Transcript 4. Getting Started - University of Ljubljana

Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture
Traning and Workshop: LIVESTOCK, ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
Tomaz Bartol
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
August, 2005
FAO Tutorial
How to Use AGORA
Welcome to AGORA
In this Tutorial You Will Learn
1) what AGORA offers, main features, and
appropriate use
2) 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.
2.
3.
4.
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How to Use CAB Abstracts
Publishers’ Websites
AGORA Terms of Use
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1. How to Use AGORA
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Opening AGORA Homepage
Step 1
Start your web browser
(Internet Explorer or
Netscape).
Step 2
Type:
http://www.aginternetwork.org
in the Address box
Step 3
Press Enter on the keyboard
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Main navigation bar.
Information about
AGORA, including
eligibility
Register, log in
and find journals.
MOST IMPORTANT
Help and
Contact Us
features
Information about AGORA
provided in different
languages: Arabic,
English, French or Spanish
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 your
institution. 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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• AGORA homepage
relaunches.
You know you are logged in
because all URLS are preceded
by
http://www.aginternetwork.org/_
base
• 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 Title
Search: 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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Scope Notes
Display topics
included in that
subject category
Click on orange subject
link to see all journals
related to that topic.
For example: Forestry
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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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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
2. Find the
journal and click
on the title to
open journal
homepage in a
new window
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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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Scroll
down to
read
abstract
5. Click on
full-text PDF link
Abstract appears
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6. Click
here to
save or
print
Article opens up in PDF
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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 articles
If 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 Database
Click on the button
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CAB Abstract Search Screen
Enter
search
terms
Search Tips
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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.
You can also specify
publication date and
date entered into CAB
database.
2. Indicate
here whether
you are
searching for
an author or
free text.
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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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Refining Your Search
You also have the option of refining or
amending your search on this page.
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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 fulltext 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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Exporting Citations in Elsevier
Step 1.
Mark
citations you
want to
review.
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Exporting Citations in Elsevier
Step 2.
Export
citations to a
disk or to your
hard drive.
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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 Services
Registration 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 articles
2. To access your
personalized
services after
registration, log in
and go to My
Synergy
1. To register
click here
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Registration Page
Read 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!
[email protected]
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Rahmat
and
enjoy using AGORA
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