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 Internet: Before access, it requires a registration (UJ e-mail and a password)
• ON Campus Access to Library Resources: Internet Log-in and Library PIN Log-in!

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Forgot your Password (PIN)? Contact the LENDING DESK staff for Assistance or Phone 011 559 2165 (APK)

About the UJ Library

• UJ Library
• Library Hours
• Campus Libraries 
• Library Staff
• Library Regulations 

Library Services & Forms

• Library Forms & Documents
• Online Exam Papers
• Course Reserves
• My Library Account (MyUJLink)

Books, Articles, Databases

• UJLink: Library Catalogue
• Online Books 
• A-to-Z Journals List
• A-to-Z Databases 
• Databases (per Subject)

Library Membership 

• Library Membership to UJ Library
• Library Membership to Other University Libraries (Letter of Introduction to MSc; PhD’s and staff)

UJ Sciences Librarian Help

• Research Support Portal

• Teaching Support Portal

• Undergraduates Support Portal

• Sciences Subject Portals

Important UJ Links

• UJ Library & University of Johannesburg

• UJ Faculty of Science

• UJ Research & Innovation

• UJ NRF Rated Researchers 

Research & Assignments Help

• New Students
• Getting Started with a Research Assignment
• Writing a Research Report (poster) 
• Research it Right! (Learn with fun) 
• Engaged in Research
• The Research process (step-by-step)
• Virtual Learning Environment Help
• ULink: Student Portal
  
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Writing, Citing & Referencing Research Projects

• Plagiarism: What it is? How to avoid it!
• Acknowledging Sources
• References Examples 
• UJ Harvard Reference Technique (2013 ed)
  
• Copyright

Searching & Borrowing Materials from UJ Library

• UJLink: Library Catalogue
• MyUJLink (My library account)
• Lending Desk Services: How to Borrow, Renew & Return books, Library Membership, etc.
• How to Self Check-out books
• Inter Campus Loan (UJ Campuses) 

Borrowing Materials from Other Libraries (MSc; PhD's, Staff) 

• Inter Library Loan (First time users “How to…)
• Inter Library Loan Online Requests (Books; Journals; Theses & Dissertations.

Teaching Support

• Course Reserves
• Placing Items on Reserve
• Online Exam Papers 
• How To Submit Exam Paper to the Library 
• How To Submit & Search for Theses & Dissertations
• Virtual Learning Environment 
• ULink:Student Portal

Teaching & Learning Tools 

• Course Reserves
• Juta Prescribed Books for UJ
• Kalahari.net UJ Students Textbooks
• Online Book & Journal Publishers
• New Books in the Library (Acquisitions) 

• Library Training for First Year Students

• Library Training for Undergraduates

• Library Training for Researchers

• Need Help? Ask-a-Librarian!

• Library Training Guides & Tutorials

• Subject Librarian Responsibilities

• Subject Portals & Course Help

Access to Theses & Dissertations (T & D)

• Theses & Dissertations Portal (inc. IR)
• UJLink: Library Catalogue (Print T & D)     
• UJDigiSpace (Online UJ T & D)
• Open Access Science Portal 
• ProQuest Full text Theses & Dissertations 
• Nexus (SA Current & Completed Research, password is required)

Access to Institutional Repositories (IR) 

• Institutional Repositories Portal (incl. T & D)
• UJDigiSpace (Online UJ T & D; UJ Repositories)
• Open Access Science Portal 
• IRSpace (Search SA Research Repositories)
• Directory of Open Access Repositories(Worldwide)

Manage your References

• RefWorks & RefShare Help Portal
• Access to RefWorks
• Access to RefShare 

Browse Resources per Subject and Course

• Applied Mathematics & Mathematics 
• Astronomy & Astrophysics 
• Biochemistry
• Biology   
• Botany & Plant Biotechnology 
• Chemistry  
• Energy 
• Environmental Management 
• Geography (Geo-Informatics; Soil Science)
• Geology  
• Human Anatomy & Physiology
• Information Technology
• Physics 
• Statistics
• Zoology   
• Sciences Librarian Portal 

 Impact Journals

• ISI Journal Citation Report (JCR) 
• SCImago Journal & Country Rank 
• H-index (How to measure your scientific productivity) (Definition)

South African Accredited Journals

• South African Accredited Journals (DoE)

Internationally Accredited Journals

• ISI Accredited Journals

Getting Published: For 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

   

   

 ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

UJLink: Library Catalogue   A-to-Z Journal List    A-to-Z Databases   Trial Databases  

UJDigiSpace   Open Access Portal  Open Science Journals  Online Books

HighWire Free Journals  IngentaConnect Journals

 JOURNALS ABBREVIATION

Science & Engineering Abbreviations     ISI Journals Titles Abbreviations

 MULTIDISCIPLINARY DATABASES

• Academic Search Complete (EbscoHost)

• Academic OneFile (Infotrac) 

• Cambridge Journals Online

• Dialog (password is required)

• FS Article First (SabinetOnline)

• Google Scholar (Search for Academic Articles)

• ISI Current Content Connect

• ISI Science Citation Index

• ISI Journal Citation Report

• Emerald (IT, Engineering, Business, etc.)

• JSTOR (3-5 years backfile)

• MasterFile Premier (EbscoHost)
• Sage Journals Online 
• ScienceDirect (Full text starts from 1995+)  
• Scopus
  
• SpringerLink  (Archive & Current, Full text) 
• SpringerLink Images (Open Access)
• Taylor & Francis
  
• Wiley Online Library (Full-text, 1997+)
  

 SOUTH AFRICAN DATABASES

• Africa-Wide Information (EbscoHost)
• EasyData (Password is required) 
• Government Gazette (Sabinet Online)
• McGregor BFA
  
• Provincial Gazette (Sabinet Online)
• SA E-Publications     

• SA Media (SabinetOnline, Newspapers)
• SabinetOnline 
• South African Institute of Race Relations  
• South African Survey Online 2009/2010
• Who Owns Whom (on Campus only)

Online Reference Works                         

• Access Science

• Encyclopedia of Energy

• Oxford English Dictionary 
• Oxford Reference Online (Subject References) 

Online Books Collections 

• Access Engineering
• Referex (Engineering Village 2; Full text)    
• CRC ENVIROnetBASE 
• MyiLibrary 

More Online Books & Reference Works

BIOSCIENCES (Biochemistry, Botany & Zoology)

• Biological & Agricultural Index EbscoHost,1983+

• BioMed Central (Open Access Journal, Full text)

• BioOne  (BioSciences journals) (Abstracts)

• BIOSIS Preview (Dialog, Abst., 1926+) (Password is required. Contact: pkovatcheva@uj.ac.za)

• CABI Databases: Aromatic and Medicinal plants; Crop Physiology; Horticulture Science; Plant Growth Regulators, Ornamental Horticulture;  Plant Pathology; Postharvest Research (Abstract)

• EMBASE (Dialog)(Biomed. & Pharmacological)(Password, Contact: pkovatcheva@uj.ac.za)  

• ISI Current Contents Connect: Agriculture, Life Sciences; Biology & Environmental Sciences; Clinical Medicine

• MEDLINE (EbscoHost,1950+)

• Parasitology Database (1 user)

• PubMed Central

• Waters & Oceans Worldwide (EbscoHost)

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Find more resources on the Subject portals:

Biochemistry, Biology, Botany & Plant Biotechnology, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Microbiology & Zoology

CHEMISTRY (incl. Biochemistry)

• Analytical Abstracts 

• American Chemical Society: ACS

• Chemical Abstracts Online (SciFinder, 1 user) (Click HERE for first time registration) 

• ChemSpider (Chemistry Search Engine)

• Combined Chemical Dictionary (6 dictionaries)

• CSD: Chemistry Structural Database (CD-Rom

• CrossFire & Reactions: Beilstein & Gmelin (CD-R)

• Golonka: E-Chemistry for Africa

• Handbook of Chemistry & Physics (CD-Rom)

• ICSD: Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (CD)

• International Table of Crystallography 

• ISI Current Contents Connect: Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences

• PubChem (NCBI) (Substances, Compounds, Structure search)

• Reaxys  

• Royal Society of Chemistry RSC

• Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry (CD-Rom, APK Library)

Find more resources on the Subject portals:

• Biochemistry
• Chemistry

GEOLOGY

• Creamer Media's Research Channel (Password is required)

• Data Metallogenica (Password is required)

• Encyclopedia of Geomagnetism & Paleomagnetism

• GeoRef/GeoScienceWorld (Bibl. + Full text)

• GreenFile (EbscoHost)

• ICE Geotechnique Archive (1848-2002) (New)

• ISI Current Contents Connect: Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences

• SAGEOLIT (SabinetOnline, SA Geology + World)

• SA Legislation (Engineering & Mining) 

• Waters & Oceans Worldwide (EbscoHost)

Find more resources on the:

• Geology Subject Portal 

GEOGRAPHY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

• Biological & Agricultural Index (EbscoHost)
• CABI Databases (Agriculture; Plants Crop, etc.)
• Encyclopedia of Energy 
• Energy Citation Database 
• GeoRef/GeoScienceWorld
• GreenFile (EbscoHost)
• IEEE Xplore (Full text, 1913 +, Energy) (New) 
• ISI Current Contents Connect: Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences; Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences
• SA Legislation (Health, Safety & Environment)
• Waters & Oceans Worldwide (EbscoHost)

Find more resources on: Geography Subject Portal; Environmental Management & Energy Subjects Portal

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

• ACM: Association of Computing Machinery
• Academic OneFile (Infotrac) 
• ArXiv.org (Pre- prints; Open Access)
• CoRR: Computing Research Repository 

• TELECOMMUNICATIONSnetBASE (E-books)

• Emerald (incl. IT & Business journals)

• Engineering Village 2 (EV2)
• IEEE Xplore (Full text, 1913 +)
• ISI Current Contents Connect: Engineering, Computing & Technology

Find more resources on the Subject Portal

• Information Technology

MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

• ArXiv.org (Open Access, Pre-Print)
• Engineering Village 2 (EV2)
• IEEE Xplore (Full text, 1913 +) (New)
• MathSciNet (Based on Maths Reviews, Books, Journals, Proceedings, 1940+)  
• PhyMath Central   

Find more resources on the Subject Portals:

• Applied Mathematics & Mathematics
• Statistics        

PHYSICS

• ArXiv.org   (Pre-Prints, Open Access)
• APS Prola  (Archive up to 2006)
• Astrophysics Data System (SAO/NASA) 
• CERN Document Server
• Energy Citation Database
• E-Physics for Africa
• Handbook of Chemistry & Physics (CD-Rom, Library)
• Inspec (via EV2)(Physics Abstracts)
• IOPScience (Institute of Physics)
• ISI Current Contents Connect: Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences
• MathSciNet
• PhyMath Central (Open Access)
• Physical Review B: Condensed Matter & Materials Physics  (Current Subscription) 
• Physical Review Letters (Current Subscription)
• Reviews of Modern Physics (Current subscription)
• SPIRES-HEP Search: High-Energy Physics Literature database

Find more resources on the Subject Portals:

• Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Physics                                  

 ENGINEERING, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY DATABASES 

Journals, Proceeding, Standards, etc.

• ASCE: American Society of Civil Engineering

• Compendex (EV2)

• Creamer Media's Research Channel  (password is required)

• Emerald Engineering Journals (Full-text)

• Engineering Village2: EV2(incl. Compendex, Inspec and Referex)

• IEEE Xplore (Full text, 1913 +)

• IHS Standards (Engineering Village 2)

• Inspec (EV2)

• ISI Current Contents Connect: Engineering, Computing & Technology

• ESP@ceNet: Patents (EV2, full-text)

• US Patents

Online Book Collections

• Access Engineering

• CRCnetBASE Book Collections:

         - CivilEngineeringnetBASE

         - ElectricalEngineeringnetBASE

         - ENGnetBASE

         - ENVIROnetBASE         

         - INDUSTRIALnetBASE

         - MATERIALSnetBASE

         - MechanicalEngineeringnetBASE

         - TELECOMMUNICATIONSnetBASE

• Referex (Engineering Village 2; Full text)

• Science Dissemination Using Open Access 

More Online Books

Health & Medical Sciences

• AMED (Alternative Medicine)
• CINAHL (EbscoHost)
• Health & Wellness Resource Center (Infotrac)
• MANTIS (Health Index, Alternative Medicine)  
• MEDLINE (EbscoHost)
• Sport Discus Complete (EbscoHost)
• Theme Teaching Assistant
  

Find more resources on the Subject Portal:

• Health Sciences  

Business, Economics & Management

• Business Source Complete (EbscoHost)

• EconLit (on EbscoHost)

• Emerald

• EasyData (Password is required)

• Hospitality & Tourism Complete (EbscoHost)

• MarketLine (Companies, Countries & Industry Information)

• McGregor BFA (Password is required) SA Country Profiles; Financial stats, etc)

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

• Who Owns Whom (on Campus only)(SA Industry reports & Company profiles) 

• World Advertising Research Center (WARC)

• World Competitiveness Online (password is required)

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

Humanities & Education

• Biography Resource Center (Infotrac)
• Education Full-text (Wilson)
• ERIC (EbscoHost) 
• Historical Abstracts (EbscoHost, Abstracts)
• History Study Centre (ProQuest; Full text)
• OECDiLibrary
  
• Political Sciences Complete (EbscoHost)
• Project Muse full-text journals 
• World Bank eLibrary
  

Law

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

Find more resources on the:

• Law Subject Portal