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How to search: Search the Library's electronic resources

This guide will show you how to search in the different Unisa Library resources to find relevant information for your research needs

Find books

The Unisa Library has a vast print and electronic book collection. Search for books in the Library Catalogue by entering keywords or the title of the book.

Find e-journals

Search for the electronic availability of a journal by looking up the journal title, browsing for journals by subject or searching by the journal's unique International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) via the Find e-journals link.

Find legislation and case law

For information on obtaining South African, and International, law resources such as: 

- Primary Sources: Bills, Acts, Regulations, Ordinances, By-Laws, Reported Cases, Government Gazettes

- Secondary Sources: Books, Dissertations and Theses and Journal Articles

Please visit the various Library guides on Law:

Find e-resources

A wide range of electronic resources is available from our Library's Find e-resources link on the Library home page.

 

The e-resources have been grouped in various ways to help you find the resource you need as easily as possible:

 

  • alphabetically by the name of the database 
  • according to the Database Title/Keyword
  • according to the Subjects 
  • according to the Type of resource, e.g. e-books, dissertations, full text journals, newspapers and many more
  • according to the Vendor

Find prescribed and recommended reading as listed in Tut Letter 101

Find your prescribed and recommended reading as listed in Tutorial Letter 101 for each of your courses by clicking on Find e-reserves & recommended books on the Library home page and enter the relevant course code into the Search for material for my course: search window. Then click on Submit. (See the screen capture below.)

A word about copyright

In accordance with the Unisa Policy for Copyright Infringement and Plagiarism, you are personally accountable for respecting copyright and licensing requirements. Violations of any of these restrictions could result not only in the loss of your own access to the information resources, but in the loss of access for the entire Unisa community. Disciplinary action may also be taken in terms of any applicable policy or disciplinary code, for example, the Unisa Student Disciplinary Code.

Be conscientious about copyright. 

Find Unisa research in the Unisa Institutional Repository

Find theses and dissertations, research articles, conference papers and rare materials written by Unisa staff and postgraduate students in the Unisa Institutional Repository.

Find a specific article

Use the Find e-journals link on the Library home page when you have a reference to a journal article and need to find out if that journal article is available online in full text. 

Can't find something?

If you cannot find a book or article in our own collections, fill out an Interlibrary Loan request (for books or articles). We will do our best to get it for you as fast as possible!

The items you request will be sent to the Unisa Library (Muckleneuk, Pretoria, Main Campus) and you will be notified by an email and a telephone call from the Interlibrary Loans section to let you know your interlibrary loan request has arrived. Depending on the method of delivery you requested, the item may be collected from the Lending Counter of the Muckleneuk Library or posted to you.

Click here for more information on Interlibrary Loans.

 

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