Library Database
Please note! If you are using a tablet or mobile phone this database list will be easier to use.
Access to online Library resources is managed either via WAM or via OpenAthens. If it is via OpenAthens there will be a note next to the Database title in the Database list below.
1. WAM Access to Online Library Services/Resources (Online databases, “My UJLink”, UJoogle, Electronic Course Reserves and Interlibrary Loans)
- Use your UJ Email password and your UJ username (Staff) or UJ student number (Campus Option) OR
- Use the current Library Option (i.e. Surname, UJ ID & Library PIN)
2. OpenAthens Access to Online Resources (such as online Databases, UJoogle)
Access online Library services by using your UJ username (Staff) or UJ student number and your UJ Email password.
For more information on access using OpenAthens, visit this OpenAthens Guide.
How do I use the filter?
1. To filter by Database Title, select the First Letter of the Title and select Submit.
2. To filter by one or more Subjects, select the Box next to the required subject(s) and select Submit. Remember to include Multidisciplinary in your selection.
3. To clear all filters, select Reset search criteria.
To report database problems, please complete this form
Link | Subjects | Description |
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Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine OpenAthens | Health and Medicine | Includes up-to-date information on a complete range of healthcare topics. |
Gale OneFile: Nursing and Allied Health OpenAthens | Health and Medicine | Includes full-text titles cited in CINAHL to support specialized care, treatment, and patient management. |
Gale OneFile: Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine OpenAthens | Health and Medicine, Sport and Movement studies | Covers the fields of physical therapy, physical fitness, and sports medicine. Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine offers a wide spectrum of information, including proven treatment techniques, experimental research, and more. |
Gale OneFile: Psychology OpenAthens | Health and Medicine, Psychology, Social work | Supports research in all fields of psychology: abnormal, biological, cognitive, comparative, developmental, personality, quantitative, social, and all areas of applied psychology. |
Gale Virtual Reference Library OpenAthens | Dictionaries, Encyclopaedias, Multidisciplinary, Reference Works | Encyclopaedias and specialised reference sources Coverage: 2006 to the present Full text: 193 UJ subscribed titles |
Gender Studies Collection | Case studies, Communication and Media studies, Philosophy, Politics, Social work, Sociology | Balanced coverage of Gender Studies, sexual behaviour surveys, family and marital issues, Gay and Lesbian rights, Homophobia, health, and more. |
GEORef OpenAthens | Case studies, Geography | |
Global Competition Review OpenAthens (Contact Info Desk for login details: 011 559 2171) | Law, Multidisciplinary | A leading competition law and policy journal and news service, informative competition news with breaking news, commentary and analysis five days a week, as well as original in-depth reports, interviews and features on antitrust enforcement worldwide. |
GlobalData OpenAthens | Business studies and Entrepreneurship, Case studies, Economics and Econometrics, Financial sciences | International business information on markets including company, industry and country profiles with statistics |
GreenFILE OpenAthens | Case studies, Environmental and Energy science, Health and Medicine | Covers the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and governments and what can be done at each level to minimize negative impacts. Includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling and more. |
Grove Art Online OpenAthens | Art and Art design | Includes peer-reviewed articles contributed by nearly 7,000 scholars from around the world, accompanied by images, bibliographies, and links to additional resources |
GSW (Geoscience World) OpenAthens | Engineering and Technology, Environmental and Energy science, Geology, Mining and Metallurgy | GSW is a comprehensive Internet resource in the geosciences with peer-reviewed journals from different publishers. It is inter-operable with GeoRef |
Health Source: Consumer Edition OpenAthens | Case studies, Food technology, Health and Medicine, Sport and Movement studies | Consumer health information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health |
Health Source: Nursing/Academic edition OpenAthens | Case studies, Health and Medicine | Scholarly journals, magazines, pamphlets and reference books focusing on many medical disciplines Nursing and Allied Health. Also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide |
HeinOnline OpenAthens | Law | International Law. |
Henry Stewart Business Management Journals OpenAthens | Business studies and Entrepreneurship | Business Management Journals |
Henry Stewart Talks Marketing and Management Collection OpenAthens (password required, plse contact the Infodesk 011 559 2171) | Business studies and Entrepreneurship, Case studies, Information technology, Management, Marketing | A source of teaching materials that includes online seminars in marketing, management, finance, law and more by leading experts. |
HEPSEU (Higher Education Programmes & Scholarships in European Countries) OpenAthens | Education | Higher Education Programmes & Scholarships in European Countries. |
History Study Centre | Historical studies | A collection of primary and secondary sources on global history from ancient times to the present day. |
Hospitality & Tourism Complete OpenAthens | Case studies, Tourism and hospitality | Tourism and hospitality |
Humanities Source OpenAthens | Historical studies | Focus is on Humanities |
IBFD OpenAthens | Accounting, Law | The International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD) Tax Research Platform provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of worldwide tax information, journals, books, treaties, cases, and other material for international tax researchers. |
ICE virtual library OpenAthens | Engineering and Technology, E-Books, Real estate, Standards, Town and regional planning | Engineering, Civil engineering A A A – Adjustment of text size |
IEEE Xplore OpenAthens | Engineering and Technology, Information technology, Physics and Astrophysics, Standards | Includes content published by IEEE (USA) and IET (UK). |
IGI Global OpenAthens | Business studies and Entrepreneurship, Communication and Media studies, Education, Engineering and Technology, Environmental and Energy science, Health and Medicine, Information science and Knowledge managementInformation science and Knowledge management, Information technology, Law, Management, Multidisciplinary, Physics and Astrophysics, Science | A collection of Journals and electronic books on a variety of topics |
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals OpenAthens (IFLP) | Law | Multilingual index to journal articles, congress reports, essay collections, yearbooks and book reviews on non-Anglo-American legal literature worldwide. In-depth coverage of public and private international law, comparative and foreign law and the law of all jurisdictions other than the United States, the UK, Canada and Australia are provided. |
Inspec (Access via Engineering Village 2) OpenAthens | Case studies, Engineering and Technology, E-Books, Geography, Geology, Information technology, Management, Mining and Metallurgy, Physics and Astrophysics, Real estate, Transport and Logistics, Town and regional planning | |
IOPScience OpenAthens | Engineering and Technology, Environmental and Energy science, Health and Medicine, Mathematical sciences, Physics and Astrophysics | IOPscience is a platform for IOP-hosted journal content andcovers scientific, technical and medical content. |
IRESS Username & Password required: Plse contact the Infodesk: 011 559 2171 (Limited to 5 simultaneous users) | Banking, Economics and Econometrics, Financial sciences, Management, South African research | South African company profiles, structures and organograms, incl. financial statements, ratios and models |
ISI Web of Science (please see Clarivate Web of Science) | Science | Now known as Clarivate Web of Science |
Journal Citation Reports OpenAthens | Citation reports, Multidisciplinary, Research tool | A tool for journal evaluation, using citation data drawn from over 11,000 journals in the areas of science and technology as well as the social sciences. |
JoVE OpenAthens | Biochemistry | JoVE Biology welcomes all general biology research methodologies. Content in this section canvases all fields of cell, molecular, and organismal biology, ranging from new applications of standard techniques to novel approaches aimed at understanding the functions of life and living organisms. This diverse section includes, but is not limited to, techniques in physical biology, cellular biochemistry, genetics, physiology, systems biology and a combination of eukaryotic and prokaryotic model systems. |
JoVE Science Education OpenAthens | Chemistry, Engineering and Technology, Environmental and Energy science, Multidisciplinary, Physics and Astrophysics, Psychology, Science | Educators and students use our innovative video collections to better teach and learn key concepts and fundamental techniques at the undergraduate course level. These simple, easy-to-understand video demonstrations cover a wide range of STEM subjects including Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Psychology, Clinical Medicine and Engineering. |
JSTOR OpenAthens | Multidisciplinary | |
Juris das Rechsportal (German database) Username and password required, contact the Law Librarian at (011) 559-3188/3193 during office hours | Law | Online legal information including bibliographies, Federal law, European rights and practice reports |
JustisOne Please see Vlex Justis | ||
Jutastat Online OpenAthens | Law | South African legal journals, law reports, legislation, government gazettes, reference works, legal manuals and commentaries. Includes case law and statutes from Zimbabwe. |
Kanopy OpenAthens | Communication and Media studies, Multidisciplinary | Movies & Documentaries for film lovers covering multiple subject fields including Business, Arts, Film & popular, Education , Global Studies etc. |
Klimt02 OpenAthens | Art and Art design | |
Kluwer Law Online Journals OpenAthens | Law | Journals |
Kluwer Law Online Manuals OpenAthens | Encyclopaedias, Law | International Encyclopaedia of Law Series (IEL), loose-leafs in electronic format Coverage: updated regularly Full Text |
Kluwer Navigator OpenAthens | Law | |
Knovel OpenAthens | Engineering and Technology | Engineering Data and Technical References to Solve Engineering Problems. |
Legal Source Includes Index to Legal Periodicals and Books OpenAthens | Case studies, Law | Scholarly journals, including book reviews and case citations |
Lexis Library Register | Law | South African legal journals, law reports, legislation, gazettes, reference works, textbooks, practitioners’ manuals and commentaries |
Lexis+ UK | Law | Formerly known as LexisNexis UK. |
LexisNexis Academic (changed to Nexis Uni) see Nexis Uni | Law | |
LGBTQ History and Culture OpenAthens | Health and Medicine, Historical studies, Law, Multidisciplinary, Politics | Part 1: Covers social, political, health and legal issues impacting on LGBTQ communities. |
Library Literature & Information Science OpenAthens | Case studies, Information science and Knowledge managementInformation science and Knowledge management | Journals, Conference proceedings, Pamphlets and Books |
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts OpenAthens | Case studies, Information science and Knowledge managementInformation science and Knowledge management | Coverage: Mid 1960’s to the present |
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