Research4Life Programmes: Similarities and Differences!
Table of Contents Background – HINARI, AGORA, OARE, ARDI Journal Access Book Access Searching Options Training Material
Objectives of Research4Life Programmes (R4L) To connect developing world researchers with the international scientific community To reduce the publishing gap and improve the quality of locally produced articles and journals Ultimately – improve health, food security and environment in relation to Millennium Development Goals of 2015
Primary Target Audiences Eligible categories of institutions are: national universities research institutes professional schools (medicine, nursing, pharmacy, public health, dentistry) teaching hospitals government: ministries and agencies national medical libraries locally based non-governmental agencies All permanent and visiting faculty, staff members and students are entitled to access and can obtain the institutional User Name and Password.
HINARI (HINARI Access to Research in Health Programme) Online portal to access information on health and related social sciences Coordinated by WHO/Yale University More than 5300 institutions Up to 11,400 journals / up to 18,500 books / Other info resources up to 70 / up to 380 publishers
AGORA (Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture) Online portal to access information on agriculture and related sciences Coordinated by FAO/Cornell University, USA 2200 institutions Up to 3400 journals / up to 2000 books / up to 20 information resources / up to 95 publishers
OARE (Online Access to Research in the Environment) Online portal to access environmental information Coordinated by UNEP/Yale University Up to 4800 journals / up to 8300 books / up to 110 publishers 2300 registered institutions
ARDI (Access to Research for Development and Innovation ) Online portal to access development and innovation research Launched by WIPO 2009 Over 2000 journals / 5000 books / 14 publishers supports researchers in developing countries in creating and developing new solutions to technical challenges faced on a local and global level
ARDI Portal
Registration Guide
Journal Access Options
Titles Organized Alphabetically
Searching by Title
Subject Access Options
Titles by Subject
Searching by Subject
Searching by Language
Titles by Language
Searching by Language
Publisher Access Option
Titles by Publisher
Searching by Publisher
Books Access Options
Retrieving Full-Text Books
Searching for Books
Searching Options – PubMed (HINARI)
Results of the search are displayed in the main body of the page in Summary Format, 20 Items per Page and Recently Added Sort by options. This is the default setting when you complete a search. Note the two additional filters for Free Full Text and HINARI articles. These have been created in the HINARI/PubMed searches saved in My NCBI (see module 4.5). Of the 4237 articles, 2030 are available via the HINARI filter and 1717 with Free full text filter ( there are some overlaps).
Filters
Advanced Search
Using CAB Abstracts (AGORA)
Using the Search Wizard
Scopus (AGORA)
Scopus (Elsevier) - same as AGORA
Environmental Index (EBSCO)
Advanced Search
Environmental Science and Pollution Management (CSA)
Other Resources - HINARI
Other Resources - AGORA
Other Resources - OARE
Training Material (HINARI)
Training Material (AGORA)
Training Material (OARE)
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