journals

Free access to three journals published by The Company of Biologists: Development, Journal of Cell Science, and Journal of Experimental Biology. Development ; Journal of Cell Science; Journal of Experimental Biology

https://www.biologists.com/journal-of-cell-science/

26

Project Muse

Project MUSE is your trusted source for the highest quality books and journals in the humanities and social sciences from over 200 of the world’s most distinguished university presses and scholarly societies.

https://muse.jhu.edu/browse

27

Wolters Kluwers Ovid eBooks

Covers ebooks in Health sciences including basic sciences, Medical education, Pharmacology, Physiology, Biochemistry, Anatomy, microbiology, Epidemiology, Neurosciences, Pathology

https://ovidsp.ovid.com/autologin.cgi