OARE Module 1:
Introduction, Website and
Training Material
Table of Contents
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Introduction to OARE:
• background, partners, eligibility & copyright/user
agreement
Using OARE Webpage
• Registration
• Journals by Title, Subject, Language and Publisher
• Books by Title
• Other Available Resources
OARE Training material
Appendix: Access problems and solutions for
full-text articles
Introduction to OARE
Programme Objectives
• Increase access to high-quality, relevant
literature in environmental sciences
• Improve research in environmental sciences
and related disciplines
• Improve the quality and effectiveness of
education and training
• Increase environment-related policy for the
benefit of the population
What is OARE?
• OARE =
Online Access to Research in the Environment
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OARE is an Internet based portal
Provides free or low cost access to major scientific and
peer reviewed journals, e-books, databases, and other
scientific materials in environmental sciences .
Launched in October, 2006.
Several thousand institutions are registered from over
one hundred countries
Has 3900 journals from more than 150 of the world’s
leading academic publishers
Full-text coverage from 1997 onward in most cases
Research4Life Group A & B Countries
Sister Programmes
• Research4Life includes four programmes:
– HINARI (Health Access to Research programme)
– AGORA (Access to Global Online Research in
Agriculture)
– OARE (Online Access to Research in the
Environment)
– ARDI (Access to Research for Development and
Innovation)
• Eligible institutions can register for all four
• For more information , see www.research4life.org/
R4L – Public Private Partnership
 Principal Publishers
 Program Partners
 Elsevier Science
 Springer
 Wiley-Blackwell
 Sage
 Taylor & Francis
 Lippincott/Williams & Wilkins
 BioOne
 Oxford University Press
 Nature Publishing
 Other science/technical/
medical publishers
 World Health Organization - WHO
 Food and Agriculture Org. – FAO
 United Nations Environment
Programme – UNEP
 World Intellectual Property
Organization - WIPO
 Yale University Library
 Mann Library/Cornell University
 International Association of
Scientific, Technical and Medical
Publishers – STM
 Information Training and Outreach
Centre for Africa
 National Library of Medicine
 Microsoft
 Librarians Without Borders®/MLA
http://extranet.who.int/hinari/en/partners.php
Primary Target Audiences
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Eligible categories of institutions are:
national universities
research institutes
government: ministries and agencies
national 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.
Eligibility Overview
• 109 countries qualify
• Institutions in the public sector or with a notfor-profit status qualify for free access to the
full-text articles in OARE’s online collection.
• Institutions must register (just once) to receive
a username and password
• Check with your information or communication
officer to receive the username and password
that gives you full access to OARE and full-text
articles
Country Eligibility Overview (01 2012)
• Country eligibility is based on GNI per capita or HDI
(human development index)
• Free access is available to institutions in countries
with a GNI per capita of $1600 or less or HDI (human
development index) less than 0.63 are eligible for
free access (Group A)
• Access to those with GNI of $1601-$5000 or HDI less
than 0.67 pay a fee of $1000 per year (Group B)
• 70 countries are currently eligible as Group A
countries and 37 countries are Group B
Country Overview continued
• For a list of Group A & B countries, go to:
http://www.unep.org/oare/eligibility/en/index.html
• Publishers have the option of excluding groups
within each country
• While there are more exclusions in Group B,
some publishers choose to exclude institutions
from Group A countries
• For specifics on per-country publisher
exclusions, email oare@unep.org
Institution Eligibility Overview
• All OARE users may browse collection and journal
abstracts without log in. You will have access to
journals from Open Access publishers and a few
commercial publishers.
• To view, download and print the full-text articles,
users must be registered and must login first
• Login may only be done by registered institutions
• Students, faculty and staff at eligible, registered
institutions can access full-text articles and other
OARE resources.
• Visitors to registered institutions can use the
resources while at the site.
Technical Requirements
• OARE can be accessed from a PC or Mac
computer connected to the Internet.
• 256k baud rate is necessary– to access and
download files
• The OARE platform can function with Internet
Explorer version 5.0 or higher, Mozilla Firefox
version 10.0 or higher or Google Chrome .
• Also needed is a recent version of Adobe Acrobat
Reader - to view full-text articles in PDF format.
OARE: User Agreement
• All registered institutions will sign a User
Agreement covering:
–Use of the OARE password
–Copyright and Fair Use
• Agreement shall be available in your
institution
Use of the OARE Password
• Do Please Share OARE username and
password with colleagues, students,
faculties in your institution
• Do not Share with those from outside
the institution
• Do not Use outside the country
Copyright and Fair Use
• Same as typical copyright and fair use
principles: It is OK, for example, 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 or
students
• Always credit sources
• Be cautious but sensible
Abuse of Publisher Privileges
• It is NOT OK to:
– Charge for documents, except for cost recovery for
teaching materials
– Post content to websites or blogs that are publically
accessible
– Change content
– Download all articles from a single issue
• Violations result in the INSTITUTION or ENTIRE
country denied access until the problem is
resolved.
Exercises
Complete exercise #1 in the
accompanying Module 1 Exercises
(Word) document
How to Register for OARE
Step 1
Start your web browser
(Internet Explorer or Firefox).
Step 2
Type:
http://www.unep.org/oare
in the “Address” box
Step 3
Press “Enter” on the keyboard or
GO
Click on Register for OARE link to access
the step-by-step guide – to see if your
institution is registered or must complete
this process. Institutions also can register
for HINARI and AGORA.
This is the step-by-step guide to
completing the Research4Life online
registration process. There is a link to
the online registration form.
The Step by Step Guide contains links to
Registered Universities and Professional
Schools for HINARI, AGORA and OARE.
Displayed is the access page to the
Registered Universities and Professional
Schools by Countries, Areas and
Territories PDF documents. To download
the PDF file, click on OARE.
Displayed is the list of OARE
Registered Universities and
Professional Schools for Ethiopia.
The following slides are a summary of the
key points of the registration process
located at:
http://registration.research4life.org/register/default.aspx
To register, fill in the form. You only
need to fill this in once as an
institution. An institution can register
for all Research4Life programs at once
and that the other programs (besides
OARE) can be added.
Complete all the required
fields including the six
character code and click on
the Send Registration box.
Key Hints
• Telephone and Fax fields are numeric. No blank
spaces, nor symbols should be used.
• Comments and Activities fields have a maximum
number of characters. If you want to provide any
explanation, please send an email to the OARE
HelpDesk oare@unep.org Include in the email
your country and full institution name - in order
to identify the application.
• If possible, include an ‘institutional’ email address
(e.g. smith@kemri.org or smitha@who.int not
alan.smith@gmail.com )
• If you have registered for one previously and
want to register for the other two, add a note in
the comments field with your institution and
username. This will speed up the registration
process for a 2nd or 3rd program.
• Lastly, the whole validation and processing takes
from four to six weeks. Currently (February 2013)
we have a huge backlog caused by the ‘Already
Registered’ applications.
Help
• Trouble registering or logging on? Technical
issues? Questions about policy or use?
Training inquiries?
– For support in Africa, contact ITOCA
itoca@itoca.org
– For support elsewhere, email
oare@unep.org
How to USE OARE
Step 1
Start your web browser
(Internet Explorer or Firefox).
Step 2
Type:
http://www.unep.org/oare
in the “Address” box
Step 3
Press “Enter” on the keyboard or
GO
Accessing the Collection
From this page, you can login
and also view this information
in multiple languages.
From the initial page’s menu, you can find
the link to journals and databases,
information about OARE plus eligibility,
how to register, training material, etc.
Logging In
• For full-text journal articles:
– Users’ institutions must be registered
– Users must log in using institutional user
name and password.
NOTE: OARE log in does not give access to all
services offered on publishers’ websites.
Type in user name and password
exactly as provided by your institution.
Passwords are case-sensitive.
Click Login
Besides access to journals and books,
the initial OARE page includes links to
Search inside OARE full-text through
database and article searching,
Reference sources and Free
Collections. Note also the link to the
Training Materials.
The Logged in from: … message
confirms that you have completed
the login. You also can confirm login
by viewing the url (web address) at
the top of the page that will read:
oaresciences.org/whalecomoare.oa
resciences.org
The OARE website can also be
opened in French, Russian,
Spanish and Portuguese.
If you do not properly login, this message
on the Contents page will remind you!
Navigating OARE to Find What You
Need!
In the next few slides you will learn to:
• Browse by journal titles and publishers
• Explore journals by subject lists
• Locate journals by language
• Download full-text articles (PDF and
HTML versions)
Once you have logged-in, you will
be taken to the Contents page.
Searching by Title
Journals can be accessed by title from the Journals
collection A- Z list. For example, to find Perspectives in
Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, click on P.
A page appears containing all
the journal titles beginning
with P listing the Accessible
Content for your institution.
Click on a title in the list to select a
journal – Perspectives in Plant
Ecology, Evolution and Systematics.
Another window will open at
the journal publisher’s site
with the full list of Volumes,
issues and articles.
This is the PDF display of the article. Most
publishers also supply the HTML (with
hyperlinks) and summary options.
We have displayed the P All Items
list for an institution that does not
have access to all the journals –
noted by all the while ! Boxes.
Click on this link to View complete list of the journals.
This listing does not have hypertext links to the contents of
the journals. You must go to the Journal collection A-Z list.
Searching by Subject
Journals also can be
found via the Subjects
A- Z category list.
Choose the subject that you are
interested in. e.g. Environmental
Law, Policy & Planning.
An alphabetical list of Environmental Law,
Policy & Planning journals now is displayed
with links to the journals’ websites.
Click on a journal title to open
the journal in a new window (the
publisher’s page) – Environment
and Urbanization
The Environment and Urbanization
journal now opens in the publisher’s
website. Note the links to the
Current and Recent Issues.
Again, we have opened the PDF
format of an article. Note that
there are save and print options.
Searching by Language
Click on the link to the Language
category list – to view the drop
down menu of journals by
language; choose the language
you prefer. e.g. French.
An alphabetical list of
French language journals
Accessible Content
titles is displayed.
Select a journal title from the list
e.g. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta
- Bioenergetics.
A new window will open at the publisher’s
site - with access to the current and
previous volumes and issues.
Searching by Publisher
From the initial Journals page, click
on the drop down menu for
Publishers and choose the publisher
that you want. Note the list of
journals that You have full access to:
Click on the drop down menu for
Publishers and choose the publisher that
you want. e.g. Nature Publishing Group.
The All Items list notes all the
journals of a publisher. In this
case, the institution does not
have access to the journals.
The Accessible Content list
of OARE journals available
from the Nature Publishing
Group will be displayed.
Choose the specific
journal that you want.
e.g. Nature Cell Biology
The initial page of the journal is
displayed. Choose the volume, issue
and article that you are interested in
e.g. March Issue 3.
This is the display for the HTML version of the
article that includes hypertext links. You have
the option of printing or downloading/saving
the full text article in HTML.
This full text article is in
HTML and must be read
with a web-browser.
Now displayed is the PDF
version of the article. To
print or save click here.
OR you can choose to
download/view in PDF.
Exercises
Complete exercises #2-7 in the
accompanying Module 1 Exercises
(Word) document
Searching for Books
From the initial Contents
page, you can open the
Books Collection A-Z list.
For example, to find Ocean
Basins, click on O.
A page appears containing all
the book titles beginning with
O listing the Accessible
Content for your institution.
Included is Ocean Basins.
Another window will open at the
publisher’s site with the list of
Chapters that can be viewed HTML
files or downloaded as PDF files
Exercises
Complete exercises #8-9 in the
accompanying Module 1 Exercises
(Word) document
Additional Resources
Additional useful resources can
be opened from the two links
and one drop down menu.
The Browse databases page
includes access to Environmental
Issues & Policy Index,
Environmental Science and
Pollution Management and Scopus.
The Browse reference sources page
contains access to a number of
useful reference tools.
The Free collections drop down
menu has links to numerous
sources of free e-journal sources.
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Now open is the Free Access to
Developing Economies list of
HighWire Press with direct
access to the titles and articles.
Also available from HighWire Press
is list of Free Online Full-text
Articles that includes free journals
and ones with that have free
articles after a set period of time.
HighWire Press 4
Another useful Free
Collections is the Directory
of Open Access Journals.
The pesticides and water pollution
search found 76 articles.
Databases & Search Tools
• Environmental Issues and Policy Index (EBSCO)
– see Module 2
• Environmental Science and Pollution
Management (CSA) – see Module 3
• Scopus (Elsevier) – See Module 4
Let’s Review What We Learned
You should now know how to:
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LOGIN to and register for OARE
Browse by journal titles and publishers
Explore journals by subject lists
Locate journals by language
Locate books by title
Download full-text articles (PDF and HTML)
View OARE’s databases, reference sources
and free collections options
Exercises
Complete exercises #10-11 in the
accompanying Module 1 Exercises
(Word) document
Note: Also see the following section on
OARE Training Material, the OARE – the
Basics (word) document and the OARE
Access Problems and Solutions for Fulltext Articles (ppt) presentation.
Training Material
The OARE Training page has
detailed information that can
be used for training courses
and further learning.
Access to the Training
Materials also is available
from the Contents page’s
horizontal bar.
There are links to PDF documents
PowerPoint presentations that are
an in-depth discussion of many of
OARE’s features.
Note that the Basic Training Packages
contains modules on using the OARE
website and searching for articles in
two of the databases.
The IMARK project has a number of
courses on the effective management of
agricultural information (but would apply
to other disciplines).
Material is available online or via CD-ROM.
INASP has developed a
series of courses on the use
of electronic resources in
low-income countries.
AuthorAID is an invaluable resource for
publishing including a library with 150+
documents and a mentor service.
Authorship Skills Web-bibliography
Contains annotated links to 35+ WWW based/
full-text information on how to:
Conduct ethical research
This web-bibliography has
annotated links to 35+
Write a scientific paper
scientific publishing related
Internet sites.
Write a structured abstract
Prepare manuscripts for submission
Write footnotes and bibliographies
Avoid plagiarism
http://www.who.int/hinari/training/authorship
skills/en/index.html
Appendix : Access Problems and Solutions for
Full-text Articles
Via OARE, the Journal of Forest
Research has been opened.
When attempting to open a
full-text article, the publisher
(Springer) has requested a fee
to purchase the article. .
Possible Problems
Access problems can be caused by:
1)failure to properly LOGIN with the institution's
User Name/Password
2) technical problems at the Publisher's website
3) Problems with local systems (configuration of
user institution’s firewall, configuration of
browser) or
4) The publisher has not authorized access –
mostly for Band 2 countries
The Logged in from: … message confirms that you
have completed the login. You also can confirm
login by viewing the url (web address) at the top of
the page that will read:
oaresciences.org/whalecomoare.oaresciences.org
In OARE, the Journal of Forest
Research is in the J section of the
Journals collection A-Z list. We
have confirmed that you should
have access to this journal.
This is a sample email –
to send to:
oare@unep.org
Screen Captures
To create ‘screen captures’:
– display the screen you want (from the Internet)
– click on the ‘print screen’ key
– open the ‘paint’ program and paste the image
(control/v)
– edit the image (use the ‘select’ icon to limit
content)
– copy again (control/c) and paste in document or
slide
Note: you can skip the ‘paint’ program step and paste
the screen capture directly into the document.
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