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.
If you are not sure which journals you'd like to follow, or want a list of journals relevant to your subject area, use our Subject Guides to view lists of recommended journals.
You can also browse all Unisa online journals by subject area in our E-publication Finder.
You can use a search alert in one of our databases to notify you when new research is published that matches your saved search. The results will be drawn from a variety of sources and focused on your specific search strategy.
Learn more about forumulating a search strategy from our tutorial.
In most cases you will be required to register on the database to be able to make use of this feature free of charge.
Please refer to the Manuals and Help section of this guide for information on how to use alerting services in various databases.