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This Portal is your first stop to the Sciences Information Resources!

Scroll down for access to Databases (Multidisciplinary, Sciences, Engineering, Law, etc), Subject Portals, Online books and References, Trial Databases, UJ Sciences Virtual Librarian. For additional Subject Specific information, visit the Sciences Subject Portals.

For help, contact Pavlinka Kovatcheva, Sciences Librarian @ Kingsway library: pkovatcheva@uj.ac.za

Are you new to the Library? Do you have a problem finding information for your latest projects?

If yes to these and many more “?” visit the Library Support to Undergraduates

UJ Library >>> UJLink: Library Catalogue >>> CASE: A-to-Z Journals >>> Sciences Subject Portals >>> Selected articles on Delicious (Tags)

Inter Campus Loan >>> Lending Desk Services >>> MyUJLink >>> Course Reserves >>>Online Exam Papers

Van Schaik Prescribed Books >>> Kalahari.net UJ Sudents Textbooks NEW! >>> Virtual Learning Environment >>> Getting Started with Research

Plagiarism >>> UJ Harvard Reference Techniques

To access the Databases you need to have a PIN. Don't know how to create? Click HERE!

Find out how the Library support your teaching needs. Visit the Library Support to Teaching

Van Schaik Prescribed Books >>> Kalahari.net UJ Sudents Textbooks >>> Global Books on Print (Bibliographic)

Online Book/Journal Publishers (search for new publications) >>> Resources for College Libraries >>> Ulrich's (Journals)

Sciences Publishers Portal NEW! (search for new book and journal publications)

Science Dissemination Using Open Access (Free, Web 2.0) >>> Open Access Portal NEW!

If you are a postgraduate student or an established researcher, visit the Library Support to Research

Sciences Subject Portals

ISI Journal Citation Report >>> SCImago Journal & Country Rank (Elsevier)

UJ Faculty of Science >>> UJ Research & Innovation >>> UJ NRF Rated Researchers >>> South African Universities list

Theses & Dissertations/Open Institutional Repositories >>> UJDigiSpace >>> Nexus (password required)

Help with Research: Getting started with Research >>> Research it Right! >>> Engaged in Research >>> How to Get Published

Accredited Journals: South African Accredited Journals (DoE) >>> South African Journals on ISI and IBSS >>> ISI Accredited Journals

RefWorks Support (Manage your References)

Need Subject specific information? Click on the relevant portal for access!

Applied Mathematics & Mathematics >>> Astronomy & Astrophysics >>> Biochemistry >>> Biology

Botany & Plant Biotechnology >>> Chemistry >>> Energy >>> Environmental Management >>> Geography >>> Geology

Human Anatomy & Physiology >>> Information Technology >>> Microbiology >>> Physics >>> Statistics >>> Zoology

To access the Databases you need to have a PIN. Don't know how to create? Click HERE!

Quick Link to Databases arranged per Subjects. NEW! from your Science Librarian.

Search for Books & Journals

UJ Library >>> UJLink: Library Catalogue >>> CASE: A-to-Z Journals >>> Open Science Journals

Open Access Portal NEW! >>> UJDigiSpace (Open Access UJ Theses & Dissertations, UJ Repositories)

A-to-Z Databases >>> Science & Engineering Abbreviations >>> ISI Journals Titles Abbreviations

Multidisciplinary Databases

Academic Search Premier (EbscoHost) >>> Academic OneFile (Infotrac) >>> Business Source Premier (EbscoHost)

Dialog (password is required) >>> Emerald >>> Google Scholar >>> ISI Web of Science >>> ISI Curent Contents Connect

JSTOR >>> ScienceDirect >>> SpringerLink >>> SpringerLink Images (Open Access) NEW! >>> Wiley Interscience

Sciences Subject Databases

ACM: Association of Computing Machinery >>> American Chemical Society >>>> Analytical Abstracts

ArXiv.org >>>> APS Prola >>> Biological & Agricultural Index (on EbscoHost) >>> BioMed Central >>> BioOne

CABI Databases >>> Chemical Abstracts Online (SciFinder)(Click HERE to register) >>> Data Metallogenica (password is required)

Energy Citation Database >>> GreenFile (on EbscoHost) >>> GeoRef/GeoScienceWorld >>> Institute of Physics (IOP)

MEDLINE >>> MathSciNet >>> Parasitology Database >>> PhyMath Central >>> PubMed Central >>> Royal Society of Chemistry

SAGEOLIT (On SabinetOnline) >>> Science Magazine Online >>> Water Resources Worldwide (on EbscoHost)

South African Databases

Africa-Wide: Nipad (on EbscoHost) >>> SA E-Publications >>> SA Media (on Sabinet) >>> SabinetOnline

South African Institute of Race Relations >>> South African Survey Online

Engineering Databases

ASCE: American Society of Civil Engineering >>> Compendex >>> Engineering Village2 (on EV2)

ICE Virtual Library(Civil Engineering Books & Journals) >>> IEEE Xplore

Creamer Media's Research Channel (password is required)

Inspec (on EV2) >>>>> Patents ESR@ceNet (on EV2, full-text)

Business & Economics Databases

Business Source Premier (EbscoHost) >>> EconLit (on EbscoHost) >>> Emerald >>> EasyData (Password is required, pkovatcheva@uj.ac.za)

RDS: Business & Management Practices (Company profiles & International Industries Reports; International indicators)

MarketLine (Companies, Countries & Industry Information) >>> Who Owns Whom (on Campus only)(SA Industry reports & Company profiles)

Hospitality & Tourism Complete (on EbscoHost) >>> World Advertising Research Center >>> World Competitiveness Online (password is required)

Yearbook of International Associations (Statistics, Human Development, etc.)

Health & Medical Databases

AMED (Alternative Medicine) >>> CINAHL (on EbscoHost) >>> Health & Wellness Resource Center (Infotrac)

MANTIS (Alternative Medicine) >>> MEDLINE (on EbscoHost) >>> Sport Discus Complete (on EbscoHost)

Education Databases

Education Full-text (Wilson) >>> ERIC (on EbscoHost)

Law

JutaStat (on Campus Only) >>> LexisNexis (on Campus Only) >>> HeinOnline (full-text) >>> Sabinet Legal Products (South Africa)

SA Legislation (Engineering & Mining) >>> SA Legislation (Health, Safety & the Environment)

To access the Databases you need to have a PIN. Don't know how to create? Click HERE!

Online Books

AccessEngineering >>> Energy Online Books (7 books) >>> Environmental Online Books (20 books) >>> Green/Sustainable Online Books (10 books)

CRCMechanicalEngineeringNetBase >>> CRCTellecomunicationsNetBase >>> CRCElectricalEngBase >>> CRCMaterialsNetBase

ICE Virtual Library

The ICE's Virtual Library gives access to the largest repository of full text civil engineering papers in the world. Search the ICE's archive of technical papers from 1836 to the present day, (our full text is ONLY until 2002 – we have ONLY purchased the archive)

Referex: Applied Mathematics (7 books) >>> Atomic & Molecular Physics and Optics (15 books)

Computer Science Applications (5 books) >>> Computational Theory & Mathematics (5 books)

Computer Graphics & Computer-Aided Design (10 books) >>> Computer Interfacing (6 books) >>> Computer Networks & Communication (34 books)