1. Research4Life Programmes: Similarities and Differences!

2. Table of Contents  Background – HINARI, AGORA, OARE, ARDI  Journal Access  Book Access  Searching Options  Training Material

3. http://www.research4life.org/

4. 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

5. 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.

6. More than 100 countries, territories and areas HINARI: health research (12700 journals, 24900 books and 70 information resources, 5400 registered institutions) www.who.int/hinari/en/ AGORA: agriculture research (3500 journals, 3400 books, 20 information resources, 2300 registered institutions) www.aginternetwork.org/en/ OARE: environment research (5300 journals, 11100 books, 40 other information resources, 2500 registered institutions) www.unep.org/oare/en/ ARDI: development and innovation research (2000 journals, 5000 books, 80 registered institutions) www.wipo.int/ardi/en/ updated 2013 08

11. Registration Guide http://www.research4life.org/howtoregister2/

12. Journal Access Options

14. Titles Organized Alphabetically

15. Searching by Title

16. Subject Access Options

17. Titles by Subject

18. Searching by Subject

19. Searching by Language

20. Titles by Language

21. Searching by Language

22. Publisher Access Option

23. Titles by Publisher

24. Searching by Publisher

25. Books Access Options

27. Retrieving Full-Text Books

28. Searching for Books

29. Searching Options – PubMed (HINARI)

31. 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).

37. Filters

38. Advanced Search

39. Using CAB Abstracts (AGORA)

44. Using the Search Wizard

45. Scopus (AGORA)

50. Scopus (Elsevier) - same as AGORA

51. Environmental Index (EBSCO)

57. Advanced Search

58. Environmental Science and Pollution Management (CSA)

63. Other Resources - HINARI

67. Other Resources - AGORA

68. Other Resources - OARE

69. Training Material (HINARI)

71. Training Material (AGORA)

73. Training Material (OARE)

77. R4L Distance Learning Courses Last updated: 2013 03