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 [email protected] (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
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.
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.
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
Titles by PublisherClick on ‘Publisher’ list to view list of publishers. Note the ‘You have
full access to:’ list.
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
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
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: [email protected]
• For information on the training material, go to www.aginternetwork.org/en/training/