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Library

Vision

A global hub for information, research and learning.

Mission

Facilitate education, research and innovation critical to economic and human development.

Opening Hours

Monday – Friday (9:00 am – 4:30 pm) | Public Holidays - Closed

Services

Online resources | Library Catalogue | Ask the Librarian

Objectives

  1. Facilitate teaching, learning and cutting-edge research.
  2. Serve the university community and beyond.
  3. Provide a warm inviting environment for learning and research. The university library purposes to be a place where everyone feels comfortable and welcome regardless of who they are. It is a learning space for everyone.
  4. Promote quality higher education as a tool for poverty eradication and sustainable development.
  5. Avail cutting edge information tools for research and learning. The library is to provide information services on 24/7-hour basis.
  6. The library is to guide and participate in archiving and preservation of university information resources.
  7. Train its users in information literacy as a mechanism for upholding efficiency in its services and promote lifelong learning.

Law Resources

UTAMU has access to the following electronic law resources.

GOALI

GOALI

Academic and peer-reviewed journals, publications and databases on law and social sciences. GOALI offers access to up to 16,000 resources, including books and peer-reviewed journals from 70 publishers, and the offering keeps growing.
NATLEX

NATLEX

Database of national labour, social security and related human rights legislation.

LAWArXIV

LAWArXIV

Legal scholarship covering the following:

Commercial Law Computer Law
Constitutional Law Constitutional Law
Contracts Criminal Law
Intellectual Property Law International Law
Law and Society Legal Education
Science and Technology Law  
JSTOR

JSTOR

Covering back issues in law including criminology and criminal justice dating as far back as 1910 (journals) and recent text books too.
African Legal Information Institute

African Legal Information Institute

AfricanLII is a programme of the Democratic Governance and Rights Unit at the Department of Public Law, University of Cape Town. The institute helps individuals, organizations, and governments build and maintain sustainable access to law portals, and reach the people of Africa and beyond.

Digital Content

Access anytime, anywhere

FREE BOOK CENTRE

FREE BOOK CENTRE

Links to thousands of free online technical books. Which Includes core Computer science, networking, programming languages, systems programming books, Business, Law, Engineering, among others. Go ahead and check it out.
CORE

CORE

Your gateway to academic open access content in all disciplines. Check it out for your research need!
OPEN ED TEXTBOOKS

OPEN ED TEXTBOOKS

Covering various subjects – including sciences and arts/humanities.
Google Scholar

Google Scholar

For all your academic research needs.
Libhub

Libhub

A quick search for books or journal articles.

SEARCH SPECIFIC DATABASES

Electronic books

Edward Elgar Online

Edward Elgar Online

Covers  Business Management, Development Studies, Economics & Finance, Innovation & Technology, Law, Politics & Public Policy, Sustainable, Development Goals, Urban & Regional Studies
Intech

Intech

More than 4000 open access books and 7 open access journals of technology, economic and management, medical sciences.
Free Tech Books

Free Tech Books

Covers free textbooks in Computer Science plus lecture notes.

Electronic Journals

Directory of Open access journals

Directory of Open access journals

Covers all subject areas.
MDPI  Journals

MDPI Journals

Covers over 223 journal titles in the natural and social sciences, check it out.
Social Science Research Network  - SSRN

Social Science Research Network - SSRN

Covering over 50 disciplines including applied and life sciences. About 800,000 papers are available.

Arxiv

Arxiv

Provides access to 1,721,117 scholarly articles in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering and systems science plus economics.
Springer Open

Springer Open

 Over 200 journals covering both humanities and life sciences

 

JSTOR

JSTOR

Providing access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. Jstor is a good source for back issues, check it out!
OpenEdition Freemium

OpenEdition Freemium

Open edition covers  digital resources in the humanities and social sciences mainly in English and French among other languages. Please choose the language of your choice while on this platform. Subjects range from  arts and humanities, to education, social work, linguistics, management, e.t.c
Scientific Research

Scientific Research

Covers various disciplines in the sciences and arts.
Research for life databases

Research for life databases

Home of HINARI, ARDI, OARE AGORA and much more…Please ask for login details if you are off campus.

Hindawi

Hindawi

Open access journals covering various disciplines
Science Publishing Group (Science PG)

Science Publishing Group (Science PG)

Open access journals and books in the sciences including economics, management and other sciences
Science Direct Open

Science Direct Open

Covers about 900 books and journals in science and technology.

 

Taylor and Francis Open

Taylor and Francis Open

Thousands of articles in various academic disciplines. Remember to select the open option in your output on your left.

 

 

Thesis / Dissertations

Ethos – Electronic Thesis online Service

Ethos – Electronic Thesis online Service

Search over 500,000 doctoral theses from various universities within the United Kingdom covering various subjects.

Other Reference Databases

ILO STAT – International Labor Organization

ILO STAT – International Labor Organization

Covers labor statistics globally and surveys.

Be ware

Beall's List

Beall's List

Beall's List of Potential Predatory Journals and Publishers.

Online Resourses

Bugolobi Campus

Plot 2 Erisa Rd, Kiswa Bugolobi Kampala;
P.O Box 73307 Kampala Uganda
+256-702-646-093, +256-750-599-736, +256-780-249-942
info@utamu.ac.ug

Kungu Campus

Plot 8374 Block 82 Kyadondo, Kungu, Gombe, Nansana, Wakiso;
P.O Box 73307 Kampala Uganda
+256-702-646-093, +256-750-599-736, +256-780-249-942
info@utamu.ac.ug