Agricultural Economics: Finding articles & using databases

This database covers information on agricultural economics from an African perspective.

A business research database giving access to full text articles

Covers significant research in the applied life sciences, including agriculture, forestry, human nutrition, veterinary medicine and the environment

Creamer Media’s Research Channel Africa provides subscribers unparalleled access to intelligence on industry and mining. Research Channel Africa gives users access to a database of over 230 000 news articles, projects updates, mine profiles and country profiles published in Engineering News, Mining Weekly, Engineering News Online and MiningWeekly.com. In addition, users can also download back copies of the weekly magazines, dating back to 1999 and access research reports about specific industrial and mining sectors.

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Suggested databases: Academic Search Premier, Africa-Wide Information, EconLit, Business Source Premier

EconLit covers virtually every area related to economics

FAOSTAT aims to achieve food security for all and make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives

A research firm that provides macroeconomic, industry and financial market analysis, covering 24 industries and 200 global markets.

The SA Gazettes collection includes Government and Provincial Gazettes since 1994 as well as Parliamentary Bills from 1999, and are updated daily, as new Gazettes become available.

A digital library containing academic journals, books and primary sources, and current issues of journals from an array of disciplines.

They deliver accurate, up-to-date information on companies, industries and countries across the world.

Featuring OECD books, papers and statistics and is the gateway to analysis and data

PressReader provides online access to over 7 200 newspapers and magazines, including more than 200 from South Africa. Available on any smartphone, tablet or laptop. Articles or full publications may be downloaded to be read when offline.

Provides the tables of contents, abstracted records, and full-text documents of many journals published in South Africa.

Science Direct is a leading full-text scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters.

SciVerse Scopus is the world’s largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature.

Provides statistical data sets about South Africa

Access the world’s leading scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities.

World Bank databases are essential tools for supporting critical management decisions and providing key statistical information