{"id":25349,"date":"2025-07-15T09:02:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T09:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?page_id=25349"},"modified":"2026-08-17T10:26:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T10:26:30","slug":"databases-on-trial","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/en_gb\/databases-on-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Databases on Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"25349\" class=\"elementor elementor-25349\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-067076a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"067076a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d60640 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2d60640\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec172b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ec172b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Databases on Trial<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a85694d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a85694d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Databases on Trial<\/strong> offers temporary access to selected electronic resources for evaluation. Explore these databases during the trial period and help the Library assess their value for teaching, learning, and research.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce4a0d1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ce4a0d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23c4686 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"23c4686\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad5d8e4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ad5d8e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab067c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ab067c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Databases on Trial\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-238d064 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"238d064\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52c8a7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52c8a7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Trial Databases and Research Resources<\/h1><h2>Faculti Academic Research Media Platform<\/h2><p><strong>Faculti<\/strong> is a research discovery platform that helps scholars, students, policymakers, and professionals explore the ideas shaping research and policy through expert insights, structured contributions, and tools for navigating the scholarly literature.<\/p><p><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/faculti.net\/\">https:\/\/faculti.net\/<\/a><\/p><p><strong>Trial Period:<\/strong> 30 July 2026 \u2013 28 August 2026<\/p><hr \/><h2>ProQuest Arts &amp; Humanities and Visual Arts Resources<\/h2><p>ProQuest provides comprehensive resources for research in the arts, humanities, design, architecture, fashion, and visual arts. These databases support teaching, learning, and scholarly research through access to journals, archives, videos, and specialist indexes.<\/p><h3>Arts &amp; Humanities Database<\/h3><p>Arts &amp; Humanities Database with three highly regarded specialist indexes, creating a stronger and more comprehensive resource for research in the arts and humanities.<\/p><p><strong>Included Resources:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><p>Arts &amp; Humanities Database<\/p><\/li><li><p>ARTbibliographies Modern (ABM)<\/p><\/li><li><p>Design &amp; Applied Arts Index (DAAI)<\/p><\/li><li><p>International Bibliography of Art (IBA)<\/p><\/li><\/ul><h3>Available Collections<\/h3><h4>ProQuest One Visual Arts &amp; Design (PQ1VISUAL)<\/h4><h4>Art, Design and Architecture Collection (ARTARCPKG)<\/h4><ul><li><p>ARTbibliographies Modern<\/p><\/li><li><p>Arts &amp; Humanities Database<\/p><\/li><li><p>DAAI: Design and Applied Arts Index<\/p><\/li><li><p>International Bibliography of Art<\/p><\/li><\/ul><h4>Art, Design &amp; Architecture Archive Collection (ARTDESACOLL)<\/h4><ul><li><p>AAA: Architecture &amp; Design<\/p><\/li><li><p>AAA: Art &amp; Photography<\/p><\/li><li><p>Art &amp; Architecture Archive Collection 1<\/p><\/li><li><p>Art &amp; Architecture Archive Collection 2<\/p><\/li><li><p>Art and Architecture in Video<\/p><\/li><li><p>Country Life Archive<\/p><\/li><li><p>The Artforum Archive<\/p><\/li><li><p>The House Beautiful Archive<\/p><\/li><\/ul><h4>Fashion Studies Collection (FASHCOLL)<\/h4><ul><li><p>Fashion Studies Online: The Videofashion Library<\/p><\/li><li><p>The Daily News Record Archive<\/p><\/li><li><p>The Footwear News Archive<\/p><\/li><li><p>The GQ Archive<\/p><\/li><li><p>The Harper&#8217;s Bazaar Archive<\/p><\/li><li><p>The Harper&#8217;s Bazaar UK Archive<\/p><\/li><li><p>The Vogue Archive<\/p><\/li><li><p>The Vogue Italia Archive<\/p><\/li><li><p>The Women&#8217;s Wear Daily Archive<\/p><\/li><\/ul><h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h3>Trial Access<\/h3><p><strong>Trial Period:<\/strong> 22 July 2026 \u2013 21 August 2026<\/p><p><strong>Access Link:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/trials.proquest.com\/access?token=OiFfKQGrkszhJTaEVspOVcgnx\">https:\/\/trials.proquest.com\/access?token=OiFfKQGrkszhJTaEVspOVcgnx<\/a><\/p><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Faculti Academic Research Media Platform<\/b>. \u00a0Faculti is a research discovery platform that helps scholars, students, policymakers, and professionals explore the ideas shaping research and policy through expert insights, structured contributions, and tools for navigating the scholarly literature. \u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/faculti.net\/. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffaculti.net%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cwebadmin%40vut.ac.za%7C264245dc897b404fabb808def935faa4%7C1bad55d667ff456480adf00bca599df9%7C0%7C0%7C639222207440180091%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2F4nXlSASkFGg8qvti1Wu5sIHBbpGe%2BHhJAOrXVzN3KE%3D&amp;reserved=0\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\" data-ogsc=\"\">https:\/\/faculti.net\/<\/a>.<\/p><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Period : Trial date: 30 July \u2013 28 August. \u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cee8bc0 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"cee8bc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12ca9fb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"12ca9fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ead60a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3ead60a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47ed337 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"47ed337\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cas-scifinder.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-40378\" alt=\"SciFinder Discovery Platform Pilot Acces\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cas-scifinder.webp 648w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cas-scifinder-300x186.webp 300w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cas-scifinder-18x12.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" title=\"SciFinder Discovery Platform Pilot Acces \u2013 Vaal University of Technology\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3246ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a3246ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform \n\n(Trial Access)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d43038e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d43038e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Trial Period: 3 August 2026 \u2013 2 October 2026<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a43eb80 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a43eb80\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a48947b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a48947b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-section-id=\"1q1vql\" data-start=\"223\" data-end=\"277\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-decoration-line: initial;\">The <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-decoration-line: initial;\" data-start=\"337\" data-end=\"373\">CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-decoration-line: initial;\"> is a comprehensive scientific research platform developed by <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-decoration-line: initial;\" data-start=\"435\" data-end=\"442\">CAS<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-decoration-line: initial;\">. It provides researchers, academics, librarians, and students with powerful tools to discover, analyze, and manage scientific information across chemistry and related disciplines.<\/span><\/p><h5 data-section-id=\"xjqrmp\" data-start=\"624\" data-end=\"658\">What you can do with SciFinder<\/h5><p data-start=\"660\" data-end=\"690\">The platform enables users to:<\/p><ul data-start=\"692\" data-end=\"1241\"><li data-section-id=\"1gdhdxz\" data-start=\"692\" data-end=\"789\">Search scientific literature from journals, patents, conference proceedings, and dissertations.<\/li><li data-section-id=\"4crslj\" data-start=\"790\" data-end=\"881\">Find detailed information on chemical substances, reactions, formulations, and materials.<\/li><li data-section-id=\"ei1q8b\" data-start=\"882\" data-end=\"993\">Search using chemical structures, molecular formulas, reaction schemes, keywords, authors, or patent numbers.<\/li><li data-section-id=\"1e4a6am\" data-start=\"994\" data-end=\"1068\">Explore bioactivity, pharmacology, toxicity, and regulatory information.<\/li><li data-section-id=\"pxet4t\" data-start=\"1069\" data-end=\"1128\">Track research trends and identify emerging technologies.<\/li><li data-section-id=\"2wbdxa\" data-start=\"1129\" data-end=\"1187\">Discover commercially available chemicals and suppliers.<\/li><li data-section-id=\"20h4qd\" data-start=\"1188\" data-end=\"1241\">Export references and save searches for future use.<\/li><\/ul><hr data-start=\"1243\" data-end=\"1246\" \/><h5 data-section-id=\"12os1o4\" data-start=\"1248\" data-end=\"1263\">Registration<\/h5><p data-start=\"1265\" data-end=\"1345\">All users must create a <strong data-start=\"1289\" data-end=\"1314\">CAS SciFinder account<\/strong> before accessing the platform.<\/p><p data-start=\"1347\" data-end=\"1460\"><strong data-start=\"1347\" data-end=\"1365\">Register here:<\/strong><br \/><a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/scifinder.cas.org\/registration\/index.html?corpKey=57DBCDB9X86F3503FX1690EE913976641A6F\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"1366\" data-end=\"1460\">https:\/\/scifinder.cas.org\/registration\/index.html?corpKey=57DBCDB9X86F3503FX1690EE913976641A6F<\/a><\/p><hr data-start=\"1462\" data-end=\"1465\" \/><h5 data-section-id=\"1h4cqqh\" data-start=\"1467\" data-end=\"1493\">Access During the Trial<\/h5><p data-start=\"1495\" data-end=\"1544\"><strong data-start=\"1495\" data-end=\"1509\">Available:<\/strong> <strong data-start=\"1510\" data-end=\"1544\">3 August 2026 \u2013 2 October 2026<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"1546\" data-end=\"1603\">The trial provides access to the following CAS resources:<\/p><h5 data-section-id=\"hgy2mp\" data-start=\"1605\" data-end=\"1637\">CAS SciFinder and ChemZent<\/h5><p data-start=\"1639\" data-end=\"1706\">A next-generation scientific research solution providing access to:<\/p><ul data-start=\"1708\" data-end=\"1803\"><li 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class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/formulus.cas.org\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"1998\" data-end=\"2022\">https:\/\/formulus.cas.org<\/a><\/p><hr data-start=\"2024\" data-end=\"2027\" \/><h5 data-section-id=\"14svf8x\" data-start=\"2029\" data-end=\"2056\">CAS Analytical Methods<\/h5><p data-start=\"2058\" data-end=\"2208\">Provides quick access to analytical methods from leading journals and patents, making it easier to locate, compare, and understand laboratory methods.<\/p><p data-start=\"2210\" data-end=\"2245\"><strong data-start=\"2210\" data-end=\"2221\">Log in:<\/strong> <a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/methods.cas.org\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"2222\" data-end=\"2245\">https:\/\/methods.cas.org<\/a><\/p><hr data-start=\"2247\" data-end=\"2250\" \/><h5 data-section-id=\"1qrtz6p\" data-start=\"2252\" data-end=\"2275\">Training and Support<\/h5><p data-start=\"2277\" data-end=\"2363\">To help you get started with the 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