Title: How to Find Journal Articles Using AGORA Atifa Rawan University of Arizona Kabul, Afghanistan May 20
1How to Find Journal Articles Using AGORA?Atifa
Rawan University of ArizonaKabul, Afghanistan
- May 2005
- Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture
2ACCESS 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.
3AGORA 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
4AGORA 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
5Journals Pagehttp//www.aginternetwork.org/en/jou
rnals.php
6Browse 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.
7Browse 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. -
8Journal Title Browsing (click on a letter)
9For example, in journals beginning with the
letter J, select Journal of Arid Environments
10Journal Volumes for Journal of Arid Environments
11Volume Articles for Journal of Arid Environments
12Accessing Article Full-text and Links
13Browse 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.
14Browse Journals by Subject (Scope notes)
15Browse Journals by Subject-Cont.
16Browse Journals by Subject-Cont.
17Subject category Plant Science/Soil Science
Journals (Agriculture Water Management)
18Viewing Specific Issues of Journals
19Viewing Article Citations
20Viewing a Full-text Article in PDF Format
21Browse 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
22Journal Listings (example, Blackwell Publishing)
23Journal Volumes (example, Blackwell Publishing)
24Journal Article Citation (example, Blackwell
Publishing)
25Full-Text Article (example, Blackwell Publishing)
26Questions