The UJ Library has a variety of resources to help you in finding information during your research journey.
Borrowing books
You have access to all the print and online information resources at the Library. A valid university card must be presented at the circulation counter for all the borrowing of the print resources. Find quotas and loan periods applicable to various client groups here. E-books and articles are available for downloads. It will be helpful to watch the videos on how you can download Ebooks on Overdrive and EBSCOhost.
Interlibrary and Intercampus loans
Intercampus Loans (ICL) is a service through which material held by one UJ campus Library is sent to another UJ campus library for your convenience. Read more about this service here.
Moreover, the Interlibrary Loan department provides a service to researchers by obtaining material not owned by the University of Johannesburg libraries. Material is obtained from libraries in South Africa and abroad. If the desired item cannot be located in South Africa, you will receive a notification indicating the additional cost of an international request. Please click here for more information about Interlibrary Loans.
Library training: one-on-one consultations with a Librarian/ group training
The library offers workshops on information retrieval and use of information sources. We offer a selection of workshops to support you during the various stages of the research cycle. Please see our monthly workshop schedule here. You may contact your librarian for workshops that are offered outside this schedule.
Research information alerts: This service sends newly available research information to your mail without the need to search regularly across different databases. Alerts can be customized to appear daily, weekly or monthly and across as many databases as you choose. Contact your librarian for information on how you can set this up.
Copyright
The infringement of copyright may result in legal action by the authors or owners of the information used. Our copyright officer is available to assist with all the copyright issues.
The Power of Now by
To make the journey into the Now we will need to leave our analytical mind and its false created self, the ego, behind. From the very first page of Eckhart Tolle's extraordinary book, we move rapidly into a significantly higher altitude where we breathe a lighter air. We become connected to the indestructible essence of our Being, "The eternal, ever present One Life beyond the myriad forms of life that are subject to birth and death." Although the journey is challenging, Eckhart Tolle uses simple language and an easy question and answer format to guide us. A word of mouth phenomenon since its first publication, The Power of Now is one of those rare books with the power to create an experience in readers, one that can radically change their lives for the better.
The Spy by
'Beautifully written and gripping'. Sunday MirrorWhen Mata Hari arrived in Paris she was penniless. Soon she was feted as the most elegant woman in the city. A dancer who shocked and delighted audiences, as a confidante and courtesan she bewitched the era's richest and most powerful men. But as paranoia consumed a country at war, Mata Hari's lifestyle brought her under suspicion. In 1917 she was arrested in her hotel room on the Champs Elysees and accused of espionage. Told in Mata Hari's voice through her final letter, The Spy is the unforgettable story of a woman who dared to break the conventions of her time, and paid the price.
