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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LGBTQ History and Culture OpenAthens | Health and Medicine, Historical studies, Law, Multidisciplinary, Politics | Part 1: Covers social, political, health and legal issues impacting on LGBTQ communities. |
Library Literature & Information Science OpenAthens | Case studies, Information science and Knowledge managementInformation science and Knowledge management | Journals, Conference proceedings, Pamphlets and Books |
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts OpenAthens | Case studies, Information science and Knowledge managementInformation science and Knowledge management | Coverage: Mid 1960’s to the present |
Lippincott Advisor Open Athens | Health and Medicine, Multidisciplinary | Provides immediate, evidence-based, online nursing clinical-decision support. Access to the latest evidence-based information and patient teaching handouts. Supports effective care transitions, increasing patient safety. Coverage: Varies according to content Format: Full text |
Literature Criticism Online OpenAthens | Language and literature | Literary commentary and analysis on internationally renowned authors and their works. |
LOEB Classical Library OpenAthens | Language and literature | |
Marketline see GlobalData | Business studies and Entrepreneurship, Case studies, Economics and Econometrics | International business information on markets including company, industry and country profiles with statistics Coverage varies Full Text |
MasterFILE Premier OpenAthens | Case studies, E-Books, Multidisciplinary | General reference publications including journals, e-books, primary source documents and images |
MathScinet (American Mathematical Society) OpenAthens | Case studies, E-Books, Mathematical sciences | Access to mathematical sciences literature including: |
McGregor BFA (now known as INET BFA)please see INET BFA | Economics and Econometrics, Financial sciences | |
MEDLINE (National Library of Medicine) OpenAthens | Case studies, Health and Medicine | Medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, etc. Included are also citations from 9 authoritative medical indexes |
Middle East and North Africa: Global Perspectives, 1958-1994 OpenAthens | News, Politics | Translated journals, newspapers, scientific reports, and radio and television broadcasts from 19 countries in North Africa and the Middle East covering cultural, economic and political developments within the regions. |
MLA Directory of Periodicals Modern Language Association OpenAthens | Directories, Language and literature | List of Periodicals indexed by MLA (Modern Language Association) to compile their MLA International Bibliography |
MLA International Bibliography Modern Language Association OpenAthens | Case studies, Language and literature | Modern Language Association. Covers Literature, Linguistics and Folklore – a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations |
Natural Medicines OpenAthens | Health and Medicine | Evidence-based information on Natural Medicines. Sections include safety, efficacy, adverse effects, precautions, contraindications, pregnancy and lactation data, overdosing, mega-dosing, and potential interactions with foods, herbs, supplements, drugs and diagnostic tests/labs. |
Nature OpenAthens | Multidisciplinary | |
Newspaper Source OpenAthens | Multidisciplinary, News | Cover-to-cover full text of U.S. and international newspapers, television and radio news transcripts |
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) OpenAthens | Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Engineering and Technology, Law, Management | Subjects covered: International content on Law, Accounting, Economics, Management, Journalism and Engineering |
NEXUS (National Research Foundation) | Multidisciplinary, Research tool, South African research, Theses and Dissertations | South African research projects registered with the NRF, including theses and dissertations (current and completed) |
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Women - Transnational Networks OpenAthens | Anthropology and Development studies, Historical studies, Humanities, Multidisciplinary, Politics, Religion and Theology, Sociology | This database covers issues of gender and class through a transnational perspective. Sources from the USA and other regions are the focus. |
OCLC (Online Catalog of the Library of Congress) Username & Password requiredAvailable to library staff only | E-Books, Multidisciplinary, Theses and Dissertations | Includes a wide variety of electronic resources in a number of different formats and collections e.g.: |
OECD iLibrary (Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development) OpenAthens | Anthropology and Development studies, Economics and Econometrics, E-Books, Multidisciplinary, Sociology | Scholarly journals, working papers, multilingual summaries, e-books, statistical databases and MS Excel tables focusing on economic and social issues |
OECD Statistics OpenAthens | Multidisciplinary | OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development) statistics across multiple subject fields. |
Osiris (Limited to 5 simultaneous users) OpenAthens | Economics and Econometrics, Financial sciences, Management | A fully integrated public company database. Financial information on 66,000 listed and major unlisted/delisted companies worldwide (42,000 are non-US companies). Full ownership data of companies included. Full Text |
Overdrive OpenAthens | E-Books, Multidisciplinary | Overdrive contains a large collection of electronic and audiobooks for leisure reading. Selected titles purchased. |
Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought OpenAthens | African research, Encyclopaedias, Language and literature, Philosophy, Religion and Theology | All forms of African discourse, e.g. Philosophy, Political thought, Religion, Literature and important Social movements derived from the African experience are covered. |
Oxford English Dictionary Open Athens | Dictionaries | Online Oxford English Dictionary |
Oxford Journals Online Open Athens | Multidisciplinary | Oxford Journals Online features the content of highly cited journals in the fields of Medicine, Life sciences, Humanities, Law, Physical and Social sciences |
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion OpenAthens | Biographies, Religion and Theology | |
PAIS Index + Archive (OpenAthens) Public Affairs Information Service | Case studies, Education, Economics and Econometrics, Health and Medicine, Historical studies, Politics, Public management and Governance, Religion and Theology | Public affairs, public and social policies, international relations |
Palgrave MacMillan Journals Online OpenAthens | Multidisciplinary | This is a publisher’s database with access to more than 70 peer-reviewed journals published by the group |
Parasitology OpenAthens | Biochemistry, Health and Medicine, Zoology | The Parasitology database covers parasitology in its broadest sense, encompassing helminthology, protozoology, medical and veterinary entomology and mycology |
Patents: Esp@ceNet (via Engineering Village) | Patents | |
Pharos Dictionaries Online Register | Dictionaries, Language and literature | This is a collection of general and subject dictionaries with a focus on English, Afrikaans and African Languages. Technical dictionaries are also searchable. |
Philosopher's Index OpenAthens | Case studies, Philosophy | This international database covers all major fields of philosophy. It provides access to more than 220 full-text journals. It also contains the complete backfile of The Journal of Philosophy with no embargo. |
Political Risk Yearbook (Country reports) See Business Source Complete and Political Science Complete | Economics and Econometrics, Financial sciences, Politics | Annually updated country reports. |
Political Science Complete (OpenAthens) | Case studies, Philosophy, Politics, Public management and Governance, Sociology | Includes Political Risk Yearbook. |
Pop Culture Collection OpenAthens | Case studies, Communication and Media studies, Historical studies, Sociology | Useful information for researchers in social science, history, art or liberal arts courses. |
PressReader OpenAthens | Multidisciplinary, News | The world’s largest online newspaper website, providing access to over 2 200 international, national and regional newspapers and magazines from 97 countries in 54 languages in full colour, full page format. |
Project MUSE OpenAthens | Art and Art design, Humanities | Provides full-text access and indexing for e-journals from a variety of scholarly publishers. Covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others. Coverage: varies (earliest date 1995) – current Full Text |
Property24 Previously known as SAPTG. First time users - please email mmofokeng@uj.ac.za to set up your access details. | Economics and Econometrics, Real estate, South African research | |
ProQuest Black Studies Center OpenAthens | Historical studies, Sociology | Black Studies Centre consists of scholarly journals, commissioned overview essays by top scholars in Black Studies, historic indexes, and the full-text of The Chicago Defender newspaper from 1910-1975 & Historical Magazines from 1987- current. |
ProQuest Business Collection OpenAthens | Accounting, Banking, Business studies and Entrepreneurship, Case studies, Economics and Econometrics, Financial sciences, Management | Based on ABI/INFORM Complete, includes speciality business subject resources: |
ProQuest Central OpenAthens | Business studies and Entrepreneurship, Case studies, Education, Health and Medicine, Historical studies, Humanities, Language and literature, Multidisciplinary, News, Philosophy, Politics, Religion and Theology, Sociology | A collection of databases that provides information on all subject areas. |
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses OpenAthens | Multidisciplinary, Theses and Dissertations | Theses & Dissertations worldwide |
ProQuest Ebook Central (OpenAthens) | E-Books, Multidisciplinary | |
Proquest Literature Online OpenAthens | Language and literature | Contains information about authors from the 8th century onwards, has full text access to 350 000 works of poetry, drama and prose, and also to reference works, biographies and student guides. Part of this database consists of ABELL, the Annual bibliography of English Language and Literature for finding interpretations and criticism on authors and their work as well as on English linguistics. |
ProQuest Sociology collection OpenAthens | Anthropology and Development studies, Humanities, Politics, Social work, Sociology | Provides access to abstracts, indexing and full-text coverage of international literature in sociology and social services, along with related fields, as well as Sociological Abstracts, which in turn includes Social Services Abstracts.” |
Psychology Collection OpenAthens | Case studies, Health and Medicine, Psychology | Provides access to academic journals and magazines that cover the study of emotions, personality, and the human mind. |
PsycInfo OpenAthens | Case studies, Psychology | American Psychological Association’s (APA) renowned resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations. |
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