Library Database
Please note! If you are using a tablet or mobile phone this database list will be easier to use.
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, “My UJLink”, 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 OpenAthens Guide.
How do I use the filter?
1. To filter by Database Title, select the First Letter of the Title 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.
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Link | Subjects | Description |
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A to Z list (Full Text Finder) OpenAthens | Multidisciplinary | Journal titles A-Z |
Academic Onefile - Please see Gale Academic OneFile | Multidisciplinary | |
Academic Search Ultimate OpenAthens | Anthropology and Development studies, Case studies, Engineering and Technology, Health and Medicine, Law, Language and literature, Mathematical sciences, Multidisciplinary, Sociology, Zoology | Journals, magazines covering astronomy, anthropology, biomedicine, engineering, health, law, literacy, mathematics, pharmacology, women’s studies, zoology |
Access Engineering 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. : |
Access Science OpenAthens | Dictionaries, Encyclopaedias, E-Books, Multidisciplinary | Online full text version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopaedia of Science and Technology. |
Access World News 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, Rand 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 |
Acland's Anatomy OpenAthens | Health and Medicine | Acland’s Video Atlas of Human Anatomy contains nearly 330 videos of real human anatomic specimens in their natural colours |
ACMDL 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 |
ACS Publications 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 |
Africa Commons: Black South African Magazines 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. This is the first and only digital collection of its kind. |
Africa Commons: History and Culture 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. |
Africa Commons: Southern African Films & Documentaries OpenAthens | African research, Historical studies | A digital collection providing streaming access to documentaries, films, and oral histories focused on Southern Africa. This resource offers a window into over a century of the region’s political history, culture, and social issues. The collection includes propaganda films alongside documentaries and personal narratives |
Africa-Wide Information 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. |
African History and Culture, 1540-1921 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 |
African Journal Archive (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 |
African Mines Online Password required, please contact Infodesk: 011 559 2171/3198 | Engineering and Technology, Mining and Metallurgy, News | A comprehensive information resource covering all mines across the African continent, mines under development and even exploration projects. The contact details, history, geology and outlook of the mines are also covered. |
African Newspapers, 1800 + (Readex) 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 |
African Research Online (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. |
African Writers series OpenAthens | Historical studies, Language and literature | A literature archive of more than 250 key texts of postcolonial African writing covering all genres |
AIP Journals Online OpenAthens | Physics and Astrophysics | AIP Publishing’s 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. |
AIS eLibrary OpenAthens Association for Information Systems | Information technology | A central repository for research papers and journal articles from the information systems academic community. |
Al Manhal 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. |
AMED (Alternative Medicine) OpenAthens The Allied and Complimentary Medicine database | Case studies, Health and Medicine | European scope of alternative medicine, treatments and complementary medicine |
Annee Philogique Bibliography of the classical world OpenAthens | Historical studies, Language and literature, Religion and Theology | Published by the Société 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 |
Annual Reviews OpenAthens | Multidisciplinary | A 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. |
AnthroSource 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 |
APA PsycNET e-Books (American Psychological Association) 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 |
APA PsycARTICLES OpenAthens | Case studies, Psychology | Covers all fields of Psychology. |
Apartheid: Global Perspectives 1946 - 1996 (via Newsbank) OpenAthens | Historical studies, Politics, Sociology, South African research | Transcribed news broadcasts and publications on international reactions to Apartheid. No U.S. papers or broadcasts are included in this database |
APS Prola OpenAthens American Physics Society Physical Review Online Archive | Physics and Astrophysics | Full text coverage including archive from vol. 1 to present |
APSnet OpenAthens American Phytopathological Society Network | Botany | Innovative plant pathology research, and a diversity of online resources, e.g. journals, news, networks, research reports: |
Archives Unbound OpenAthens | Multidisciplinary | |
Art & Architecture Archive Complete OpenAthens | Architecture, Art and Art design, Case studies | |
Art and Architecture Complete 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 |
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) 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 |
ARTstor Digital Library OpenAthens | Art and Art design | Users must register to download images |
ASCE OpenAthens | Engineering and Technology, Real estate, Town and regional planning | All disciplines of civil engineering. |
ASME Digital Collection OpenAthens | Engineering and Technology | ASME Journals (26 titles) |
ASTM OpenAthens | Engineering and Technology, Standards | Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering |
ATLA Religion Database OpenAthens American Theological and Library Association | Case studies, Philosophy, Religion and Theology | Covers the fields of Theology, Religion and Philosophy |
AVON: Academic Video Online OpenAthens | Multidisciplinary | A multidisciplinary video collection of more than 50,000 titles on worldwide issues. |
Bates Visual Guide to Physical Examination OpenAthens | Health and Medicine | Bate’s Visual Guide To Physical Examination is scripted and reviewed by clinical experts and educators including Dr. Lynn S. Bickley, author of Bates’ 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 |
Biological and Agricultural Index 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. |
BioOne Complete OpenAthens | Botany, Biochemistry, Food technology, Zoology | BioOne Complete is a database of more than 200 subscribed and open-access titles in the Biological, Ecological, and Environmental Sciences |
Bloomsbury Education Ebooks | ||
Books@Ovid OpenAthens | Health and Medicine, Multidisciplinary | Full-text coverage to a wide range of medical and other subjects’ e-books. The books can be browsed by title or subject and author. Keyword searches can also be performed |
Brill Climate change & Law collection 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. |
Brill Online Journals OpenAthens | Humanities, Law, Multidisciplinary | Covers humanities, social sciences and international law |
BSI.BSOL Standards Online OpenAthens | ||
Business Source Ultimate OpenAthens | Business studies and Entrepreneurship, Case studies, Multidisciplinary | Peer-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. |
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