Academic Search Complete
http://0search.ebscohost.com.wam.seals.ac.za/login.aspx?authtype=ip,cookie,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb
=a9h
A scholarly, multi-disciplinary database providing indexing and abstracts for thousands of journals
and other publications. Academic Search Complete includes full-text access to peer-reviewed
journals, as well as indexing and abstracts for magazines, monographs, reports, and conference
proceedings.
AccessEngineering
http://0-www.accessengineeringlibrary.com.wam.seals.ac.za/
Full-text access to McGraw-Hill’s Engineering publications; also includes instructional videos,
interactive tables and charts.
AccessMedicine
http://0-www.accessmedicine.com.wam.seals.ac.za
A comprehensive resource for pre-clinical and clinical medicine
AccessScience
http://0-www.accessscience.com.wam.seals.ac.za
Access Science provides online access to over 8,500 online articles from the tenth edition of the
McGraw Hill Encyclopaedia of Science & Technology. Articles include bibliographies, links to
evaluated related websites and over 15,000 illustrations and graphics.
Africa Portal OPEN
ACCESS
https://www.africaportal.org/
The Africa Portal is an online knowledge resource for policy-related issues on Africa. A full-text
collection of books, journals and documents on African policy issues. Covers conflict resolution, food
security, health, migration and climate change.
African Journal archive OPEN
ACCESS
http://www.ajarchive.org/
A full-text open access, multi-disciplinary digital archive of research published in Africa
ALUKA
http://0-www.aluka.org.wam.seals.ac.za
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.
Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com
Internet bookstore
BBC College of Journalism
http://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/journalism
Journalism skills, safety, specialist areas, legal and ethical issues from the BBC Academy. Includes the
BBC News style guide.
BioMed Central OPEN
ACCESS
http://0-www.biomedcentral.com.wam.seals.ac.za
Open access peer-reviewed biomedical research.
Britannica Image Quest
http://0-www.quest.eb.com.wam.seals.ac.za
A searchable database of over a million rights-cleared digital images from over 50 of the best
collections in the world, including: Action Plus, Photo Researchers, images, Encyclopaedia Britannica;
coverage is multidisciplinary.
Britannica Online
http://0-www.britannica.com.wam.seals.ac.za
Full text online version of the well-known encyclopaedia; an authoritative multidisciplinary
reference and research resource; includes Britannica's latest article database, articles not found in
the print Britannica, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Tenth Edition), Britannica's Book of
the Year, as well as links to other World Wide Web sites selected by Britannica editors
Business Source Complete
http://0search.ebscohost.com.wam.seals.ac.za/login.aspx?authtype=ip,cookie,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=
bth
Updated monthly. A scholarly business database providing a collection of bibliographic and full text
content in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting,
finance and economics. Indexing and abstracts for scholarly business journals back to 1886 are
included.
Cambridge Journals online
http://0-www.journals.cambridge.org.wam.seals.ac.za
A selection of medical journals that we subscribe to, providing full-text access to the journals
published by Cambridge University Press.
ChemSpider OPEN ACCESS
http://www.chemspider.com
A free chemical structure database providing fast text- and structure-search access to over 28 million
structures from hundreds of data sources.
The Cochrane Library
http://www.cochranelibrary.com/
The Cochrane Library contains high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decisionmaking. 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.
Cinahl
http://0search.ebscohost.com.wam.seals.ac.za/login.aspx?authtype=ip,cookie,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb
=c8h
Full text for more than 760 nursing and allied health journals indexed in the CINAHL database plus
additional resources including Evidence-Based Care Sheets, Quick Lessons and more.
DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journal OPEN
ACCESS
http://0-www.doaj.org.wam.seals.ac.za
Provides a searchable index to peer-reviewed scholarly journals published in open access.
Directory of Open Access Books OPEN
ACCESS
http://www.doabooks.org/doab
Provides a searchable index to peer-reviewed monographs and edited volumes published in open
access.
Ebscohost
http://0-web.a.ebscohost.com.wam.seals.ac.za/ehost/search/selectdb?sid=2b09c0a0-f4c6-46f7a7f5-d01c2a994c53%40sessionmgr4005&vid=0&hid=4112
A multidisciplinary collection of databases:
Academic Search Complete
AHFS Consumer Medication Information
Business Source Complete
CINAHL with Full Text
ERIC
GreenFILE
Health Source - Consumer Edition
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
MasterFILE Premier
MEDLINE with Full Text
Newspaper Source
Regional Business News
Teacher Reference Centre
Emerald
http://0-www.emeraldinsight.com.wam.seals.ac.za/Insight
Provides access to articles in various areas of management, accounting, finance and economics, as
well as education, and information-and-knowledge management. Full text from 1994 - present.
Emerald Engineering
http://0-www.emeraldinsight.com.wam.seals.ac.za/Insight
The Emerald Engineering Database is a self-contained online collection of 19 internationally
recognized journals covering all major aspects of engineering and technology.
ERIC
http://0-web.a.ebscohost.com.wam.seals.ac.za/ehost/search/basic?sid=2b09c0a0-f4c6-46f7-a7f5d01c2a994c53%40sessionmgr4005&vid=6&hid=4112
Educational Resources Information Centre. A source of education information, with abstracts of
documents and journal articles on education research and practice.
Forward to Freedom: The history of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement 1959- 1994
OPEN
ACCESS.
www.aamarchives.org
A database documenting the history of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. It describes the
campaigns it organised, such as the consumer and sports boycotts, arms embargo and support for
political prisoners, and the groups involved, ranging from students and trade unions to local
authorities and professional groups. Includes videos, documents, posters, photographs, badges and
other items.
Free Medical Journals
http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/fmj/FREE.HTM
Over the next years, the most important medical journals will be available online, free and in fulltext. The unrestricted access to scientific knowledge - the new standard in medical publishing - will
have a major impact on medical practice.
Free Medical Journals (OMICS) OPEN
ACCESS
http://www.omicsonline.org/free-medical-journals.php
The free medical journals are completely open access journals and publish high quality articles from
the corners of the globe to update the recent developments in the fields of medical sciences. Along
with the free peer-reviewed medical journals, OMICS International is also publishing nearly 700 best
open access journals with high impact with the support of 50000 well qualified and reputed editorial
board members and organizing 1000 international conferences every year throughout the world and
it is also associated with 1000 scientific associations.
Google Books
http://books.google.co.za
Search the world's most comprehensive index of full-text books.
Google Scholar
http://scholar.google.co.za
Google Scholar allows you to search across a wide range of academic literature. It draws on
information from journal publishers, university repositories, and other websites that it has identified
as scholarly.
Green File
http://0search.ebscohost.com.wam.seals.ac.za/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=8gh
www.greeninfoonline.com.
Green FILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the
environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on
global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and
more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open
Access full text for more than 4,700 records.
Health Source Consumer Edition
http://0-web.a.ebscohost.com.wam.seals.ac.za/ehost/search/basic?sid=6627d9c2-2172-424d-b7fe9da31fe00070%40sessionmgr4001&vid=0&hid=4109
This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries
worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food
sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer
Edition provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines.
Health Source Nursing / Academic Edition
http://0-web.a.ebscohost.com.wam.seals.ac.za/ehost/search/basic?sid=b3f08f9e-75ed-47f0-b8570ccc3272de99%40sessionmgr4003&vid=1&hid=4206
This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features the AHFS Consumer Medication Information,
which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.
IEEE/IET Electronic Library
http://0-ieeexplore.ieee.org.wam.seals.ac.za
A 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
Taylor & Francis OPEN
ACCESS
http://www.tandfonline.com/page/openaccess/openjournals
Taylor & Francis and Routledge currently publish a number of pure open access
journals, with no subscription content. The articles in these journals receive both
rigorous peer reviewed and expedited online publication. Authors have the option of
publishing their open access article under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY)
license, as mandated by some research funders.
Ingenta Connect
http://0-www.ingentaconnect.com.wam.seals.ac.za
Ingenta connect from Publishing Technology is the world's largest resource for
scholarly publications.
ISI Web of Science
http://0-www.webofknowledge.com.wam.seals.ac.za/WOS
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.
JSTOR
http://0-www.jstor.org.wam.seals.ac.za/
A scholarly archive of journals in the arts and sciences, 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.
Juta
http://0ipproducts.jutalaw.co.za.wam.seals.ac.za/nxt/gateway.dll?f=templates&fn=default.ht
m&vid=Publish:10.1048/Enu
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.
Kalahari.net Books
www.takealot.com/Books
SA Internet book store. Kalahari and takealot Have Merged.
LexisNexis
http://0-www.mylexisnexis.co.za.wam.seals.ac.za/
Provides access to a variety of news, business and legal resources.
Master File Premier
http://0search.ebscohost.com.wam.seals.ac.za/login.aspx?authtype=ip,cookie,uid&profile=eh
ost&defaultdb=f5h
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full
text for nearly 1,700 periodicals with full-text information dating as far back as 1975.
Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also
contains full text for nearly 500 reference books and over 164,400 primary source
documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 592,000 photos, maps & flags. This
database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
Medline
http://0search.ebscohost.com.wam.seals.ac.za/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&de
faultdb=cmedm
MEDLINE with Full Text provides the authoritative medical information on medicine,
nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and pre-clinical
sciences found on MEDLINE, plus the database provides full text for more than 1,470
journals indexed in MEDLINE. Of those, nearly 1,450 have cover-to-cover indexing
in MEDLINE. And of those, 558 are not found with full text in any version of Academic
Search, Health Source or Biomedical Reference Collection.
Newspaper Source
http://0search.ebscohost.com.wam.seals.ac.za/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&de
faultdb=nfh
Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 (U.S.) &
international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for 389
regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts
are also provided.
Proquest
http://0-search.proquest.com.wam.seals.ac.za
This database serves as the central resource for researchers at all levels. Covering
more than 160 subjects areas, ProQuest Central is the largest aggregated database of
periodical content. This award-winning online reference resource features a highlyrespected, diversified mix of content including scholarly journals, trade publications,
magazines, books, newspapers, reports and videos.
Regional Business News
http://0search.ebscohost.com.wam.seals.ac.za/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&de
faultdb=bwh
This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business
publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of more than 80 regional
business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United
States.
Sabinet: Open Access Journal Collection OPEN
ACCESS
http://0-reference.sabinet.co.za.wam.seals.ac.za/
A multidisciplinary collection of South African full open access journals. Includes titles
that are accredited by the DHET; full text availablity varies according to title with
journals going back to 2000
Sage
http://0-online.sagepub.com.wam.seals.ac.za
Collection of medicine journals.
SACat
http://0-
firstsearch.oclc.org.wam.seals.ac.za/fsip?dbname=scat&screen=advanced&done
SACat reflects the collection of libraries in Southern Africa and contains bibliographic
information referring to books, periodicals, audiovisual items and other information
materials.
SAePublications
http://0search.sabinet.co.za.wam.seals.ac.za/WebZ/Authorize?sessionid=0&next=startscreen
&ref=aclib.html&bad=ejour/ejour_badsearch.html&portal=ejournal
Full text collection of South African and African electronic journals. Includes scholarly
publications.
Sciencedirect
http://0-www.sciencedirect.com.wam.seals.ac.za
A multidisciplinary database providing full-text access to journals published by
Elsevier, including the archival back issues. Strong in scientific, technical and medical
(STM) literature, but also covers Arts, Humanities and Social sciences. Excludes
association titles.
Sciencedirect e-books
http://0-www.sciencedirect.com.wam.seals.ac.za/science/bookbshsrw/all/subscribed
ScienceDirect now includes over 5,300 monograph and series books, including those
published under the renowned Pergamon Press and Academic Press imprints, offering
comprehensive coverage of the full range of scientific disciplines. The eBooks
collections are available in 26 subject collections per year of publication.
SciFinder
https://scifinder.cas.org/scifinder/
A core research tool for chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering, materials
science, nanotechnology, physics, environmental science and other science and
engineering fields.
SpringerLink
http://0-www.springerlink.com.wam.seals.ac.za
A full-text, multi-disciplinary database providing electronic access to all the journals
published by Springer.
SpringerLink
OPEN
ACCESS
http://link.springer.com/search?facet-content-type=%22Journal%22&showAll=false
Providing researchers with access to millions of scientific documents from open
access journals, books, series, protocols and reference works.
Taylor and Francis
http://0-www.tandfonline.com.wam.seals.ac.za
A selection of medical journals that we subscribe to, providing full-text access to the
journals published by Taylor and Francis from 1997- present.
Wiley
http://0-onlinelibrary.wiley.com.wam.seals.ac.za/
A selection of medical journals that we subscribe to, providing full-text access to the
journals published by Wiley.