1. TEEAL The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library Workshop Presentation Contact us at: Email: teeal@cornell.edu Website: http://teeal.org

2. WHAT IS TEEAL?

3. What is TEEAL? TEEAL (The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library) is a digital collection of over 200 research journals for agriculture and related sciences. Researchers, students, faculty and librarians can discover and access thousands of full-text PDF articles without the use of the internet. TEEAL is available to institutions in income-eligible countries.

4. Subject Coverage Agricultural Engineering Agriculture Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine Biology Biotechnology/Applied Microbiology Chemistry/Biochemistry/ Biophysics Economics/Social Science/Development Entomology/Pest Control Environment/Ecology/Nat ural Resources Fisheries/Aquatic Science Food Science/Nutrition Forestry Human Medicine/Physiology Plant Science/Soil Science

5. PROTA: Plant Resources of Tropical Africa PROTA is included in the 2009 Update of TEEAL. This database of plants in tropical Africa contains 7,000+ varieties of plant, their uses, and much more information.

6. Notable Publishers in TEEAL CSIRO Elsevier FAO NRC Canada Oxford Press PROTA Taylor and Francis African Journal Publishers Academic Journals South African Veterinary Association Kenya Society of Microbiology Agricultural Society of Nigeria South African Association of Botanists Rural Outreach Program Bunda College of Agriculture Repository

7. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association / Journal of Tropical Microbiology and Biotechnology / Nigerian Agricultural Journal / PROTA / South African Journal of Botany / African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development / African Journal of Plant Science / African Journal of Agricultural Research / Journal of Cell and Animal Biology / Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science / Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics / Journal of Horticulture and Forestry / Journal of Agricultural Biotechnology and Sustainable Development / Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development / International Journal of Fisheries and Aquaculture / International Journal of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry / Bunda Journal of Agriculture, Environmental Science and Technology / Aqua Fish Technical Report / Proceedings of the 3rd Bunda College Research Dissemination Conference / Malawi Journal of Aquaculture and Fishes New African Journals included in TEEAL 2009

8. WHY TEEAL?

9. Why TEEAL? -It is an ASSET -Subscribers become owners of 200 journals worth $ 1 million -NEW journals added every year -Spans 17 years of content -Full-text article PDFs from over 80 publishers -Updated annually with new content

10. TEEAL’s relevance in an on-line world -Internet time is still very costly and limited at many ACP institutions -Subscription costs are high and library budgets are meager -TEEAL offers ownership, not just access -It is equal to 200 journals on a virtual shelf in the library and 100 more journals coming in 2011 and 2012

11. How TEEAL Works

12. TEEAL Then…

13. TEEAL Now…

14. “Wheat” as a query in TEEAL

15. Results for “wheat” in TEEAL 10,000 RELEVANT RESULTS

16. Example TEEAL record Article Title Journal title, volume, page number, Author, Affiliation Abstract Full Text (PDF)

18. 273 TEEAL Sets Around the World

19. A Map of Institutions w. TEEAL

20. HOW TO OBTAIN TEEAL

21. How to Obtain TEEAL Variety of discounts are available based on funding through CTA and/or Gates Foundation Email teeal@cornell.edu for more informationteeal@cornell.edu

22. Your Asset to Keep

23. Access is never switched off

24. What TEEAL Users Think This is to thank you very sincerely for what I would call the most precious Gift that this University has ever received. I want to assure you that this set will go along way to make Pwani University a great academic institution (...) This TEEAL set will go along way to making a great contribution to the scholarly life of this University, the community and neighbors of Pwani University. We shall make greatest use of it.” – Owen Baya, Senior Assistant Registrar, Pwani University College, Kenya, October 2010

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26. QUESTIONS?