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1. To filter alphabetically, simply click on the arrow and make your selection.
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  Multidisciplinary

Multidisciplinary
Multidisciplinary
Access Engineering
(Formerly known as McGraw-Hill's Digital Engineering Library)
Chemistry
Dictionaries
E-Books
Encyclopaedias
Engineering and Technology
Environmental and Energy science
Transport and Logistics
Multidisciplinary
Dictionaries
E-Books
Encyclopaedias
E-Books
Health and Medicine
ACM
(Association for Computing Machinery)
Information technology

ACS
(American Chemical Society)
Biochemistry
Chemistry

African Journal Archive
A Sabinet Gateway Project

Multidisciplinary
South African research
  Multidisciplinary
News

Historical studies
Language and literature
Africa-Wide Information
(including SA Studies and African Studies)
Multidisciplinary
South African research
Theses and Dissertations

AMED (Alternative Medicine)

The Allied and Complimentary Medicine database

Health and Medicine
Biochemistry
Chemistry
Food technology
Health and Medicine
Mining and Metallurgy
APS Prola (archive)
Physics and Astrophysics
 
APS 
(American Phytopathological Society)
Botany
Art abstracts  ( H W  Wilson)
Architecture
Art and Art design
Communication and Media studies
Multidisciplinary
Humanities
Language and literature
Engineering and Technology
Real estate
Town and regional planning
  Engineering and Technology
Standards

American Theological Library Association
Religion and Theology

Architecture
Art and Art design
Biochemistry
Botany
 
Accounting
Banking
Business studies and Entrepreneurship
Management

Botany
Health and Medicine
Zoology
  Multidisciplinary
E-Books
Multidisciplinary
Cement & Concrete database
(via Sabinet-Online, select Online Reference portal)
 

Chemical Abstracts (Scifinder)- First time users please register HERE -  this will provide you with the Username and Password you will require in order to log in. Available on campus only.

Biochemistry
Chemistry
Engineering and Technology
Health and Medicine
Health and Medicine
  Biochemistry
Chemistry

Communication and Media studies
Communication and Media studies

Compendex Plus (Access via Engineering village)

Engineering and Technology
Geography
Geology
Information technology
Management
Mining and Metallurgy
Physics and Astrophysics
Real estate
Town and regional planning
Transport and Logistics

 
 
Constitutions of the Countries of the World (CCW)
Available on campus only
Law
Politics

CRCnetBASE (e-books)

Multidisciplinary
E-Books
Engineering and Technology
Environmental and Energy science
Geography
Geology
Health and Medicine
Mining and Metallurgy
Real estate
Town and regional planning
Transport and Logistics

Creamer Media's
Research Channel Africa

(password required, plse contact the Infodesk 011 559 2171)

Economics and Econometrics
Engineering and Technology
Environmental and Energy science
Geology
Law
Mining and Metallurgy
News
Politics
Environmental and Energy science
Geology

Current Contents
Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences (ABES)

Botany
Environmental and Energy science
Zoology

Current Contents
Arts and Humanites (AH)

Architecture
Art and Art design
Historical studies
Language and literature

Multidisciplinary

Current Contents:
Clinical medicine (CM)
Health and Medicine
Current Contents:
Engineering, Computing &Technology (ECT)
Engineering and Technology
Information technology
Current Contents:
Life Sciences (LF)
Biochemistry

Current Contents:
Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences (PCES)
Chemistry
Environmental and Energy science
Geology
Physics and Astrophysics
Current Contents:
Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS)
Multidisciplinary
Anthropology and Development studies
Business studies and Entrepreneurship
Education
Geography
Historical studies
Information science and Knowledge management
Language and literature
Law
Management
Politics
Psychology
Social work
Sociology
Sport and Movement studies
Tourism and hospitality
Transport and Logistics

Data Metallogenica online  (Password required - contact Infodesk: Tel. 559-2171)
Geology
Mining and Metallurgy
Theses and Dissertations
 

DialogWeb
Username and password required
Available to library staff only

Multidisciplinary

 
 
Digital Engineering (now AccessEngineering)
 

EasyData (Quantec)  (Password required - contact Info: tel. 559-2171)

Banking
Economics and Econometrics
Financial sciences
Marketing
South African research
Multidisciplinary
E-Books

Multidisciplinary

Economics and Econometrics
Education

Multidisciplinary
Business studies and Entrepreneurship
E-Books
Economics and Econometrics
Engineering and Technology
Health and Medicine
Human resources
Information science and Knowledge management
Information technology
Management
Tourism and hospitality

Environmental and Energy science
Chemistry
Geology
Mathematical sciences
Physics and Astrophysics
E-Books
Engineering and Technology
Geography
Geology
Information technology
Management
Mining and Metallurgy
Patents
Physics and Astrophysics
Real estate
Standards
Town and regional planning
Transport and Logistics
ERIC (Education Resources Information Centre)
Education

Multidisciplinary
Theses and Dissertations

EXAM Papers
(previous exam papers)

Note: The submission of previous exam papers is not compulsory – please contact your lecturer regarding the availability

Multidisciplinary
Exam papers
Anthropology and Development studies
Humanities
Psychology
Social work
Sociology
Multidisciplinary
Biographies
Multidisciplinary
Dictionaries
Encyclopaedias
Reference Works
 

GeoRef (American Geological Institute) see GSW

 
 

 
  Engineering and Technology
Environmental and Energy science
Geology

Dictionaries
E-Books
Encyclopaedias
Health and Medicine
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Food technology
Health and Medicine
Sport and Movement studies

Health Source: Nursing/Academic edition
Health and Medicine
Law
 
Henry Stewart Talks 
Marketing and Management Collection
(password required, plse contact the Infodesk 011 559 2171)
Business studies and Entrepreneurship
Information technology
Management
Marketing
Historical studies

Historical studies
Tourism and hospitality

ICE virtual library 
Archive: 1836 -2002

E-Books
Engineering and Technology
Real estate
Standards
Town and regional planning

Engineering and Technology
Information technology
Physics and Astrophysics
Standards
Historical studies
Language and literature
Religion and Theology
Law
Law
  Engineering and Technology
Mining and Metallurgy

 

Inspec (Access via Engineering Village 2)

E-Books
Engineering and Technology
Geography
Geology
Information technology
Management
Mining and Metallurgy
Physics and Astrophysics
Real estate
Town and regional planning
Transport and Logistics
Environmental and Energy science
Physics and Astrophysics

Politics
Multidisciplinary

Multidisciplinary
Citation reports
Multidisciplinary
 
Juris das Rechsportal  (German database)
Username and password required, contact the Law Librarian at (011) 559-3188/3193 during office hours
Law

JUTASTAT
Available on campus only
-
law students and lecturers only

Law
Accounting
Economics and Econometrics
Engineering and Technology
Law
Management

LexisNexis
Available on campus only
Law
Information science and Knowledge management
Information science and Knowledge management

Language and literature

LISA (Library and Information Science Abstracts)

Information science and Knowledge management

Language and literature
MANTIS
Available on campus only, password required, please contact the Infodesk 011 559 2171
Health and Medicine

Business studies and Entrepreneurship
Economics and Econometrics
Multidisciplinary
E-Books
Mathematical sciences
Username & Password required: Plse contact the Infodesk: 011 559 2171 (Limited to 2 simultaneous users)
Banking
Economics and Econometrics
Financial sciences
Management
South African research
 
(Stockley’s Herbal Medicines Interactions)
Health and Medicine

MEDLINE (National Library of Medicine)

Health and Medicine

MLA Directory of Periodicals
Modern Language Association

Multidisciplinary
Directories

MLA International Bibliography
Modern Language Association

Language and literature
Multidisciplinary
Multidisciplinary
News

NEXUS
(National Research Foundation)
Available to library staff only, or access via Africa-Wide

Multidisciplinary
Theses and Dissertations

Observatory on Borderless Higher Education 
(password required, plse contact the Infodesk 011 559 2171)

Education

OCLC
(Online Catalog of the Library of Congress)
Username & Password required
Available to library staff only

 

Multidisciplinary
E-Books
Theses and Dissertations
Multidisciplinary
Anthropology and Development studies
E-Books
Economics and Econometrics
Sociology

OED
Oxford English Dictionary

Dictionaries
Language and literature

Multidisciplinary
Dictionaries
Encyclopaedias

PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service)

Public management and Governance
Sociology

PAIS Archive (Public Affairs Information Service)

Public management and Governance
Sociology

Biochemistry
Zoology

Patents: Esp@ceNet
(via Engineering Village)
Patents
Multidisciplinary
Philosophy

PILOTS Database (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)

Health and Medicine
Psychology

Political Risk Yearbook (Country reports)
Previously CD ROM - Now available on:
·          Business Source Complete
·          Political Science Complete

Older editions on CD ROM

 

Economics and Econometrics
Financial sciences
Politics

Law
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology

Multidisciplinary
Architecture
Art and Art design
Humanities
Language and literature
Philosophy
Multidisciplinary
Theses and Dissertations
Multidisciplinary
Psychology

R & TA
Religious and Theological Abstracts
Religion and Theology
Business studies and Entrepreneurship
Human resources
Management

Referex (e-books) (Access via Engineering Village 2)

E-Books
Engineering and Technology

Research Channel Africa
(password required, plse contact the Infodesk 011 559 2171)
 
Multidisciplinary
Encyclopaedias
Philosophy
Biochemistry
Chemistry

SA Media
Available on campus only
Username & Password required, contact the Info desk at (011) 559-2171

Alternatively:  Access via Sabinet
                      
-  Click on Online Reference
                       
-  Select SA Media

Multidisciplinary
News
South African research

Multidisciplinary
Multidisciplinary

Law
South African research

Multidisciplinary
South African research
Multidisciplinary
Communication and Media studies
Education
Engineering and Technology
Health and Medicine
Historical studies
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
Town and regional planning
  Multidisciplinary
Research tool

SAIRR 
(South African Institute of Race Relations)

Business studies and Entrepreneurship
Economics and Econometrics
Education
Politics
Sociology
 
SAPTG (South African Property Transfer Guide)
Available on campus only
Username & password required
Contact Ms Yvonne Bucwa at (011) 559-2641 during office hours
Economics and Econometrics
Marketing
South African research

SARAD
(South African rates and data selection)
(Password required, plse contact the Infodesk 011 559 2171)

Communication and Media studies
South African research

Science Citation Index (SCI-Expanded)
    Select SCI-Expanded

Multidisciplinary

Multidisciplinary

ScienceDirect now SciVerse ScienceDirect
a single sign-on, single search platform with increased interoperability between
- SciVerse ScienceDirect
   
Full text scientific database (Access)
-
SciVerse SciTopics
   
Research summaries by experts (Access)
-
SciVerse Scopus
   Database of research literature (No access)
-
Scirus   Science-specific search engine (Access)

 

Multidisciplinary
 
SciFinderScholar
       see Chemical Abstracts
Chemistry
  Multidisciplinary

 

Multidisciplinary
Humanities

Social work
Sociology

with full text
Dictionaries
Encyclopaedias
Sport and Movement studies
Theses and Dissertations

Multidisciplinary

Multidisciplinary
Education
 
The People of South Africa: Population Census (available on level 1, APK only)
 

Dictionaries
E-Books
Encyclopaedias
Health and Medicine

Multidisciplinary

Multidisciplinary
Theses and Dissertations

Ulrich's (Periodicals directory)
 

Multidisciplinary
Anthropology and Development studies
E-Books

WARC 
(World Advertising Research Center)
Business studies and Entrepreneurship
Marketing

WAT (Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal)
13 WAT-dele (A - R)

Dictionaries
Engineering and Technology
Environmental and Energy science
Geology
Westlaw International
(available on campus only)
Law
  Business studies and Entrepreneurship
Economics and Econometrics
South African research
  Multidisciplinary
Multidisciplinary
Humanities
Multidisciplinary
Anthropology and Development studies
Politics

World Competitiveness Online
(Password required - please contact the  Infodesk :  011 559 2171)
Multidisciplinary