1. R4L Programmes Overview/Similarities & Differences/ Registration
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2. Table of Contents Research4Life Programmes overview
R4L Similarities and Differences
Summon Search Tool
How to Register for R4L Programmes
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3. This is the screen capture of the Research4life website that contains a detailed overview of the four programs – scope, eligibility, etc.
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4. Goals 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
To ‘ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements’ (UN Sustainable Development Goal #16)
These goals facilitate two way communication between researchers/publishers in the developed and developing world.
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5. Primary Target Audiences
Eligible categories of institutions are:
national universities
professional schools (medicine, nursing, pharmacy, public health, dentistry)
research institutes
teaching hospitals
government: ministries and agencies
national medical libraries
locally based non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
All permanent and visiting faculty, staff members and students are entitled to access and can obtain the institutional User Name and Password.
Recently, eligibility for not-for-profit agencies has been broadened. Those primarily funded by or affiliated with international agencies or non-governmental organizations are not eligible.
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6. Who is eligible for R4L Programmes
Note the blue for Group A and Orange for Group B.
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7. Partners Key Publishers Elsevier Springer Wiley Sage Taylor & Francis
Lippincott/Williams & Wilkins
BioOne
Oxford University Press
Nature Publishing
Other science/technical/ medical publishers
Programme Partnersartners
World Health Organization
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
United Nations Environment Programme
World Intellectual Property Organization
International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers
Yale University Library
Cornell University Mann Library
National Library of Medicine
Information Training and Outreach Centre for Africa
Librarians Without Borders®/MLA
HINARI is a public-private partnership sponsored by the World Health Organization. Each partner contributes to a different aspect of HINARI. The complete list can be reviewed at The partners meet at regular intervals to determine how the programmes work and develop.
Feedback from the participating institutions contributes significantly to the development of the programme:
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8. Similarities
Note that all the Content pages for the five programmes have the same access points:
Journals collection A-Z list
Books collection A-Z list
Subject list
Language list
Publisher list
Summon search tool
See slides 11, 14, 17, 20 & 23
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9. (Access to Research for Health Programme)
Hinari
(Access to Research for Health Programme)
Online portal to access information on health and related social sciences
Coordinated by WHO and Yale University
Currently, more than 6400 registered institutions
Offering up to 14,000 journals / 56,000 books / 120 other information resources / 170 publishers' content included [January 2018]
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10. This is the HINARI Website
This is the HINARI Website. We have also Spanish, French, Russian and Arabic translations.
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11. Hinari Portal
This is the HINARI Portal. Through each one of the tabs, menus and links you can browse thousands of information resources.
A special version of PubMed is also included.
The same portal is also available in the following languages: Arabic, English, French, Russian, Portuguese and Spanish.
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12. AGORA (Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture)
Online portal to access information on agriculture and related sciences
Coordinated by FAO/Cornell University, USA
More than 3400 registered institutions
Up to 6,000 journals / 22,000 books / 55 other information resources / 75 publishers' content included [January 2018]
web.unep.org/oare/
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13. 30 publishers:
Note that the initial pages of each programme are similar. This also is true for the Contents pages once you have used the unique User Name and Password for your institution. Remember that each programme that your institution registers for has a unique User Name and password. These User Names and Passwords can be distributed to all staff and/or students at the institution.
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14. AGORA Portal The Portals of each programme are similar.
This also is true for the access to the journals once you have logged in with your institutional User Name and Password.
Each programme issues separate User Name and Passwords to access their contents.
These User Names and Passwords can be distributed to all staff and/or students at the institution.
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15. OARE (Online Access to Research in the Environment)
Online portal to access environmental information
Coordinated by UNEP/Yale University
More than 3200 registered institutions
Over 11,000 journals / 22,000 books / 55 other information resources / 75 publishers' content included [January 2018]
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17. OARE Portal
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18. ARDI (Access to Research for Development and Innovation )
Online portal to access development and innovation research; ARDI was launched by the World Intellectual Property Organization in and joined R4L in 2011
Supports researchers in developing countries in creating and developing new solutions to technical challenges faced on a local and global level
More than 1000 registered institutions. Up to 7,500 journals; 22,000 books; 25 other resources; 40 publishers’ content [January 2018]
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20. ARDI Portal
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21. GOALI (Global Online Access to Legal Information)
Launched 06 March 2018, GOALI is a programme to provide free or low cost online access and training to law and law-related content to R4L eligible institutions
The aim of GOALI is to improve the quality of legal research, education and training in these countries - to strengthen legal frameworks and institutions and further the rule of law.
The programme initially has access to over 10,000 legal titles from 60 publishers.
Partners include the International Labour Organization (ILO), Brill Nihoff (founding publisher and initiator of the programme), Lilian Goldman Law Library at Yale University and Cornell Law School Library.
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24. Differences – Search Options
Hinari – PubMed, Summon, Scopus (Elsevier)
AGORA – Summon, Scopus
OARE – Summon, Environmental Issues & Policy Index, Scopus
ARDI – Summon, CiteSeerX, Micro Academic Search, Scopus
GOALI – Summon
See individual programmers’ training material
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25. Key Search Tool - Summon
All programs have access to ‘Google like’ Summon Search Tool – search results include journals and books
Almost all programs have country specific profiles that link to what the publishers grant access to in the country
None of these tools index all the program specific Research4Life journals
Access is at the top of the ‘Content’ page – for all the programs; note the option to the Country specific search
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26. ADD country specific access
A list of Summon (country) search sites is displayed. Go to a specific country profile on the list and click on the link.
You will have access to ejournals and ebooks that, via OARE or another programme, the publishers have granted access to in the specific country.
ADD country specific access
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27. Note: Use the Research4Life General Use option – if your specific country has not been listed.
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28. Basic Search (OARE)
Summon notes that OARE is the client which means that there will be access to full-text articles and e-books - that are available to the institution.
This database is a product of Proquest.
A similar search page will appear for the specific programme that is opened.
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29. To access the step-by-step guide to registration,
click on the How to register link. This link is
located on the Content page of all five programmes.
AGORA journal portal
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30. Registration also is accessible from the Research4Life portal.
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31. This is the initial page of the Registration page. Note the
This is the step-by-step guide to completing the Research4Life online registration process. There is a link to the online registration form.
This is the initial page of the
Registration page. Note the
HOW TO REGISTER link.
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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32. As of March 2018, you will register for all
5 programmes – by completing this form.
The Login page has links to all the programmes.
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33. The url for the registration form is:
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34. Key Hints – Registration Process
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 possible, include an institutional address (e.g. or not )
Once you register for OARE, you will have access to all 5 programmes – as of March 2018.
Lastly, the whole validation and processing takes from two to four weeks. You can check your registration by writing the Research4Life helpdesk:
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35. Now opened is the HOW TO REGISTER page –
The Step by Step Guide contains links to Registered Universities and Professional Schools for HINARI, AGORA and OARE.
Now opened is the HOW TO REGISTER page –
with specific details on the process including the List of
Registered Universities and Professional Schools.
You should check that your institution is not registered. The list of Registered Universities and Professional Schools at:
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36. 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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37. Displayed is the list of OARE Registered Universities and Professional Schools for Ethiopia.
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38. Help
Trouble registering or logging on? Technical issues? Questions about policy or use? Training inquiries?
For technical support,
updated March 2018
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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