Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU)

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Library hours

Term time
Monday - Thursday 07:30-22:00
Friday 07:30 - 16:00
Saturday 09:00 - 17:00
Sunday Closed
Vacation
Monday - Thursday 07:30 - 16:00
Friday 07:30 - 16:00
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:

  • Library doors closes 15 minutes prior to closure time.
  • The Library is closed on Sundays, Public and University Holidays.
  • The library closes at 16:00 on any day preceeding any Public/University Holiday.
  • The Library is also closed on Saturdays when Friday or Monday is a Public/ University Holiday.
  • Extended library hours may apply during the examination period.
Extended library hours 05/10/2015 TO 12/11/2015
Monday - Friday 07:30 - 00:00
Saturday 09:00 - 17:00
Sunday 09:00 - 17:00

Library e-journals platforms

Title Coverage Access status Links
ACCESS - McGraw-Hill E-TEXTBOOKS
  • MEDICINE
  • PHARMACY
  • PHYSIOTHERAPY
  • SURGERY
 Medicine, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Surgery Coming soon -
ANNUAL REVIEWS Biomedical & Life Sciences ; Physical Sciences ACCESS AVAILABLE - ON CAMPUS http://www.annualreviews.org/
BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL - BMJ Collection Health Sciences Coming soon -
CLINICALKEY Medicine, Dentistry ( Health Care Sciences) ACCESS AVAILABLE - ON CAMPUS https://www.clinicalkey.com/
COCHRANE LIBRARY- Evidence from research to help make health decisions Health Care knowledge and decision making Coming soon -
EBSCOHOST
  • MEDLINE FULL TEXT
  • ERIC
  • ACADEMIC SEARCH COMPLETE
  • HEALTH SOURCE - NURSING ACADEMIC ED.
 Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing & Education ACCESS AVAILABLE - ON CAMPUS http://search.ebscohost.com
INFORMA HEALTH CARE Current Medical Research & Opinion ( CMRO ) Coming soon -
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS AND WILKINS Collection of LWW Journals - Medicine & Health Care Sciences Coming soon -
OXFORD REFERENCE ONLINE Online Dictionaries - Various Subject areas Coming soon -
PSYCARTICLES - OVID Psychology full-text Journal Articles ACCESS AVAILABLE - ON CAMPUS http://ovidsp.tx.ovid.com/sp-3.16.0a/ovidweb.cgi
SABINET South African Journals online - Health Sciences ACCESS AVAILABLE - ON CAMPUS http://reference.sabinet.co.za/sa_epublications_a_z
SAGE SAGE Journals Online - 18 Titles ACCESS AVAILABLE - ON CAMPUS http://online.sagepub.com/
SCIENCE DIRECT Full-Text Journals - Multidisciplinary ACCESS AVAILABLE - ON CAMPUS http://www.sciencedirect.com/
WEB OF SCIENCE Journal Citation Reports ( JCR & ISI ) Coming soon -
WILEY ONLINE LIBRARY Wiley - Blackwell Journals ACCESS AVAILABLE - ON CAMPUS http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/

Open Access

Title Coverage Links
AFRICAN JOURNALS ONLINE (AJOL) A collection of peer-reviewed, African published scholarly journals http://www.ajol.info/
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY American Chemical Society Publications http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en.html
DIRECTORY OF OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS DOAJ is an online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality open access, peer-reviewed journals. https://doaj.org/
DIRECTORY OF OPEN ACCESS BOOKS DOAB provides open access to over 854 Academic peer-reviewed books from 25 publishers. http://www.doabooks.org/
FREE MEDICAL JOURNALS Medicine http://www.omicsonline.org/about.php