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Research support

Registered students involved with research have various resources available to them to get everything they need out of the Unisa Library. Students can access a series of online tutorials on essential topics and have personal librarians on hand to assist.

Research skills

It is important that you possess skills that can assist you in completing your research. The library has developed as series of online tutorials that will ensure that you:

  • Have a broad overview of the resources the library has to offer
  • Develop browsing and search skills to ensure that you use the databases effectively
  • Find relevant material on your topic
  • Obtain your identified material
  • Use RefWorks to build a personal database and be able to use it to create in-text citations and a bibliography in your preferred referencing style
  • Stay up-to-date with the latest trends in your research

Click on a link below to read through tutorials on the following topics.

Personal librarians

Personal librarians provide:

  • Assistance with research needs
  • Training in the use of the subject databases
  • Support in setting up alerting services
  • Compilation of subject-specific literature lists
  • Partnering with academics in the structuring of study material
  • Gathering subject-specific input for collection development
  • Promotion of the library’s services and information resources
  • Developing partnerships with the academics, researchers, graduate students and other library staff

For more information on personal librarians you can contact the library via e-mail perslib@unisa.ac.za or see contact details below for college-specific personal librarians.

College Schools / Departments Personal Librarian(s)
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES) School of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Dept of Agriculture and Animal Health
Dept of Life and Consumer Sciences

School of Environmental Sciences
Dept of Environmental Sciences
Dept of Geography
ABEERU - Applied Behavioural Ecology & Ecosystem Research Unit Science Foundatioin Programme
Ms Leslie Adriaanse
Tel: (011) 471-2301
ladriaan@unisa.ac.za
College of Science, Engineering & Technology (CSET) School of Computing

School of Engineering
Dept of Civil & Chemical Engineering
Department of Electrical & Mining Engineering
Dept of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

School of Science
Dept of Chemistry
Dept of Mathematical Sciences
Dept of Physics
Dept of Statistics
Institute for Science and Technology Education (ISTE)
Dr Filistea Naude
Tel: (011) 471-2471
fnaude@unisa.ac.za
 
 
 
Mr Aaron Tshikotshi
Tel: (012) 429-3033
E-mail: tshikam@unisa.ac.za
College of Economic & Management Sciences (CEMS) School of Accounting Sciences
Dept of Auditing
Dept of Taxation
Dept of Financial Accounting
Dept of Management Accounting
Ms Mante Rantlha
Tel: (012) 429-3501
rantllb@unisa.ac.za
CEMS School of Economic Sciences
Dept of Economics
Dept of Decision Sciences
Dept of Transport Economics, Logistics & Tourism
Ms Leanne Brown
Tel: (012) 429-3216
brownlt@unisa.ac.za
CEMS SBL. Graduate School of Business Leadership Ms Megan Scheepers
Tel: (011) 652-0342
scheema@unisa.ac.za
Ms Lindiwe Ncongwane
Tel: (011) 652-0342
ncongle@unisa.ac.za
CEMS School of Management Sciences
Dept of Business Management
Dept of Marketing and Retail
Dept of Finance, Risk Management & Banking
Ms M van Zyl
Tel: (012) 429-3201
vzylmm@unisa.ac.za
CEMS School of Management Sciences
Dept of Human Resource Management
Dept of Industrial & Organisational Psychology
Dept of Public Administration
Centre for Corporate Citizenship
Ms Mélanie Malan
Tel: (012) 429-3595
malanmm@unisa.ac.za
College of Human Sciences (CHS)

School of Humanities & Theology
Dept of Christian Spirituality, Church History & Missiology
Dept of New Testament & Early Christian Studies
Dept of Practical Theology
Dept of Systematic Theology & Theological Ethics
Dept of Old Testament & Near Eastern Studies
RITR
Dept of Philosophy and Systematic Theology

School of Arts
Dept of Religious Studies & Arabic

Ms Elsabé Nell
Tel: (012) 429-3633
nelle@unisa.ac.za
CHS School of Humanities & Theology
Dept of Development Studies
Dept of Psychology
The institute for Social and Health Sciences
Mr Tinyiko Ndhlovu
Tel: (012) 429-4409
ndhlotc@unisa.ac.za
CHS School of Humanities & Theology
Dept of Health Studies
Dept of Social Work
Dept of Sociology
ISHS
Ms Talana Erasmus
Tel: (012) 429-3101
erasmta@unisa.ac.za
CHS

School of Humanities & Theology
Dept of History
Dept of Political Science
Centre for African Renaissance Studies (CARS)
School of Graduate Studies,

School of Arts
Dept of Anthropology and Archaeology

Ms Mary-Lynn Suttie
Tel: (012) 429-3098
suttim@unisa.ac.za
CHS School of Arts
Dept of English Studies
Dept of Art History and Visual Arts
Dept of Musicology
Dept of Communication Science
Institute for Gender Studies
Mr Dawie Malan
Tel: (012) 429-3212
malandj@unisa.ac.za
CHS School of Arts
Dept of African Languages
Dept of Information Science
Dept of Afrikaans & Theory of Literature
Dept of Classics & World Languages
Dept of Linguistics
Ms Hleziphi Napaai
Tel: (012) 429-3204
napaasg@unisa.ac.za
College of Education

Department of Further Teacher Education
Department of Teacher Education
Department of Educational Studies
Institute of Continuing Education
ABET Institute

 

Ms Danisile Motsatsi
Tel: (012) 429-3217
motsabd@unisa.ac.za

Ms Busisiwe Ramasodi
Tel: (012) 429-3543
ramasbc@unisa.ac.za
College of Law (CL)

School of Law
Dept of Public, Constitutional and International Law
Department of Jurisprudence
Dept of Mercantile Law
Dept of Private Law
Institute for Foreign and Comparative Law


School of Criminal Justice
Dept of Criminology and Security Science
Dept of Penology
Dept of Police Practice
Dept of Criminal & Procedural Law
Unisa Legal Aid Clinic
Institute of Criminal Sciences

Mr Solly Bopape
Tel: (012) 429-8825
bopapst@unisa.ac.za

 

 


Mr Tsepo Constable
Tel: (012) 429-8827
consttf@unisa.ac.za