NAMLIT (19th century to current)
The National Library of Namibia compiles this database which includes a comprehensive bibliography of Namibia-related library materials both from Namibia and from abroad.

Natural & Cultural Heritage of Africa (NATCHA) (1960-current)
NISC SA in collaboration with the Naturalist Niche in Port Elizabeth compile this database. It offers unique current and historical coverage of articles from natural history, zoology, botany and museum journals published in Africa and relating to the continent.

Afro-Tropical Bird Information Retrieval Database (20th century to current)
NISC SA compiles this database in collaboration with the Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology at the University of Cape Town. It offers comprehensive current and historical coverage of all publications on Afro-Tropical Birds. It also includes some information from the 1800’s.

African Periodicals Exhibit (APEX)
The catalogue is published annually by the African Academy of Sciences in Kenya and sponsored by the Southern African Book Development Education Trust (SABDET), in the UK. APEX lists details of 135 scholarly African serial publications.

Bibliography on Contemporary African Politics and Development (1981 to 1992)
This bibliographic database was produced at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). It is keyword indexed in detail, all the citations are annotated and over half include abstracts. It is derived from both English and French speaking Africa and the database also references illustrations and maps.

Don Africana Collection (16th Century to current)
This includes David Don’s original collection of documents donated in 1916. It has been updated constantly since then and relates to Africa south of the Sahara. Subjects covered include African religion, archaeology, art, economics, education, exploration, flora and fauna, geography, history, law, literature, missionary accounts and politics.

The Campbell Collections of the University of Natal, Killie Campbell Africana Library Bibliography (19th Century to current)
This collection includes a wide range of published works and an extensive manuscript collection dealing with Southern Africa in general and the Kwa-Zulu Natal Region in particular. Subjects covered include politics, cultural anthropology, African art and 19th and 20th century history. The collection includes important published accounts left by 18th and 19th century explorers and travellers in Africa, as well as Zulu dictionaries, grammar books and published works by early Zulu writers. Highlights include, early South African English literature, the James Stuart Papers, the Bourquin Papers and accounts and diaries of the Anglo-Zulu War.

International Library of African Music (ILAM)
This collection includes recordings and publications from the early 20th century to current. This database includes annotated records pertaining to indigenous African music in the ILAM collection. The regions covered are central, eastern and Southern Africa. Soon to be added is the database of musical instruments and photographs. To obtain musical recordings contact: International Library of African Music (ILAM), Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa, e-mail: ilamsales@ru.ac.za or ilamwebmaster@ru.ac.za, Tel:+27(46)603-8557, Fax: +27(46)622-4411.

Database of Swiss Theses and Dissertation (1897 to current)
Compiled by Roger Pfister, this bibliography lists 568 Swiss doctoral dissertations on sub-Saharan Africa.
NEW to this database collection:

African Development Database NEW
Exciting NEW NISC database This new database compiled by NISC is presently in its infancy with 1,000 records and is set to grow into aninvaluable African information resource. It covers current literature on economics, socio-economics, water science, water technology, agriculture, fisheries andscience and technology. The sources include journal articles, reviews and news items from journals and magazines with some coverage of books and reports.

Media Africa
This database covers significant socio-economic, political, scientific, technical and environmental issues and events in Africa. The regional categories covered include: central, east, north, south and west.
The information is sourced from full-text and summaries of newspaper articles, conference proceedings, television and radio broadcasts, periodicals and technical reports.

The material in the database is provided to the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS), a US government agency. Analysts from FBIS' domestic and overseas bureaus have monitored timely and important open-source materials, including gray literature for over 60 years.

African Journals OnLine (AJOL)
AJOL enhances access to the research output of Africa providing a collection of academic journals and journal articles published in Africa. AJOL hosts over 200 journals from 21 countries and there are currently more than 13 000 article abstracts available on the website.

Free access to the abstracts and Table of content is provided and the opportunity to order the full-text and document delivery is available for a small fee. Please click here to see if your country is eligible for a subsidised service: http://www.inasp.info/peri/countries.shtml

The site offers search functionality and the journals can be listed by subject area, country, or alphabetically, to help researchers find journals of relevance, and allow browsing of the journals. A sophisticated search tool helps researchers locate articles of interest and relevance. E-mail alerts also provide a reminder service. AJOL also includes information about each participating journal, including aims and scope, contact details for authors and subscribers as well as general information.

AJOL was launched in 1988 by the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) in the United Kingdom. From 2005 AJOL management will move to Africa and become a not for profit company African Journals OnLine (AJOL). AJOL will be closely linked and initially will now be managed by NISC in Grahamstown, South Africa.

Please click https://www.ajol.info/index.php should you require more information.

Netherlands institute for Southern Africa (NiZA)-BIDOC current catalogue
This catalogue currently holds some 18,000 records of books, documents (many collected through the Internet), articles from periodicals and audio-visual materials (mainly video's) which are part of the collection at the Library, Information and Documentation Centre (BIDOC) of the Netherlands institute for Southern Africa based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This collection deals with a wide range of issues relating to political and socio-economic developments in Southern Africa and international relations with the region. Most of the sources date from 1999 onwards. All records include keywords and summaries of the sources involved.

African Books Collective
African Books Collective (ABC) is an organisation of some 102 independent and autonomous African publishers from 18 African countries. ABC markets and distributes books published in Africa globally outside Africa and publishes resource material for African book and publishing communities. It stocks mainly English language titles in 56 subject disciplines with about 200 new titles added each year. It is a non-profit making organisation and is supported by government agencies and development organisations.The Africa Book Centre
This database provides libraries and individual buyers access to books from and about Africa published by 1 000 suppliers from Africa and all around the world. The Africa Book Centre’s Book Review is the best source of current information on the African book industry, carrying information on authors, booksellers, censorship, human rights and publishing. Secure online shopping services are offered on their website, http://www.africabookcentre.com/

South African Databases
This is a unique collection of databases providing access to the great majority of documents published in and about South Africa, including theses, dissertations and current research.

Index to South African Periodicals (1987 to current)
This database is compiled by the South African State Library. Topics covered include scientific and technical articles, law, education, agriculture and municipal affairs.

South African National Bibliography (1988 to current)
This is a comprehensive record of South African publishing compiled by The South African State Library.

National English Literary Museum (1990 to current)
Includes six databases:
- Select Index to South African Literature in English, Critical Writings
- Select Index to South African Literature in English, Creative Writings
- NELM – Main Catalogue
- Manuscripts
- Literary Awards
- A Bibliography of Anglophone Literature and Literary Criticism by Black South Africans

KnipKat
This database is from the Nasionale Afrikaanse Letterkunde Museum en Navorsingsentrum (NALN). It is the indexed database of press cuttings from newspapers and magazines relating to Afrikaans language, literature and culture with information about writers of the Afrikaans language.

NEXUS
The Database on Current and Completed Research in South Africa is compiled by the National Research Foundation (NRF) in Pretoria. This database provides information on approximately 135 900 South African current and completed research projects including theses and dissertations. The records of the Union Catalogue of Theses and Dissertations (UCTD) formerly maintained by the Library of the Potchefstroom University are now included. This source provides information on all fields of science since 1900. It also includes abstracts.

Witwatersrand University Management Research Reports (1970 to current)
The Witwatersrand Library of Management database contains records on management in South Africa.

The Centre for Rural Legal Studies Database (1987 and earlier to current)
Subject coverage includes issues relating to agriculture and farm workers in South Africa and elsewhere, specifically labour law and relations, working conditions, housing/tenure and socio-economic conditions. Issues such as land reform, rural local government and gender are also covered.

South African Legal Abbreviations
This database of abbreviations is compiled by the law librarians at the UNISA Law Library. This collection is important as there is no standardisation with respect to abbreviations used in law in South Africa.

Political Information and Monitoring Service Database (PIMS)
This database is compiled by IDASA, the Institute for Democracy in South Africa and offers comprehensive, plain language summaries and key details to the bills, acts and amendments of South African Parliament.

Coming Soon:

The Dictionary Unit for South African English
The Unit was established in 1969 to collect and record English as it is used in South Africa. Examples of South African English were first recorded on index cards and then in electronic format. Now, new records from a variety of sources are being added and, over time, the thousands of index cards will be scanned or keyed into the database. This material is referred to by the Unit when writing dictionaries but can also used as a general research tool.