Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն, հունիս / հուլիս 2009 AGORA Overview This presentation should be accompanied by live demonstrations of the resources – a page of links are included for you to use from within a Web browser on the desk top of your computer. See: workshop-links.html If the network seems to be running slow, then screen captures are provided to give an overview of the resources. If these are used and live demonstrations are not possible, then this module may not take as much time as planned (the live demonstrations can take a long time to do – be prepared to be waiting for pages to download and display. It’s a good idea to think of some things in advance to say when this happens – notes are given for guidance in this. Armenia, June/July 2009 Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն, հունիս / հուլիս 2009

In this Tutorial You Will Learn Welcome to AGORA In this Tutorial You Will Learn what AGORA offers, main features, and appropriate use how to open AGORA, log in and navigate to find journals and download articles how to use CAB Abstracts and publishers’ websites to find citations and download articles

What Is AGORA?

AGORA = Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture

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 3 times in a row. Any ongoing trouble with AGORA, email agora@fao.org (describe problem and include print screen). A good thing to keep in mind with AGORA and all other electronic resources is to expect the unexpected. All electronic resources change frequently so features may not be where you last saw them or additional features may have appeared. Also, since these are electronic resources, they are prone to mechanical difficulties, connection problems, hardware and software issues, and changing levels of access unlike paper resources. If you are having trouble, check that you are logged in correctly and that all of your equipment is working properly. You may need to reboot your computer, refresh the page you’re working on, close and reopen your browser, or clear your browser’s cache (the list of visited pages stored on your computer). Be patient and try again if you cannot access something you know you should have access to. Also, be aware that you do not have access to everything. AGORA only gives access to a certain subset of a publisher’s journals though all journals are listed on the publisher’s website. The journals with full-text access indicated may not apply to you. Check AGORA for a definitive list of available journals. If you are trying to access a resource and it asks for another log in, this indicates it is not an AGORA-accessible resource. DO NOT enter your AGORA password again. Also, if you are attempting to log in to AGORA initially, do not attempt to do so more than three times or you will be locked out of the system. If you are continuing to have trouble with AGORA (not the publisher’s websites or the bibliographic databases contained within it), use the Print Screen button on your keyboard, paste the resulting image of the screen showing the problem into a Wordpad or other word processing document, describe the problem in detail and email the information to agora@fao.org. someone will try and assist you. Despite these caveats, there is a great deal that you can do on with AGORA. It is a powerful resource for your research, study and teaching needs.

Modules in this Tutorial 1. How to Use AGORA 2. How to Use CAB Abstracts 3. Publishers’ Websites AGORA Terms of Use

1. How to Use AGORA

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

Main navigation bar

Register and log in Find journals Information about AGORA provided in different languages: Arabic, English, French or Spanish Information about AGORA, including eligibility Register and log in MOST IMPORTANT Find journals MOST IMPORTANT Help

Accessing the Collection Click on Journals

for free access to full-text articles Click on log in for free access to full-text articles

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.

If you receive either of these messages about security certificates or secure connections, click yes or OK to continue

Logging In The Login page appears. Enter your user name and password exactly as provided to your institution. Click on the Log In button Please note: user name and password are case-sensitive! Animation: as shown on the slide. If there is time, please animate the arrow that goes to the button. Images: Slide 4 A, slide 4 B, slide 4 C Tip: if your password doesn’t work the first time, don’t attempt to log in more than 3 times in a row. For any difficulties in loggin in to AGORA, send an email to: agora@fao.org (describe problem and include print screen).

After logging in you will be taken to the AGORA Home Page for registered users. Select ‘Journals’ from the left hand menu. Let’s go to the Journals Page...

The Journals search page launches

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

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

Search CAB abstracts by use of key words/terms Browse by journal title subject or publisher

Titles Organized Alphabetically Click on the “M”

2. Click on Back or Journals to return to Journals page 1. Page opens with all the Journal titles beginning with the letter “M”

Choose the journal you want to search

The journal will open in Publisher’s Journal level page a new window of the Publisher’s Journal level page

Click on arrow to view list of publishers. Titles by Publisher Click on arrow to view list of publishers.

Click on desired publisher.

2. Select a different publisher 1. Retrieves list of all journals published by Blackwell Publishing in AGORA.

The complete list of Blackwell journals in alphabetical order Choose the journal you want to search

The journal will open in Publisher’s Journal level page a new window of the Publisher’s Journal level page

e.g. Fisheries/Aquatic Science Titles by Subject Pick the subject area you are interested in, e.g. Fisheries/Aquatic Science

The list of journals in the subject area picked Choose a new subject by clicking on the arrow. The list of journals in the subject area picked

Remember you can also browse by title, subject or publisher using the navigation bar.

Retrieving Full-Text Articles Example

The full list of Journals Starting “A” is displayed EXAMPLE Find the citation: Linda J. Thomson and Ary A. Hoffman: (2007) “Effects of ground cover (straw and compost) on the abundance of natural enemies and soil macro invertebrates in vine yards” Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 9(3) : 159-245 The full list of Journals Starting “A” is displayed Find the journal and click on the title to open journal homepage in a new window

Click on desired Volume and Issue. 9 (3) : 159-245 You are now in the Blackwell site and the homepage for Agricultural and Forest Entomology. Click on desired Volume and Issue. 9 (3) : 159-245

Click on Abstract for article description Scroll down to view all articles in the issue.

to read article in plain Click on Full Text HTML to read article in plain HTML text. To read article in PDF click on the Full Text PDF link

Note the size of PDF. Large PDFs take longer to download. Article in HTML format Note the size of PDF. Large PDFs take longer to download.

Article in HTML format

Article in HTML format : To view graphs and charts click on them

To save article click here

Note: you must have Acrobat Adobe Reader On your machine To print article click here

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. Elham A. Wassef...et.al (2007)“Effect of dietary vegetable oils on health and liver histology of gilthead sea bream (sparus aurata) growers" Aquaculture Research. 38 (8): 852-861

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 agora@fao.org

2. How to Use CAB Abstracts

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) and links to full-text articles CAB Abstracts, the internationally recognized database of information for applied agriculture and life sciences, is generously provided by CABI Publishing, the publishing arm of CAB International. CAB Abstracts covers research and development literature in the fields of agriculture, forestry, human health, human nutrition, animal health and the management and conservation of natural resources. Thousands of serials are scanned annually to ensure only quality, peer reviewed research is included. CAB Abstracts allows you to search for specific articles or subjects from a range of journals rather than just from one journal or one publisher. The CAB Abstracts database only gives the publication information and brief descriptions for articles; for full-text you will need to return to AGORA.

CAB Abstracts and AGORA CAB generously offers a subset of CAB Abstracts to AGORA users It also provides full-text articles found in AGORA Covers about 80% of journals in AGORA You must log in to AGORA to gain access to full-text articles and must log in to search CAB. CAB generously provided a subset of the CAB Abstracts database designed specifically for use with AGORA. It covers about 80% of the journals found in AGORA, so you should be able to find most of the citations listed here in full-text. Please note you must log into AGORA to access the full-text articles but do not log in to search CAB.

Using CAB Abstracts: Getting Started From the AGORA Home page Click on Login

Using CAB Abstracts: Getting Started From the Journals page, choose “Search AGORA journal articles through CAB Abstracts.” Login using your institutional Username and password

Ensure that you have Java will ask you to download on the machine that you are using or a pop up message will ask you to download

User Authentication Page Click on AGORA Journal Search if search page does not launch automatically. DO NOT close this window until you want to log out.

Using CAB Abstracts: Getting Started This will take you to the Journals page. Type in Your search query using Keywords the more specific and narrowed down, the better the results. For example type “Beans” and click search

This will give you a list of The results with mainly the citations and a brief summary of the contents One can navigate these Pages to see more results Of matching abstracts

Using CAB Abstracts: Getting Started When running the AGORA-CAB CD log-in is not necessary to access the CAB Abstracts Search functionality.  If you are working from the web site, however, you MUST be logged in to use the CAB search. One can access the abstract only or the full-text To view the abstract click On “Abstract”.

The abstract will then pop up In a new window with a link to the Journal’s home page or full-text

Publisher’s website and Get the full-text article Using CAB Abstracts To go directly to the Publisher’s website and Get the full-text article click here

To view the list of journals and articles Click here The publisher website will then pop up in a new window with details of the journal

To view the full-text Click the PDF link

Ensure that you have Adobe Acrobat Reader on your machine to enable the reading of articles in PDF When a search is run, CAB Abstracts will show how many citations it has found at the top of the page. It will typically display the results in batches of 25. The results themselves will appear in the middle of the page, showing just the document title, authors’ names, journal title, volume and issue and page numbers and number of references included in article   Sort Your Results CAB automatically sorts the citations in chronological order by when they were added to the CAB Abstracts database. To sort by CAB’s estimation of how closely the citations match your search terms, choose the dropdown menu at the top of the page by “Sorted by” and choose “Relevance score.” Search Within Your Results At the bottom of the page, enter new search terms in the Refine Search box. You may also limit the search by publication year again. Click the Search button. Marking and Saving Citations To save one citation at a time, choose the small floppy disk icon beside the citation. To save larger numbers of citations, click the check box beside each citation you would like to save. Choose how much of the citation you want to save (just the citation or the full record including abstract) and the format (HTML, which can be opened in a web browser, or text, which can be opened with a word processing program like Word). To save them to your computer, choose Save, click Save again on the dialog box that appears, choose where on your computer you would like to save them and click Save. To save them to your computer in a format that can be used in a bibliographic reference management program like EndNote or ProCite, choose the bibliographic reference manager format you are using and choose Export. Click Save, click Save again on the dialog box that appears, choose where on your computer you would like to save them and click Save. To e-mail them to yourself or another person, enter the destination e-mail address in the Mail To box and click send. To print out the record, click Print.

Using CAB Abstracts To save click here

Choose the location where you want to save the article and click save

To print click here

copies you want to print Choose the printer you want to use and select the number of copies you want to print

Using the Search Wizard

Having done the keyword using the Search Wizard search you can further refine your search by using the Search Wizard Click on the Search Wizard link

The search wizard template opens.

Alternatively you can use the Search Wizard in the Journals page Click on the Search Wizard link

The search wizard template opens.

which is simply the title Use the first drop down arrow to refine your search using these Various disciplines For example one can use “English Item Title” which is simply the title of the article

Choosing required in this Case means the article name Ought to have “bean” in it. Also refine your search by using these Boolean operators- Optional is OR, Required is AND and Prohibited is NOT

To use more fields to combine and further refine your search click on any

and further refine using The drop down menus Put more keywords and further refine using The drop down menus Click on search to get your results In this case we want both bean and cultivation to appear in the article name

Combination of our search Search box shows the Combination of our search List of articles and abstracts with “bean” and “cultivation” in the titles. Scroll down to See full list of articles and abstracts

To view full abstract Click on abstract

Full abstract opens in new Window. For the full text Click on Journal home page

OR click directly on the on the articles list page Journal home page link on the articles list page

Full list of articles and Journal Home Page opens in new window Scroll down to view Full list of articles and Choose the one you want

2.) To download full text in PDF text click here Plain HTML text click here

Full text article in HTML To download full text in PDF text you can also click here Scroll down to read

Full text in HTML with links to references

To print or save click here Full text in PDF format

3. Navigating Publishers’ Sites

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). Of course, with all these features there are caveats to keep in mind. All publishers’ websites are created and maintained by each separate publisher not by AGORA. Therefore, all the sites are slightly different and may or may not offer the same features or the same types of access to those features. Even within the publisher’s website, each journal may differ slightly in what kind of access is offered (abstract, full-text HTML, PDF) and in how far back full-text holdings go (generally from 1997 onward but variable). Also, while some features, like abstract and full-text access, are standard, others, like table of contents email alerts and personalised registration services may or may not be available depending on the publisher.

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) In a similar vein, downloading PDFs is not the only feature available from publishers’ websites. It is also possible to link to some references in the bibliography of articles in HTML format; to download, email or print citations and/or abstracts (either one at a time or in batches); to search across all journals or browse all journals by subject on a publisher’s website; and to register for personalised services such as email table of contents alerts, saved searches and much more.

Example: Blackwell Publishing

Blackwell Journals Page To see the various Journals and articles Go through the list Of issues.

Search Journals by subject Advanced search, saved searches and Quick link

Advanced Search option, search can be more refined

Emailing Articles in Elsevier Email articles to your email Or to colleagues and friends

Emailing Articles in Elsevier

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 favourite journals and articles Many of the publishers’ websites require that you register with them and create your own user name and password outside of your AGORA log in to access additional services. Facilitator: If time permits you may wish to demonstrate some of these features on using the My Synergy functionality of the resource.

1. To register click here 2. To access your personalized services after registration, log in and go to My Synergy

Read carefully and follow Publisher’s instructions on the screen. Registration Page Read carefully and follow Publisher’s instructions on the screen. Facilitator: The pictures on this page will reveal in three stages: first the user name and password screenshot, then the general demographic information screenshot, then the privacy policy screenshot. To register click on the Register button at the top right-hand corner of each page and fill out the registration form. You will need to choose a user name and password that you will remember. This should be different from your AGORA user name and password.

Registration Page Then you will need to fill out some demographic and personal information.

Registration Page You may be asked if you would like to receive emails on special offers and news on about the publisher and to indicate that you have read the privacy and/or usage agreements and agree to the terms within.

4. Conditions of Use

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 Once you have registered, you will be contacted by AGORA with the user name and password for the whole institution. There will be instructions on disseminating the user names and passwords and on the terms of the user agreements. As the librarians in charge, you will be responsible for sharing the passwords with the members of your institution, making sure that your users understand the proper use of AGORA, and helping prevent any accidental violations or withdrawal of your institution’s access privileges.

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.

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 Charge for printing costs for recovery costs Always credit sources Be cautious but sensible For more information see INSAP copyright material and Copyright of Electronic Materials at http://nnlm.gov/scr/techsheets/lmorgan.html

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.

We want/need to hear from users! Questions? Contact your Librarian OR Contact the AGORA team with any questions or comments. We want/need to hear from users! agora@fao.org

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