1. Research4Life Programmes: Similarities and Differences!

2. Table of Contents Background – HINARI, AGORA, OARE, ARDI
Journal Access
Book Access
Searching Options
Training Material
*Trainer Notes
Introduce yourself and welcome everyone to course. Ask participants to introduce themselves and give some information on what they expect to gain from the workshop. Distribute the manuals and discuss briefly each item on the list.
The topics to be covered in this review are:
Basic definition of Internet terms and concepts that are routinely used in discussions on using the Internet.
A brief history of the Internet will be provided.
The structure of the Internet and the tools that drive the use of the resources will be covered including the World Wide Web and its components.
Types of Information resources and guidelines for their evaluation will be addressed.
Search tools and techniques for accessing information will be covered.
Researching Health and Biomedical Information on the WWW.

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For further information on all four programs, go to the url listed at the top of this slide. Each program has the same eligibility but your institution must register for each program separately.

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
In this initial discussion, we will have an overview of HINARI and its partner programs. If your institution includes programs that would benefit from either agricultural research (AGORA) or environmental research (OARE) e-journals, you can register for these. Each program requires a separate registration and, for Band 2 countries, the $1000 payment. The following slides will summarize each project.

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.
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.

6. More than 100 countries, territories and areas
HINARI: health research (12700 journals, books and 70 information resources, 5400 registered institutions)
AGORA: agriculture research (3500 journals, books, 20 information resources, 2300 registered institutions)
OARE: environment research (5300 journals, books, 40 other information resources, registered institutions)
ARDI: development and innovation research (2000 journals, 5000 books, 250 registered institutions)
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Besides the number of journals for each program, the specific web addresses are listed. Note that there is some overlap in journal titles as some specific journals fall into more than one broad discipline. If your institution includes programs that would benefit from either AGORA or OARE e-journals, you can register for these. Each program requires a separate registration and, for Group B countries, the $1000 payment.

7. R4L Programmes Similarities
As of July 2014, HINARI, AGORA and OARE portals look quite similar (as will the ARDI one)
Access for journals, books and other bibliographic, reference and free access resources are 99% identical
The following screen captures will summarize these similarities

8. Initial Website Pages
This is the HINARI Website. We have also Spanish, French and Arabic translations.

10. Note that the initial pages of each program are similar
Note that the initial pages of each program are similar. This also is true for the access to the journals once you have used the unique User Name and Password for your institution. Remember that each program that your institution registers for has a unique User Name and password. These User Names and Passwords should be distributed to all staff and/or students at the institution.

12. Registration Guide (all programs)

13. Website Access Options
For journals, HINARI, AGORA and OARE have the following access options:
Journal title
Subject
Language
Publisher
For books, access is via title

14. Journals collection A-Z List

15. Icons similar for all programs:
Green box – access available
! White box – not available

16. Titles Organized Alphabetically

17. Searching by Title
If you have a citation for an article from a specific journal issue, you first need to locate the journal title by clicking on the appropriate letter from the Find journals by title A-Z list. Then you would be able to access the journal and eventually locate the full-text article in the specific volume and issue.

18. Subject Access Options
Click on the link to find articles through PubMed, see the PubMed module for more on this resource.

19. Titles by Subject
If you are not looking for specific citations or if you want to browse through the journals available to you in AGORA on certain subjects, choose the Subjects feature. If you want to see what areas a particular subject covers, click on the “Scope Notes” link. This is a good way to familiarize yourself with the pertinent journals available to you in new subjects or to browse periodically through known journals in your subject area for the latest articles.

20. Searching by Subject
If you are not looking for specific citations or if you want to browse through the journals available to you in OARE on certain subjects, choose the ‘Find journals by subject category’ feature. This is a good way to familiarize yourself with the pertinent journals available to you in new subjects or to browse periodically through known journals in your subject area for the latest articles.

21. Searching by Language

22. Titles by Language

23. Searching by Language

24. Publishers Access Option

25. Titles by Publisher
If you know the publisher of the journal in a citation or if you want to see what journals are available from a certain publisher, choose the Browse Journals by Publisher feature. This option is especially useful if you have retrieved a citation from a general search on a publisher’s website or a bibliographic database but are not sure that you have access to the full-text article.

26. Searching by Publisher
If you know the publisher of the journal in a citation or if you want to see what journals are available from a certain publisher, choose the ‘Find journals by publisher feature’. This option is especially useful if you have retrieved a citation from a general search on a publisher’s website or a bibliographic database but are not sure that you have access to the full-text article.

27. Books Title A-Z List

29. Retrieving Full-Text Books

30. Searching for Books
The e-books used to be at the top of each alphabet letter in the Find journals by title list. As of November 2011, these titles were moved to a separate Find books by title listing. The access is similar to that in other lists and drop down menus – e.g. Find Journals by Title, Find content by subject category, etc.