Information Research Skills:

Sourcing Academic Literature

2018
Department of Construction Economics and Management -
Postgraduate Training Session
ACCESS: Built Environment & Chancellor Oppenheimer Library

CEM (Snape Building)

Not on Campus? -- access the library’s resources
while Off Campus

Click the "OFF-

CAMPUS LOGIN"
button.
Log in using a staff or
student number and a
UCT network
password.
Discover – How to find relevant literature?
• Books (textbooks, books & e-books)

• Journal articles (Peer-reviewed)

• Grey literature & government websites (.gov; .org; .net;

.edu; .ac)

• Open sources
Discover – UCT Libraries -- PRIMO

Enter search to
access books,
articles,
dissertations,
theses, etc.
Discover – UCT Libraries (Book search ”Urban
Land Economics”)
Discover – UCT Libraries (Book search – refine
search, e.g. resource type = books)
Discover – UCT Libraries (Book search – Check
availability)
Discover – UCT Libraries (Book search – Books
is held at the ‘Short Loans’ collection)
 Discover – UCT Libraries (Book search – Send
to Endnote, Find Citation, etc.)

Download the RIS file to export

the citation directly to Endnote
Desktop, or else export the
Endnote citation to the
Endnote Web version.
Discover – UCT Libraries’ (e-Books
“Sustainable construction”)
Discover – UCT Libraries’ (e-Books
“Sustainable construction”)
Discover – UCT Libraries’ e-Books
Discover – UCT Libraries’ Browse vs. Search
Use Browse to
search by title ,
author or subject to
yield more specific
results
Discover – UCT Libraries’ Browse vs. Search

The Browse search yielded

three results.
Discover – UCT Libraries -- journal articles
• Use Databases to search for journal articles by subject:
• via Databases A-Z

• Specific Journals, e.g. International Project Management

Journal:
• via PRIMO’s Journal Search feature

• Google Scholar:
• Route to full-text article via ViewIt@UCT
Discover – UCT Libraries -- Databases
➢full-text databases, e.g. Sage Research Methods (research
methods), EBSCOHost Business Source Premier (Property Studies),
LexisNexis Academic (Legal), Emerald (Construction General)
➢Southern African focus, e.g. Africa Development
Indicators, AfricaWide Information, Africa Knowledge Project, Africa
Portal, SA ePublications
➢bibliographic database containing abstracts and citations, e.g. Web
of Science (good for author searches, e.g. bowen, p*)
Discover - Databases
Discover - Databases
Discover – Recommended Construction Economics databases
Research Construction Urbanisation & Project Legislation Southern African Property
Methods (General, BE, Globalisation Management Context Management
Housing, Economics)
Academic Academic Search Sage Journals Business Source LexisNexis Africa Development Academic Onefile
Search Premier Premier (via Ebsco) Premier (via Academic Indicators
(via Ebsco) SocIndex(via Ebsco) Academic Search
Business Source Ebsco) HeinOnline AfricaWide Premier (via Ebsco)
Sage Journals Premier (via Ebsco) Emerald Information
Taylor & Francis SA Business Source
Sage Research Emerald Online Project Pro ePublication Africa Knowledge Premier (via Ebsco)
Methods Project
SANS Standards Wiley Online ScienceDirect SANS Emerald
SpringerLink (formely SABS Library Standards Africa Portal
Standards) Taylor & Francis (formely SABS LexisNexis Academic
Web of Science Online Standards) SA ePublications
ScienceDirect SA ePublications
Web of
Taylor & Francis Wiley Online Science ScienceDirect
Online Library
Springerlink Journals
Web of Science Web of Science
Taylor & Francis
Online

Wiley Online Library

Discover – Databases, e.g. ScienceDirect
(mostly full-text)
Discover – Databases, e.g. Emerald (mostly
full-text)
 Discover – Databases, e.g. Emerald ( Good for
CEM topics)

Good database to
use for CEM topics.
Download citations
to Endnote.
Discover – Google Scholar
• Access full-text journal articles via Google Scholar (if
available via ViewIt@UCT or other institutional
repositories & academic networks)

• Go to setting and add “UCT” under library links

What is ViewIt@UCT?

ViewIt@UCT lists the services which

allow users to download or view the
article.
Discover – Google Scholar

Add “UCT” to
library links to
access full-
text, where
available.
Discover – Google Scholar
Discover – Google Scholar (View@UCT)
 Discover – Google Scholar (Full text available
from EBSCO)

Download
Full-text

Export
citation
to
Endnote
Gather– Google Alerts (Grey literature on
South African web sites on ‘poverty’)
Discover – Other sources of knowledge and
information
• Grey literature, e.g. http://www.opengrey.eu/; Google search,
e.g. poverty filetype:pdf; site:za

• Google Scholar (searches huge sets & multidisciplinary)

• Open access, repositories, e.g. www.scielo.org (Five BRICS

countries research)

• Laws of South Africa (Good source for SA legislation)

Discover – UCT Libraries’ other sources of
knowledge and information
• Referencing & reference management tools (EndNote)

• Research help
➢Subject guides

• Interlibrary Loans
Contact details

Dianne Steele
Tel.: (021) 650-5953
E-mail: Dianne.Steele@uct.ac.za

Noziphiwo Sigwela
Tel.: (021) 650-2370
E-mail: Noziphiwo.Sigwela@uct.ac.za
Need access to other university libraries in
South Africa?
• Get a CHELSA letter of introduction from UCT to make use of other
university libraries.

• Take the letter of introduction to the Loans Desk in the Library of

choice. In addition to the letter, you will be required to produce your
student card and your ID, passport, or driver's licence.
ACCESS – Other University Libraries

Get a CHELSA letter from Mr. Niel Mostert @

niel.mostert@uct.ac.za