1. What are Research4Life programmes? [Overview for Eligible Countries]
This presentation is an introduction to the Research4Life programmes.
Each slide has explanatory notes to guide you through the presentation.
If you need any additional information, please contact the Research4Life HelpDesk at

2. Outline Research4Life background Eligibility Partners
Sister programmes: HINARI, AGORA, OARE and ARDI
Registration
Training materials
These are the topics to be covered during the presentation

3. Research4Life www.research4life.org/
Research4Life (R4L) is the collective name for four programmes: HINARI, AGORA, OARE and ARDI that provides developing countries with free or low cost access to academic and professional peer-reviewed content online.
R4l is a public-private partnership of the World Health Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, United Nations Environment Programme, Cornell and Yale Universities and the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers – STM. Working along with technology partners as Microsoft Corporation, Serial Solutions and others.
R4L goal is to help attain six of the United Nation's eight Millennium Development Goals by 2015, reducing the scientific knowledge gap between industrialized countries and the developing world.

4. Research4Life Timeline
HINARI is the health programme which provides free or very low cost online access to the major online journals and books in biomedical and related social sciences, to local, not-for-profit institutions in low- and middle- income countries.
HINARI was launched in January 2002 for “free access” countries (Group A). The “very low cost’ option was added in 2003 (Group B) and the groups apply to all programmes
AGORA (agriculture) was launched in 2003
OARE (environment) was launched in 2006
ARDI (applied sciences) was launched in 2009 and joined Research4Life in 2011
The HINARI Programme is a public-private partnership set up by WHO together with major publishers, Yale University Library and Microsoft. HINARI enables developing countries to gain access to one of the world's largest collections of biomedical and health literature.
HINARI was launched in January 2002, with some 1500 journals from 6 major publishers: Blackwell, Elsevier Science, the Harcourt Worldwide STM Group, Wolters Kluwer International Health & Science, Springer Verlag and John Wiley, following the principles in a Statement of Intent signed in July 2001.
Since that time, the number of participating publishers, journals and other full-text resources has grown continuously. Today more than 400 publishers are offering more their contents. New publishers are continuing joining the programme, and the HINARI collection will continue to grow.

5. Countries Eligible for R4L Programmes
This slide notes the location of Group A countries (blue) and Group B countries (orange). In 2014 there are 116 eligible countries.
The same eligibility criteria is used for all Research4Life programmes: HINARI, AGORA, OARE and ARDI.
An institution must register separately for each programme.

6. Eligibility for R4L programmes
Country eligibility is based on four factors: Total GNI (World Bank figures), GNI per capita (World Bank figures), United Nations Least Developed Country (LDCs) List and Human Development Index (HDI). Detailed information:
If your institution is in a Group A (free access) country, area, or territory, then access is free.
If your institution is in a Group B (low-cost access) country, area, or territory, access to the Research4Life programmes costs US$ 1500 per institution per calendar year (from January through December).
More than 100 countries, areas, and territories are eligible
Over the years the eligibility criteria has changed to better accommodate different factors. These changes also permitted more countries to be eligible to the programmes. In 2012 we had 17 countries moved from Group B (low cost access) to Group A (free access). In 2013, we had 11 new countries in Group B. In 2014, 2 new countries joined the programme.
Each year, individual publisher partners may customize the list of countries having access to their contents.

7. Eligibility (2) 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 staff members, students and visiting faculty are entitled to access and can obtain the institutional User Name and Password.
The second eligibility criteria is based on the type of institution.
Individual registrations are not eligible to Research4Life programmes, only institutions can apply to access the programmes’ contents.
Please note ARDI’s eligibility: local, not-for-profit academic and research institutions or national intellectual property offices 

8. Partners Program Partners Major Publishers
Elsevier Science
Springer
Wiley-Blackwell
Sage
Taylor & Francis
Lippincott/Williams & Wilkins
BioOne
Oxford University Press
Nature Publishing
Other science/technical/ medical publishers
Program Partners
World Health Organization – WHO
Yale University Library
International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers – STM
Food and Agriculture Org. – FAO
United Nations Environment Programme – UNEP
World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO
National Library of Medicine
Information Training and Outreach Centre for Africa
Librarians Without Borders/MLA
Microsoft Corporation
Each partner contributes to a different aspect of the Research4Life programmes. 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:

9. Registration Guide www.research4life.org/howtoregister2/
This document is a step-by-step guide to completing the Research4Life registration online for HINARI, AGORA, OARE or ARDI. 
The registration instructions are also available in French and Spanish.
Following this guide will ensure faster response to all registrations to HINARI, AGORA, OARE or ARDI.
Only ONE PROGRAMME can be selected for registration at a time. You can use this registration form to register for multiple programs that are appropriate for your institution but EACH IS A SEPARATE REGISTRATION.

10.
Before registering any educational institution, please check if your organization is already registered. For doing this, click on the REGISTERED UNIVERSITIES AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS link. This list is updated monthly.
If an institution is listed as registered, please approach your institutional library or Director for the User Name and Password. If it is not possible to obtain this information, send an to the HINARI HelpDesk and they will provide the official contacts registered on the database.
Only one registration per institution is required
The complete evaluation and processing of new registrations may take three to five weeks as a large amount of registrations are regularly received. 

11. HINARI (HINARI Access to Research in Health Programme)
Online portal to access information on health and related social sciences
Coordinated by WHO and Yale University
Currently, more than 5700 registered institutions
500 publishers offering up to 14,000 journals / 33,000 books / 90 other information resources / 500 publishers' content included [January 2015]
HINARI is a public-private partnership sponsored by the World Health Organization.
In January 2014, HINARI has over journal titles, eBooks, up to 70 other information resources available to health institutions in 116 countries, areas and territories benefiting many thousands of health workers and researchers, and in turn, contributing to improved world health.
Since 2002, the numbers of participating publishers and of journals and other full-text resources has grown continuously. Today more than 400 publishers are offering their journals. New publishers are continuing joining the programme, and the HINARI collection will continue to grow.

12. HINARI Website
This is the HINARI Website. We also have Spanish, French, Russian and Arabic translations.
We have a News Section which we encourage our users to review.
On the right column we have links to Research4Life and sister programmes websites:
AGORA : Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture
OARE : Access to Research in Environment
ARDI : Access to Research for Development and Innovation

13. 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.

14. Training Materials www.who.int/hinari/training/en/
The Training Materials are updated twice a year.
New materials are always under development or review.
There is also a HINARI Video Series where you will learn the basics of HINARI searching.
Periodically distance learning courses are organized in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese.

15. 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 2800 registered institutions
Up to 5,700 journals / 4,100 books / 20 other information resources / 250 publishers' content included [January 2015]

16. AGORA Website

17. 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.

18. Training Materials

19. OARE (Online Access to Research in the Environment)
Online portal to access environmental information
Coordinated by UNEP/Yale University
More than 2800 registered institutions
Up to Over 5,700 journals / 15,000 books / 50 other information resources / 130 publishers' content included
[January 2015]

20. OARE Website

21. OARE Portal

22. Training Materials

23. 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 2009 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 300 registered institutions. Up to 4,000 journals; 18,000 books; 30 publishers
[January 2015]

24. ARDI Website

25. ARDI Portal

26. Journal inclusion in R4L Programmes
Journals are required to be:
peer reviewed
available in the electronic format – a minimum of three issues
depending on subject, can be included in multiple programmes

27. Contact Information
To have a journal included, contact the individual programme(s):

28. Thank you !! Updated: January 2015
On behalf of the Research4Life programmes
The HINARI Team
World Health Organization
Geneva, Switzerland
@hinari_trainers
Updated: January 2015