1. PubMed Overview
From the main HINARI webpage, we can access PubMed by clicking on Search HINARI journal articles through PubMed (Medline).
Note: If you do not properly sign on, you will not have access to full text articles from the HINARI/PubMed database.
In this section of the Short Course, most of the slides are self-explanatory. The comments added after the slides will be to enhance key points.

2. We now will have opened HINARI/PubMed and will enter a search in the PubMed Search box.
In this example, we will enter a search for malaria infections AND Africa into the Search or query box. To execute the query, click on the Search button.
PubMed is a database with over 19 million citations. Most of these citations contain abstracts. For HINARI and Free Full Text journals, there is a way to go directly from PubMed’s citations to the full-text articles.

3. Results of the search are displayed in the main body of the page in Summary Format, 20 Items per Page and Recently Added Sort by options. This is the default setting when you complete a search.
Note the two additional filters for Free Full Text and HINARI articles. These have been created in the HINARI/PubMed searches saved in My NCBI (see module 4.5).
Of the 4237 articles, 2030 are available via the HINARI filter and with Free full text filter ( there are some overlaps).

4. Note the additional hypertext link for Free article
Note the additional hypertext link for Free article. By clicking on this link, you will be re- directed to the Abstract display and be able to access the full text.
Also note how the terms of the search – malaria, infections and Africa - are bolded if found in the title.

5. You have numerous Display Settings options
You have numerous Display Settings options. From the Display Settings drop down menu, we have clicked on the Abstract Format, 20 Items per Page and Recently Added Sort by options.

6. We have displayed the search results using the Abstract display.
By clicking on the HINARI or the Free article icons, we can access the full-text article.
Again, remember that you must be signed onto HINARI and accessed HINARI/PubMed to be able to successfully use the Icons in the Abstract display.

7. In order to save the citations and abstracts, we would open the Send To drop down menu. From this menu, we are able to select the File, Collections, Order, Clipboard and options.

8. To use these options, you must place check marks in the boxes to the left of the citations that you wish to send to File, Collections, Order, Clipboard and options.
If you do not place check marks in the boxes, the entire search results will be sent to the option you choose.
Note how PubMed lists the # of citations you have checked.

9. In this example, we will email the search results
In this example, we will the search results. From the Send To drop down menu, we have selected the with the Summary and Recently added options. You also have the option of sending citations to files.
In this overview, we only have discussed the ‘Send to’ option. All the other options function in a similar way. For more information on the HINARI/PubMed website, go to Module 4.1 PubMed Website Interface (

10. PubMed Filters
From the main HINARI webpage you can access PubMed from the “Find articles” link in the body of the webpage. Click on Search for articles through PubMed (Medline). We will examine the Limits options.
From the initial (HINARI) PubMed page, we will run the HIV and pregnancy search and then apply various Filters.
This is another invaluable tool to find the specific articles that are of interest to you. 10

11. Filters allows you to search more effectively in the PubMed database
Filters allows you to search more effectively in the PubMed database. Searches can be limited by restricting terms to fields or setting specific date or record tagging parameters.
The filters listed in the left column are the default ones.

12. By using Specify Custom Date Range filter, we have entered a six month range (2011/12/15 to 2012/05/15) and limited the search to these recent publications.

13. In the Article types, we limited a search to the Practice Guidelines and Review options. The results of the HIV and pregnancy search are 2124 citations (from an initial total of 13,000).

14. MY NCBI
The ‘My NCBI’ feature allows you to set-up filter tabs in your display area, save searches, and set-up automatic alerts to new articles added to PubMed.
To register, click on the Register link in the ‘ My NCBI’ box on the top-right side of the webpage. A registration form will then open in a new window.
Note: You will need to register only once and, after that, use the [Sign In] option. You will need to carefully follow the instructions in the next four slides.
We briefly will discuss the My NCBI option on the top right-hand side of the webpage. Each individual must Register for this option.

15. Both filters we have selected are listed in the Your PubMed filter list. You can delete any filter by clicking on the check in the Active column.

16. We have now completed a PubMed search for hiv AND pregnancy
We have now completed a PubMed search for hiv AND pregnancy. There are now three results filters – All, Free Full Text, and HINARI. To retain this search in your My NCBI account , you would click on the Save Search hypertext link.
Via your My NCBI account, you can have messages sent to you that will include citations and abstracts for all new Free Full Text and HINARI articles on this subject.

17. In the My NCBI page, you can see a list of the saved searches in the Saved Searches box - in this case ‘HIV AND pregnancy’ and ‘malaria AND bednets’..
Note: the that you receive from MY NCBI will have citations to recently published articles. To get the full-text article, you will need to return to HINARI and locate the specific journal issue.

18. We have returned to the Content page of the HINARI website as we want to open the Training resources webpage:
To access the HINARI training material, you do NOT need to login to HINARI. While a large majority of the training material pertains to HINARI only, there are a number of modules that could be used in broader training situations - Authorship Skills, WHO Resources, BabelMeSH, Health Information on the Internet, E-Resources and Internet Searching, Information Literacy plus more.

19. This page contains a series of modules that detail many of the features of HINARI that we have discussed – but in more detail.
Note Module 7 that contains information about additional resources available from the HINARI website and the links to the distance learning courses.

20. This additional slide highlights the Brief training HINARI Short Course and various Training Tools plus Presentations .
Also note the Authorship Skills material – series of modules written to assist researchers in publishing their outcomes.

21. The final slide highlights the Authorship Skills modules
The final slide highlights the Authorship Skills modules. This material was developed after requests from researchers at R4L workshops.

22. This is the 1st slide of the distance learning version of the Short Course. It uses the Moodle software (an online course management system) and is accessible from mla.mrooms.org Also available is the HINARI Train the Trainers Course.

23. All three R4L Short Courses also are available from the ITOCA website – primarily for those in sub-Saharan Africa. Go to moodle.itoca.org for more information.
If you have colleagues that use either the AGORA (agriculture research) or OARE (environmental research) programmes, please tell them about these Short Courses.

24. HINARI Do’s/Users
Material owned by the Publishers made available through HINARI can be used by Authorized Users or Walk-in Users
An Authorized User: an institution’s or government department’s employee, permanent or visiting faculty, or student
Walk-in User: anyone who comes to the Institution’s premises and is permitted by the Institution to access services there
This and the subsequent three slides details who is eligible to use the material and how the various specific full-text articles and documents from the other HINARI resources can be used. Note – we encourage the distribution of the institution’s User Name and Password to ALL ‘authorized users.’

25. HINARI Do’s/Articles For HINARI Band 1 participants:
institution may supply printed or digital materials (documents) to the institution’s employees, faculty members, students or another Authorized User
remote access is permissible but limited to computers owned personally by employees or by institution
publisher’s material may be placed in print Course Packs or placed in Electronic Reserves for students (delete after the end of the course)

26. HINARI Don’ts/Articles
Downloading/Printing: users cannot download complete journal issues or books (per journal issue or book, 15% limit)
Document supply: Cannot distribute documents obtained through HINARI to any other individuals or organizations outside the registered institution
Document fees: The institution may not supply the document for a fee except to recover cost of printing
Uploading: Cannot upload the material to or post to a publicly available website or elsewhere
The initial bullet is very explicit – you cannot download all the articles from one issue of a journal or all the chapters from an e-book or other resource.

27. HINARI Don’ts/Access
Do not give the Publisher’s Material or User Name/Password to other individuals or institutions
if others are interested in HINARI, send them to their institutions’ libraries
Do not access HINARI while traveling outside the country
Do not put the User Name/ Password on the Institution’s website or any other Internet page
Do not share or publish the ID and password through public sites on the Internet: Groups, Wikis or Blogs
can put a link to initial page of HINARI or have information about HINARI
These three bullets summarize the individual limits to HINARI access. Accessing HINARI from outside the country or publically displaying the User Name and Password would result in the institution needing a change in the login code. This creates a difficult problem for all the users at your institution.

28.
Besides HINARI, there are two ‘sister’ research4life programs – AGORA for agriculture research and OARE for environmental research. In 2011, ARDI (Access for Research and Development and Innovation) joined as a partner.
All three programs has the same eligibility but your institution must register for each program separately.

29. HINARI: health research (11,400 journals and 18,500 books and 70 information resources, 380 publishers)
AGORA: agriculture research (3400 journals, books, 20 information resources, 95 publishers)
OARE: environment research (4800 journals, books, 110 publishers)
ARDI: development and innovation research (2000 journals, 5000 books, 14 publishers)
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Besides the number of journals for each program, the specific web addresses are listed. Note that there is some overlap in journal titles as some specific journals fall into more than one broad discipline. If your institution includes programs that would benefit from either AGORA or OARE e-journals, you can register for these from the initial registration page.

30. AGORA – ‘Content’ Page

31. OARE – ‘Content’ Page

32. ARDI – ‘Content’ Page
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