PROGRAMME
FOR THE ENHANCEMENT
OF RESEARCH INFORMATION (PERI)
·
PERI RWANDA
·
DATABASES
National University of Rwanda Library
&
INASP
Programme for the Enhancement of
Research Information (PERI)
This programme is to support capacity building in study, teaching and research
sectors in developing and transitional countries by strengthening the
production, access and dissemination of current scientifics’ information. This
is a donor funded-project managed by the International Network for the
Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP), UK.
Through this arrangement, INASP negotiates with publishers of online resources
for big discounts on subscriptions. National University of Rwanda was able to
join this programme with funding from SIDA/SAREC to support research activities
in Rwanda.
PERI in
Rwanda
In 2003, The National University of Rwanda was invited to join PERI. However
the National University of Rwanda could neither fund itself nor Rwanda as a
whole for access to the online resources. By then, SIDA/SAREC realized the
importance of current information to teaching and research, and therefore went a
mile further to fund the online access to the resources for up to 2005, through
the Library Support project. Although National University of Rwanda pays for
the resources with SIDA/SAREC funding to the Library, access to the resources is
country wide, and is for non-profit teaching and research institutions.
ONLINE JOURNAL DATABASES AVAILABLE TO ACADEMIC
AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS IN RWANDA 2003-2005
These comprise of five components outlined in number 1-4:
1.
Current Awareness
Through:
i)
African Journal Online (AJOL).
This is an online index of journals published in
Africa.
http://www.ajol.info
ii)
British Library.
This indexes well over 20.000 research journals
and over 100,000 conference proceedings.
http://www.bl.uk/services/current/whatisinside.html
iii)
EBSCO Academic Search Premier, Communication and Mass Media
Complete, American Humanities Index, Business Source Premier, Regional Business
News, Health Source Consumer, Nursing Academic, Medline, ERIC, Master File,
Clinical Pharmacology and News paper source.
iv)
CAB and CAB-Health
2.
On-line Full text
journals
These include the following:
i)
BLACKWELL
Website:
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com
Features over 713 leading learned journals in
science, technology, medicine, humanities and social sciences
ii)
COCHRANE MEDICAL LIBRARY
At URL:
http://www.update-software.com
It contains critical reviews, abstracts and trials in
all branches of medicine and health care.
iii)
EBSCO HOST DATABASE
At URLs:
http://search.epnet.com
Offers two kinds of products, which are hybrid in
nature and covers almost all disciplines
·
Parts of the database is tables of
contents, indexes and abstracts,
·
Part full text journals (7.000) titles
which covers social sciences, humanities, business, nursing, medicine and
health.
iv)
EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
At URL:
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/login
This is a world’s widest range of over 100 journal
titles in management, librarianship, information, communication and technology,
and in full text.
v)
GALE (THOMSON LEARNING)
Includes two products:
·
Academic Product
At
URL:
http://infotrac.london.galegroup.com/itweb/nurwanda
This covers subject areas from art and literature to economics and the
sciences. There are 1.200 journals titles of which 700 are in full text.
·
Health and Wellness Resource Centre
At URL:
http://infotrac.london.galegroup.com/itweb/nurwanda?db=HWRC
This is a specialized reference tool that offers access to authoritative medical
information to academic, medical and public libraries
vi) INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS PUBLISHING
At URL:
http://www.iop.org/Ej
There
are 36 of the world’s most prestigious journals in physics and other related
disciplines available in full text.
vii)
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
At
URL:
http://www.oupjournals.org
120
prestigious journals in all fields of science, technology, medicine,
law, humanities, and social sciences available in full text.
viii)
THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON
At
URL: http://
www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk
Access to four of the world’s leading journal featuring rapidly cutting edge
articles from fields of science and technology
ix)
THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY
At
URL:
http://www.rsc.org/journals/pei.htm
This covers 36 full text
journals, a range of key databases and a series of specialist periodical reports
x)
SPRINGER VERLAG
At
URL:
http://www.springerlink.com
One
of the world’s leading publishers, delivering high quality 400 peer reviewed
journals mainly in science, engineering, technology and other related
disciplines.
xi)
MARY ANN LIEBERT
At URL:
http://www.liebertonline.com
It covers 55 authoritative publications in the
most exciting and promising areas of biomedical research, clinical
medicine (such as AIDS patient Care and STDs and AIDS Research and Human
Retroviruses), surgery, law, and science.
xii)
WILEY INTERSCIENCE
At URL:
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com
It covers the full text of over
300 leading scientific, technical, medical, and professional journals
xiii)
COURTESY OF WHO, FAO AND INASP
HINARI database:
URL:
http://http://http://www.healthinternetwork.org/scipub.php"
Free access to 2300 biomedical and related
social sciences journals and other resources for health sector and academic
institutions in 113 developing countries.
AGORA
Database:
URL:
http://aginternetwork.org
This is an agricultural and other related field database. After logging in,
click on “journals”.
Online Books: Access to these medical
books is free and need no code. E.g. Go to the URL direct:
http://www.freebooks4doctors.com/
Journals in French language:
http://www.gallica.bnf.fr
MAJOR FREE COLLECTION
URL:
http://www.inasp.info/peri/major/html
This gives access links of free collections such as BMJ Publishing Group, Free
books 4 doctors, Highwire, Landes Bioscience, SciELO, TEEAL etc…
To
access all the journals in numbers 1 and 2 above, a username and password is
required for each database. These can be given to you by the library personnel
especially those in the computer lab. Within the library system, and any of the
contacts given in this brochure.
3.
Document Delivery
Service (DDS)
i)
IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY DOCUMENT DELIVERY CENTRE
URL:
http://inside.bl.uk
This is when one fails to get the required information from the full text
journals available in the above databases. Go to the British Library Homepage
and if the article is there, that can be ordered through the Country
Coordinators and you will receive a print format. For more about this service,
please contact any of the PERI coordinators (cc) listed in this
booklet.
ii)
AFRICA JOURNALS ONLINE (AJOL)
At
URL:
http://www.ajol.info
Tables of contents and abstracts to cover 170 journals published in Africa on a
wide range of subjects. To get an article from this database, there is an
online order form on the above website, that is used for direct ordering.
A
print copy of the article will be sent to your physical address.
4.
Hard copies of
journal titles listed in AJOL
These
are journals published in Africa and are in AJOL database. National University
Main library as a PERI Coordinating received some print copies of journals
listed in this database. These can be accessed in the Main library or in the
faculty library as mentioned
A
listing of what is available can be seen at the University Library Website:
http://www.lib.nur.ac.rw.
For further information about PERI, contact Ms. Carol
Priestly, Director, INASP,
at e-mail:
cpriestly@inasp.info
Contact Persons:
The Library Director:
Innocent Ruzigana
National University of Rwanda
PO Box: 117 Butare
Rwanda
Tel. (250) 08557274.
E-mail: iruzigana@yahoo.fr
PERI National Co-ordinator (cc):
Mrs Seconde Nizigiyimana
The main Library, National
University of Rwanda
PO Box 117 Butare
Tel. (250) 08843236 E-mail:
nseconde@yahoo.com
Also works as IT manager in the
Main Library at NUR
The other main library staff
- Rudatebwa Telesphore
Main
Library
PO
box 117 Butare
Rwanda
Tel: (250) 530330 e-mail:
rudatebwa@yahoo.fr
- Ndungutse Emmanuel:
Main
Library
PO
Box 117 Butare
Rwanda
Tel.
(250) 08513123 e-mail:
endungutse@nur.ac.rw
