Library Database
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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, 鈥淢y UJLink鈥�, 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
How do I use the filter?
1. To filter by Database Title, select the First Letter of the Title鈥� 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.鈥�
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| Link | Subjects | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAthens | Multidisciplinary | Journal titles A-Z |
| Academic Onefile - Please see Gale Academic OneFile | Multidisciplinary | |
| OpenAthens | Anthropology and Development studies, Case studies, Engineering and Technology, Health and Medicine, Law, Language and literature, Mathematical sciences, Multidisciplinary, Sociology, Zoology | 鈥婮ournals, magazines covering astronomy, anthropology, biomedicine, engineering, health, law, literacy, mathematics, pharmacology, women鈥檚 studies, zoology |
| Formerly known as McGraw-Hill's Digital Engineering Library. OpenAthens | Chemistry, Dictionaries, Engineering and Technology, Encyclopaedias, Environmental and Energy science, E-Books, Transport and Logistics | E-book database derived from McGraw-Hill latest editions of print titles e.g. : |
| OpenAthens | Dictionaries, Encyclopaedias, E-Books, Multidisciplinary | Online full text version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopaedia of Science and Technology. |
| via Newsbank OpenAthens | African research, Historical studies, Language and literature, Multidisciplinary, News, Politics, Public management and Governance, South African research | A news collection of global news which includes the following collections: World, South African Titles, Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg, South Africa), America’s News Magazines, 鈥婻and Daily Mail (1902-1985), Apartheid: Global Perspectives (1946-1996), FBIS Daily Reports (1974-1996) Part 2: Sub-Saharan Africa, African Newspapers Series 1-2 (1800-1922) (World Newspaper Archive) Coverage: Varied until the present day Full-Text |
| OpenAthens | Health and Medicine | 鈥婣cland’s Video Atlas of Human Anatomy contains nearly 330 videos of real human anatomic specimens in their natural colours |
| Association of Computing Machinery Digital Library OpenAthens | Engineering and Technology, Information science and Knowledge managementInformation science and Knowledge management, Information technology, Physics and Astrophysics | Journals, magazines, conference proceedings, transactions and newsletters on computer science and information technology |
| OpenAthens American Chemical Society Publications | Biochemistry, Chemistry, Engineering and Technology, Environmental and Energy science, Health and Medicine, Physics and Astrophysics | Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Biomedical, Chemical Engineering, etc. Coverage: vol. 1 to the present |
| OpenAthens | Language and literature | A unique digital collection of magazines created for Black South Africans (1937-1973). Sourced from African libraries, these magazines offer a glimpse into Black South African culture, history, and society during a critical period. They contain investigative journalism, literature, fashion, and even advertisements.聽This is the first and only digital collection of its kind. |
| OpenAthens | African research, Historical studies | Covers over 4,350 collections from around the world. We have in-depth coverage of sites primarily focused on African history and culture, along with selective coverage of sites that include African materials generally. |
| OpenAthens | African research, Historical studies | A digital collection providing streaming access to documentaries, films, and oral histories focused on Southern Africa.聽 This resource offers a window into over a century of the region鈥檚 political history, culture, and social issues.聽 The collection includes propaganda films alongside documentaries and personal narratives |
| OpenAthens Includes content from SA Studies, African Studies, NELM (National English Literary Museum) and African HealthLine | African research, Anthropology and Development studies, Case studies, Communication and Media studies, Education, Language and literature, Multidisciplinary, Politics, Public management and Governance, Religion and Theology, Social work, South African research, Theses and Dissertations | Essential resource for African research, and information on and about Africa. |
| OpenAthens | News, Politics | Covers the history of Africa and its diverse people over nearly 400 years. More than 1,300 books, pamphlets, almanacs, broadsides and ephemera. Compiled by the curators of the extraordinary Afro-Americana Imprints collection |
| (OpenAthens) A Sabinet Gateway Project | Multidisciplinary, South African research | Repository of full-text journal articles published in Africa, in the field of the Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities |
| Please email: dmokgosi@uj.ac.za for username and password | Mining and Metallurgy | Includes explorations, mines, projects, quarries, refineries/smelters across the African continent. Coverage: varies according to title Format: Online reports, lists, mine types |
| OpenAthens Please view the description to see some of the SA Newspaper titles included | African research, Multidisciplinary, News, South African research | This online collection was created in partnership with the Center for Research Libraries It provides access to more than 60 searchable African newspapers published in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It features English and other language titles and covers the issues and events that shaped the continent and its peoples from 1800+. Some of the SA newspaper titles included are: Sunday Times-1997- Business day- 1997- Sowetan-2006- Financial Mail-1997- Daily dispatch – 2004- The Herald- 2002- The Times- (2007-2017) Weekend Post- 2002 |
| (via Brill Online Reference Works) | African research, Anthropology and Development studies, Communication and Media studies, Geography, Historical studies, Language and literature, Politics | Includes African Studies Companion Online and African Yearbook Online. |
| OpenAthens | Historical studies, Language and literature | A literature archive of more than 250 key texts of postcolonial African writing covering all genres |
| OpenAthens | Physics and Astrophysics | 鈥婣IP Publishing鈥檚 portfolio comprises 19 highly regarded, peer-reviewed journals, including the flagship journals Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, and The Journal of Chemical Physics, in addition to the AIP Conference Proceedings. |
| OpenAthens Association for Information Systems | Information technology | A central repository for research papers and journal articles from the information systems academic community. |
| OpenAthens | Anthropology and Development studies, Art and Art design, Banking, Business studies and Entrepreneurship, Communication and Media studies, Education, Economics and Econometrics, Engineering and Technology, Humanities, Law, Multidisciplinary, Philosophy, Religion and Theology, Science, Sociology | The leading Arabic electronic information provider of Arabic full text searchable databases of scholarly and scientific publications from the Middle East, Africa and Asia, including eBooks, eJournals, eTheses, intelligence reports and conference proceedings. |
| OpenAthens The Allied and Complimentary Medicine database | Case studies, Health and Medicine | European scope of alternative medicine, treatments and complementary medicine |
| OpenAthens | Historical studies, Language and literature, Religion and Theology | 鈥婸ublished by the Soci茅t茅 Internationale de Bibliographie Classique. A specialized bibliographic database of scholarly works relating to all aspects of Ancient Greek and Roman civilizations. Abstracts of journal articles are provided in English, German, Spanish, French, or Italian |
| OpenAthens | Multidisciplinary | 鈥婣 collection of articles and chapters that critically analyse significant primary research and recent developments in a wide variety of subject areas. It provides reviews of topics and can be used to identify key writers in the field. |
| OpenAthens | Anthropology and Development studies | AnthroSource, a service from the AAA (American Anthropological Association), provides access to articles from all AAA publications and research across Anthropology. Coverage: Varies. Seamless access to JSTOR for older AAA material. Full Text |
| | Economics and Econometrics, Engineering and Technology, Health and Medicine, Humanities, Information technology, Religion and Theology, Science | AOSIS provides an open-access publishing platform that offers free access to the full texts of its journals and books. |
| OpenAthens | Education, E-Books, Health and Medicine, Psychology, Sociology | E-book archive pertaining to Psychology and related disciplines. Encyclopaedias included. Thesaurus available for searching. Coverage: 2012-2013. Full text |
| OpenAthens | Case studies, Psychology | Covers all fields of Psychology. |
| OpenAthens | Historical studies, Politics, Sociology, South African research | 鈥婽ranscribed news broadcasts and publications on international reactions to Apartheid. No U.S. papers or broadcasts are included in this database |
| OpenAthens American Physics Society Physical Review Online Archive | Physics and Astrophysics | Full text coverage including archive from vol. 1 to present |
| OpenAthens American Phytopathological Society Network | Botany | Innovative plant pathology research, and a diversity of online resources, e.g. journals, news, networks, research reports: |
| OpenAthens | Multidisciplinary | |
| OpenAthens | Architecture, Art and Art design, Case studies | |
| OpenAthens | Architecture, Art and Art design, Communication and Media studies | Covers more than 450 international art publications focused on a broad range of art topics, including advertising, archaeology, crafts, folk art, graphic arts, interior design, video, film, architecture and art history |
| OpenAthens | Humanities, Language and literature, Multidisciplinary | Multidisciplinary index to Humanities and Literature Coverage: 1981 to the present (UJ subscription) with author abstracts from January 2000 Bibliographic and abstracts |
| OpenAthens | Engineering and Technology, Real estate, Town and regional planning | All disciplines of civil engineering. |
| OpenAthens | Engineering and Technology | ASME Journals (26 titles) |
| OpenAthens | Engineering and Technology, Standards | Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering |
| OpenAthens American Theological and Library Association | Case studies, Philosophy, Religion and Theology | Covers the fields of Theology, Religion and Philosophy |
| OpenAthens | Multidisciplinary | A multidisciplinary video collection of more than 50,000 titles on worldwide issues. |
| OpenAthens | Health and Medicine | Bate鈥檚 Visual Guide To Physical Examination is scripted and reviewed by clinical experts and educators including Dr. Lynn S. Bickley, author of Bates鈥� Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking. The database presents a step-by-step approach to patient, current examination techniques, and normal and abnormal findings. Areas covered include Chiropractic, Podiatry, Nursing, Emergency Medical Care, Homeopathy |
| (Open Access) | Historical studies, Multidisciplinary | 100 classic books on the history, society, and culture of Indigenous North Americans are now available open access. |
| OpenAthens | Botany, Biochemistry, Food technology, Zoology | Articles, review articles, book reviews, reports, and special supplements on Agriculture, Biochemistry, Biology, Botany, Ecology, Zoology, Environment, Soil Science, Plant Pathology, etc. |
| | Education, E-Books, Humanities | Education Ebooks 2020 to 2021. Bloomsbury Collections delivers instant access to quality research and provides libraries with a flexible way to build eBook collections across the humanities and social sciences. It contains nearly 11,000 titles, featuring content from Bloomsbury鈥檚 latest research publications as well as a 100+ year legacy including Continuum, T&T Clark, Bristol Classical Press, Berg, The Arden Shakespeare, and Hart Publishing. |
| OpenAthens | Health and Medicine, Multidisciplinary | 鈥婩ull-text coverage to a wide range of medical and other subjects鈥� e-books. The books can be browsed by title or subject and author. Keyword searches can also be performed |
| OpenAthens | Law | Materials in the collection consist of original source, non-edited and non-redacted “grey literature” (non-peer reviewed) in English. It originates from a wide range of organizations in the public and private sector, institutions, and/or individuals, world-wide. It incorporates any discipline of law which addresses climate change, including corporate law, environmental law and human rights law. |
| OpenAthens | Humanities, Law, Multidisciplinary | Covers humanities, social sciences and international law |
| OpenAthens | Engineering and Technology | Collection of BSI, ASTM, ISO, and IEC standards. Full Text only |
| OpenAthens | Business studies and Entrepreneurship, Case studies, Multidisciplinary | 鈥婸eer-reviewed, full-text journals and other resources that provide historical information and current trends in business that spark discussion on future developments and changes in the business world. |
Total: 262 items