{"id":5495,"date":"2019-07-03T09:35:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T09:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.kibu.ac.ke\/?p=5495"},"modified":"2019-07-03T09:35:22","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T09:35:22","slug":"university-library-provides-32-new-open-access-e-resource-databases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/library\/university-library-provides-32-new-open-access-e-resource-databases\/","title":{"rendered":"University Library Provides 32 New Open Access E-Resource Databases"},"content":{"rendered":"

The University Library has now added 32 open access e-resource databases to the already existing 37 subscribed e-resource databases. These e-resources contain thousands of multidisciplinary e-books, e-journals, e-conference proceedings, e-research papers and many other forms of electronic resources that can be accessed for free.<\/p>\n

You can use these resources to satisfy your research\/scholarly needs, as well as for leisure or other general information needs.<\/p>\n

The e-resource tab on the library website now has 2 menus, namely;<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Subscribed E-resources<\/li>\n
  2. Open Access E-resources<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Visit\u00a0https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/library\/open-access-e-resources\/<\/a>\u00a0to access and use these new open access e-resources.<\/p>\n

    If you require any assistance with the use of these resources, kindly visit the\u00a0Information Retrieval, Research & Africana (IRR&A) Section<\/strong>\u00a0at the basement floor of the library.<\/p>\n

    \"University<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The University Library has now added 32 open access e-resource databases to the already existing 37 subscribed e-resource databases. These e-resources contain thousands of multidisciplinary e-books, e-journals, e-conference proceedings, e-research papers and many other forms of electronic resources that can be accessed for free. You can use these resources to satisfy your research\/scholarly needs, as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-news"],"yoast_head":"\nUniversity Library Provides 32 New Open Access E-Resource Databases - Library<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/library\/university-library-provides-32-new-open-access-e-resource-databases\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"University Library Provides 32 New Open Access E-Resource Databases - Library\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The University Library has now added 32 open access e-resource databases to the already existing 37 subscribed e-resource databases. 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