A union catalogue of all items held in Southern African libraries. Includes books, journals, conference proceedings, standards, technical reports and electronic resources that are updated daily.
Quickly find relevant and authoritative research, identify experts and gain access to reliable data, metrics and analytical tools.
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.
The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.
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SciFinder is a research discovery tool that allows you to explore the CAS databases containing literature from many scientific disciplines, including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering materials, science, agricultural science, and more!
Contains over 180 titles in the fields of management information science and engineering.
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.
The Scientific & Medical ART (SMART) Imagebase is a collection of 20,000+ high-quality illustrations and animations depicting anatomy, physiology, surgery, diseases, conditions, trauma, embryology, histology, and other health science topics.
Contains over 180 titles in the fields of management information science and engineering.
The King Guide is a proven authoritative resource for pharmacists, nurses, physicians and other practitioners involved in the preparation and administration of intravenous drugs.
South African National Standards in electronic format.
ITU is connecting the world – and beyond. As the United Nations specialised agency for digital technology, they are working towards harnessing innovation and connecting everyone to ensure a better future for all.
ASHRAE writes standards to establish consensus for 1) methods of test and classification standards 2) design standards, 3) protocol standards; and 4) rating standards (in limited cases).
100+ performance rating standards and guidelines for the HVACR and water heating industry.
We have hundreds of gigabytes of full-text data which is keyword searchable using the most powerful search engine in the industry. In addition to our full-text data, we have terabytes (a terabyte is 1000 gigabytes) of images so that you can view patent diagrams.
Search and read the full text of patents from around the world.
The Lens is an open-access, autonomous, web-based patent search facility.
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Google Scholar helps you find relevant work across the world of scholarly research.