The EBSCO eBooks™ Open Access Monograph Collection is DRM-free and available at no cost on the EBSCOhost® platform. The Collection, comprising approximately 8000 e-books, was created in collaboration with university presses and scholarly OA publishers such as University of Michigan Press, Taylor & Francis and Temple University Press.
EbscoHost Web allows you to access more than two dozen different databases covering a vast multitude of subjects. These databases can be searched individually (by clicking on the name of the database), or a few at a time (by selecting the check box next to those you wish to search), or all at once (by checking the Select All check box). Most databases provide full text access to articles from scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers. Some of the databases available via the EBSCOhost platform are multi-disciplinary, like "Academic Search Premier", for example.
EbscoHost Greenfile provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,000,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 15,000 records. It includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
The Emerald eJournals Premierdatabase is a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary journal database featuring the latest peer-reviewed, international research. The Emerald/SANLiC agreement for 2022-2024 is a Read & Publish transformational open access agreement that provides read access to the latest version of your subscriptions as well as permitting eligible corresponding authors to publish a capped number of articles as open access at no extra charge in the hybrid journals to which UWC subscribes
Encyclopedia of Electrochemical Power Sources 2009 (accessible via the ScienceDirect platform) is a truly interdisciplinary reference for those working with batteries, fuel cells, electrolyzers, supercapacitors, and photo-electrochemical cells. With a focus on the environmental and economic impact of electrochemical power sources, this five-volume work consolidates coverage of the field and serves as an entry point to the literature for professionals and students alike.
EndNote is reference management software with features to:
Keep all your references and reference-related materials in a searchable personal library.
Synchronize your references between up to three of your personal computers, an online library, and your iOS device, through EndNote Sync. (You must be the owner and user of all three computers.)
Share your references with collaborators through EndNote Sync.
Use your references in word-processing documents to create formatted citations and bibliographies or independent reference lists.
To download the EndNote reference manager to your desktop, click here: https://lib.uwc.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Installing-EndNote.pdf
Please contact Anne Moon at amoon@uwc.ac.za or your faculty librarian if you need any assistance.
ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and research. Content includes journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, dissertations and theses, and books dating back to 1966.