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Using the Internet
for research and teaching in the Humanities and Social Sciences
About Yenza!
"Yenza" -
which means "do it" in isiXhosa and isiZulu - is a guide to using the
Internet for research and teaching in the Social Sciences and Humanities.
The project's understanding of "using the Internet for research" includes
using Internet tools for finding information, for conducting research, as
well as for disseminating research-related information.
The Yenza!
site was developed by the South African National Research Foundation in
partnership with the Infolit
Project of the Adamastor
Trust. Materials on the site comprise a mixture of annotated links to
resources in South Africa and elsewhere, and materials developed
specifically for Yenza! In selecting outside resources, the project team has looked for
materials which are highly rated by subject experts.
These
resources are intended as an introduction to what the Internet offers
researchers and teachers, not as a comprehensive catalogue. The
information on this site should help both the novice researcher and the
more experienced researcher to find and develop online resources. The site
can be used independently by researchers, although it was primarily
developed to complement face-to-face workshops. Yenza! for
trainers contains resources for people wanting to run workshops using
the site, and the entire Yenza! site can be downloaded in
compressed form for running offline.
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Learn to use the Internet
This
section covers using e-mail discussion lists, searching for
information, and evaluating information, and provides links to a
selection of introductory Internet resources. Go! |
Start your research
This
section contains links to resources on a variety of research-related
topics, and is aimed at novice researchers and their advisors as
well as at more experienced researchers who are new to the Internet.
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Yenza! for trainers
This
section contains suggestions for trainers on running courses using
the Yenza! set of resources, a zipped version of the entire site,
and links to resources for trainers.Go! |
The Internet for teaching
This
small section offers annotated links to resources on integrating the
Internet into teaching. Go!
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Subject links
The
Yenza! pages of discipline-specific links currently cover
Anthropology; Criminology; Development studies; Economics;
Education; English; Gender studies; Geography and environmental
studies; History; Home economics and related disciplines;
Journalism, communication and media studies; Law; Library and
information science; Linguistics; Music; Nursing science;
Philosophy; Political science; Psychology; Religious studies and
Theology; Science education; Social work; Sociology. Go!
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Building a web site
"Using
the Internet for research" isn't just about getting information from
the Web, but should also involve using it to disseminate research
results and to facilitate collaborative research. Go!
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