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How to Use AGORA
Tomaz Bartol
Bishkek, KyrgyzstanAugust, 2005FAO Tutorial
Access to Global Online Research in AgricultureTraning and Workshop: LIVESTOCK, ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
How to Use AGORA
Welcome to AGORA
In this Tutorial You Will Learn 1) what AGORA offers, main features, and
appropriate use2) how to open AGORA, log in and
navigate to find journals and download articles
3) how to use CAB Abstracts and publishers’ websites to find citations and download articles
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What Is AGORA?
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AGORA = Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture
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AGORA Is…
• An Internet gateway with links to major scientific journals, bibliographic databases, and Internet resources related to agricultural sciences
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Public/Private Partnership
• Partnership led by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in partnership with World Health Organization (WHO), major scientific publishers, and Mann Library at Cornell University
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AGORA’s Founding Publishers
Blackwell Publishing • CABI Publishing Elsevier • Kluwer Academic Publishers Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins • Nature
Publishing Group • Oxford University Press Springer-Verlag • John Wiley & Sons
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AGORA’s Objectives
• Improve access to high-quality, relevant literature in agriculture
• Increase the quality and effectiveness of agricultural research and training in developing countries
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AGORA is for Everyone
• Anyone can browse AGORA’s collection of journals without logging in and get to the publishers’ websites and abstracts of journal articles.
• However, only students, faculty and staff at eligible, registered institutions can access full-text articles and CAB Abstracts at no cost.
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Eligibility
• 69 countries qualify
• Only public sector or non-profit educational/research organization (no NGOs)
• Institutions must register (just once) to receive a username and password
• All students, faculty and staff use the same password provided to that organization
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Who is Using AGORA
• Presently, over 300 institutions in more than 51 countries are registered
• Most institutions are either National Agricultural Research Institutes or major national universities
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Users of This Tutorial
• Check with your librarian to receive the username and password that gives you full access to AGORA so you can save and download full-text articles and search the collection using CAB Abstracts.
• You will need at least a 56K modem to be able to download full-text articles with any ease.
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AGORA is Evolving
• Changes to the website may occur.
• Technical difficulties occasionally arise.
• If your password doesn’t work the first time, don’t attempt to log in more than 3X in a row.
• Any ongoing trouble with AGORA, email [email protected] (describe problem and include print screen).
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Modules in this Tutorial
1. How to Use AGORA
2. How to Use CAB Abstracts
3. Publishers’ Websites
4. AGORA Terms of Use
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1. How to Use AGORA
How to Use AGORA
Opening AGORA HomepageStep 1 Start your web browser
(Internet Explorer or Netscape).
Step 2 Type:http://www.aginternetwork.org
in the Address box
Step 3Press Enter on the keyboard
Main navigation bar.
Information about AGORA, including eligibility
Help and Contact Us features
Information about AGORA provided in different languages: Arabic,
English, French or Spanish
Register, log in and find journals.
MOST IMPORTANT
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Accessing the Collection
Click on Journals
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Click on log in for free access to:
1. Full-text articles
2. CAB Abstracts
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Logging In
• For full-text journal articles:– Users’ institutions must be registered
– Users must log in using institutional user name and password.
NOTE: AGORA log in does not give access to all services offered on publishers’ websites.
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If you receive either of these messages about security certificates or
secure connections, click yes or OK to continue
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Type in user name and password exactly as provided by yourinstitution. Passwords are case-sensitive.
Click Sign On
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User Authentication Page
• A new window automatically launches.
• Do not click anything on this page.
• DO NOT close this window until you want to log out.
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You know you are logged in because all URLS are preceded
by http://www.aginternetwork.org/_
base• AGORA homepage relaunches.
• Sometimes this can take a minute or two. BE PATIENT.
• Click on Journals again to continue.
You will see the authentication page still open. You may wish to minimize it.
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1. Main navigation bar remains
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AGORA Is Like Your Library
You can…• Browse the collection, just like in a current
periodical room
• Search for journals in a specific subject area, like departmental libraries
• Track down a citation if you have one
• Use CAB Abstracts as a powerful tool for discovery
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Navigating AGORA to Find What You Need
In the next few slides you will learn to:
• Browse the entire collection
• Locate specific journals, publishers, subjects
• Find specific citations
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“Browse By” Feature
Browse by
• journal title
• subject or
• publisher
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Search Journal TitleSearch: Enter all
or part of the
Journal Title if
you know it .
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Finding Journals
Journals titles are organized by:
1. Title (alphabetically)
2. Complete List
3. Subject
4. Publisher
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1. Titles Organized Alphabetically
Click on the “T”
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2. Click on Back or Journals to return to
Journals page
1. Page opens with all the Journal titles
beginning with the letter “T”
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2. List of All Journals in AGORA
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Lists all Journals (and the name of each journal’s publisher)
in the AGORA collection
over 500 and growing
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3.Titles by Subject
Click on orange subject categories to view list of journals in that area.
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Click on orange subject link to see all journals related to that topic.
For example: Forestry
Scope Notes
Display topics included in that
subject category
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List appears of all journals related to the field of Forestry
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4. Titles by Publisher
Click on arrow to view list of publishers
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Click on desired publisher
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2. Select different publisher
1. Retrieves list of all journals published by Nature Publishing Group in AGORA
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Retrieving Full-Text Articles Example
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EXAMPLE
Find the citation: Bokary Allaye Kelly, Jean-Marc Bouvet, Nicolas Picard (2004 )
“Size class distribution and spatial pattern of Vitellaria paradoxa in relation to farmers' practices in Mali.” Agroforestry
Systems. 60 (1): 3-11
1. Find the journal. Since we know the title, we can browse to find it.
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2. Find the journal and click on the title to open journal homepage in a new window
EXAMPLE
Find the citation: Bokary Allaye Kelly, Jean-Marc Bouvet, Nicolas Picard (2004 )
“Size class distribution and spatial pattern of Vitellaria paradoxa in relation to farmers' practices in Mali.” Agroforestry
Systems. 60 (1): 3-11
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You are now in the Kluwer site (see new url in Address box) and the homepage for Agroforestry Systems.
3. Click on desired Volume and Issue. 60 (1): 3-11
EXAMPLE
Find the citation: Bokary Allaye Kelly, Jean-Marc Bouvet, Nicolas Picard (2004 )
“Size class distribution and spatial pattern of Vitellaria paradoxa in relation to farmers' practices in Mali.” Agroforestry
Systems. 60 (1): 3-11
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Scroll down to view all articles in the volume.
4. Click on Abstract for article description
Note the size of PDF. Large PDFs take longer
to download.
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Abstract appears
5. Click on
full-text PDF link
Scroll down to read abstract
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Article opens up in PDF6. Click here to save or
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Let’s Review What We Learned
You should now know how to:• Browse journal titles and publishers• Explore a subject area• Find a known citation • Download full-text articlesIf you are online, try this exercise: Retrieve the full-text article for the following citation.
– H. C. C. Meertens, L. J. Ndege and P. M. Lupeja. (1999) “The cultivation of rainfed, lowland rice in Sukumaland, Tanzania .” Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 76 (1): 31-45
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Problems with the Exercise?
• Remember, technical difficulties occasionally arise.
• If you have questions about AGORA consult your librarian.
• Any ongoing trouble with AGORA, please email [email protected]
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2. How to Use CAB Abstracts
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What Is CAB Abstracts?
• Internationally recognized database of information for applied agriculture and life sciences
• Covers research and development literature from thousands of international serials
• Provides abstracts (brief article descriptions)
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CAB Abstracts and AGORA
• CAB generously offers a subset of CAB Abstracts to AGORA users
• Covers about 80% of journals in AGORA
• You must log in to AGORA to gain access to full-text articles.
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Using CAB Abstracts: Getting Started
Choose Search AGORA journal articles through CAB Abstracts
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You are now on the CAB Abstracts website, at a special page created for AGORA users.
Choose Search DatabaseClick on the button
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CAB Abstract Search Screen
Search TipsEnter search terms
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CAB Abstract Search Tips
Review the Search Tips!
They are VERY helpful.
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Quick Search on CAB Abstracts
1. Enter search words, phrases or author names.
2. Indicate here whether you are searching for an author or free text.
You can also specify publication date and date entered into CAB database.
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Quick Search on CAB Abstracts
Click here to Search or start over.
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Your Search Results: Step by Step
Note how many records CAB finds and view first 25 records on the screen.
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Search Results: Displaying Records
You can control
how records are displayed.
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You also have the option of refining or amending your search on this page.
Refining Your Search
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Refining Your Search
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Example: Refine by Date
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Example: Results by Date
Note that when we ask for articles published before 1998, we get just 8 records returned.
This makes finding the right articles easier.
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Search Results: Tagging Records
Check the boxes or disk icons beside the articles that interest you.
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Search Results: Tagging Records
Shortcuts:
1. You can select all the articles; or deselect all.
2. View the list of articles you’ve checked.
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Search Results: Managing Records
You can capture the full record or abstract and you can send/save it as
HTML or PDF.
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Search Results: Managing Records
Now you can save them, email or print them, or export them to a bibliographic
reference manager.
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Here is a CAB Abstract Record
Scroll down to see full
abstract and specialized fields called descriptors
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To find similar articles:
Put check marks by the subject descriptors you would like to find and
click on More Like This
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OR
Choose Advanced Search from the top
menu bar and use these terms in the Advanced
Search screen
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Retrieving Full-Text
If you would like the full-text of this article, RETURN to AGORA. Be sure you are still logged in.
Find the Journal and download the article DIRECTLY from the publisher’s site.
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3. Navigating Publishers’ Sites
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Publishers’ Websites Vary
All publishers’ websites are slightly different and even journals within a publisher’s site can vary in appearance and features.
–Identical features might be accessed differently or will be located in other places.–Journal coverage (PDF and/or HTML full-text) is generally from 1997 onwards.–Not all publishers offer the same features (e.g., some have table of contents alerting, some do not).
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Some Common Features
You can:• Search across all journals on a publisher’s
website• Register for some personalized services• Download, print or email citations and/or
abstract• Download full-text (PDFs and/or HTML
files with hyperlinks to other full-text references or websites)
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Example:Blackwell Publishing
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Blackwell Journals Page
Download full-text (PDFs/ HTML files with hyperlinks to other full-text references or websites
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Full-text of References
Sometimes references are available in full-text from other sources.
You must have a subscription to the referenced journal through AGORA or another source for these full-text links to work.
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Step 1.
Mark citations you
want to review.
Exporting Citations in Elsevier
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Step 2.
Export citations to a
disk or to your hard drive.
Exporting Citations in Elsevier
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Step 3.
Choose which citations you want to export: all or certain
numbers.
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Step 4.
Choose how much of the records you want, and in
what format to export them.
On some publishers’ websites you may export in RIS (bibliographic reference manager [i.e. EndNote, ProCite, etc] format) or text format
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Step 5.
Click Export. Then save the file to your computer or disk.
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Personalized ServicesRegistration is often required to:
• Receive email table of contents alerts
• Save searches and results for later use
• Re-run searches and email results automatically
• Link to your favorite journals and articles1. To register
click here2. To access your
personalized services after
registration, log in and go to My
Synergy
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Registration PageRead carefully and follow Publisher’s instructions on the
screen.
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Registration Page
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Registration Page
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To sign up for table of contents email service, check the box beside journals you want and
choose Submit button at bottom of page
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4. Conditions of Use
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AGORA User Agreement
• All registered institutions must sign a User Agreement covering:
– Use of the AGORA password
– Copyright and Fair Use
• Ask your librarian about the terms of the AGORA User Agreement
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Use of the AGORA Password
• DO Share AGORA username and password with colleagues, students, faculty in your institution.
• Do NOT Share outside your institution.
• Do NOT Use outside your country.
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Copyright/Fair Use of Articles• Typical copyright and fair use principles apply
It is OK to:– Download or print up to 15% of a journal issue
or book – Use material for educational purposes (course
packs or reserves)– Make copies for institution members
• Always credit sources
• Be cautious but sensible
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Abuse of Publisher Privileges• It is NOT OK to:
– Charge for documents, except for cost recovery for teaching materials
– Post content to websites– Change content– Download all articles from a single issue
• Violations result in the ENTIRE country denied access for up to a week, until the problem is resolved.
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Questions?
• Contact your Librarian
OR
• Contact the AGORA team with any questions or comments.
We want/need to hear from users!
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