{"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":"2026-06-02T09:51:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T09:51:36","slug":"databases-on-trial","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/st\/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<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">IET Ultimate eBook Collection<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; World-class engineering and technology research for users.\u00a0 With content dating back to 1979, the Ultimate eBook Collection offers access to over 500 highly specialised engineering and technology publications.<\/p><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">IET Ultimate eBook Collection link &#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/digital-library.theiet.org\/. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdigital-library.theiet.org%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cwebadmin%40vut.ac.za%7C796e319e5cac48ffac5e08debfcd451b%7C1bad55d667ff456480adf00bca599df9%7C0%7C0%7C639159085500491428%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ydHcp73zZe5kbO%2FToXhxYzqqJ2fBiRUOSD%2BaLlYnlfU%3D&amp;reserved=0\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\" data-ogsc=\"\">https:\/\/digital-library.theiet.org<\/a><\/p><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The trial is starting today 25th of May 2026 and the end date is the 25th of June 2026<\/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\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Databases on Trial Databases on Trial offers temporary access to selected electronic resources for evaluation. 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