This list includes links to subscription databases 
, open-access resources, eReference works, library collections, and selected internet sources. Use the filters to sort resources by subject, type, or provider. For convenience, curated resource lists are also available in the column on the left.
The most frequently-used resources
Sabinet African Journals encompasses the breadth and depth of African research content by offering the most comprehensive, searchable collection of full-text African electronic journals available on one platform.
This collection provides full-text access to our African Special collection.
This is a digital archive that collects, preserves and distributes research material created by members of NWU. The NWU-IR aims to increase the visibility, availability and impact of the research output of the North-West University through Open Access, search engine indexing and harvesting by several initiatives.
The most comprehensive collection of authoritative official standards for UK pharmaceutical substances and medicinal products.
The Pharmacology section of Current Protocols is a comprehensive source for step-by-step protocols and overviews in pharmacology addressing challenges in the drug discovery process, including receptor binding and isolated tissue assays, cell culture techniques, electrophysiological methods, high throughput screening, pharmacogenetics, and signal transduction.
The DMP Tool is a free, open-source, application that helps researchers create data management plans (DMPs).
Find eBooks and use them on the device of your choice. The North-West University Libraries collect eBooks from various companies, and each has different rules regarding use, download, printing, etc.
EBSCOhost databases are the most used premium online information resources for thousands of institutions worldwide, representing millions of end-users.
Contains over 180 titles in the fields of management information science and engineering.
Reference management tools help researchers and students collect, organise, and share literature references according to international standards. At NWU, we use EndNote, a widely trusted tool for managing references, searching bibliographic databases, and creating bibliographies, which must be properly installed and regularly updated for full compatibility with your system and word processor.
EndNote support is available to NWU postgraduate students and staff. Undergraduate students are encouraged to use Referella instead.
The drug reference for practising physicians, students, and pharmacists worldwide. Ensures the ability to identify the most important aspects of therapeutics for a particular disease and provide accurate patient treatment, Comprehensive Disease Coverage, Accurate Therapeutic Solutions for Daily Practice, Worldwide Educational Leadership and Excellence for Students of Medicine and Pharmacological Studies.
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts, and articles from academic publishers, professional societies preprint, repositories, universities, and other scholarly organisations.
JSTOR offers a high-quality, interdisciplinary archive to support scholarship and teaching. It includes archives of over 1,000 leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as selected monographs and other materials valuable for academic work.
Juta is South Africa’s leading provider of trusted legal and regulatory information and the largest local publisher of quality student textbooks in the fields of Commerce, Accounting, Communications, Social Science, Health, Education and Law.
LexisNexis provides access to SA legislation, cases and commentary.
MedicinesComplete is an online platform that offers access to world-leading drug and healthcare resources.
ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor Identification) is an open, not-for-profit organisation that aims to supply a persistent and unique identifier - an ORCID ID - to any individual involved in research, scholarship, and innovation activities.
PressReader provides access to newspapers and magazines, including the Sunday Times, The Citizen, Good Housekeeping, Destiny, finweek, Huisgenoot, Sowetan, Elle, Mail & Guardian, and Cosmopolitan.
The Web of Science has literature search databases that support scientific and scholarly research. These include databases like Medline, BIOSIS Citation Index, Zoological Record, Derwent Innovations Index (patents), and Data Citation Index (datasets and data studies), as well as databases highlighting content from regions around the world.
Alphabetical title list of electronic full-text journals and eBooks packages in your library.
WorldCat Discovery lets you find everything you need with one simple search interface. It's a way for you to locate books, articles, journals, videos, and other items of interest in your library or other libraries.
