New on this website
March 2010
Database changes:
- Water Resources Worldwide is now called Water & Oceans Worldwide
February 2010
Database changes:
- Africa-Wide: NiPAD has changed its name to Africa-Wide Information
Library Guides:
- a Music Library Orientation guide has been added
- Many of the existing guides have been updated
January 2010
Staff Changes:
- Joyce Mweza as Campus Librarian, Howard College
- Lindiwe, Soyawapi as Campus Librarian, Westville Library
- Goitsemang Ncongwane Subject Librarian, Howard College
New databases added:
September 2009
Staff Changes:
- Mrs Lucky Xaba, Branch librarian, Howard College
- Ms Noni Makhatini, Subject Librarian, Howard College
- Ms Yvonne Winters, as Head: Campbell Collections, as from 1 November 2009
- Ms Z Madibi, Assistant Metadata Librarian, Howard College
- Mr Suren Moodley, Electronic Resources Librarian, Howard College
New databases added:
Trial database for the month:
August 2009
New e-journals -
New databases - (passwords required)
- ArchiveGrid - A database of historical records, personal papers, and family histories held in archives, museums and libraries around the world. Bibliographic records and abstracts only. No full-text documents.
- CAMIO - OCLC's Catalogue of Art Museum Images Online, is a collection of art images for use by students and researchers at subscribing institutions. Images of works of art may be used for educational and research purposes but must be properly credited. They may not be published or otherwise distributed.
- Info-Tech Advisor Premium Small Enterprise - Management resources and tools for Information Technology.
July 2009
Free trial -
New databases -
ICE Virtual Library provides access to the publications of the Institution of Civil Engineers (UK) and includes fulltext articles in journals and proceedings; and summaries of books.
OCLC Databases now include -
Clase Periodica - Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities. CLASE indexes documents published in Latin American journals specialising in the social sciences and humanities. PERIODICA covers journals specializing in science and technology. Covers late 1970s to present.
ECO (Electronic Collections Online) - An OCLC collection of scholarly journals. Fulltext content is only accessible in journals to which UKZN libraries subscribe. 1995 - present
GPO - All types of U.S. government publications are indexed and a bibliographic citation is included in each record
OAIster - A Union catalog of digital resources which contains digital resources from open archive collections. Multidisciplinary resources from more than 1000 contributors worldwide are represented and records include digitized books and articles; born-digital texts; audio files; images; movies; datasets; theses; and other collections.
PapersFirst - OCLC index to conference papers. Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre. 1993 - present
Proceedings - OCLC index to conference proceedings. Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre. Contains in each record a list of the papers presented at each conference. 1993 - present
World Almanac - Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs offer a reference source for students. It includes biographies, encyclopedia entries, facts, statistics.
Journals added to the A-Z list include the following Mary Ann Liebert Journals -
Staff Changes:
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Heather Gale and Sonny Ramsamy have retired and are no longer with the Howard College Libraries.
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Stacie Gibson has retired from Campbell Collections.
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Lesiba Kutumela has the joined the Architecture Library, Howard College
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Thuli Bekwa and Buhle Ximba have joined the Medical Library
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Thiru Munsamy has moved from the Westville Library to the Medical Library
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Sanjeev Basdeo has moved from the Westville Library to the Edminson Library
Staff Changes Pietermaritzburg library:
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Emmanuel Surumwe has resigned from the library
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Nompumelelo Khanyile has the joined the Circulation section, Cecil Renaud Library
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Bronwyn Tayler has joined the Collection Maintenance/Processing section Cecil Renaud Library.
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Nontobeko Mthiyane has the joined the Collection Maintenance/Processing section Cecil Renaud Library.
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Shorba Harkhu has joined the Life Sciences Library
June 2009
Local journals added to the A-Z e-journal list: Local journals added to the A-Z e-journal list:
- African invertebrates
- Comparative and international law journal of Southern Africa
- ORiON
- SABI magazine - tydskrif
- South African journal of bioethics and law
- Southern African humanities
- Africa education review
- Communicatio : South African journal for communication theory and research
- Critical arts
- Ecquid novi
- Journal of engineering, design and technology
- Journal of literary studies
- Kleio
- Language matters
- Muziki
- Scrutiny 2
- Southern African forestry journal
Free trials -
May 2009
Staff Changes:
Ms Zenkosi Majola has left and is no longer at the Westville Library.
New resource added -
- Wiley - Blackwell e-journal collection
March 2009
Free trial -
Free trial -
Resources added -
- SAGEOLIT via SABINET Online is available for geology information. Search using links from the Databases webpage
- The Howard College Library Orientation DVD can be viewed from What's New on the homepage.
January 2009
Local e-Journals added to the A-Z list during 2008 include these titles:
- South African journal of child health
- South African journal of art history
- Enterprise risk
- Journal of transport and supply chain management
- TAXtalk
- Conspectus : the journal of the South African theological seminary
- Journal for estate planning law
- Journal of public administration
- Law, democracy and development
- Dairy mail
- Dairy mail Africa
- Ubisi mail
- M&J Retail
- NAFU Farmer
- SA Horseman
- South African journal of plant and soil
- Malawi law journal
- TD : the journal for transdisciplinary research in Southern Africa
- Journal for Islamic studies
Staff Changes
Ms Nonhlanhla Nkosi has been appointed as library assistant in the Architecture Library at Howard College on a temporary basis. These staff member have left UKZN Libraries and are no longer on the library contacts list:
- Nomonde Maqubela, EG Malherbe Library
- Thabisle Ndadane, Main Library Pietermaritzburg campus.
Databases
- Juta's Daily Law Reports has changed to Juta's Unreported Judgements.
Access to this resource is through a login and password...login details from subject librarian
- BiblioLine is no longer available. Access to the following Biblioline databases: Africa-Wide: NiPAD; RILM Abstracts; Water Resources Worldwide; Wildlife and Ecology Studies Worldwide is now via EbscoHost Research Databases. African HealthLine is included in the Africa-Wide: NiPAD database.
- SANS standards via Novell Delivered Applications can now be accessed at the Pietermaritzburg Campus LANs.
December 2008
Databases
Child Abuse, Child Welfare and Adoption is no longer available and has been deleted from the list of available databases.
New e-books
- Africa Yearbook
Covers major domestic political developments, the foreign policy and socio-economic trends in sub-Sahara Africa.
Staff Changes
We welcome these new staff members to the EG Malherbe Library:
- Nkululeko Magwaza, Accounts Dept
- Ms Nozipho Ndlovu, Library Administration
November 2008
Databases added -
Travel & Tourism Digital Library ... with full-text
Provides detailed data on all European countries and a range of other countries; national and international statistics; reports on sustainable and ethical tourism; and tourist board reports.
Fortnightly lists of new books
New books added to the various library collections can now be viewed by library.
Just follow the link from the library homepage.
e-Journals added to the A-Z list include:
- Australian Army Journal
- Built Environment
- Bulletin of the Iranian Mathematical Society
- Cancer Cell
- Cell
- Cell Host and Microbe
- Cell Metabolism
- Clinical Medicine : Gastroenterology
- Environment for Europeans
- Epigenetics & Chromatin
- Euro III - Vs Review
- Folding and Design ( Now : Structure )
- Injury Extra
- Journal of Geometric Analysis
- Journal of Natal and Zulu History
- Journal of Numerical Analysis , Industrial and Applied Mathematics
- Journal of Operator Theory
- Journal of the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies
- Journal of the Statistical And social Inquiry Society of Ireland
- Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning (JUAL)
- Journal of Vascular Surgery
- Materials Today
- Mathematical Research Letters
- Molecular Oncology
- Opuscula Mathematica
- Physics Procedia
- Social Dynamics
- Turkish Journal of Dermatology
October 2008
Databases
AIDsearch is not longer available and has been removed from the list of databases. AIDsearch is not longer available and has been removed from the list of databases.
New resource
South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR)
This website has a comprehensive database tracking trends on South Africa. It provides a wide variety of statistical and other data on South Africa, ranging from education, health, social development and welfare to business, employment, the economy, and politics
Staff Changes
These staff members have left and are no longer on the library contacts list:
- Sashni Chetty, Howard College
- Sagren Moodley, Howard College
September 2008
Free trials
Thieme e-journals and e-textbooks is available until 31 October 2008 at
ebook library: www.thieme.com/ebooklibrary/index.html
e-journals: www.thieme-connect.com/ejournals
ATLA Database and Serials on the EbscoHost platform until 30 December 2008
Databases
J-Stage and the South African Freedom Struggles have been added to the Databases lists.
ArchUP and PlanUP are two new databases now available from SABINET Online.
A number of SABINET databases can be accessed via OCLC - links are now avalable on the Databases A-Z list to Cement & Concrete ; Current & Completed Research ; Forestry ; ISAP ; Mintek ; Navtech ; SA ePublications ; SACAT ; and Union Catalogue of Theses and Dissertations.
August 2008
e-Journals added to the A-Z list include:
- Ecohydrology
- Journal of Construction
July 2008
DATAD - this database of African theses and dissertations has been added to the Databases for Theses webpage.
June 2008
Library Newsletter - the current issue June 2008 is now available.
WebSciFinder - the online version is now available. Links are provided at the Databases A-Z webpage with instructions for registration.
New books list - this link has been activated to the fortnightly list of new library acquisitions
May 2008
e-Journals added to the A-Z list include:
- Aquatic conservation: marine and freshwater ecosystems
- Emirates journal of engineering research
- OECD Guidelines for the testing of chemicals (OECD)
April 2008
April 2008
e-Journals A-Z - titles added this month include
- Bentham Open free-to-view online journals (154 journal titles) in all major disciplines of science, technology, and medicine. These are peer-reviewed open access journals.
- Highwire Free Full Text (303 journal titles) published by Highwire Press at Stanford University. Journals represent biomedicine and other disciplines.
Law Course Notes
These are no longer available from the library webpage. They can now be accessed on OLS at http://ols.ukzn.ac.za
Databases A-Z
Off-campus links have now been added for some databases. This provides quick, easy and convenient access for users.
HS Talks - seminar style talks by leading world experts
The Medical Library has setup up trial access to the Biomedical and Life Sciences Collection of seminar style talks by leading world experts. The trial period runs from 1st April - 30th April 2008
Please send your comments about this resource to moodleysr@ukzn.ac.za Your feedback is essential to our assessment of this collection.
Staff Changes
These staff members have left and are no longer on the library contacts list:
- Appalsamy Ronnie, Howard College
- Nkosi Pretty, Howard College
- Nyoka, Jeff, Howard College
- Raju, Reggie, Howard College
March 2008
Journals added to the e-Journals A-Z:
- Food and Nutrition Bulletin
- Acta Horticulturae
RefAware - trial access to this web-based current awareness service which provides access to up-to-date research and new publications.
PILOTS">PILOTS Database via CSA Illumina covers the period 1871-current and is updated monthly. This is bibliographic database, covering the Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress, aims to include citations to all literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events, without disciplinary, linguistic, or geographical limitations, and to offer both current and retrospective coverage.
IRWI: Information Research Watch International via CSA Illumina covers new, ongoing and completed research in information and library science and related fields from around the world since 1980.IRWI is compiled from records supplied by the researchers themselves and the database gives access to information about current research prior to its appearance in the published literature
The Music Index Online is a new database available from EbscoHost. This index covers over 800 music periodicals spanning the period 1975-present and also includes some backfile data from the period 1962-1975. Topics concerned with every aspect of the classical and popular world of music are categorized and organized according to the framework of an internal Subject List, which includes both Subject and Geographic headings. Covering all styles and genres of music, The Music Index Online cites book reviews, obituaries, news periodicals, and articles about music, musicians, and the music industry.
February 2008
LexisNexis Academic is a new database available on the Howard College, Pietermaritzburg and Westville campuses and superseded LexisNexis Professional. This resource provides current news, legal, financial, medical and biographical information from newspapers, government or private sources, market research, industry reports, SEC filings, Hoover's Company Reports, Disclosure Reports, international company and stock reports. Information is also available from case law, statutes and regulations; and secondary source materials such as legal news, law reviews and Shepard's Citations. This database includes Country Analysis which is a useful source for political, business and economic information on many industries in over 190 countries.
The Visual Dictionary Online has been added to the reference works on the e-books webpage. This is an all-in-one reference source which provides images, words and definitions. Words can be quickly located by searching themes and the meaning of words found by viewing the images they represent. This dictionary from Merriam-Webster helps you learn English in a visual and accessible way.
Journals added to the e-Journals A-Z:
- Abacus
- Biofpr - Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining
- Contemporary Urology
- IEEE Spectrum
- JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
- Journal of Plasma Physics
- Journals from the MD Consult ( Core Collection )
- New England Journal of Medicine ( NEJM )
- Pachyderm: Journal of The African Elephant , African Rhino And Asian Specialist Group
- Primary History
- Proceedings of the IEEE
- Tropical Grasslands
These Library Guides have been revised:
January 2008
News item providing details of 2008 Library Orientation programmes at the libraries.
The New Encyclopedia of Africa is now available online from the e-books webpage. This reworking of the classic Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara (1997) covers the entire African continent and expands both the geographical range (by treating North Africa) and the chronological coverage (by addressing the twenty-first century). Anthropology, geography, history and cultural studies combine in this reference work to present Africa in a new light.
The print set in 5 vols will be housed in the Cecil Renaud Main Library, Pietermaritzburg.
The Aluka Digital Library has been added to the list of databases. This e-resource provides a wide variety of high-quality scholarly materials ranging from archival documents, periodicals, books, reports, manuscripts, and reference works, to three-dimensional models, maps, oral histories, plant specimens, photographs, and slides which provide information on Africa. The three main content areas covered are:
African Plants; African Cultural Heritage Sites and Landscapes; and Struggles for Freedom in Southern Africa.
These Library Guides have been updated:
- Academic Reserves - Main Library Pietermaritzburg
- Code of Conduct for Libraries
- Database Searching
- Dewey Decimal Classification
- Guide for New Staff Members
- MLA: print sources
- MLA: electronic sources
- Pietermaritzburg Library Guide
These staff members have left and are no longer on the library contacts list:
- Caramanus Jeanine, Howard College
- Govender Dick, Howard College
December 2007
The Homepage has a new look, designed to improve visibility and navigation to useful information on the website.
New options are now offered when searching for information:
Federated Searching across multiple databases.
In addition to the alphabetical and subject lists of databases, library users can now opt for federated searching which allows simultaneous searching of up to 10 databases. Arrangement of resources on the federated search advanced screen is according to subject categories which helps to guide users in selecting appropriate databases. Personalisation features are to be introduced later which will allow users to save searches.
UKZN e-Journals
Search more than 23 000 e-journals to which UKZN has access through direct subscriptions, subscriptions to databases and also titles freely available on the internet. The Article Search option makes it possible to search the titles of journal articles which appeared during the past 5 years. Easy access to the Tables of Contents of different journals and the personalised alerting service, allow users to implement their own customized current awareness strategy.
The e-journal holdings of both Wits and UCT can also be searched, but access to full-text articles will depend on our own library subscriptions.
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