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Archaeology Library Guide

How to find information - a guide for Archaeology students

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The aim of this guide is to assist Archaeology students and researchers at all level find information on library resources, facilities and services.  

Not sure where to find literature? A good place to start

To understand your topic, you may start with: 

  • Run topic search in Primo .
  • Encyclopedias - encyclopedias give explanations and succinct overviews of topics
  • subject dictionaries - dictionaries provide definitions of unfamiliar terms
  • general science dictionaries

Helpful library links

UCT Libraries website is your information center for all subscribed resources as well as available facilities and services for you.

Search for scholarly resources from Primo discovery and access providing platform.

Find Journal Resources here 

  • Search for a journal,
  • Identify predatory Journals/publishers,
  • DHET Accredited Journal's List, and
  • 2025 Read & Publish Agreement for UCT.

E-Collections for Archaeology: multidisciplinary databases

Join our library workshops

UCT Libraries run the following workshop series and more

Helpful library links

UCT Libraries website is your information center for all subscribed resources as well as available facilities and services for you.

Search for scholarly resources from Primo discovery and access providing platform.

Find Journal Resources here 

  • Search for a journal,
  • Identify predatory Journals/publishers,
  • DHET Accredited Journal's List, and
  • 2025 Read & Publish Agreement for UCT.

E-Collections for Archaeology: multidisciplinary databases