Faculty of Health Sciences
E-Databases [inter-disciplinary]
Database title
Description
Address
Dut Institutional
Repository
Faculty relevant databases have been grouped
together for access.
http://ir.dut.ac.za/
Ebscohost
Provides online access to more than 100 databases
and thousands of e-journals.
http://search.ebscohost.com
user id: s5210036
password: password
Emerald
National & International Full Text Databases
http://www.emeraldinsight.com
Google Scholar
Allows access to sources that include peer-reviewed http://scholar.google.co.za/
articles.
Metalib
A faculty oriented bank of information resources, pre- http://esal.dut.ac.za
selected by librarians according to disciplines
Nisc
Access to African Studies, South African Studies,
Water Resources Worldwide and Biotechnology
Abstracts
Proquest
Quintura
SABINET
SA-e Publications
The ProQuest online information service provides
access to thousands of current periodicals and
newspapers
A useful metasearch engine that has a powerful text
analyser which adds a “tag cloud”
www.nisc.com
http://www.il.proquest.com/pqdauto
User id: OG3TCS3K8B
Password: welcome
www.quintura.com
no password required
Allows access to national and international
information sources. Includes ISAP (Index to SA
Periodicals), SACat (resources available via South
African libraries), SANB (items published in SA)
www.sabinet.co.za
The most comprehensive collection of fulltext
electronic South African journals.
www.sabinet.co.za
user id:520710e0
Password:5207
User id:520710e0
Password:5207
Science Direct
Springerlink
The world’s largest electronic collection of science,
engineering and medical fulltext or bibliographic
information
Includes more than 1,200 peer-reviewed journals,
comprising more than 600,000 individual documents.
Most titles include complete back issues to 1996, with
digital conversion of all back issues under way,
making every title available from Volume I, Issue1.
http://www.sciencedirect.com
User id:ditsd1-5
Password:remote1-5
http://www.springerlink.com
user id:
ditper.multipleuser
password:
userdit1