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What to do if I forgot my Novell password or need to reset my password to access materials off-campus?

Resetting passwords

Visit http://mypassword.uwc.ac.za

On this page you are prompted to enter your Novell network user name,

Staff: eg jpsmith and your UWC email address. 

Students:  Student number and UWC email address.

The system will send you an automated email. When you receive the email, click the link inside to complete the password reset.  Follow the instructions for devising an acceptable password.    Once the password is accepted, you will be able to use it immediately to access library resources.

If you are still blocked from accessing materials, please contact the ICS Help Desk at servicedesk@uwc.ac.za and copy in amoon@uwc.ac.za and tfortune@uwc.ac.za.

Please provide your student number, date of birth and or ID number.

Past Exam Papers

Use your Student number and password (yyyymmdd) to access previous question papers. Please note that exam papers are not accessible from Off Campus.

Tutorial on how to access Past Exam Papers

Welcome to the Physiotherapy Library Guide

This guide provides information and links to resources that are useful for Physiotherapy courses.

The library collects and subscribes to print and online resources to support your information needs. To access the list of key resources in Physiotherapy, as well as guidance on searching databases for journal articles and books, click on the tabs above.

Please visit the Information Literacy tutorial to support you with each stage of the research process, including selecting a topic, identifying information needs, selecting sources, locating information, evaluating information, and citing sources.

How the Faculty Librarian: Community and Health Sciences (CHS) can Help

Do you need assistance finding relevant information for your research?

Are you a student or researcher struggling to develop search strategies?

Do you need help searching databases, conducting a grey literature search, or managing your citations?

The CHS Faculty Librarian is pleased to offer a variety of literature search services to students and researchers and consist of the following elements:

  • Assistance finding relevant information for your research.
  • Identify relevant databases and gray literature resources in which to conduct literature searches related to your topic.
  • Design and implement complex, comprehensive search strategies to maximize retrieval of relevant studies.
  • Create search alerts to ensure that new studies are found while the systematic review is in progress.
  • Use citation management software, such as Endnote and Mendeley to manage and organise your  research references.
  • Assistance with manual referencing using APA or Havard referencing styles.
  • Track down hard-to-find full text articles for screening and review.

Please contact your Faculty Librarian at kerasmus@uwc.ac.za

Telephone no.: 021 959 2684

Faculty Librarian

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Karen Cook
Contact:
021-9592684

Book an appointment

Make an appointment by emailing Karen Cook at kerasmus@uwc.ac.za your Librarian who can help you select database/s or other search tools, or find books, journal articles, newspaper sources, government documents etc for your research project.

Library Hours

Monday
8:20 am - 12:00 am
Tuesday
8:20 am - 12:00 am
Wednesday
9:20 am - 12:00 am
Thursday
8:20 am - 12:00 am
Friday
8:20 am - 8:00 pm
Saturday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday
Closed