How to Use AGORA

AGORA Basic Course: Additional Resources

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, e-mail agora@fao.org (describe problem and include print screen).

Step 1

Start your web browser(Chrome, Firefox or Internet Explorer).

Step 2

Type:

www.fao.org/agora in the “Address” box

Step 3

Press “Enter” on the keyboard or GO

Opening AGORA Homepage

Registration

To register, click on registration.

Find journalsMOST IMPORTANT

Information about AGORA,

LoginMOST IMPORTANT

Information about AGORA provided in different languages

Logging In• Anyone can browse journals without

logging in• To access full-text journal articles users’

institutions must be registered and user must log in using institutional user name and password

• AGORA log in does not give access to personalized services on publishers’ websites

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 AGORA Content page.

Getting Around AGORA• Find and retrieve full-text for a specific article

citation • Find journals (AGORA) or specific articles

(CAB Abstracts) on a particular topic• Use Publisher, Title, Subject and CAB to

search for journal and directly link to publisher’s page

• Browse important titles on a regular basis• Find out what journals you can access• Get access to other resources and

bibliographic databases

The initial AGORA page includes links to Databases and Article searches, Reference Sources

and Other Free Collections

Note the ‘Logged in from: Test Account’ confirmation. Also note the

‘agoralogin.research4life…’ address – this shows that you are logged into AGORA.

Browse by

Journal Title Book Title Subject Language Publisher

Search CAB abstracts by use of key words/terms

Journal Titles Organized Alphabetically

Click on ‘A’ from the ‘Journals collection’ A-Z list

Note - Click on the web browser’s ‘Back’ to

return to Journals page or another letter in the Journals by Title list

Page opens to the ‘Accessible Content’ journal titles list for

the letter ‘A’

If login is not completed, this reminder will appear - the

access to journals is limited

In the ‘All Items’ display for ‘A’, the green box

equals access.

The white box with the ! equals no access.

Choose the journal you want to search – ‘Mammal Review’ from the Accessible Content ‘M’ list

If login is not completed, this reminder will appear - the

access to journals is limited

In the ‘All Items’ display for ‘A’, the green box

equals access.

The white box with the ! equals no access.

In the ‘Accessible Content’ display, there significantly

shorter list of journals available.

Choose the journal you want to search – ‘Acta Agriculturae

Scandinavica, Section A’

The journal will open in a new window of the

Publisher’s Journal Portal

Titles by Subject

Click on the ‘Subjects’ category list– to view the list of journals

in Forest & Forestry

List contains all journals related to the field of Forests & Forestry

The ‘Accessible Content’ display for Forest & Forestry is open

Journal Homepage

The current issue of Nature is open

Titles by PublisherClick on ‘Publisher’ list to view list of publishers. Note the ‘You have

full access to:’ list.

Click on and open:

NRC Research Press

The ‘Accessible Content’ display retrieves a list of AGORA available

journals published by NRC Research Press

Scroll down to view the entire list and click on a title.

The ‘All Items’ display also retrieves the list of journals published by

NRC Research PressIn some cases, the publisher may not grant access to a country and this will be noted

with the white box and exclamation point [!].

Journal Homepage

The current issue of Canadian Journal of Fisheries and

Aquatic Sciences is open – one of the NRC Research

Press publications.

Retrieving Full-Text Books

Click on ‘A’ in the ‘Books list – to view all the

available titles

EXAMPLEFind the book: Advances in Potato Chemistry and

Technology , 2009 (Elsevier Books)

From the ‘Accessible Content’ list, open Advances in Potato

Chemistry and TechnologyIn some cases, the publisher may not grant access to the books for a specific country

You are now in the Elsevier Science Direct site and the

homepage for Advances in Potato Chemistry and Technology

The PDF of Chapter 2, Breeding, Genetics and Cultivar Development,

has been opened.

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

Retrieving Full-Text Articles

1. Find the journal. Since we know the title, we can

use the ‘Journals collection’ ‘M’ list to find it

EXAMPLE

Find the citation: J.Wesley Neil, Christine Adelsberger and Steve Lochmann.

“A Comparison of Larval Fish Sampling Methods for Tropical Streams.” Marine and Coastal Fisheries ,

4(1) 2012: 23-29

The ‘Accessible Content’ list of Journals

Starting ‘M’ is displayed

2. Find the journal and click on the title to open journal

homepage in a new window

EXAMPLE

Find the citation: J.Wesley Neil, Christine Adelsberger and Steve Lochmann.

“A Comparison of Larval Fish Sampling Methods for Tropical Streams.”

Marine and Coastal Fisheries , 4(1) 2012: 23-29

You are now in the Taylor & Francis portal and the

homepage for Marine and Coastal Fisheries.

3. Click on desired Volume and Issue: (4)1

Finding the Article

4. Click on View full text or Download full text options -

to read the article

Scroll down to view all articles

in the issue

5. Click on download full-text

(PDF) link

Note the size of PDF. Large PDFs take

longer to download.

Abstract appears. Scroll down to

read.

Article opens up in PDF

6. Click here to save or print

Note: you must haveAcrobat Adobe Reader

On your machine

Summary• AGORA permits you to browse journals,

publishers, find a known citation, download articles.

• You can also find journals and articles using CAB Abstracts (see CAB Abstracts Module) or Summon search tool (see Summon Search module)

• For navigation and use of Publisher websites, see Publisher Websites Module.

• Once you find the correct journal, volume and issue, find the pdf and download/save it or print it for use.

Questions?

• For questions, please contact your institution’s librarian

• Feel free to contact the AGORA team with any questions or comments on: agora@fao.org

• For information on the training material, go to www.aginternetwork.org/en/training/

Thank you.

Any questions?

Updated February 2015Questions? Contact agora@fao.org