OARE Module 3:OARE Portal

Table of Contents • Using OARE Webpage

• Journals by Title, Subject, Language and Publisher

• Books by Title • Other Available Resources

• Appendix: Access problems and solutions for full-text articles

Step 1 Start your web browser

(Internet Explorer or Firefox).

Step 2 Type:http://www.unep.org/oare/en/ in the “Address” box

Step 3Press “Enter” on the keyboard or

GO

How to USE OARE

Accessing the Collection

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.

From this page, you can login and also view this information in multiple languages.

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

Type in user name and password exactly as provided by your institution. Passwords are case-sensitive.

Click Sign In

Note: With the migration to a new authentication server (Jan 2014), we recommend use of Chrome or Mozilla. If you use Internet Explorer, you will need to login twice.

If you are using Internet Explorer, repeat the Login process on this 2nd page and you will be redirected to the OARE Content page.

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: oareloginresearch4life.org…

Besides access to journals and books, the initial OARE page includes links to Summon, Search inside OARE full-text through database and article searching, Reference sources and Free Collections. Note also the link to the Training Materials.

If you do not properly login, this message on the Contents page will remind you!

The OARE website can also be opened in French, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese.

Without the login, you only can access the Open Access journal titles. Note all the titles with !

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.

Journals can be accessed by title from the Journals collection A- Z list. For example, to find Advances in Environmental Chemistry, click on A.

Searching by Title

A page appears containing all the journal titles beginning with A listing the Accessible Content for your institution. Scroll down this list.

Click on a title in the list to select a journal Advances in Environmental Chemistry. Note the issues that are available.

Another window will open at the journal publisher’s site with the full list of Volumes, issues and articles.

Now displayed is the citation and abstract of the article with links to the PDF and HTML versions.

This is the PDF display of the article. Note that you need Adobe Reader.

We have displayed the P All Items list for an institution that does not have access to all the journals – noted by all the white ! 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 Journals 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) – Environmental Communication

The Environment Communication journal now opens in the publisher’s website. Note the links to the Current and Recent Issues.

Again, we have opened the HTML version of an article.

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. Note – the articles of this French journal may be in various languages.

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 Accessible Content list of OARE journals available from the Nature Publishing Group is 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.

OR you can choose to download/view in PDF.

Now displayed is the PDF version of the article. To print or save click here.

The Browse Publisher list also lists what You do not have full access to:

This lists the publishers who have not granted access to your institution.

The All Items list notes all the journals of a publisher. In this case, the institution does not have access to the journals noted by the white ! boxes.

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 as HTML files or downloaded as PDF files

Click on this link to View complete list of the books.

This listing does not have hypertext links to the contents of the books. You must go to the Books collection A-Z list.

Additional useful resources can be opened from the two links and one drop down menu.

Also note the link the Summon search tool.

Additional Resources

The Browse databases page includes access to Scopus, Environmental Issues & Policy Index indexes.

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 and also e-books..

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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.

HighWire Press 4Also 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.

Another useful Free Collections is the Directory of Open Access Journals.

The pesticides and water pollution search found 76 articles.

Databases & Search Tools

• Summon Searching – see Module 4• Scopus (Elsevier) – See Module 5A• Environmental Issues and Policy Index

(EBSCO) – see Module 5B

Let’s Review What We Learned

You should now know how to:

• 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 Module 3 exercises #1 - 8 in the accompanying OARE exercises document

Updated: July 2015

Note: Also see the appendix to Module 3 - OARE Access Problems and Solutions for Full-text Articles (ppt) presentation.