Introduction
Welcome to the University Of Zimbabwe Faculty Of Agriculture, Environment and Food Systems Library Section, the most comprehensive and in-depth guide to agricultural information resources available courtesy of the University of Zimbabwe Libraries. Faculty of Agriculture, Environment and Food Systems Information and Knowledge specialist connects the library to the faculty through providing top notch information and knowledge products/services. Therefore this page is a compass to relevant electronic resources meant to support all; learning, teaching and research activities for the faculty. The quality, depth and diversity of the collection reflect the courses taught and research interests of the Faculty of Agriculture, Environment and Food Systems.
The Information and Knowledge Management Specialist for the Faculty of Agriculture, Environment and Food Systems aspires at connecting the library and the Faculty through harmonising efforts aimed at creating and advancing the intellectual prowess of the Faculty. In this regard, the section intends   
The important functionality of section is liaising between the Faculty, faculty administration, lecturers and students. In particular liaison will serve as an information resource on policies, services, and resources, contact person for a library related question, provide discipline specific instruction, reference and research consultation. Liaison develops collections to support the teaching, learning, and research needs of the students and faculty, serve as a resource for information on scholarly communication and communicate changes in library services and resources.

The Liaison team

Aston Mushowani

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Cell: 0772734103

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Research Commons

Main Campus Library

University of Zimbabwe

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Top agricultural databases

The Faculty Librarians offer the following training sessions to individuals and groups
1.    E-Resources (Online searches and Information Retrieval)
2.    Electronic Reference Management
3.    Citation Tracking
4.    Researcher profiles (Increasing research visibility and accessibility)
5.    Referencing and Citation
6.    Literature Searches
7.    Information and Digital Skills training
8.    Research data management
9.    Literature review and systematic literature review

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Masters and doctoral theses that have been submitted to UZ are, for the most part, available electronically through the UZescholar Institutional repository https://ir.uz.ac.zw/handle/10646/741

UZ theses can be found through searching the repository by issue date, author, title and subject. Alternatively use a community search including the title of the community for example “Faculty of Social Studies e-Theses Collection".

In general, UZ Libraries does not keep Honours Theses although departments often keep their own copies but these are not reflected in the Libraries' catalogue.

Academic student are expected to advance knowledge by building on the work of other people but in a manner that is honest and accurate in creating and communicating all academic products (Academic Integrity).
Referencing is the system or technique you use to acknowledge that you have used other authors’ ideas, information, written materials books or journal articles in writing up your assignments or projects. Acknowledgement of other people’s work must be done in a way that does not leave the reader in any doubt as to whose work it is. Referencing is also a method used to demonstrate that you have conducted a comprehensive and appropriate literature search and reading.

There are two parts: citing, and the reference list.
It includes the bibliography that you compile at the end of your essay or assignment, and it enables you to refer to, or quote from, other people's work without being guilty of plagiarism.       It also enables you or the person reading your work, to go back and find the articles you consulted.
Referencing shows evidence of background reading and to support the content and conclusions in your writing. All sources used should be acknowledged in the text of your document, called in-text citations.

The Reference list is an alphabetically arranged list of the items you have cited in your essay.  A bibliography includes items used to prepare your assignment, but not necessarily cited.    All items should be listed alphabetically by author or authorship, regardless of format (print/electronic/audiovisual).