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Resource of the Week: JSTOR

JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. JSTOR has introduced new tools for research that provide new ways to explore and research. Workspace enables students and researchers to save, annotate, and organize images and text-based works, create PowerPoint presentations, export content as PDFs, and more. Text …

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Ebrary/Proquest E-Books

Proquest is a rich database of up-to-date e-books that cover various disciplines. Students need to register on RemoteXs in in order to access Ebrary books and other online resources. Unlike other databases, Proquest requires one to create a personal account to facilitate downloading of books and use of other features such as creation of a virtual bookshelf. …

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The CUK Institutional Repository

The CUK Institutional Repository (IR) is a digital collection of the research generated by faculty, students, administrators and all members affiliated with the CUK community. The repository contains research papers, books and book chapters, conference papers and postgraduate theses and projects. The IR is registered on Open Directory of Open Access Repositories(OpenDOAR). What are the benefits of archiving my research …

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Google Books

The Google Book search interface works just like any other web search. The platform has more than 10 million free books available for users to read and download. The site also provides videos to users. To get full view books, click on the tab labelled any view and scroll down to full view.

Do You Need Help With Citing and Referencing?

Why should I cite and acknowledge my sources? Research ethics requires that one acknowledges the contribution that other scholars have made to their work. In-text citations are brief references in the running text that direct readers to the reference list. Citations ensure that the requisite acknowledgement and credit due to the original author is accorded. …

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Zotero Citation and Reference Management Tool

Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool that helps you collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share research. Zotero generates citations and bibliography/reference lists automatically. Installing and citing with Zotero Download and install the Zotero application for your operating system. Close Word before you run the installer so it can install the Word toolbar/plugin. Click the “Install Connector” link for …

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Ebrary/Proquest E-Books

Proquest is a rich database of up-to-date e-books/online books that cover various disciplines. You need to register on RemoteXs in order to access Ebrary/ProQuest books and other online resources. You are advised to download the relevant chapter. To download a full/complete book, ProQuest requires one to additionally create a personal account after logging in with …

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INVITATION TO CELEBRATE THE 2022 OPEN ACCESS WEEK

The CUK Library invites all members of staff and students to celebrate this year’s Open Access  Week (OAW) with us. The Library has planned a series of activities geared towards creating sensitization and awareness of the open-access concept and open-access information resources during the week. We will also create awareness of the full range of …

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