Research 4 Life Programmes Similarities and Differences Table

Research 4 Life Programmes: Similarities and Differences!

Table of Contents Background – HINARI, AGORA, OARE, ARDI Journal Access Book Access Searching Options Training Material

http: //www. research 4 life. org/

Objectives of Research 4 Life Programmes (R 4 L) • 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 • 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.

HINARI (HINARI Access to Research in Health Programme) Online portal to access information on health and related social sciences Coordinated by WHO/Yale University More than 5300 institutions Up to 11, 400 journals / up to 18, 500 books / Other info resources up to 70 / up to 380 publishers http: //www. who. int/hinari

AGORA (Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture) Online portal to access information on agriculture and related sciences Coordinated by FAO/Cornell University, USA 2200 institutions Up to 3400 journals / up to 2000 books / up to 20 information resources / up to 95 publishers http: //www. aginternetwork. org

OARE (Online Access to Research in the Environment) Online portal to access environmental information Coordinated by UNEP/Yale University Up to 4800 journals / up to 8300 books / up to 110 publishers 2300 registered institutions http: //www. unep. org/oare

ARDI (Access to Research for Development and Innovation ) Online portal to access development and innovation research Launched by WIPO 2009 Over 2000 journals / 5000 books / 14 publishers supports researchers in developing countries in creating and developing new solutions to technical challenges faced on a local and global level http: //www. wipo. int/ardi

ARDI Portal

Registration Guide http: //www. research 4 life. org/howtoregister 2/

Journal Access Options

Titles Organized Alphabetically

Searching by Title

Subject Access Options

Titles by Subject

Searching by Subject

Searching by Language

Titles by Language

Searching by Language

Publisher Access Option

Titles by Publisher

Searching by Publisher

Books Access Options

Retrieving Full-Text Books

Searching for Books

Searching Options – Pub. Med (HINARI)

Results of the search are displayed in the main body of the page in Summary Format, 20 Items per Page and Recently Added Sort by options. This is the default setting when you complete a search. Note the two additional filters for Free Full Text and HINARI articles. These have been created in the HINARI/Pub. Med searches saved in My NCBI (see module 4. 5). Of the 4237 articles, 2030 are available via the HINARI filter and 1717 with Free full text filter ( there are some overlaps).