Mwenge Catholic University

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Welcome to MWECAU Library

The Library has diversity of information resources collected on various specialized disciplines as provided for by the University Curricula and University community needs in particular , it has both print and non-print formats of information resource.

objective

The main Objective is to develop and maintain library and information services in the relevant disciplines so as to support core function of the university in teaching research and outreach including consultancy services as well as provide information to other categories of users.

Opening & Closing Hours

09:00am – 06:00pm
09:00am – 06:00pm
Closed!

Our Collections

General Collection

This collection has numerous resources in diverse disciplines offered by the university and they can be borrowed out of the library

Special Reserve Collection

This are rare materials found in the library and are in great demand by students and faculty; they are not in the lending system to allow access to many users

Reference Collection

This collection includes reference materials such as dictionaries, yearbooks, encyclopedias and gazettes

Services Offered

Circulation-check out and check in of library materials
Reference Services
User Orientation
Current Awareness Services
Information Literacy
Selective Dissemination of Information

E-Resources

Subscribed E-Resources

s/n Database Name Descriptions Link
1 Emerald Insight

Over 300 multidisciplinary journals covering humanities, social sciences, Information Technology etc.

2 EBSCO-host

Multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals

3 ACM Digital Library

Computing, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Database Systems, Data Analytics, Cyber-security, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Networks, Information Systems, Internet, Mobile and Multimedia Technologies

4 De Gruyter academic publishing

Over 300 journals covering all areas of scientific research (Biology, Chemistry, Geosciences. Classical Studies, History; Mathematics, Physics) Engineering; Medicine; Law; Library and Information Science, Library Reference; Linguistics, Literature

5 IOP science

Physics, Astronomy and astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Condensed Matter, Education, Environment and Energy, Instrumentation and Measurement, Materials, Mathematics and Computation, Medical Physics and Biophysics, Optics and Photonics, Particle and Nuclear Physics, Biosciences, Plasmas, Quantum Science

6 IWA Publishing

Water, Wastewater, and related Environmental fields.

7 JSTOR Journals

Includes more than 2,800 scholarly journals from over 1,200 publishers. broad range of subjects including Business, Economics, History, Political Science, Language and Literature, Art and Art History, Music, Mathematics and Statistics, Education, Life Sciences, Ecology and Botany.

8 MSP (Mathematical Sciences Publishers)

The collection currently includes 17 peer-reviewed journals in mathematics and related sciences. Algebraic & Geometric Topology Algebra & Number Theory, Algebraic Statistics

9 Open Edition Journal

184 peer-reviewed journals in the Humanities and Social sciences

10 Royal Society Journal Collection

Biological Sciences, Physical, Mathematical, and Engineering Sciences, cross-disciplinary subjects

11 Sage Journals

SAGE Premier offers broad interdisciplinary coverage of a wide range of subject areas, including Business, Humanities, Social Science, and Science, Technology, and Medicine.

12 The Company of Biologists

Developmental Biology, Cell Biology, Zoology

13 Book-share

Online Library with E-books for people who read differently because of disabilities that affect their use of traditional print, including blindness, visual impairment, learning disabilities, and physical disabilities, such as Parkinson's disease and paralysis

14 European Respiratory Journal

It publishes clinical and experimental work relating to all aspects of adult and Pediatrics Respiratory Medicine, including Cell Biology, Epidemiology, Immunology, Oncology, Pathophysiology, Imaging, Occupational Medicine, Intensive Care, Sleep Medicine, and Thoracic Surgery

15 Oxford Journal

Journals & Oxford Biography Resources, Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford English Dictionary Online, Oxford Handbooks Online, Oxford, Law Resources, Oxford Medicine

16 Edward Elgar Publishing Journals

Law, Economics, Management and Leadership studies

Open Access Resources

s/n Descriptions Link
1

DOAB is a community-driven discovery service that indexes and provides access to scholarly, peer-reviewed open access books and helps users to find trusted open access book publishers. 

2

The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) lists free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals, covering all subjects and languages. 

3

Bioline International is a not-for-profit scholarly publishing cooperative committed to providing open access to quality research journals published in developing countries. 

4

PLOS is a nonprofit, Open Access publisher empowering researchers to accelerate progress in science and medicine by leading a transformation in research communication. 

5

Journal of Law and Commerce.  

6

The Goettingen Journal of International Law. 

7

Amsterdam Law Forum (ALF). 

8

The Alberta Law Review (ALR) is a student-run publication whose primary purpose is to enhance discourse on Canadian legal issues.  

9

The Springer Open portfolio has grown tremendously since its launch in 2010, so that we now offer researchers from all areas of science, technology, medicine, the humanities and social sciences a place to publish open access in journals.