A “subject portal” is an online resource that enables visitors to obtain trustworthy, academic information on a certain topic easily and fast.
Click here to access a gateway for a certain topic. The following is a generic gateway for all departments:
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Reference
ENGLISH DICTIONARIES
Cambridge Dictionaries Online
Free Dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford Reference Online
SPECIALITY DICTIONARIES
AlphaDictionary.com
YourDictionary.com
DIRECTORIES
AllConferences.com – Directory of Conferences, Conventions, Workshops, etc
NamDirectory.com – Finding people, places and businesses
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Answers.com International Portal
Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS)
High Beam free Encyclopedia
Wikipedia – The Free Encyclopedia
CURRENCY CONVERTERS
FX Converter: Converts over 164 currencies
XE.com: Converts 180 currencies in over 250 locations
JOB SITES
ICJ (International Careers and Jobs): Namibia link
Monster.com Job Search
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Mind Tools for Career Development
Monster.com Career Advice
Research Guides
RESEARCH PROPOSALS
Developing the research Proposal
Thesis Proposals: A brief guide
Writing the Research Proposal
RESEARCH METHODS
Basic Business Research Methods
ICAAP: Methods in Evaluation and Social Research
MCLI: Research Methods in the Social and Natural Sciences
UBC: Research Methods on the Web
Yenza: Research Methods
LITERATURE REVIEW
Conducting a Literature Review
Doing a Literature Search & Review
How to Write a Literature Review
Tips on Conducting a Literature Review
Dissertations & Theses
HOW TO WRITE A PHD THESIS
Project Planning & Management
Project Kickstart: Project Management Tips
Project Management
Project Planning and Management Tools
SCHOLARLY RESEARCH SITES
AJOL (African Journals Online)
Google Book Search
Google Scholar
Highwire Press: Stanford University
NUST Library Alphabetical List of e-Resources
NUST Library e-Resources by Subject
NUST Library Online Journals
SUBJECT DIRECTORIES/GATEWAYS
Academic Info: Subject Directory of University Level Internet Resources
BUBL: Information Service for Higher Education Community
Digital Librarian: A Librarian`s choice of the best of the web
Infomine: Scholarly Internet Research Collections
InterDok: Directory of Published Conference Proceedings
Internet Public Library: University of Michigan
Intute: Web Resources for Social Sciences and Business
LII (Librarians` Internet Index)
PINAKES – A Subject Launch-pad
Portals of the World
Voice of the Shuttle: For Humanities Research
WWW Virtual Library: Subject Guides to Specialized Areas
CITATION GUIDES
APA (American Psychological Association) Style
CBE (Council of Biology Editors) Style
Chicago Manual of Style Online Guide
CSE (Council of Science Editors) Style
Harvard Style by Karin de Jager – UCT
MLA (Modern Language Association) Style
Miscellaneous Citation Style Guides
NUST Library: Find Citation Guides
COPYRIGHT, IP AND PATENT ISSUES
Copyright & Neighboring Rights Protection Act 6 of 1994 (Namibia)
Copyright Protection
Patents: General Information
Patent Registration in Namibia
WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)
ONLINE LEARNING
MIT Open Courseware
MIT Sloan School of Management Online Courses
PUBLISHERS` CATALOGUES AND WEBSITES
Addison-Wesley (Pearson)
Amazon Books
Blackwell Publishing
CUP (Cambridge University Press)
Harvard Business Online
McGraw-Hill Higher Education Publishers
MIT (Massachusetts Institute of technology) Press
OUP (Oxford University Press)
Palgrave Macmillan Publishers
Prentice-Hall (Pearson)
Routledge – Including Taylor & Francis and Frank Cass
Springer Publishing: includes Kluwer Academic Publishers
Thomson – Including Brooks/Cole and Wadsworth
Government Organizations
DEPARTMENTS
Customs and Excise
National Institute for Educational Development
National Planning Commission
Office of the Auditor General
VAT in Namibia
INSTITUTIONS
Government of Namibia
GIPF (Government Institutions Pension Fund)
NCCI (Namibian Chamber of Commerce and Industry)
NEPRU (Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit)
Parliament of Namibia
MINISTRIES
Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry
Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Finance
Ministry of Fisheries & Marine Resources
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Information & Broadcasting
Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare
Ministry of Home Affairs & Immigration
Ministry of Justice & the Attorney General
Ministry of Labour & Social Welfare
Ministry of Mines & Energy
Ministry of Works, Transport & Communication
NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITIES
NQA (Namibia Qualifications Authority)
SAQA (South african Qualifications Authority)
NQAI (National Qualifications Authority Ireland)
NZQA (New Zealand Qualifications Authority)
QCA (Qualifications and curriculum Authority) – UK
SQA (Scottish Qualifications Authority)
Newspapers & Magazines
NATIONAL
Informante Free Community Newspaper
Namibian
Namibia Economist
Namibia News
New Era
Southern Times
REGIONAL
Africa Economies
Africa Online
Economic Times: International Business
Financial Mail Johannesburg
Traders Publication
Mail and Guardian
Business Day Johannesburg
Business Report South Africa
Other African Related News Resources
Star Newspaper: South Africa
INTERNATIONAL
Business Week
Financial Times
Forbes
Newsweek
Time in Partnership with CNN