INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SUBJECT PORTAL 

 

Welcome to the Research Support Portal for Academy of Information Technology users 

 

The Resources for these subjects have been selected by Pavlinka Kovatcheva,

Subject librarian at APK Campus, Level 1,Tel: 011 559-2621, E-mail: pkovatcheva@uj.ac.za

 

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   NEW BOOKS Classification System @ Kingsway Library:

000 Computer Science  (Level 1)

500 Natural Sciences & Mathematics (Level 3)

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               QUICK LINKS TO COMPUTER SCIENCE DATABASES

 

             

 

                

 

               

            

 

      

                              

 

       

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Quick Links to Full Text Online Books & Reference Books

 

         

 

          

 

 Referex Online Books

 

    

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SUPPORT TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY USERS  Library Services & Resources Searching & Borrowing Library Materials Research Projects, Writing, Citing & Referencing Journals Impact Factor; Accredited Journals & Getting Published Teaching & Learning Support  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES Search for Full-text Journals (incl. Open Access), Journals Abbreviations, Search Engines  Top Databases FULL-TEXT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY JOURNALS FULL-TEXT SCIENCES JOURNALS CONFERENCES LINKS  SCIENCES RESEARCH LINKS (RANKING, IMPACT FACTOR, ETC.)

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SUPPORT TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY USERS 

  

Library Services & Resources

 

Access to Library Resources (Databases; MyUJLink; Exam Papers, Ask-A-Librarian, etc.) OFF Campus Access: Most of the Library Electronic Resources can be accessed REMOTELY. Log-in with the Library PIN. ON Campus Access to the Internet: Before access, it requires a registration (UJ e-mail and a password) ON Campus to Library Resources: Internet Log-in and Library PIN Log-in! Do you know how to CREATE LIBRARY PIN? Forgot your Password (PIN)? Contact the LENDING DESK staff for Assistance or Phone 011 559 2165
About the UJ Library UJ Library Library Hours Campus Libraries  Library Staff Library Regulations	Library Services & Forms Library Forms & Documents Study Cubicles (APK) Online Exam Papers Course Reserves Your Account(MyUJLink)	Books, Articles, Databases UJLink: Library Catalogue A-to-Z Journals Databases (Alphabetical list)  Databases (per Subject) Trial Databases
Library Membership Library Membership to UJ Library Library Membership to Other University Libraries (Letter of Introduction to MSc; PhD’s and staff)

 

Searching & Borrowing Library Materials
Searching & Borrowing Materials from UJ Library UJLink: Library Catalogue MyUJLink (My library account) Inter Campus Loan (Borrow from other UJ Library) How do I? Borrow, Renew & Return Books, Library Membership, etc. How to Self-check out books	Borrowing Materials from Other Libraries If you are Masters, PhD or staff, you can use ILL to request materials not available @ UJ Library:  Inter Library Loan (First time users “How to…” Inter Library Loan Online Requests (Books; Journals; Theses & Dissertations; Proceeding; Chapter, etc.)

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Research Projects, Writing, Citing & Referencing
Research Assignments Help (Beginners) Getting Started with Research Assignment Research it Right! (Fun Tutorial) EduLink (Student Portal)    Research Proposals Help (MSc & PhD’s) The Research Process Portal Engaged in Research! (UK, Step-by-Step Research)  Books for your Research (Writing, proposal, etc.)	Writing Scientifically (Lab Report; Field Report; Final Year Dissertation; Scientific paper, etc) Presenting your research Vuma Portal: Handling exams, Study skills, Writing skills, Research skills, Life skills, Grammar and Spelling, Work, Thinking and Learning, Technology, Business writing, more How do I?.... start with research, literature review, write, present and more
Plagiarism & Copyright Plagiarism: What it is? How to avoid it! (Videos, books, interactive tutorials, etc.) UJ Plagiarism Policy Turnitin @ UJ (Plagiarism software) Article Checker (Free Plagiarism software) Cental @ UJ Copyright	Citing & Referencing Acknowledging Resources UJ Harvard Reference Techniques RefWorks (UJ, Manage you references) CiteULike (Free software to manage references, sponsored by Springer)
Survey/Questionnaires UJ Statkon (Help with your survey) UJ Questionnaire Design SPSS, Version 18, 2010 (Available in the Library @ Lending Desk) Survey Monkey (Free Survey software) StatSoft: Free Online Statistics Textbook	Manage your References Busy with your Literature Review or Research project? You want to manage your references easily? Make use of RefWorks:  RefWorks & RefShare Help Portal Access to RefWorks   Access to RefShare

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Journals Impact Factor; Accredited Journals & Getting Published
Impact Factor for Journals ISI Journal Citation Report (JCR)  SCImago Journal & Country Rank  H-index (How to measure your scientific productivity) (Definition)	Getting Published: For new Authors How to Get Published: Step-by-Step instructions Publish in Accredited Open Access Journals (Alphabetical list of journals, Publication fees; UP initiative) Open Access (OA) Portal: UJ Sciences Librarian
South African Accredited Journals for 2011 (DoE) South African Accredited Journals (DoE)	International Accredited Journals for 2011 (ISI) ISI Accredited Journals International Bibliography of Social Sciences:IBSS

 

Teaching & Learning Support
Teaching Support Portal Course Reserves:        How to Place items on Reserve Online Exam Papers:        How to Submit to the Library How to Submit & Search for Theses & Dissertations Copyright & Plagiarism Portals Online Book & Journal Publishers Links Virtual Learning Environment	Resources for Educators New Books in the Library Van Schaik Prescribed Books Kalahari.net UJ Students Textbooks Education Database WorldCat Education Full-text Eric (EbscoHost) SA ePublication Teacher Reference Center (EbscoHost) Department of Education (DoE)

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES

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REMOTE ACCESS is available to all the databases. Just log-in with your SURNAME, STUDENT/STAFF NUMBER, PIN.

Don't have Library Password? Learn how to create PIN.

 

Search for Full-text Journals (incl. Open Access), Journals Abbreviations, Search Engines 

 

 

Search for full text Print & Online journals Search these resources to find full-text PRINT & ONLINE JOURNALS. UJLink: Library Catalogue A-to-Z Journals Open Science Directory: A-to-Z Journals Science Online	Journals Abbreviations In a reference list, the journal titles can be ABBREVIATED. These links will help you find the FULL JOURNAL title. Computer & Information Systems Journals Abbreviations ISI Journals Titles Abbreviations Journal Abbreviation Sources (All Sciences) Science & Engineering Abbreviations
Open Access Journals (OA) UJ Open Science Portal Open Science Directory: A-to-Z Journals   HighWire Free Journals SciELO: South African OA Journals UJDigiSpace (Online UJ T & D; UJ Repositories)	Search Engines & Useful Web Resources Google Scholar (Academic Articles) Scirus (Sciences Search Engine)  WorldCat How Stuff works: Science    Click HERE for more Sciences Search Engines

 

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Top Databases

 

REMOTE ACCESS is available to all the databases. Just log-in with your SURNAME, STUDENT/STAFF NUMBER, PIN.

Don't have library Password? Learn how to create PIN  

   

    

 

Bibliographic Databases

• Africa-Wide Information (through EbscoHost)(Covers Africa and South Africa)
• Scopus (NEW in 2012)
  
• Current Content Connect (ISI Web of Knowledge, 1998+)

          - Engineering, Computing & Technology

• Engineering Village 2 (EV2)

          - Compendex

          - Inspec

          - Referex (e-books)

• MathSciNet (Based on Mathematical Reviews, Books, Journals, Proceedings, 1940+)
• Science Citation Index Expanded (ISI Web of Science, 1981+)

 

    

 

Full-text Databases (incl. abstracts only)

• Academic OneFile (Infotrac; Multidisciplinary)
• Academic Search Premier (EbscoHost; Multidisciplinary)

• ACM: Association of Computing Machinery (Proceedings, Journals, etc.)

• ArXiv.org (Open Access; Cornell University Repository)(Compute Science,Mathematics, Nonlinear Sciences, etc.

• Computer Database (Infotrac) 

• CoRR: Computing Research Repository (Open Access, Sponsored by ACM; First time user, click HERE!)

• Emerald (Full-text & abstracts; Computer Science; Engineering & Technology; Management) 

• IEEE Xplore (Journals full-text from 1997+)
• JSTOR (3-5 years moving wall)(Mathematics Collection:57 journals; Statistics Collection: 46 journals)
• PhysMath Central (Open Access Physics & Mathematics Research)
• Sage Journals Online (New in 2011)
• SA E-Publications (South African journals)
• ScienceDirect (Full-text from 1995+)(Computer Science:139 titles) 
• SpringerLink (Full-text: Archive + Current as per License agreement)(Computer Science: over 41 journals) 
• Wiley Online Library  (Full-text from 1997 +) 

       

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 Use Google Scholar to search for academic articles across multiple publishers: Springer, Elsevier, American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, JSTOR, Wiley, SAGE and many more.

 

You can EXPORT your references directly to RefWorks! Read MORE...

 

 

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FULL-TEXT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY JOURNALS

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For more Journals search:  A-to-Z Journals 

  

• Information Management & Computer Security (Emerald, 1994+) 
• International Journal of Intelligent Computing and Cybernetics (Emerald, 2008+) 
• Internet Research (Emerald, 1994+) 
• Cybernetics (Emerald, 1994+) 

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FULL-TEXT SCIENCES JOURNALS

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Full text delay due to publisher restrictions ("embargo")

 

• American Scientist (Print Subscription, 1969+; Academic Search Premier, 2002+)
• Nature (Print Subscription; Academic Search Premier, 1997+, Embargo: 1 year)
• New Scientist (Print Subscription, Academic Search Premier, 2002+, Embargo: 30 days)
• Science in Africa
• Science Online

• South African Journal of Science (SA E-Publication, 2001+; Print Subscription)

• Scientific American (Academic Search Premier, 1995+)
• Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa (SA E-Publication, 2000+)

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CONFERENCES LINKS

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• Academic Conferences Worldwide

• Gordon Research Conferences (Provide an international forum for the presentation and discussion of frontier research in the biological, chemical, and physical sciences, and their related technologies)

• Science Conference Proceedings (About; HELP)

  Proceedings and papers from scientific meetings can be found in these fields, among others: computer science, electric power, fossil fuels, etc.

   

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 SCIENCES RESEARCH LINKS (RANKING, IMPACT FACTOR, ETC.)

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• ScienceWatch: Tracking Trends & Performance in Basic Research (Data and Rankings; Analyses, Interviews)

          - ScienceWatch RSS NEWS Feeds 

          - Sci-Bytes: What's New in Research

          - Fast Breaking Papers

          - New Hot Papers in Science (from Essential Science Indicators, Thomson Reuters)

          - Emerging Research Fronts

          - Fast Moving Fronts (Research Fronts that are growing most rapidly)

          - Research Front Maps (Clusters of highly cited papers and research front maps)

          - Country Profiles

          - What's Hot in... (Biology, Chemistry, Medicine, Physics)

 

• Journal Citation Report (JCR) (Tutorial; Brochure)       

                        

• SCImago Journal & Country Rank (Elsevier) (Help!)  

 

• SciTopics: Research Summaries by Topic: Computer Science (Elsevier)

          - About SciTopics

          - Author Index

          - HELP!  

          - Read MORE!

 

• Academia.edu (Academia is a tree of academics around the world, displayed according to university/department affiliation)(About; Read MORE!)

  

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