Online Books in the UJ Library (Full-text access)

The University of Johannesburg Library collection of Electronic Books grow each year. Most of the databases are purchased by the Engineering Faculty, but many of  these titles are relevant to the Sciences.

Have a look and make use of these collections. Why not recommend some of these books as an additional reading material to your students?

• The Online Book databases are IP Authenticated
•  Unlimited users (only SAFARI IT books has 5 simultaneous users).
• Remote access (see the comments to each database)

Direct links to the Online Books are available on the Sciences Librarian Portal and the individual Subject Portals.

AccessEngineering   (Remote Access – YES)

• Biomedical Engineering Books (6) 
• Chemical Engineering Books (12)
• Communication Engineering Books (39) (Wireless Security; 3G Wireless Networks; etc.)
• Energy Online Books (7)
• Environmental Online Books (20) 
• Green/Sustainable Online Books (10)
• Material Science Engineering Books (5)
• Nanotechnology Engineering (5)
• Optical Engineering (18)

> CRCnetBase Online Books  (Currently Full-text ON CAMPUS ONLY)

The books in these collections cover a wide subject spectrum of interest to Scientists: Energy; Environmental & Ecological; Computing; Remote sensing; Chemistry and many more. The number of books grow each year with new publications.

MechanicalEngineeringNetBase  (233 e-books) (Currently Full-text ON CAMPUS ONLY)

TellecomunicationsNetBase  (205 e-books) (Currently Full-text ON CAMPUS ONLY)

EngnetBase  (1288 e-books) (Currently Full-text ON CAMPUS ONLY)

ElectricalEngineeringnetBase  (404 e-books) (Currently Full-text ON CAMPUS ONLY)

ENVIROnetBASE (572 e-books) NEW! Currently full-text only ON CAMPUS

• Earth Science (10 e-books)
• Ecological Economics (8 e-books)
• Ecology (60 e-books)
• Environmental Modeling & Systems Analysis (18 e-books)
• Environmental & Ecological Risk Assessment (39 e-books)
• Environmental Engineering (Over 100 e-books)
• Environmental Health (31 e-books)
• Environmental Law, Management and Compliance (45 e-books)
• Environmental Toxicology (62 e-books)
• General (6 e- books; Energy Portfolios, Global Warming; Soil; Organic Chemicals, etc.)
• Geology (14 e-books)
• GIS and Mapping (44 e-book)
• Hazardous Materials (14 e-books)
• Landscape Ecology (9 e-books)
• Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry (58 e-books)
• Resource Management & Sustainability (30 e-books)
• Turfgrass Science & Engineering  (3 e-books)

MATERIALSnetBASE (333 books) (Currently Full-text ON CAMPUS ONLY)

> ICE Virtual Library (Conference Proceeding, 1836-2002)

> Referex  (via Engineering Village 2/ EV2)    (Remote Access – YES)

The Library subscribes to 2 collections Electronic & Electrical Books (411) and Materials & Mechanical Books (521). These are some of the subject collections:

• Applied Mathematics (7 books)   
• Atomic & Molecular Physics and Optics (15 books)
• Computer Science Applications (11 books)    
•  Computational Theory & Mathematics (6 books) 
• Computer Graphics & Computer-Aided Design (12 books)  
• Computer Interfacing (6 books) 
• Computer Networks & Communication (43 books)
• Electrical Power & Distribution (11 books)        
• Energy Engineering & Power Technology (12 books)
• Environmental Engineering (9 books)    
• Environmental Science (7 books)   
• Information Systems (10 books)  
• Materials Science (17 books)  
• Plant Maintenance (8 books)    
• Software (34 books)  

> SAFARI (IT books; 5 Simultaneous users)    (Remote Access – YES)

> Science Dissemination Using Open Access (Free access, Web 2.0; Open Access) 

 Enjoy your reading. If you have any comments, please let me know.