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Explore the similarities and differences of Research4Life programs (HINARI, AGORA, OARE, ARDI) offering journal and book access, along with extensive training options, to eligible institutions, faculty, staff, and students. Learn how these programs aim to bridge the publishing gap and improve research quality to enhance health, food security, and the environment.
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Table of Contents • Background – HINARI, AGORA, OARE, ARDI • Journal Access • Book Access • Searching Options • Training Material
Objectives of Research4Life Programs (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 • 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 (HealthAccess to Research programme) • Online portal to publishers • Coordinated by WHO/Yale University, USA • Free/Low cost to >100 countries/territories • Over 8500 e-journals, 7000 e-books and other resources / 150 publishers • Medicine and health • 5000+ institutions registered • Data: 2012 02
AGORA(Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture) • Online portal to publishers • Coordinated by FAO/Cornell University, USA • Free/Low cost to >100 countries/territories • 2500 journals / 75 publishers • Agriculture, food fisheries and related sciences • 2000 institutions registered • Data: 2012 02 • www.aginternetwork.org/en/
OARE(Online Access to Research in the Environment) • Online portal to access environmental information • Coordinated by UNEP/Yale University • Free/Low cost to >100 countries/territories • Over 4150 journals / 75 publishers and scholarly societies • Environment and related sciences • 1800 institutions registered • Data: 2012 02 • www.oaresciences.org/en/
ARDI (Access to Research for Development and Innovation) • Launched in July 2009, aRDi is a program developed by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and its publishing partners in the fields of science and technology • For developing countries – to support global knowledge economy and creation/development of new solutions to technical challenges on local and global level • Became R4L partner program - July 2011 • Eligible institutions are patent offices and academic and research institutions • 12 publishers; access to >200 journals for 107 countries • http://www.wipo.int/ardi/en/
Titles by Language Click on the link to the ‘Languages’ category list – to view the drop down menu of journals by language; choose the language you prefer. e.g. French
Searching by Language Click on the link to the Languages category list – to view the drop down menu of journals by language; choose the language you prefer. e.g. French.
Results of the search are displayed in the main body of the page in Summary Format, 20 Items per Page andRecently 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/PubMed 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).