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Ms Yoli Soul
Head Librarian |
The University of Fort Hare Library has Campus Libraries located on the Alice Campus as well as at the East London Campus of the University,the Bhisho Campus and the Department of Nursing Sciences also in East London.
The Library has over 165 000 volumes of books, periodicals and other material. Special collections are housed in the Howard Pim Library of Rare Books which is situated on the ground floor of the main library building. The East London Campus Library includes the Bisset Berry Collection that also is housed separately from the campus's main collection.
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| Education Research Complete |
Education Research Complete is the definitive online resource for education research. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. Education Research Complete provides indexing and abstracts for more than 3,000 journals back to 1881, as well as full text for more than 2,000 journals back to 1936, and includes full text for numerous education-related conference papers and more than 500 books and monographs back to 1972. |
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The purpose of the University library is
- To provide the University community with access to quality information services and resources in a variety of formats and delivery systems that support the teaching, learning research and service mission of the University of Fort Hare and
- To foster the skills which are necessary for independent lifelong learning
thereby contributing to the social, cultural, intellectual and economic development of South Africa
The information services Library Services will be integrated to the teaching, learning and research activities of the University
To support excellence, the Library Services:
- Places emphasis on freedom of enquiry
- The staff will have strong user focus, emphasizing fairness and respect in dealing with all our users (Student, Staff and Members of the Community)
- Staff will be committed to the integral nature of the Library Services in what is taught at the University
- Will have highly trained staff to provide these services
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The operations of Library services will be driven by the principle of quality, documentation, measurement, benchmarking, constant improvement and innovation
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UNESCO-EOLSS - Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems
Staff and students now have access to EOLSS - Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems.
The first Earth Summit of 1992, held in Rio de Janeiro, issued a document that is now famous as Agenda 21. This document refers to the Earth's life support systems, considering the whole of our planet as a grand intensive care unit which supports all forms of life (both natural and human engineered systems). The EOLSS is based on this concept and the above definition of 'life support systems'.
Unlike most encyclopedias, the contents of which are alphabetically arranged, EOLSS has a thematic organization. It can almost be regarded as an 'encyclopedia of encyclopedias', presenting a wide range of major core subjects in a process of gradual development, from broad overview to great detail.
EOLSS, a compendium of sixteen encyclopedias, is being developed under the auspice of UNESCO-EOLSS Joint Committee. Subjects covered include: Earth and Atmospheric Sciences; Biological, Physiological and Health sciences; Mathematical and Physical Sciences; Chemical Sciences; Water Sciences and Engineering; Energy Sciences and Engineering; Environmental and Ecological Sciences and Engineering; Food and Agricultural Sciences; Human Resources Policy and Management; Natural Resources Policy; Development and Economic Sciences; Regional Sustainable Development; Social Sciences and Humanities; Institutional and Infrastructural Resources. EOLSS is augmented and updated on a monthly basis.
You can access EOLSS at http://www.eolss.net. Please click on 'Access for Institutions' on the left pane. When you get to the Search page, you may either browse the Table of Contents or perform a keyword search. EOLSS is augmented and updated on a monthly basis
Discover this resource through our Online Resources. |
