A database is a collection of information organized to provide efficient retrieval.
Databases provide various formats of information. Different databases provide different kinds of information.
Bibliographic databases provide a descriptive record of an item, but the item itself is not provided in the database. Information about the item is provided, including such things as author, title, subject, publisher, etc. The information provided is called a citation. Sometimes a short summary or abstract of the item is provided as well. Examples of bibliographic databases include LISA and Social Sciences Abstracts.
A full-text database provides the full-text of a publication. For instance, SA e-Publications provides not only the citation to a journal article, but the entire text of the article as well.
The library subscribes to a number of databases (E-Journals which are full text and other only have bibliographic information and also subscribes to E-Books).
We are using Open Anthens and this means for our E-Resources one has to login whether on or off campus.
For Training on how to use e-Resources consult your Faculty Librarian Sizwe Mabena: MabenaS@unizulu.ac.za.
The term is used to describe all the information products that a library provides through a computer network. This includes:
One requires Internet to access e-resources.
These are all available at UNIZULU Library.
A-Z List of Databases and Trial Databases
These are all databases that UNIZULU Library subscribes to both multi-disciplinary and subject specific.