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Agriculture, biology, biotechnology, chemistry, economics, environmental science, fisheries and food science resources.
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Agriculture & Environment2 resources
OARE
Environmental research across climate change, ecology, energy, environmental law, geography, geology, hydrology, meteorology, oceanography and zoology.
Open Access7 resources
African Journals Online (AJOL)
African-published scholarly journals covering biomedical research, engineering, informatics, law, economics, medicine and related fields.
Journal 4 Free
Open journals in health sciences, biology, life sciences, technology, engineering, agriculture and animal sciences.
Public Library of Science (PLOS)
Open-access journals in medicine and science, including PLOS One and PLOS Genetics.
Highwire Press
Access to millions of full-text scholarly articles, mainly from academic publishers and societies.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Directory of free, full-text, quality-controlled scientific and scholarly journals.
Science & Technology9 resources
American Institute of Physics
Physical sciences publications including journals, conference proceedings, standards and magazines from AIP Publishing and partners.
American Physical Society
Access to Physical Review Online Archives and journals produced by the American Physical Society.
ARDI
Access to scholarly literature in science and technology from participating publishers, including journals, books and reference works.
IEEE/IET Electronic Library
Electrical engineering, telecommunications, computer science, robotics, biomedical engineering, software, remote sensing and artificial intelligence.
Royal Society of Chemistry
High-impact chemistry, biology, biophysics, materials, medicinal drug discovery and physics journals and books.
Canadian Science Publishing / NRC Research Press
Research knowledge and publishing support connected to global development challenges.
SIAM Journals
Applied mathematics and computational science journals for real-world problem solving.
Royal Society of Chemistry – RSC Journals Archive
Chemical sciences journals covering chemistry, biology, biophysics, energy, environment, engineering, materials, medicine and physics.
Health & Medicine9 resources
BioMed Central
Open-access biomedical and public health journals including AIDS research, infectious disease, human rights, public health and Chinese medicine.
Henry Stewart Talks Online
Biomedical, life sciences, marketing and management lectures and collections.
HINARI
Health, medicine, nursing, ethics, genetics, geriatrics, immunology, infectious diseases and related medical literature.
Mary Liebert
Biomedical research, life sciences, complementary medicine, engineering, informatics, law, economics, surgery and nursing.
Free Medical Journals
Medical journals across biology, cardiology, endocrinology, infectious diseases, genetics, microbiology and neurology.
Royal College of Physicians
Medical and healthcare resources focused on patient care and reducing illness.
BJR
British Institute of Radiology international research journal for radiologists, medical physicists, radiographers and radiobiologists.
Multidisciplinary17 resources
Cambridge Journals
Academic journals in politics, linguistics, social sciences, humanities, law, mathematics, science and medicine.
Chicago Journals
Research strengths in economics, education, humanities, law, life and physical sciences and social sciences.
EBSCO
Abstracted and indexed journals across science, technology, medicine, social sciences and humanities.
Gale Thompson
Articles on current events, economics, education, history, humanities, literature, art, political science, psychology, religion and sociology.
Oxford
Biological sciences, medicine, public health, humanities, social sciences, law, economics, business, mathematics, computing and physics.
ScienceDirect
Physical sciences and engineering, life sciences, health sciences, social sciences and humanities.
Springer
Behavioral sciences, biomedical and life sciences, business, chemistry, computer science, earth sciences, engineering, humanities, law, mathematics and medicine.
Taylor & Francis
Information science, interdisciplinary studies, language, law, mathematics, medicine, nursing, heritage studies, physical sciences and social sciences.
Wiley Online Library
Business, chemistry, computer science, earth and environmental science, education, engineering, law, life sciences, medicine and social sciences.
EBSCOhost
Information services and research databases supporting academic and professional information needs.
Wiley Online Library
Scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publications across major academic and professional fields.
Education & Research2 resources
CREATE
Country analytic reviews, community and school studies, research monographs, access patterns and policy dialogue.
UNESCO Publications
Education, natural sciences, social and human sciences, culture, communication, climate change, biodiversity, gender equality and ICT in education.
Business & Management3 resources
Emerald
Management, library and information services, marketing, business disciplines, engineering and materials science journals.
INFORMS
Operations research and analytics resources for decision-making and solving complex challenges.
Humanities & Social Sciences3 resources
JSTOR
Economics, history, political science, archaeology, African studies, music, art history, business, ecology, language, literature, mathematics and statistics.
Law4 resources
Law Africa
Legal information including articles, bills, case search, cause lists, legal notices, newsletters and related legal resources.
LexisNexis Law Library
Trusted legal, tax and regulatory sources including Butterworths, Halsbury’s Laws and other primary legal materials.
Online Kenyan Law Journals
Kenya Law resources including statutes, gazettes, legal notices, bills, newsletters, cause lists and practice notes.
Reference2 resources
Data & Economics6 resources
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Economic data and original analysis covering almost every economy in the world.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository
World Bank official open-access repository for research, reports and knowledge products.
Books & Repositories7 resources
BookBoon
E-books and learning materials in economics, statistics, IT, engineering and natural sciences.
Directory of Open Access Repository
Repository directory for scholarly materials and peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journals.
Open Research Online
The Open University’s repository of research publications and research outputs.
National Academies Press
Publications from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
Search Tools1 resource
Development Research1 resource
IDRC
Print and online publications from the International Development Research Centre covering health, education, engineering and social care.
