Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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The new Walford: guide to reference resources Ninth edition. Volume 1: Science, technology and medicine
(Unversity of Nairobi, 2006)Many years ago, when I started out on a library career, I was introduced to Walford's Guide and used it often to answer mo t of the questions posed by my teacher when I did my library assistant's course. It was called ... -
The number needed to retrieve: a practically useful measure of information retrieval?
(University of Nairobi, 2006)Introduction At an early point in the development of evidencebased health care, its advocates came to realize that the way evidence, particularly quantitative data, is presented has a major bearing on how it is interpreted ... -
The Place of School Libraries in the Universal Basic Education (UBE) Programme in Nigeria
(University of Nairobi, 2004)Thispaper investigated the position of school libraries in the Universal Basic Education (UBE) programme policy of the Federal Government of Nigeria. Relevant studies were reviewed and school library standards discussed. ... -
Relationship between crude oil prices and the consumer price index in kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)For almost half a century now global oil prices have undergone a lot of volatility. Theory predicts a close relationship between crude oil prices and consumer price index due the increased importance of oil in the ... -
How to provide an alerting service on health topics for medical journalists selecting papers from scientific journals
(University of Nairobii, 2003)Introduction Information disseminated by the media influences not only individual health behaviour, but also healthcare utilization and health policies. I Internationally, the news media are an important source ... -
Academic Library-Supplier Relationship: The Experience of Supplier Selection and Evaluation at the University of Botswana Library
(University of Nairobi, 2004)The partnership between an academic library and book suppliers is crucial for the timelv and correct delivery of materials for use by customers. This article describes the relationship that exists between the University ... -
A comparative study on liquidity managementpractices of islamic and conventional banks in kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)As banking institutions, Islamic banks have to meet their liquidity needs and obligations to ensure the smooth running of their business, as it is the case with their conventional counterparts. However, the very nature ... -
Operational challenges in the growth of small & medium enterprises in kisumu county, kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)The small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector has an important role to play in developing economies, poverty alleviation and job creation, and this can only be realized through growth of the sector. To determine the ... -
Open access publishing in the biomedical sciences: could funding agencies accelerate the inevitable changes?
(University of Nairobi, 2006)Background: Open access is making a noticeable impact on access to information. In 2005, many major research funders, including the Well come Trust, National Institutes for Health (NIH), and the Research Councils UK ... -
Assessment of the impact of microfinance on thegrowth of small businesses in kisumu municipality,kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Small scale business persons have always had challenges in investing in business due to ,lack of capital, financial management skills, or the suitable ideas on viable business. However, micro-finance providers have over ... -
Learning to use the Internet as a study tool: a review of available resourcesand exploration of students' priorities
(University of Nairobi, 2006)Background: The Internet is a valuable information tool, but users often struggle to locate good quality information from within the vast amount of information available. Objectives: The aim of the study was to identify ... -
Response marketing strategies adopted by chase bank to counter stiff competition in the banking industry in kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)The study focuses on the response marketing strategies adopted by Chase bank to counter stiff competition in the banking industry in Kenya. It sought to assess the response marketing strategies adopted by Chase bank ... -
Collection policy management for the Kuopio University and Kuopio University Hospital, Finland: detecting the needs of users and developing high-quality collections
(University of Nairobi, 2006)Background: This article discusses the collection policies of a university library in a modern digital environment. A brief description of national collection policy decisions in Finland is provided. The rapid evolution ... -
Evaluation of the KA24 (Knowledge Access 24) service for health and social care staff in London and the south-east of England. Part 2: qualitative
(University of Nairobi, 2006)Aims and objectives: The aim of this two-part paper is to identify the main transferable lessons learned from both the quantitative and qualitative evaluations of the KA24 (Knowledge Access 24) service of online ... -
Corporate restructuring at national hospital insurance fund, kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Restructuring of a corporation is a means to an end, not the end in itself. It provides the formal channels of decision making and communication. The way a corporation is restructured sets the focus for the work. To ... -
An empirical analysis of manufactured exports performance in Kenya: 1980-2010
(University of Nairobi, 2013)This study analyses the manufactured exports performance in Kenya during the period from 1980 to 2010. The rate of manufacturing exports growth in the past 20 years has been fluctuating and exports structure remain skewed ... -
Brief Communication Evolution of virtual libraries in Nigeria: myth or reality?
(University of Nairobi, 2005)The article investigates factors that may make the Nigeria Virtual Library Project a myth or reality. Questionnaires were used for data collection, using 22 University Librarians in federal universities as respondents, ... -
Brief Communication Single-authored publications in the sciences at Israeli universities
(University of Nairobi, 2005)This Brief Communication examines the extent of publications written by a single author in different disciplines in Israeli universities. In the natural sciences the share of single-authored articles in the total amount ... -
Brief Communication: Is citation normalization realistic?
(University of Nairobi, 2005)One method for assessing quality of research outputs across different technical disciplines is comparing citations received by the research output documents. However, crossdiscipline citation comparison studies require ... -
The discourse of data: exploring data-related vocabularies in geographic information systems description
(University of Nairobi, 2005)Various ideas of data have emerged, expressed in practice through distinct vocabularies of data-related terms. This article develops a six-category taxonomy of these vocabularies, and illustrates how their terms are ...
