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African Journal Archive Available on journals.co.za

Jun 30, 2016 | Blog, Products

African Journal Archive Available on journals.co.za

The content of the African Journal Archive is available on journals.co.za. In addition, it is now possible to search for information in this archive, together with Sabinet’s South African and African electronic journals from a single search page.

Furthermore, users can search the archive separately from other online journal content. The content is completely open access. As a result, the full text is available to anyone searching the archive – no subscription or registration is required. Currently, 49 of the 182 titles in the archive have been loaded onto the platform – however, the rest will follow in the very near future.

The African Journal Archive is a retrospective digitisation project of full-text journal articles published in Africa. The collection features journals in the Sciences, Social Sciences, and Humanities fields. It was funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. The archive provides access to a multi-disciplinary, multi-country digital archive of Africa’s research and cultural heritage contained in its journal literature, with some articles dating back to 1902. The inclusion of the African Journal Archive data on journals.co.za means that the additional functionality provided by the platform can now too be used for the retrieval and storage of relevant information.

This functionality includes:

  • Facets to facilitate the refining of search results.
  • Efficient keyword searching
  • Relevance ranking
  • Display of related items (items from other databases that contain the same search terms)
  • An Action List. Used to save selected records for a session. As well as printing, emailing, or exporting
  • mySabinet. Each user’s personal space for saving searches or lists. Also sharing these with other mySabinet users; mobile access from smartphones or tablets.

With the addition of these titles from the African Journal Archive, Sabinet is creating a resource containing more than 300 000 full-text articles from African journals.

Please contact Support at info@sabinet.co.za if you have any questions or experience any difficulties accessing the archive.