How to Find Journal Articles Using AGORA Atifa Rawan University of Arizona Kabul, Afghanistan May 20

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How to Find Journal Articles Using AGORA?Atifa
Rawan University of ArizonaKabul, Afghanistan
- May 2005

• Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture

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ACCESS to AGORA

• AGORA is an initiative to provide access to major
  scientific journals in agriculture and related
  biological, environmental and social sciences to
  public institutions in developing countries.
• Launched in October 2003, AGORA provides access
  to over 800 journals from the world's leading
  academic publishers.
• Led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of
  the United Nations, the goal of AGORA is to
  increase the quality and effectiveness of
  agricultural research, education and training in
  low-income countries, and in turn, to improve
  food security.
• Researchers, policy-makers, educators, students,
  technical workers and extension specialists enjoy
  free access to high-quality, relevant and timely
  agricultural information via the Internet.

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AGORA Journal Publishers

• More than 30 publishers participate in AGORA, and
  additional publishers are invited to join
• The founding publishers provide access to over
  400 of their journals
• 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 Journals Include

• full-text online
• scholarly literature
• the most current issues available
• major international journals
• free registration for eligible institutions
• free access to full-text articles
• journals covering all aspects of agriculture

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Journals Pagehttp//www.aginternetwork.org/en/jou
rnals.php
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Browse by Journals Titles

• If you know the first word of the journal title
  you are looking for, use this to get the
  journal. Click on a letter for a journal title
  starting with that letter. You will get an
  alphabetical list of journal titles starting with
  that letter. Click on a title to go directly to
  that journal.
• Note that for journal titles beginning with
  The, A, An, Le, these initial articles
  are not included in the titles in the list of
  journals. Look for the second word in the title
  if it starts with an article.
• If you aren't sure of the journal title, or know
  only some of the words, use the Search journal
  title box that appears in the upper right corner
  of the page. (Remember to leave out initial
  articles, such as The, A.) Be careful about
  the spelling, singular or plural form, etc. If
  you type two or more words, then, these have to
  be in the same order as they appear in the title. 

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Browse by Journals Titles-Cont.

• Use "Browse journals by subject category" for
  subject searching of titles. View journals by
  subject area.
• (Do not use the Search journal title box for
  subject searching of titles. For example, if you
  type "veterinary" to find all veterinary
  journals, you will miss journals with "animal" in
  title.)
• The separate Subject Area lists of journal titles
  are also alphabetical, and the journal title is
  followed by the publishers name (in
  parentheses). For example, in the Forestry
  category, the first journal listed might look
  like this Agricultural and Forest Entomology
  (Blackwell Publishing). You can view the list as
  well as go directly to the journal by clicking on
  its title.

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Journal Title Browsing (click on a letter)
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For example, in journals beginning with the
letter J, select Journal of Arid Environments
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Journal Volumes for Journal of Arid Environments
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Volume Articles for Journal of Arid Environments
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Accessing Article Full-text and Links
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Browse Journals by Subject

• Subject categories are based on the broad scope
  of AGORA journals.
• Journals are grouped according to broad subject
  categories, according to their subject content.
• Journal titles are repeated under different
  categories, as and when necessary.
• Scope notes include topics covered under each
  subject category, and are not ordered in any
  specific manner.
• Scope notes will help you to select the
  appropriate subject category/categories. For
  example, if you are looking for journals on
  "Oceanography", you would see that you can find
  these under "Fisheries/Aquatic Science" subject
  category, as "Oceanography" is in its scope
  notes. 
• You can also click on a subject category directly
  from the displayed subject categories. Clicking
  on a subject category will give you an
  alphabetical list of journal titles on that
  subject. Click on the titles of your interest,
  one by one, to get to those journals.

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Browse Journals by Subject (Scope notes)
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Browse Journals by Subject-Cont.
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Browse Journals by Subject-Cont.
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Subject category Plant Science/Soil Science
Journals (Agriculture Water Management)
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Viewing Specific Issues of Journals
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Viewing Article Citations
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Viewing a Full-text Article in PDF Format
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Browse by PublisherOpen the drop down
alphabetical list and click on a publisher to
browse its journals offered in AGORA. Click on a
title to go directly to the journal  
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Journal Listings (example, Blackwell Publishing)
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Journal Volumes (example, Blackwell Publishing)
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Journal Article Citation (example, Blackwell
Publishing)
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Full-Text Article (example, Blackwell Publishing)
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Questions