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Useful Databases
Africa -Wide (OpenAthens)This link opens in a new windowIncluding the former SA Studies, African Studies, African HealthLine databases and NELM (National English Literary Museum)
Essential resource for African research, and information on and about Africa.
Mainly a bibliographic database
Coverage: Varied; earliest 1500, to the present day
Bibliographic or Abstracts
Africa Commons: Black South African Magazines (OpenAthens)This link opens in a new windowA unique digital collection of magazines created for Black South Africans (1937-1973). Sourced from African libraries, these magazines offer a glimpse into Black South African culture, history, and society during a critical period. They contain investigative journalism, literature, fashion, and even advertisements. This is the first and only digital collection of its kind.
Africa Commons: History and CultureThis link opens in a new windowCovers over 4,350 collections from around the world. We have in-depth coverage of sites primarily focused on African history and culture, along with selective coverage of sites that include African materials generally.
Africa Commons: Southern African Films & Documentaries (OpenAthens)This link opens in a new windowA digital collection providing streaming access to documentaries, films, and oral histories focused on Southern Africa. This resource offers a window into over a century of the region’s political history, culture, and social issues. The collection includes propaganda films alongside documentaries and personal narratives
Newspaper Source (OpenAthens)This link opens in a new windowCover-to-cover full text of U.S. and international newspapers, television and radio news transcripts
Mostly full text
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (OpenAthens)This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day and offering full text for graduate works added since 1997 along with selected full text for works written prior to 1997. It contains a significant amount of new international dissertations and theses both in citations and in full text.
UJ Institutional Repository (UJContent)This link opens in a new windowUJ Institutional Repository
Journal articles, books, images, reports, theses and dissertations
Coverage: varies
Full text
