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Access Engineering
Focused around 14 major areas of engineering, AccessEngineering
delivers comprehensive authoritative information from a broad range of
McGraw-Hill engineering publications. An extensive repository of fully
searchable engineering content available online.
African Writers Series
Key works from the Heinemann African Writers Series which comprises seminal
works from the canon of African literature of the twentieth century,
covering such authors as Steve Biko, Ama Ata Aidoo, Nadine Gordimer, and
Buchi Emecheta. Novels, short stories, drama, poetry and author biographies are included.
Baen Free Library
Baen Books is now making available for free a number of its titles in
electronic format. Anyone who wishes can read these titles online or
you can download the books in one of several formats.
Bartleby
The preeminent Internet publisher of literature, reference and verse
providing students, researchers and the intellectually curious with
unlimited access to books and information on the web, free of charge.
California Digital Library
Scholarly materials, databases of journal article
abstracts and citations, electronic journals, publishing tools, and
reference databases.
Cambridge Books Online
A large
collection of books in the subject areas music, philosophy, antiquities,
classical studies, educational psychology, economics, business and
management, published by Cambridge University Press.
Credo Reference
A collection of more than 500 multidisciplinary dictionaries and
encyclopaedias from 57 publishers. Enhanced technology tools add
value by allowing the user to integrate content from different reference
sources and to generate comparative reports across topics and countries.
Ebrary
A large collection of academic e-books on a wide variety of
subjects including reference works from leading academic publishers. Ebrary's Info tools is a cross referencing tool that allows selected text
within a book to be linked to external online resources such as
dictionaries, maps and search engines.
Encyclopædia Britannica Online
(Also available via your mobile
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This reference work covers the textual content of all the print volumes;
over 73 000 articles and has additional search capabilities and links to
web based texts.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
A collection of encyclopedias, calenders and specialised
reference works covering a diverse range of subject areas.
Google Books
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Find the book
that you want.
If the
book is out of copyright, or if the publisher has given Google
permission, you will be able to preview the book, and in some cases the
entire text. If the book is in the public domain, you are free to
download a PDF copy.
Human Sciences
Research Council Publications
These are electronic versions of peer reviewed South African social
science research reports and publications emanating fro the Human Science
Research Council (HSRC).
Informa Healthcare E-books
A
collection of more than 600 electronic books on medicine, healthcare and
related subject areas.
Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Eurocodes Collection
ICE's Eurocode collection. Eurocodes are a set of pan-European model
building codes, developed by the European Committee for Standardisation.
The Eurocodes form a common European set of structural design codes for
civil engineering work.
Intersentia
e-books
A collection of 155 e-books on human rights.
Intech Open
A collection of more than 420 freely accessible electronic books in
science and related subjects.
International Development Resource Centre
A collection of more than 200 books, freely available, on global and
regional issues related to sustainable and equitable development and the
causes of global understanding, equity, and well-being.
International encyclopedia of dance
With
nearly 2,000 articles written by scholars from fifty countries, it
covers the full spectrum of dance—theatrical, ritual, dance-drama, folk,
traditional, ethnic, and social dance.
Kirk-Othmer encyclopedia of chemical technology
Presents a wide scope of articles on chemical substances, including
their properties, manufacturing, and uses. It also focuses on industrial
processes and unit operations in chemical engineering, as well as
covering fundamentals and scientific subjects related to the field.
Additionally, environmental and health issues concerning chemical
technology are also addressed.
Lippincott,
Williams & Wilkins E-books
A collection of electronic books in medicine, housed on Stellenbosch
University's existing OVID platform.
Make sense of referencing (Afr)
The Harvard, APA and Vancouver methods and the footnote system.
Published by the Stellenbosch University Language Centre.
Many Books
Browse through the most popular titles, recommendations, or recent
reviews from visitors. There are more than 29,000 eBooks available here
and they're all free!
Million Books
Project
An early collection
of books from the Indian scanning centers of the Universal Library
Project, sometimes called the Million Books Project.
MyiLibrary
A collection of academic e-books on a variety of subjects, but
specializing in law.
National Academies Press
A collection of more than 3 000 freely accessible electronic books on a
wide range of topics in science, biology, computer science, engineering,
health, space science and animal nutrition, etc.
OECD iLibrary
OECD's Online Library for books, papers and statistics and the
gateway to OECD's analysis and data.
OVID E-books see Lippincott,
Williams & Wilkins E-books
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
56,000 biographies of people who shaped the
history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the
year 2003.
Oxford encyclopedia of American literature
This
award-winning resource surveys the vibrant terrain of American
literature in 350 essays from leading scholars, encompassing the range
and depth of American literary history from the 1600s to the present
day.
Oxford encyclopedia of ancient Egypt
Featuring
600 original articles written by leading scholars, it makes available
what we know about the full social, political, religious, cultural and
artistic legacy of this 5,000-year civilization.
Oxford encyclopedia of British literature
Provides
comprehensive coverage of British literature, covering the entire
history of literature in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
in the major literary languages (Anglo-Saxon, English, Welsh, Scots,
Irish, and Latin).
Oxford English Dictionary Online
The accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the
last millennium.
Parry & Grant encyclopaedic dictionary of international law
This
classic reference tool brings together both terminology and pertinent
descriptive information on international law. Now in its third edition,
it is completely updated and expanded to include increased coverage in
growing areas of international law including diplomatic law, criminal
law, human rights, and more.
Pharos Woordeboeke / Dictionaries
South African subject dictionaries and
glossaries — a one-stop reference for all terminology users.
PLAAS
Publications of the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies,
University of the Western Cape, a leading research and teaching centre
with an international reputation for high quality applied research and
critical scholarship
Project Gutenberg
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From Project Gutenberg, the first producer of free ebooks. Project
Gutenberg offers over 36,000 free ebooks to download to your PC, Kindle,
iPad, iPhone, Android or other portable device. Choose between ePub,
Kindle, HTML and simple text formats.
Referex (Engineering Village platform)
Referex Engineering comprises professionally focused e-books in all the
main engineering disciplines, bringing together key sources of engineering
reference material. Full-text electronic access is available to 367
mechanical engineering titles published between 2000 and 2006, 36
electronics and electrical titles published in 2007 and 17 civil and
environmental engineering titles published in 2007.
Sage E-books
A collection of 100+ handbooks and reference works,
published by Sage
SALDRU
Publications of SALDRU, a research-based social responsiveness
initiative housed in the School of Economics, University of Cape Town.
Science Direct
E-books
(Also available via
your mobile
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5000+ electronic books, as well as a few reference works,
published by Elsevier, housed on SU’s existing Science Direct platform.
South African
National ETD (e-theses & dissertations) Portal
All theses and dissertations produced in South Africa accessible at
this site run by the South African National Research Foundation (NRF) in
collaboration with the Committee of Higher Education Librarians of South
Africa (CHELSA).
Springer e-books
A collection of e-books on Biomedical and life sciences, published
in 2009, as well as a few Springer reference works, housed on SU's
existing SpringerLink platform.
Stanford Encyclopedia of
Philosophy
Freely-accessible
online encyclopedia of philosophy maintained by Stanford University.
Structure and Bonding
Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry.
Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry
A state-of-the-art
reference work detailing the science and technology in all areas of
industrial chemistry. Subject areas include: inorganic and organic
chemicals, advanced materials, pharmaceuticals, polymers and plastics,
metals and alloys, biotechnology and biotechnological products, food
chemistry, process engineering and unit operations, analytical methods,
environmental protection, etc.
Wiley-Blackwell E-books
A few dozen electronic books in the subject areas of science, engineering, medicine
and education, housed on Stellenbosch University's
Wiley-Blackwell platform.
Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (WAT)
Dictionary of the Afrikaans Language.
World of Microbiology and Immunology, 1st Ed, 2V
Covers the concepts, theories, discoveries, and pioneers in microbiology
and immunology for students, researchers, teachers, and librarians. Using
a mix of traditional academic and topical articles, this title addresses
current ethical, legal, and social issues with special emphasis given to
biological warfare and terrorism.
Who's Who of Southern Africa
Profiles of individuals in Southern Africa who, through their own
expertise, genius and powerful efforts, have achieved more than most
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