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Access Anesthesiology
Includes textbooks, videos, Self-Assessment Q&A , a fully integrated drug database.
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Access Emergency Medicine
AccessEmergency Medicine is a complete online service that allows users to quickly search the diagnosis and treatment of a broad range of emergency cases with videos.
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AccessEngineering
Full-text access to McGraw-Hill’s Engineering publications such as Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook, Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain. Includes instructional videos, interactive tables and charts.
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Access Medicine
A comprehensive resource for pre-clinical and clinical medical sciences.
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Access Pharmacy
Core curriculum topic, browse by organ system, review textbooks, or search across leading pharmacy online references.
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Access Physiotherapy
Full-text access to leading textbooks, cadaver dissection tool, images, videos and demonstrations, self-assessment questions.
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Access Surgery
Access Surgery is an integrated online resource that provides medical students, surgical residents, and practicing surgeons with quick answers to surgical inquiries from trusted sources.
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African Digital Library
The Collection includes books on a wide variety of subjects ranging from Arts & Crafts and Astronomy, to Mathematics, Technology and Engineering, Medicine & Health, Education, Library. Users are encouraged to apply for free registration. Username and password can be used from any location.
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African Journal Archive OPEN  ACCESS
A full-text, open access, multi-disciplinary, multi-country digital archive of research published in Africa.
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Africa Portal OPEN ACCESS
A full-text online collection of books, journals and digital documents on African policy issues. Strong focus on innovative research in fields such as conflict resoloution, energy, food security, health, migration and climate change. Forms part of the African Initiative project undertaken by the the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA).
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Africa-Wide: NiPAD
A multi-disciplinary database covering information on Africa and South Africa
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African Writers Series
Heinemann's African Writers Series has published key texts in modern African literature. It has a unique importance in the history of postcolonial writing.
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Aluka
The Aluka Digital Library includes a wide variety of high-quality scholarly materials contributed by Aluka's partners, ranging from archival documents, periodicals, books, reports, manuscripts, and reference works, to three-dimensional models, maps, oral histories, plant specimens, photographs, and slides.
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American Chemical Society
A database providing full-text electronic access to the journals of the ACS.
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American Institute of Physics
Online access to the publications of the American institute of Physics.
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Anatomy 3D Head and Neck (Dental Students)
An online 3D interactive anatomy model.
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Anatomy TV
An online 3D interactive anatomy model.
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Annual Reviews Science Collection
A full-text collection of highly cited primary research journals in the biomedical, physical and life sciences
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ArchUP
Indexed articles from architectural journals
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ArticleFirst
FS ArticleFirst is an OCLC index of journal articles. Includes items listed on the table of contents pages of journals in each record. Provides a list of South African libraries that have the journal title for most items.
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ARTstor
A digital library of more than a million images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences. Contributions are sourced from prestigious museums, photographers, libraries, scholars, photo archives, artists and artists' estates.
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Association For Computing Machinery (ACM)
Full text access to the publications of the ACM
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Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
A bibliographic database covering worldwide research in architecture, urban design, historic preservation and urban planning history. Covers both scholarly and popular periodical literature.
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Bankscope
Global database of banks' financial statements, ratings and intelligence, sourced from FitchRatings, Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Capital Intelligence. Includes
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Directors and contacts
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Economic country profiles and outlooks
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Best Practice
Evidence-based resource for each condition including a summary, definition, aetiology, epidemiology, diagnois, and treatment. There are links to the full text of Martindale.
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Bibliography of the History of Art
Provided by the Getty Research Institute: indexes journal articles that focus on scholarly writing about the history of western art.
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Bill Tracker
Provides access to all bills currently before Parliament and shows their status and progress.
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BioMed Central OPEN ACCESS
Open access peer-reviewed biomedical research.
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BioOne
Full text access to journals in the fields of organism biology, ecology, zoology and environmental science
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BIOSIS Previews: 2000-present
Life sciences and biomedical research covering pre-clinical and experimental research, methods and instrumentation, animal studies. Includes Biological Abstracts, plus proceedings, book- and patent-records.
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Blackwell Reference Online
A large collection of scholary reference works in the humanities and social sciences. Includes the Blackwell Companions and Handbooks, as well as dictionaries and encyclopedias.
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Business Monitor
Covers global country risk, financial markets, industry- and company-intelligence, analyses, data and forecasts for 175 countries and 22 industry sectors.
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Butterworths Commercial Resources
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Commercial Law Library
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Complete Tax Library
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Corporate Financial Reporting
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De Koker and Jenkinson on VAT
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Estate Planning : Law and Tax Library
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Financial Planning Services Library
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Income Tax Practice Manual
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Regional Legislation Service
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Silke on South African Income Tax
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South African Tax Cases Reports
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Special Board Decisions Reports
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Statutes of South Africa / Wette van Suid-Afrika
Butterworths Legal Resources
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Amlers Precedents of Pleadings
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Aviation Legislation in South Africa
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Beaumont s Library
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Civil Procedure Law LibraryCourt
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Cl ssens Dictionary of Legal Words and Phrases
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Commercial Law Library
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Constitutional Law Library
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Current Law
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Estate Planning - Law and Tax Library
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Forms and Precedents
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Index and Noter-Up to the South African Law Reports
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Insolvency Law Library
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Intellectual Property Law Library
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Law of Persons and Family Law Library
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Labour Law Library
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Law of South Africa
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Law Reports Series
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Mining Legislation Library
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Occupational Health and Safety Library
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Property Law Library
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Regional Legislation Service
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South African Road Traffic and Road Transport Legislation/Suid-Afrik nse Padverkeer en Padvervoer Wetgewing
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St atutes of South Africa/Wette van Suid-Afrika
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Cambridge Journals Online
A multidisciplinary database providing full-text access to the journals published by Cambridge University Press
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CEIC GLOBAL DATABASE
The CEIC Global Database is the gold standard for developing and developed markets macroeconomic data, with over a million time-series covering economies from the US and China to Vietnam, Bulgaria and Chile. CEIC Data has been helping economists and analysts make sense of the world economy since 1992. We have built on our expertise in Asian and emerging economies to develop a truly worldwide database for our subscribers in financial institutions, government agencies, universities and corporations.
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Cement & Concrete
The Cement and Concrete Institute Library s database (CNCI) contains more than 40 000 technical references on all aspects of cement and concrete.
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ChemSpider
ChemSpider is a free chemical structure database providing fast text- and structure-search access to over 28 million structures from hundreds of data sources.
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The Cochrane Library
The Cochrane Library contains high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. It includes reliable evidence from Cochrane and other systematic reviews, clinical trials, and more. Cochrane reviews bring you the combined results of the world s best medical research studies, and are recognised as the gold standard in evidence-based health care.
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Compendex / Engineering Village 2
Ei Compendex is an extensive database of engineering containing more than 3 million summaries of journal articles, technical reports and conference papers. It is updated regularly.
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Computer Abstracts International Database
Provides abstracts of articles published in computer science journals. Subject coverage includes artificial intelligence, communications and networks, computer theory, data, database and information systems, hardware, human-computer interaction, mathematic of computing, programming and systems organization.
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Computer Communications Security Abstracts
Computer & Communications Security Abstracts provides online access to over 13,000 abstracts from the 100 foremost journals in computer and communications security, with additional abstracts from the most important international conferences in the field.
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CREDO Reference Online
A multidisciplinary collection of online reference resources, including major general and subject encyclopaedias, foreign language dictionaries, and biographical sources. For additional information on the subject collections, consult the CREDO guides
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Current & Completed Research
Current and Completed Research Projects contains South African research projects and covers the social sciences, humanities, economic and management sciences. It includes master s and doctoral theses of South African universities, and technikons as well as information on research projects from non-governmental organisations, private sector and government departments.
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CUDOS
(Commonwealth Universities Database Online Service)
Note: You will need a valid wits e-mail address to access CUDOS.
CUDOS is a collection of higher education data available from 36 co untries, going into more depth than other reference tools.
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Datastream
Provides time series for more than 3.5 million financial instruments, securities and indicators across assets classes, with up to 50 years’ historical depth for some series. Accessed via dedicated computers at Commerce and Management Libraries.
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DATAD (Digital Archive of Theses and Dissertations)
Produced by the Association of African Universities, DATAD is an index, with abstracts, of theses and dissertations completed in African universities.
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Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) OPEN ACCESS
Covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly jo urnals.
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Duke University Press Journals Online
Provides full-text access to the journals published by Duke University Press. Multidisciplinary coverage; particularly strong in the humanities and social sciences, but includes some science titles.
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EBM Reviews
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Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials
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Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
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Cochrane Methodology Register
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Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
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Health Technology Assessment
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NHS Economic Evaluation Database
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EBSCO Host
Search all or one of the following databases:
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EdITLib
The Education & Information Technology Digital Library (EdITLib) is a collection of peer-reviewed and published international journal articles and conference papers on the latest research, developments, and applications related to all aspects of Educational Technology and E-Learning.
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EduMine
Provides online continuing education for professionals in the fields of mining and the geosciences in the form of accredited technical and professional courses. First-time users will need to register online.
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Emerald Full Text
Provides access to more than 20,000 management articles with an archive stretching back to 1994.
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EMIS Global
EMIS, delivers news, company, Industry, Macroeconomic and financial data direct from more than 80 emerging markets in Asia, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. It gives emerging market specialists worldwide one-stop Internet access to mission-critical information straight from the local markets and from over 20,000 publications. Whether they are looking for current news, hard-to-get company and industry information, financial markets data or macroeconomic analysis, EMIS offers the definitive solution for convenient access of emerging markets business intelligence.
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ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)
Eric is the world s largest source of education information, with more than 1 million abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice.
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Fiction
The Fiction database includes different formats of fiction records e.g. printed, braille and sound recordings, from various library collections in Southern Africa.
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Filmakers Library Online
A multidisciplinary database of nearly 1000 internationally sourced documentary films produced from 1978 - present by national film bodies and notable independent film makers. Covers areas such as race and gender studies, human rights, globalization and global studies, multiculturalism, international relations, criminal justice, the environment, bioethics, health, political science and current events, psychology, arts, literature and more. New titles will be acquired and added on a regular basis
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FirstSearch (OCLC)
The OCLC FirstSearch service gives library users access to 80 online databases and more than 5 million full-text articles. Available inside FirstSearch(OCLC):
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Article First OCLC index of articles from the contents pages of journals
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WorldCat OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other material worldwide
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Forestry
Forestry covers an unique pamphlet collection from forestry, wood science and nature conservation research institutes in the USA, South America, Europe, Australasia and certain countries of Eastern Europe; publications of all major South African Forestry and Forestry related institutes and companies; a complete set of reports of the South African Department of Forestry and proceedings of major international and national forestry conferences.
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GeoRef
The database is the equivalent of four major reference publications: Bibliography of North American Geology, Bibliography and Index of Geology Exclusive of North America, Geophysical Abstracts, and the Bibliography and Index of Geology.
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Government Gazettes
SA Gazettes provides access to the full text South African Go vernment Gazette and Weekly Government Gazette Index.
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Grove Music Online
Online resource for music research. Includes full text access to The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, The Oxford Companion to Music (2002) and The Oxford Dictionary of Music
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ICE Virtual Library
Provides full text access to the journals, conference proceedings and magazines published by the Institution of Civil Engineers from 1836 – present.
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IEEE Xplore
Collection of technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics from the IEEE. Provides citations and abstracts for periodicals and conference proceedings of the IEEE and IEE, and full text access to 120 online IEEE society-sponsored journals and magazines from 1998 - present.
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IET Archive
Online access to all of the journals produced by the IET from 1871 to 1993. Includes the entire back-file of Electronic Letters from 1965 onwards.
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IMF Online Statistical Data
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InCites
InCites is a customized, citation-based research evaluation tool that enables you to analyze institutional productivity and benchmark your output against peers worldwide. There are three modules: Research Performance Profiles, Institution Profiles and Global Comparisons
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Institute for Security Studies
ISS Publications From 2001, the following ISS publications, previously received in print, will now only be available online: African security review, ISS monograph series, ISS papers, Nedbank ISS crime index.
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Institute of Physics Journals
Full text access to the journals published by the Institute of Physics, 1874 – present..
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International Civil Engineering Abstracts
International Civil Engineering Abstracts provides online access to over 142,000 abstracts dating back to 1976 from the 150 most prominent journals in civil engineering.
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International Index to Music Periodicals Full Text
IIMP Full Text is a music information resource with indexing, abstracts and selected full text from many sources, covering the scholarly to the popular. Offering the widest span of scholarship available, IIMP Full Text ranges from 1874 to the most recent issues.
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ISAP (Index to South African Periodicals)
Index to South African Periodicals (ISAP) covers indexed articles from more than 900 South African periodicals.
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JAMAevidence
JAMAevidence is a resource with innovative interactive and pedagogical features designed to help students and clinicians learn the best practice of evidence-based medicine. This electronic tool provides full-text access to the content in the second edition of The User s Guides to the Medical Literature and The Rational Clinical Examination. Users will find everything from classic references that demystify basic principles to customizable worksheets that allow them to systematically apply evidence-based medicine to their cases and build a library of their own critically appraised topics
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JSTOR
JSTOR is a scholarly archive of journals in the arts and sciences, and general sciences. JSTOR s objective is to provide access to a complete back run -- reaching back to vol. I, no. 1 -- for every JSTOR participating journal, with the help of publishers and libraries.
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Juta Online publications
South African law reports, statutes, journals and other commentary publications to meet the requirements of a diverse range of legal information users. Subject coverage ranges from administrative, civil procedure, commercial, constitutional, criminal, intellectual property, international, labour, mining, revenue and shipping law.
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Journal Citation Reports (JCR)
The Journal Citation Reports is an essential, comprehensive, and unique resource for journal evaluation, using citation data drawn from over 8,400 scholarly and technical journals worldwide. Coverage is both multidisciplinary and international, and incorporates journals from over 3,000 publishers in 60 nations.
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Justis
Justis is a full text online legal library of UK, Irish and EU case law dating back to 1163 and legislation from 1235.
Justis is used by legal practitioners and information professionals worldwide.
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Kluwer Competition Law
A collection of primary source material,commentary and analysis of EU Competition Law. The database has been organized into the specific competition law topics of antitrust, mergers and state aid.
Kluwer Arbitration
Covers material in the field of international commercial arbitration. Created by Kluwer Law International in association with the Institute for Transnational Arbitration and the International Council of Commercial Arbitration.
Kluwer IP Cases
Collection of reports and summaries covering copyright and patent decisions from the EU and EPC
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Knovel Chemistry Reference Resources More info...
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Knovel
Knovel is a web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools. I can be used to conduct technical research, select materials, test and create designs, improve processes, document project plans and more. The Library’s subscription also allows full text access to the followining e-book collections:
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Kovsidex
Kovsidex Articles are selected according to the needs of the primary clients of the University of the Orange Free State. Also includes Research Institute for Education Planning (Riep) which covers a wide range of reference works on the theory and practice of ed ucation dating back to 1975-1997.
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LexisNexis Academic
Provides access to a variety of news, business and legal resources
Lyell Collection
Database established by Geological Society of London in 2007. The collection holds earth sciences literature, including key journals, special publications and the Society’s book series.
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Market Research Monitor
Published by Euromonitor. Tracks and provides market reports on over 200 industries across the world. Includes industrial strategies, key development trends and market segmentation as well as five-year forecasts.
Management Reviews
Emerald Management Reviews is a vast database of 230,000 article reviews from the top 400 management publications worldwide, as selected by an independent accreditation board of industry experts.
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MathSciNet
MathSciNet is a comprehensive database consisting of reviews and citations to the world s research literature in mathematics and related areas compiled from: Mathematical reviews, and: Current mathematical publications, 1940 onwards.
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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL)
A fully updated online edition of the Encyclopedia of Public International Law published in print between 1991 and 2001. MPEPIL is an updated, comprehensive work covering the central and essential topics in international law. Nearly all topics have been rewritten and many new topics included in order to capture the latest developments in international law.
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McGregor BFA Research Domain
South African financial reporting database; provides historical and fundamental information on South African and international listed and unlisted companies. Covers published financials from 1988, standardised financials from 1971 (carried out by the Bureau of Financial Analysis) and preliminary and interim financials.
* Note: access to this database is limited to 3 simultaneous users.
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MedlinePlus
MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.
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Mintek
Mintek Publications is a bibliographic database containing the results of Mintek s original research in the fields of metals and industrial minerals.
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Navtek
The Technikon Research Database (Navtech) contains information on current and completed research projects undertaken at South African technikons.
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NetLaw
All principal consolidated acts with their rules and regulations (1984- ) as well as all the significant principal acts before 1984.
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Nexus
The objective of the National Research Foundation (NRF) is to support and promote research through funding, human resource development and the provision of the necessary research facilities, in order to facilitate the creation of knowledge, innovation and development in all fields of science and technology. NRF host NEXUS for current and completed research and other databases. Please contact Thuli Dhlamini on x71954 for the password.
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OneMine
Aggregation of documents associated with mining and minerals sources from multiple societies. Includes technical and old AIME documents. Coverage dates back to the late 1800s.
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OECD iLibrary
Provides full text access to the full range of books, papers and statistics, as well as the analyses and data produced by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
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Osiris
Financial information on 65,000 listed and major unlisted/delisted companies worldwide (51,000 are non-US companies).
The information includes: standardised and "as reported" financials (including restated reports), SEC filings, detailed earnings estimates including recommendations, ownership, stock data, news and ratings.
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Oxford Art Online
A collection of online art reference works produced by Oxford University Press, including Grove Art Online, the Benezit Dictionary of Artists, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, as well as many specially commissioned articles and bibliographies.
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Oxford Bibliographies
A collection of authoritative research guides that point out the best available scholarship and research resources across a wide variety of subjects.
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Oxford DNB - 56,521 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2004.
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Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
An guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books.
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Oxford Journal Archives
Full text access to five journal collections: Medicine, Law, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, published by Oxford University Press, 1849-1995
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Oxford Journals Online
Full text access to the current Oxford University Press journal collection of approximately 200 titles from 1996 - present. Covers the fields of Humanities, Medicine, Life Sciences, Social Sciences, Law, and Physical science
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Oxford Music Online
Oxford Music Online (OMO) is the access-point for Oxford music reference subscriptions and products, including Grove Music Online, The Oxford Companion to Music, and The Oxford Dictionary of Music. With OMO patrons can cross-search Grove and Oxford reference content in one location. Articles from specialist dictionaries such as The New Grove Dictionary of Opera and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd ed., are available via OMO.
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Oxford Reference Online
Premium Collection includes over 1 million entries across 25 subject areas ? everything from architecture to zoology. It offers the very best in quick reference information together with authoritative, in-depth articles by world-famous authors. It also offers excellent functionality, and a wide range of additional material such as maps, illustrations and timelines.
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Oxford Scholarship Online
Oxford Scholarship Online is a vast and rapidly expanding cross-searchable library which now offers quick and easy access to the full text of 2,257 Oxford books. In addition to Philosophy, Political Science, and Religion, Oxford Scholarship Online also offers access to new Oxford books in Classical Studies, History, Linguistics, Literature, Music, and Psychology.
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Parlimentary Bills
The Bills provide access to the South African Bills as introduced to the National Assembly.
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Patai’s Chemistry of Functional Groups
A key, comprehensive, multivolume reference tool covering all aspects of the chemistry of functional groups from 1964-2011. Covers typical reactions, as well as physical and spectroscopic properties, and applications in areas as diverse as engineering and medicine. Authors included are recognized authorities, and coverage of the primary literature is extensive.
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Philosopher s Index
A bibliographic database, covering scholarly research in the fifteen fields of philosophy, published in journals and books since 1940.
Topics covered include: aesthetics, axiology, philosophy of education, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of history, philosophy of language, logic, metaphysics, philosophical anthropology, metaphilosophy, political philosophy, philosophy of science, social philosophy, and the philosophy of religion.
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Pidgeon Digital
Audiovisual collection of illustrated talks by architects and related designers.
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PlanUP
Building plans from historical buildings
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Policy Documents
Policy Documents provides access to a Policy document database of all submissions, policy documents and draft bills.
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Provincial Gazettes
The Provincial Gazettes provide access to the full text South African Provincial Gazettes.
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ProQuest Central
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PsychiatryOnline
A collection of psychiatric references, including books, journals, and self-assessment tools.
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PsycARTICLES
Full text access to journals from the American Psychological Association and the Canadian Psychological Association. Covers all aspects of the psychological and behavioural sciences and related fields such as education, nursing, business and neuroscience.
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PsycINFO
International literature in psychology and related behavioural and social sciences, including psychiatry, sociology, anthropology, education, pharmacology, and linguistics. Abstracts for most journal articles.
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PsycTESTS
A full text repository of psychological tests and measures, as well as a rich source of structured information about the tests. Holds a wide variety of tests, including achievement and aptitude tests, intelligence tests, tests of cognitive functioning, occupational tests, personality tests.
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PsycTHERAPY
A collection of video-recorded psychotherapy demonstrations by leading therapists in North America working with participants on a host of therapeutic topics. Useful tool for teaching and training in psychotherapy practice, and for education about psychology. Includes transcripts and a searchable index.
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PubMed
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed in cludes links to full text articles and other related resources.
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Quantec
EasyData is an online collection of analytical databases of South African socio-economic indicators. EasyData is divided into the following 4 data collections:
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RSA Economic Indicators - A comprehensive set of indicator time-series covering all aspects of the South African economy.
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RSA Standardised Industry - A unique, disaggregated and consistent long-term view of South Africa s economic structure by industry.
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RSA International Trade - South Africa s International trade by destination and origin at the HS 8-digit and SIC 4-digit levels.
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RSA Regional Indicators - A comprehensive collection of sub-national socio-economic and demographic statistics.
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Reaxys
Reaxys is the Web-based successor to Crossfire, and provides user-friendly access to experimentally validated data about chemical structures, reactions (including multi-step reactions) and properties. It is a merger of three chemistry databases:
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Beilstein
The definitive source of information on the structures, reactions,and properties of organic carbon compounds, drawn from thejournal literature back to the 18th century.
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Gmelin
The definitive source of information on structures and properties of inorganic and metal-organic compounds, drawn from the journal and patent literature back to the early 19th century.
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Patent Chemistry Database
A new file of organic chemistry information drawn from selected English-language chemical patents (US, WO, EP, 1976- ). Additional historical (1869-1980) patent coverage comes from the Beilstein and Gmelin files.
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Research Channel Africa
Detailed reports on key industrial sectors such as steel, electricity, defence and telecommunications, as well as on important African minerals including gold, platinum, diamonds and copper. An important business resource providing intelligence on industry and mining in Africa.
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Retrospective Government Gazette Archive
The Sabinet Retrospective Government Gazette Archive contains more than 22 000 Government Gazettes covering the period 1910 to 1993.
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Royal Society of Chemistry Journals
The Royal Society for Chemistry is a major publisher and provider of chemical information, supports the teaching of chemistry at all levels, organises hundreds of chemical meetings a year and is a leader in communicating science to the public.
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Routledge Encyclopedia Of Philosophy
Online resource for researching, teaching and studying in the ph ilosophy arena and related disciplines.
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SABINET Online
SABINET Online provides access to a full spectrum of information through its various products. The information is contained in various databases, grouped by category, e.g. Science & Technology and Education.
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Sabinet Open Access Journal Collection OPEN ACCESS
Largest collection of South African Full Open Access Journals consisting of more than 6000 full-text PDF articles. Initially 44 South African journals will be available, of which 14 are approved South African journals or appear on the IBSS or ISI lists. The journals are individually searchable. The coverage per journal varies , with some journals having full text issues available from 2000 onwards.
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SACat
SACat reflects the collection of libraries in Southern Africa and contains bibliographic information referring to books, periodicals, audiovisual items and other information material.
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SA ePublications
Full text collection of South African electronic journals. Includes scholarly publications.
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SAGE Premier Online
Multi-disciplinary database providing full-text access to over 400 of the journals published by SAGE from 1999 ? present.
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SAIRD
Among other things, SAIRD summarises all labour legislation into layman s language and gives the fullest information available on all trade unions, employer organisations, bargaining councils, government departments and labour statistics.
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SA Media
SA Media selectively covers approximately 120 South African publications – chiefly newspapers and periodicals – from 1978 onwards.
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SANB (The South African National Bibliography)
The South African National Bibliography (SANB) is an accumulation of the bibliographic records of all items published in South Africa.
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SciDev.Net
The overall aim of the Science and Development Network (SciDev.Net) is to enhance the provision of reliable and authoritative information on science- and technology-related issues that impact on the economic and social development of developing countries.
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Science of Synthesis: Houben-Weyl Methods of Molecular Transformations
Science of Synthesis is a chemistry reference database that covers the whole field of organic chemistry from organometallics to alkanes. It is designed to be the first point of reference form chemists searching for reliable synthetic methods and focuses on the most effective and reliable methods for functional group transformations. Includes essential reviews and detailed experimental procedures
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ScienceDirect
Since its commercial launch in 1999, ScienceDirect has evolved from a web database of Elsevier Science journals to one of the world s largest providers of scientific, technical and medical (STM) literature. Also covers Arts, Humanities and social sciences. Full text coverage of all Elsevier journals from date of inception to the present. Excludes association titles.
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SciFinder Scholar
A core research tool for chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, nanotechnology, physics, environmental science and other science and engineering fields. The database has five components:
Chemical Abstracts (CAplus)
A bibliographic database that indexes journal articles and patent records, as well as conference proceedings, technical reports, books, dissertations and meeting abstracts
CAS registry
A comprehensive list of organic and inorganic substances and sequences dating from 1957 - present
CASREACT
A database of single and multi-step reactions indexed from journal articles and patents dating from 1840- present
CHEMCATS
A catalogue of commercially available chemicals from more than 900 commercial chemical suppliers
CHEMLIST
A database of substances regulated national and international agencies. Includes the EINECS and Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Inventory
Access to the database is by username and password, and is restricted to currently registered staff and students of the university. To register for your login account, please contact the Electronic Resources Librarian
For additional assistance, consult the ?How to? guides
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Scitable
Scitable is a free, online educational resource for undergraduate biology students and educators. Currently focused on genetics, Scitable combines authoritative scientific information with social media functionality. Scitable provides students with free online access to more than 180 overviews of key genetics concepts. The overviews are evidence-based and have been vetted by Nature Publishing staff. By connecting with other Scitable users via groups, chat functionality, and other social media features, students can collaborate online with classmates or with a wider community of experts, researchers, and fellow students.
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SCOPUS
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources. It s designed to find the information scientists need. Quick, easy and comprehensive, Scopus provides superior support of the literature research process.
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SIAM (Society for Industrial Applied Mathematics)
SIAM has a comprehensive publishing program in applied and computational mathematics. In addition to SIAM News, SIAM Review, and Theory of Probability and Its Applications, SIAM publishes nine peer-reviewed research journals.
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South African Freedom Struggles (DISA)
A Guide to South Africa s Struggle for Democracy: anti- apartheid periodicals 1960-1994. 39 periodical titles in full-text.
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South African Institute of Race Relations
Full text access to the publications of the SAIRR. The Institute publishes widely on education, the economy, business, employment, crime, demographics, health, welfare, and politics, and provides commentary on government policy proposals and legislation.
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Springer LINK
A full-text, multi-disciplinary database providing electronic access to all the journals published by Springer.
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Stat!REF
STAT!Ref will answer all of your clinical and medical questions quickly and accurately.
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Subsidie
The Database of Approved Research Periodicals (NASOP 02-014) is compiled by the personnel of the Library and Information Service at the University of the Orange Free State. It lists all periodicals approved as research platforms. This database is also known as Subsidie.
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SwetsWise
Provides links to the electronic versions of certain of the Wits Library s print subscriptions: tables of contents, abstracts, and full-texts (if free access is allowed by the publisher).
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Taylor & Francis
A multi-disciplinary database providing full-text access to over 1000 journals published by Taylor and Francis from 1997 ? present.
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TechSTREET
Techstreet provides mission-critical information resources and information management tools for technical professionals. Through this web site, customers can find and purchase from over 500,000 technical information titles including one of the world s largest collections of industry standards and specifications.
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The Thieme Teaching Assistant
The Thieme Teaching Assistant is a state-of-the-art presentation tool featuring all 2,000 stunning illustrations and clinical images from Gilroy et al. Atlas of Anatomy. This cutting-edge platform enables you to enhance students learning experiences by incorporating dynamic visuals into your lectures and course materials to present complex concepts with unprecedented clarity. This includes a chart indicating the relevant images in Netter?s Atlas of Human Anatomy
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UCTD (Union Catalogue for Thesis and Dissertations)
The Union Catalogue for Thesis and Dissertations (UCTD) contains bibliographic records of theses and dissertations at master and doctorate level submitted to universities in South Africa. Honorary doctorates are also included.
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United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO)/ Engineering Village 2
Note: Select USPTO from the "Select Database" dropdown list.
Search over six million records from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Patents are fully searchable from January 1, 1976 t o date.
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Web of Science: 1945 - present
An academic citation index of scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. Includes proceedings
of international conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions.
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Wiley InterScience
Multi-disciplinary database prividing full-text access to over 400 of the journals published by Wiley. Strong focus on Science, Technology and Medicine.
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World Bank
World Development Indicators
Global Development Finance
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WorldCat
FS Worldcat contains books and other materials in libraries worldwide. Contains all the records cataloged by OCLC member libraries.
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World Newspaper Archive: African Newspapers 1800- 1922
Full text access to African newspapers published in the 19th and 20th centuries; over 30 titles from South Africa in English, Afrikaans, Xhosa, Zulu, as well as foreign-language titles from Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Uganda and Zimbabwe
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Zentralblatt MATH
A comprehensive abstracting and reviewing database for pure and applied mathematics. Coverage includes published and refereed articles, books, conferences from 1826 – present,
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