1. Introduction, Website and Training Material
OARE Module 1:
Introduction, Website and Training Material
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2. Table of Contents Introduction to OARE: background partners
eligibility & copyright/user agreement
registration
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3. Introduction to OARE Programme Objectives
Increase access to high-quality, relevant literature in environmental sciences
Improve research in environmental sciences and related disciplines
Improve the quality and effectiveness of education and training
Increase environment-related policy for the benefit of the population
Link to the U.N.’s Sustainable Development goals
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4. What is OARE? Online Access to Research in the Environment OARE =
OARE is an Internet based portal
Provides free or low cost access to major scientific and peer reviewed journals, e-books, databases, and other scientific materials in environmental sciences .
Launched in October, 2006.
3100 institutions are registered
Has 8200 journals, 40 other information resources 22,000 books from more than 85 of the world’s leading academic publishers
Full-text coverage from 1997 onward in most cases
OARE is an Internet gateway to a collection of resources (bibliographic databases, electronic journals, search engines and other Internet portals) created by other organizations. The website contains a variety of resources that will help you find citations, retrieve the full-text, search for more information on environment related topics, and help you keep up with current research. Though OARE provides access to these resources, it does not control their form or function.
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5. Who is eligible for R4L Programmes: 116 - total number of countries/areas/territories
Note the blue for Group A and Orange for Group B.
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6. From the initial OARE webpage, click on any of the options.
To login, click on
ACCESS THE CONTENT
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7. Sister Programmes Research4Life includes four programmes:
HINARI (Health Access to Research programme)
AGORA (Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture)
OARE (Online Access to Research in the Environment)
ARDI (Access to Research for Development and Innovation)
Eligible institutions can register for all four and use any password to access all registered programmes
For more information , see
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8. R4L – Public Private Partnership
Principal Publishers
Elsevier Science
Springer/Nature Publishing
Wiley-Blackwell
Sage
Taylor & Francis
Lippincott/Williams & Wilkins
BioOne
Oxford University Press
Other science/technical/ medical publishers
Program Partners
World Health Organization - WHO
Food and Agriculture Org. – FAO
United Nations Environment Programme – UNEP
World Intellectual Property Organization - WIPO
Yale University Libraries
Cornell University Libraries
International Labor Organization
International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers – STM
Information Training and Outreach Centre for Africa
National Library of Medicine
Librarians Without Borders®/MLA
This slide outlines HINARI’s extensive ‘public-private’ collaboration.
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9. Primary Target Audiences
Eligible categories of institutions are:
national universities
research institutes
government: ministries and agencies
national 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.
Recently, the eligibility for not-for-profit agencies has been broadened to include locally based organizations. Those primarily funded by or affiliated with international agencies or non-governmental organizations are not eligible.
Each institution will have one User Name and Password that is to be distributed to all eligible individuals from that organization.
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10. Eligibility Overview 116 countries/areas/territories qualify
Institutions in the public sector or with a not-for- profit status qualify for free access to the full-text articles in OARE’s online collection.
Institutions must register (just once) to receive a username and password
Check with your information or communication officer to receive the username and password that gives you full access to OARE and full-text articles
As is noted in the slide, remember to check with your information or communication officer first - to find out if your institution is registered. Registration is free for qualifying institutions and is done on the OARE website Each institution receives 1 username and password. OARE will not accept individual registrations. The registration process will be discussed later in the course.
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11. Country Eligibility Overview (01 2012)
Country/areas/territory eligibility is based on GNI per capita or HDI (human development index)
Free access is available to institutions in countries with a GNI per capita of $1600 or less or HDI (human development index) less than 0.63 are eligible for free access (Group A)
Access to those with GNI of $1601-$5000 or HDI less than 0.67 pay a fee of $1500 per year (Group B)
71 countries are currently eligible as Group countries and more than 44 countries are Group B
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12. Country Overview continued
For a list of Group A & B countries, go to: ml
Publishers have the option of excluding groups within each country
While there are more exclusions in Group B, some publishers choose to exclude institutions from Group A countries
For specifics on per-country publisher exclusions or other questions,
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13. Institution Eligibility Overview
All OARE users may browse collection and journal abstracts without log in. You will have access to journals from Open Access publishers and a few commercial publishers.
To view, download and print the full-text articles, users must be registered and must login first
Login may only be done by registered institutions
Students, faculty and staff at eligible, registered institutions can access full-text articles and other OARE resources – using their institutions’ password
Visitors to registered institutions can use the resources while at the site.
Any public or not for profit institution in qualifying countries is eligible to register for OARE. Such registration enables access to full-text articles, databases and other resources. These articles can be read online, downloaded for offline storage or even be printed within reasonable limits. Here it is important to understand the concept of reasonable and ethical use of the resources as abuse can lead to an institution being suspended from the program.
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14. Technical Requirements
OARE can be accessed from a PC or Mac computer connected to the Internet.
256k baud rate is necessary– to access and download files
The OARE platform can function with Internet Explorer version 5.0 or higher, Mozilla Firefox version 10.0 or higher or Google Chrome .
Also needed is a recent version of Adobe Acrobat Reader - to view full-text articles in PDF format.
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15. OARE: Copyright/User Agreement
All registered institutions will sign a User Agreement covering:
Use of the OARE password
Copyright and Fair Use
Agreement shall be available in your institution
The Librarian or any other responsible person can adopt this version of the user agreement and put it in simpler terms that users can understand. Some institutions make users sign a shorter version of the user-agreement as a way of ensuring adherence to copyright and avoiding abuse of the resource.
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16. Use of the OARE Password
Do Please Share OARE username and password with colleagues, students, faculties in your institution
Do not Share with those from outside the institution
Do not Use outside the country
As with any resource, there are certain rules for its usage. Within a registered institution, you are encouraged to share the password with other members of the institution and to make free use of it at your home site (however, passwords must not be displayed on the institution’s website as it is accessible outside the institution). Please be aware though, that you must access OARE from your home institution only (although this can be done with personally owned laptops). Also, OARE cannot be used outside the home country.
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17. Copyright and Fair Use
Same as typical copyright and fair use principles: It is OK, for example, to:
Download or print up to 15% of a journal issue or book
Use material for educational purposes (course packs or reserves)
Make copies for institution members or students
Always credit sources
Be cautious but sensible
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18. Abuse of Publisher Privileges
It is NOT OK to:
Charge for documents, except for cost recovery for teaching materials
Post content to websites or blogs that are publically accessible
Change content
Download all articles from a single issue
Violations result in the INSTITUTION or ENTIRE country denied access until the problem is resolved.
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19. Exercises
If from a registered institution, complete exercise #1 in the accompanying Exercises (Word) document
Information on how to register is in the subsequent slides.
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20. How to Register for OARE
Step 1
Start your web browser (Internet Explorer or Firefox).
Step 2
Type:
in the “Address” box
Step 3
Press “Enter” on the keyboard or GO
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21. To access the step-by-step guide to registration, click on
the Register for OARE link.
AGORA journal portal
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22. Also accessible from the Research4Life portal.
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23. This is the step-by-step guide to completing the Research4Life online registration process. There is a link to the online registration form.
When you open this online, you will be able to follow all the steps to check if your institution already is registered and, if not, what you must do to register.
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24. The Step by Step Guide contains links to Registered Universities and Professional Schools for HINARI, AGORA and OARE.
You should check that your institution is not registered. The list of Registered Universities and Professional Schools at:
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25. Displayed is the access page to the Registered Universities and Professional Schools by Countries, Areas and Territories PDF documents. To download the PDF file, click on OARE.
Note: These lists do not include all the registrations in each country – only registered universities and professional schools. There is a possibility that your institution is registered for HINARI or AGORA but not OARE. If you find out that your institution is registered, contact the librarian who should be able to supply the username and password. If not, write to and the staff will supply the name of the contact.
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26. Displayed is the list of OARE Registered Universities and Professional Schools for Ethiopia.
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27. The following slides are a summary of the
key points of the registration process
located at:
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28. This is the initial registration page.
An institution can register for all four
programmes BUT you must register
for each programme separately. Note:
With the new authentication system
( ), any username and password
will open the programmes your
institution is registered for.
Click on check eligibility to see if your institution is eligible. Click on Here to view a list of Universities and Professional Schools that already are registered in your country. Site:
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29. To complete the registration, make sure you enter all the
information in the required fields
The form must be completed
and submitted for each program;
Note the maximum # of characters
In several boxes.
Make sure you get the names and addresses of the key contacts. Remember to check with your librarian – to see if your institution already has been registered.
Site:
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30. Enter the six character validation code that is listed at the bottom.
Submit registration.
The six character code is simply a mechanism to ensure that registration is being done by a human being. This sort of verification has become standard on all web-based forms to guard against automated robots that may be used for by hackers for mass registrations aimed at crashing servers and websites.
Site:
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31. Key Hints
Telephone and Fax fields are numeric. No blank spaces, nor symbols should be used.
Comments and Activities fields have a maximum number of characters (255). If you want to provide any explanation, please send by to the OARE HelpDesk:   Include in the your country and full institution name - in order to identify the application.
If possible, include an ‘institutional’ address (e.g. or not )
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32. If you have registered for one previously and want to register for the other two, add a note in the comments field with your institution and username. This will speed up the registration process for a 2nd or 3rd program.
Lastly, the whole validation and processing takes from two to four weeks. You can check your registration by writing the OARE helpdesk:
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33. Help For support in Africa, contact ITOCA itoca@itoca.org
Trouble registering or logging on? Technical issues? Questions about policy or use? Training inquiries?
For support in Africa, contact ITOCA
For support elsewhere,
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Contact information and help are also available in other documents and on the OARE website under Contact OARE. Please keep in mind the time differences for the varying units which may affect the timing of our response to your query. However, we will endeavor to answer your questions as soon as possible.
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34. Exercises
Complete Module 1 exercises #1 in the accompanying OARE exercises document
Updated: August 2017
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