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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.
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.
Go!
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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!
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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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