Research4Life Programmes:Similarities and Differences!

(Part A)

Table of Contents

Background – HINARI, AGORA, OARE, ARDI (Research4Life Programmes)

Journal Access Book Access Searching Options (Part B) Training Material (Part B)

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

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.

• More than 100 countries, areas and territories

• HINARI: health research (up to 13,000 journals, up to 29,000 books and up to 70 other information resources, more than 5,600 registered institutions, up to 170 publisher partners) www.who.int/hinari/en/

• AGORA: agriculture research (up to 5,300

journals, up to 3,600 books, up to 20 information resources, more than 2700 registered institutions, up to 60 publisher partner) www.aginternetwork.org/en/

• OARE: environment research (up to 5,700 journals, up to 14,000 books, up to 40 other information resources, 2600 registered institutions, up to 60 publisher partners) www.unep.org/oare/en/

• ARDI: development and innovation research (up to 3,900 journals, up to 15,000 books, 5 other information resources, more than 300 registered institutions, up to 15 publisher partners) www.wipo.int/ardi/en/

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R4L Programmes Similarities

• As of July 2014, HINARI, AGORA, OARE and ARDI portals look quite similar

• Access for journals, books and other bibliographic databases, reference management softwares and free access resources are 99% identical

• The following screen captures will summarize these similarities

Initial Website Pages

Registration Guide (all programmes)

Website Access Options

• For journals, HINARI, AGORA, OARE and ARDI have the following access options:– Journal title– Subject – Language– Publisher (journals and books are listed)

• For books, access is via title

Journals collection A-Z List

In "All Items" tab, icons similar for all programmes:Green box – access available! White box – not available

Titles Organized Alphabetically

Searching by Title

Journal Collection A-Z List

Subject Access Options

Titles by Subject

Searching by Subject

Browse Subject (under construction)

Searching by Language (by language of journal title, not content of article)

Titles by Language

Searching by Language

Language Options

Publishers Access Option

Titles by Publisher

Searching by Publisher

Browse Publisher

Books Title A-Z List

Retrieving Full-Text Books

Searching for Books

Full-text Books Access