A to Z Database List

Approved Methods of Analysis used by the Food Technology department.

Industry news, competitive intelligence, marketing trends, and more.

Collection of 180,000+ multidisciplinary ebooks from major publishers.

Covers business, computers, current events, education, environment, health care, and more.

Covers social sciences, education, computer science, engineering, physics, chemistry, and more.

Diagnosis and treatment of emergency cases with videos and animations. Restricted to 4 simultaneous users.

Engineering reference and teaching platform with interdisciplinary content and learning tools.

Full-text articles and bibliographic records in computing and information technology.

Full-text and A&I content on high technology, computer science, aerospace, energy science, and more.

Access to 300,000+ digital cultural artifacts including books, magazines, maps, letters, and photographs related to Africa.

Comprehensive searchable collection of full-text African scholarly journals.

Leading peer-reviewed journals in chemistry and related sciences.

Official analytical methods for fats and oils from the American Oil Chemists’ Society.

Covers architecture, architectural history, photography, printmaking, interior design, landscape design, and more.

Academic search engine indexing 100M+ documents from 5,000 sources, with 60% available as open access full text.

Global resource covering the history, theory, and practice of crafts and design from prehistoric times to the present.

General-knowledge online encyclopedia with 100,000+ articles, images, videos, interactives, and infographics.

Covers all business disciplines, including marketing, management, finance, accounting, and economics. Updated daily.

Latest research across a wide range of academic subject areas.

Vocational information for students and instructors in technical and career-oriented programmes.

Latest scientific information platform from CAS, offering reference, substance, reaction and supplier data, step-by-step procedures, biosequence searching, retrosynthesis analysis, patent mapping, and more.
Note: New users must register here.

Contains over 40,000 technical references covering all aspects of cement and concrete.

Free chemical structure database with 25M+ structures, properties, and linked data from 400+ sources.

Full text for nearly 600 journals covering nursing, biomedicine, allied health, complementary medicine, and more.

Search for online availability of articles using citation details through the Library’s SFX service.

Indexed periodical articles related to the dairy industry and associated operational fields.

Trusted systematic reviews covering health, medicine, clinical procedures, public health, and more.

Collection of 550 high-quality reference works covering major academic subjects.

South African research projects including masters and doctoral theses, plus research from government and private sectors.

Dimensions is a comprehensive citation database of linked data, covering publications, grants, patents, clinical trials, datasets, policy documents and technical reports. CPUT users may access the free version of Dimensions since we do not currently subscribe to the full version.

Doctoral dissertations and master's theses are a vital fund of scholarship for any discipline. The massive body of work available through ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) represents the most comprehensive source of academic research in the world.

Provides access to open access peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly journals.

Medicine, Nutrition, diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications, business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, and many more general interest topics.

The EbscoHost Ebook Collection is one of the platforms which CPUT Libraries uses for providing access to single ebook titles.

Elgaronline is the platform for Edward Elgar Publishing’s books, reference works and journals. CPUT users are able to access ebooks related to artificial intelligence and regional and urban economics as well as open access content.

Management disciplines including: strategy; leadership; library and information management; marketing and human resource management; engineering, applied science and technology.

ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources. ERIC contains more than 1,300,000 records and links to more than 323,000 full-text documents.

Find free access to over 160 million patent documents.

Find thousands of eJournals which are accessible to CPUT students and staff. Covers all disciplines and subjects.

Provides access to bibliographic information on forestry-related issues.

Gale Virtual Reference Library links to electronic access to encyclopaedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

Medicine, Nutrition, diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications, business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, and many more general interest topics.

Gartner is a provider of research and consulting services for businesses in the IT sector, working with organizations to develop technology strategies, plans and budgets, as well as select the right technologies for their operations.

This is a digital collection of free African gazettes.

Google Finance focuses on business news and financial information.

Google Scholar may be used to search for scholarly literature across a range of disciplines and sources. Please note that not all the content may be freely available.

Includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

Provides nearly 550 full-text scholarly journals in medical and nursing disciplines, plus indexing for 850 additional titles.

Consumer-focused health information including 80 full-text magazines, 1,000+ health pamphlets, and 130 reference books.

Over 900 audio-visual lectures and case studies delivered by leading academics and industry experts in business and management.

Full-text access to leading technical literature in engineering and technology, including top-cited journals, conference papers, IEEE standards, and 20,000 new documents added monthly.

Indexes articles from 900+ South African periodicals, with full indexing for specialist journals and selective indexing for general publications.

Video library teaching scientific fundamentals through clear demonstrations, covering basic and advanced concepts as well as novel experimental methods for students and researchers.

Access to 1,000+ journals in the Arts & Sciences and Life Sciences collections. Archival access only; recent issues are not included.

Authoritative law journals offering expert analysis and in-depth discussion on current legal issues.

This website offers knowledge, information, debates and exchanges within the context of contemporary jewellery.

This database is compiled by the Research Institute for Education Planning of the Faculty of Education at the UOFS. Articles are selected according to the needs of the primary clients of the University of the Orange Free State. It also includes RIEP, which covers a wide range of reference works on the theory and practice of education (1975–1997). From 1998 onward, all RIEP data was incorporated into Kovsidex.

Covers librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, and more. Includes 560+ core journals, nearly 50 priority journals, and 125 selective journals, with coverage back to the mid-1960s.

Covers all aspects of concrete manufacture and behaviour, including material performance, mix design, testing, durability, structural analysis, and composite construction.

General-interest database with full-text reference books, biographies, and an image collection of photos, maps, and flags. Updated daily.

Authoritative medical information covering medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care systems, pre-clinical sciences, and more.

Bibliographic database of Mintek research on metals and industrial minerals, including geology, mineralogy, metallurgy, biotechnology, process chemistry, environmental control, and related publications, patents, and conference papers.

Research and knowledge networking databases in South Africa.

Technikon Research Database containing information on current and completed research projects undertaken at South African technikons.

Sabinet’s National Legislation service including all updated and consolidated South African Principal Acts, Rules, and Regulations since 1910.

Selected full text for 23 national (U.S.) and international newspapers, plus full-text television and radio news transcripts.

In-depth content covering conditions and diseases, patient education, drug information, continuing education, lab & diagnosis details, best practice guidelines, and more.

Features 120 years of collaboratively studied methods, providing validated procedures, proficiency tests, accreditation criteria, and scientific information for industry, government, and academia.

A portal, catalogue, and search engine for Olympic knowledge. Access official Olympic publications, books, articles, and selected dissertations from global academics and professionals. Connects to other major publication platforms. Does not include Historical Archives resources.

Mathematics and Physical Sciences journal collection available to CPUT staff and students.

Access digital publications, magazines, and newspapers. Create a free account to customize reading preferences. Includes ~200 South African publications and more.

Comprehensive anatomy and physiology resource covering the whole body from gross to micro-anatomy. Remote access available off-campus.

Covers Social Sciences, Telecommunications, Education, Science, Engineering, Dissertations & Theses, Business, Economics, Medical, Agriculture, and Computing.

Leading agricultural journals from North America, providing full text and images from journals such as Agricultural Research, Forest Products Journal, Journal of Animal Science, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, and Plant Physiology.

Full-text computing journals covering database design, software development, web commerce, LANs, WANs, Intranets, and the Internet.

Access 400+ full-text journals in education and related fields. Coverage from 1988 to present.

Titles published by the American Medical Association.

Includes over 150 titles, 120+ in full text. Covers computer applications, data communications, electronic data processing, information science and theory, radio and television.

Free resource with 32+ million citations and abstracts of biomedical literature.

Free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature from the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine.

Comprehensive full-text coverage for 75 regional business journals, newspapers, and newswires from metropolitan and rural areas in the U.S. Updated daily.

Access to RSC journal titles including Chemistry Communications, Chemical Science, Chemical Society Reviews, Chemistry World, CrystEngComm, New Journal of Chemistry, and Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry.

Focus on agriculture and agricultural workers on commercial farms in South Africa. Covers labour law, labour relations, working conditions, housing, tenure, socio-economic conditions, land reform, rural local government, and gender issues. Coverage is both national and international.

Covers national and international information through indexed records from ISAP, Kovsidex, Forestry, Centre for Rural Study, and Mintek.

Covers 120+ South African newspapers and periodicals. Over 500 articles are selected daily, categorized in 22 categories, indexed in Afrikaans and English. Microfiche archives from 1978–1996; digital images online since 1997.

Theses and dissertations available at South African libraries. Includes Union Catalogue of Theses and Dissertations (UCTD) and Navtech. Coverage from 1918 onward.

Provides full-text access to articles published in South African journals.

Single entry point to seamlessly search Sabinet's reference products.

Provides selected South African Bureau of Standards covering Civil Engineering industry demands. Standards may not be copied or printed.

Co-operative, computerised database of all library stock in Southern Africa. Includes books, journals, conference proceedings, standards, technical reports. Updated weekly.

Free access to legal information, primarily South African case law and legislation. Also hosts legal materials from other countries in the region.

Online research tool for designing research projects and understanding methods. Includes 720+ books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, videos, and Major Works series.

Compilation of books, pamphlets, government publications, microforms, maps, technical reports, and periodicals published in South Africa. Updated monthly.

Compilation of books, pamphlets, government publications, microforms, maps, technical reports, and periodicals published in South Africa. Updated monthly.

Full-text and bibliographic information covering physical sciences, engineering, life sciences, health sciences, and social sciences and humanities.

Includes Natural Science and Technology Collections: scholarly journals, trade/industry journals, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications.

Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics; provides access to peer-reviewed open access journals in High Energy Physics.

Largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature with tools to track, analyze, and visualize research.

Full-text periodicals covering the social sciences.

Full text of judgments from 1947 to present, including Index and Annotations (Table of Cases, Subject Index, Words & Phrases, Statutes, Rules of Court). Most recent issue of Juta's Quarterly Review included.

Bibliographic database covering sport, fitness, exercise, sports medicine, physical education, coaching, training, administration, law & legislation, and more.

Biomedicine, life sciences, clinical medicine, physics, engineering, mathematics, computer science, humanities, and economics.

Provides accurate statistics to inform users on dynamics in the economy and society using internationally acclaimed practices.

Census and survey datasets and metadata from Statistics South Africa.

Limited subscription to select Taylor & Francis e-journals. Full collection is not available.

Indexing and abstracts for 280 popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist educators.

Bibliographic records of master’s and doctoral theses submitted to South African universities, including honorary doctorates. Coverage: 1918-present.

Platform used by CPUT Libraries to provide access to individual ebook titles.

Publisher-independent global citation database. Core Collection indexes publications back to 1900.

Multidisciplinary online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social sciences, and humanities.

Contains World Bank publications (2009-2012), journal articles, country studies, and analytical reports across various topics and regions.

Catalogues dissertations, theses, and published materials based on theses from OCLC members worldwide.