Struggling to find academic material for your assignment, research proposal, or thesis?The Library can help with a literature search—a systematic and comprehensive search for published academic resources on your topic.
How to request a literature search:
Complete our online form or use the Unisa Student App (available on the Android Play Store and iStore). In the app, go to Library and select Literature Search Form.
Current awareness is the term used to describe staying informed by keeping up to date with the latest publications, research and news in your field.
The perspective of current awareness is the present and the forthcoming, as opposed to the retrospective.
Current awareness ranges from looking for information on specific topics on a regular basis (and this usually involves the assistance of your Personal Librarian to help you set up a search profile matched to your research interests) to embracing a wider, more general, and cross-disciplinary view that brings an element of serendipity into your search for the latest information.
Informally, researchers remain alert in all contexts for useful information and insights that will inform their daily practice, their research, and spark off innovative and creative ideas for new avenues of research.
American Society for Deaf Children
ASDC was founded in 1967 as a parent-helping-parent organization, originally called The International Association of Parents of Deaf Children. The organization changed its name to American Society for Deaf Children in 1985. ASDC is the oldest national organization founded by and governed by parents of deaf children.
Today, ASDC is a national, independent non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide support, encouragement, and information to families raising children who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing. ASDC depends solely on donations, memberships, and proceeds from conferences for operations and is governed by a volunteer board.
ASDC recognizes the crucial role families play in the success of children who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing. We affirm that families are capable and willing to guide their children’s lives. Parents have the right and responsibility to participate in decisions regarding their children’s educational and social development.
ASDC supplies the information and support families request to ensure that their decisions and actions are based on up-to-date and accurate knowledge.
A unique pamphlet collection from forestry, wood science and nature conservation research institutes in South Africa, the USA, South America, Europe, Australasia and certain countries in Eastern Europe. Compiled by the University of Stellenbosch.
The year is marked with many special days, weeks, and months dedicated and devoted to raising awareness about important issues.
This monthly post, compiled by the Information Search Librarians Team, will note special dates and themes, and draw your attention to possibly interesting cross-disciplinary topical references intended to inform and to inspire ideas for research.
International days and weeks are occasions to educate the public on issues of concern, to mobilize political will and resources to address global problems, and to celebrate and reinforce achievements of humanity. The existence of international days predates the establishment of the United Nations, but the UN has embraced them as a powerful advocacy tool. We also mark other UN observances.
1-7 September: Arbour week
8th September: International Literacy Day 2025
10 September: World Suicide Prevention Day
15 - 19 September: National Wills Week
23 September: International Day of Sign Languages
24 September: South African Heritage Day
Tourism Month: Reminding South Africa that local travel is lekker
Tourism Month sets out to encourage domestic travel and tourism, highlighting South Africa’s rich heritage. September 2025 marks the start of the annual Tourism Month, and this year’s theme is “Tourism and Sustainable Transformation”. Encouraging community, eco-friendliness, sustainable business, and more, Tourism Month is set to hold up a mirror showing us what we already have right here on our doorstep.
This month will celebrate and shine a spotlight on sustainability not only within our communities but also in our natural environment.
Tourism Month special: SANBI offers unlimited access to SA’s national botanical gardens
The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) has launched “Passport to Nature: Your Year of Discovery”, giving travellers 25% off its Individual Annual Membership, which offers unlimited entry to all 11 National Botanical Gardens and two Zoological Gardens nationwide.
The university has identified ten (10) catalytic niches that will assist the institution in catalysing research, innovation and engaged scholarship These are as follows:
Click on the links below for information on Fourth Industrial Revolution and Digitalisation
1. Fourth Industrial Revolution and digitalisation
Newspaper results for ("Fourth Industrial Revolution") AND (digitalisation) AND (South Africa)
2. Industry 4.0 and digital transformation
("Industry 4.0") AND ("digital transformation")
3.4IR technologies and impact on business
("4IR technologies") AND (''impact on business'')
4. Cyber-physical systems and manufacturing
("Cyber-physical systems") AND (manufacturing)
5. Digital economy and Fourth Industrial Revolution
Journal articles on ("Digital economy") AND ("Fourth Industrial Revolution")
Heritage Day at brewsters craft
Published Online:1 Feb 2019
Heritage Day means different things to different people in South Africa. This is not unexpected given the melting pot of cultures coexisting on this amazing piece of rock at the tip of Africa. The supermarkets would have you believe that it is braai day, and yes, a braai is quintessentially South African, but there are so many ways to celebrate one’s heritage. Heritage is inherently personal: an expression of your connection to your family history, and the cultures, journeys and personalities which make that up. Your expression of your heritage is also likely to take a more contemporary form to match your lifestyle, interests and aspirations.
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