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
How to USE OARE
Step 1
Start your web browser
(Internet Explorer or Firefox).
Step 2
Type:
http://www.unep.org/oare/en/
in the “Address” box
Step 3
Press “Enter” on the keyboard or
GO
Accessing the Collection
From this page, you can login
and also view this information
in multiple languages.
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.
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
Type in user name
password
as provided by
exactlyand
as provided
by exactly
your institution.
your institution.
Passwords
are case-sensitive.
Passwords
are case-sensitive.
Click Sign In Click Login
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.
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.
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…
The OARE website can also be
opened in French, Russian,
Spanish and Portuguese.
If you do not properly login, this
message on the Contents
page will remind you!
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.
Searching by Title
Journals can be accessed by title from
the Journals collection A- Z list. For
example, to find Advances in
Environmental Chemistry, click on A.
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.
Now displayed is the PDF
version of the article. To
print or save click here.
OR you can choose to
download/view in PDF.
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 Resources
Additional useful resources can be opened
from the two links and one drop down menu.
Also note the link the Summon search tool.
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.
Also 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.
HighWire Press 4
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:
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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.