FREE & LOW COST ONLINE RESOURCES ON DEVELOPMENT Some Selected Sources By Duncan Wambogo Omole June 2007, Modified by Eliza McLeod May 2009

Course Goals At the end of this session, staff participants will be able to: Find the list of free online resources on development Identify relevant resources for their work program Updated May, 2009

At the end of this session, staff participants will be able to:

Find the list of free online resources on development

Identify relevant resources for their work program

Course Outline Brief Introductions Overview of Free Online Resources---Open Access Questions / Discussion

Brief Introductions

Overview of Free Online Resources---Open Access

Questions / Discussion

Introductions

Free Online Resources Eldis USAID ---Development Experience Clearinghouse Development Gateway Global Economic Monitor Banks Documents and Reports Updated May, 2009

Eldis

USAID ---Development Experience Clearinghouse

Development Gateway

Global Economic Monitor

Banks Documents and Reports

Some Selected Sources 1. Freely Accessible Full Text Journals: AGORA , AJOL , DOAJ , GDN , HINARI , INASP/PERI , OARE , Oxford Journals , Open Access Repositories: African Digital Library , FSFPID , OpenDOAR , OAIster , Érudit Statistical Sources: UNSTATS , FAOSTAT , ILO’s LABORSTA Technical Assistance: eIFL

1. Freely Accessible Full Text Journals: AGORA , AJOL , DOAJ , GDN , HINARI , INASP/PERI , OARE , Oxford Journals ,

Open Access Repositories: African Digital Library , FSFPID , OpenDOAR , OAIster , Érudit

Statistical Sources: UNSTATS , FAOSTAT , ILO’s LABORSTA

Technical Assistance: eIFL

Journals: Access to Global Online Research In Agriculture (AGORA) An FAO Initiative Agricultural journals from: Blackwell Publishing, CABI Publishing, Elsevier, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Nature Publishing Group, Oxford University Press, Springer-Verlag, and John Wiley & Sons. Covers subject areas of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences. Available to students and researchers in qualifying not-for-profit institutions in eligible developing countries. Registration required to be granted access. http://www.aginternetwork.org/en/ Updated May, 2009

An FAO Initiative

Agricultural journals from: Blackwell Publishing, CABI Publishing, Elsevier, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Nature Publishing Group, Oxford University Press, Springer-Verlag, and John Wiley & Sons.

Covers subject areas of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences.

Available to students and researchers in qualifying not-for-profit institutions in eligible developing countries.

Registration required to be granted access.

http://www.aginternetwork.org/en/

Journals: Africa Journals Online (AJOL) A programme of INASP Providing access to African published research. Subject coverage includes medicine, agriculture, humanities and social sciences. Access provided to tables of contents (TOCs) and abstracts on the Internet Links to full text (if available) plus document delivery of paper articles, subsidised (to less developed countries Allows for searching and browsing http://www.ajol.info Updated May, 2009

A programme of INASP

Providing access to African published research.

Subject coverage includes medicine, agriculture, humanities and social sciences.

Access provided to tables of contents (TOCs) and abstracts on the Internet

Links to full text (if available) plus document delivery of paper articles, subsidised (to less developed countries

Allows for searching and browsing

http://www.ajol.info

Journals: Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) Developed by Lund University Libraries and supported by the Information Program of the Open Society Institute. The aim is to cover all subjects and languages. Among subjects covered are Agriculture and Food Sciences, Law and Political Science, Business and Economics and the Social Sciences. http://www.doaj.org E.g. Agriculture and Food Sciences - Aquaculture and Fisheries - Naga: The WorldFish Center Quarterly Updated May, 2009

Developed by Lund University Libraries and supported by the Information Program of the Open Society Institute.

The aim is to cover all subjects and languages.

Among subjects covered are Agriculture and Food Sciences, Law and Political Science, Business and Economics and the Social Sciences.

http://www.doaj.org

E.g. Agriculture and Food Sciences - Aquaculture and Fisheries - Naga: The WorldFish Center Quarterly

Journals: Global Development Network (GDN) Fosters research and knowledge sharing. Also promotes Researcher profiles by giving visibility to areas of expertise. Qualifying users have access to: Data Journals, both open access and subscriber ones at no fee Information on Funding Services E.g. International Journal for Equity in Health – Developing countries http://www.gdnet.org/middle.php?oid=247 Updated May, 2009

Fosters research and knowledge sharing.

Also promotes Researcher profiles by giving visibility to areas of expertise.

Qualifying users have access to:

Data

Journals, both open access and subscriber ones at no fee

Information on Funding Services

E.g. International Journal for Equity in Health – Developing countries

http://www.gdnet.org/middle.php?oid=247

Journals: Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) Beneficiaries are non-profit institutions in developing countries; Participation is by registration. Subject coverage interdiscplinary - biomedical and related social sciences. http://www.healthinternetwork.org/ Updated May, 2009

Beneficiaries are non-profit institutions in developing countries; Participation is by registration.

Subject coverage interdiscplinary - biomedical and related social sciences.

http://www.healthinternetwork.org/

Journals: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications(INASP)/Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information (PERI) Focus is on Developing countries Eligible users participate by registration Service includes full-text online journals, current awareness databases, and document delivery Coverage is on medical, social science, and humanities http://www.inasp.info/peri/resources.shtml Updated May, 2009

Focus is on Developing countries

Eligible users participate by registration

Service includes

full-text online journals,

current awareness databases, and

document delivery

Coverage is on medical, social science, and humanities

http://www.inasp.info/peri/resources.shtml

Journals: Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE) International public-private consortium Coordinated by the UNEP, Yale University and leading Science & Technology Publishers Primarily environmental science literature including urban planning, energy, environmental economics, environmental law & policy and geology Universities, research institutes and governments qualify from eligible countries Content accessed by either Title, Subject, Language or Publisher E.g. Remote Sensing and Satellite Technology – IJAEOG – Egypt, SA http://www.oaresciences.org/en/

International public-private consortium

Coordinated by the UNEP, Yale University and leading Science & Technology Publishers

Primarily environmental science literature including urban planning, energy, environmental economics, environmental law & policy and geology

Universities, research institutes and governments qualify from eligible countries

Content accessed by either Title, Subject, Language or Publisher

E.g. Remote Sensing and Satellite Technology – IJAEOG – Egypt, SA

http://www.oaresciences.org/en/

Journals: Oxford Journals Provided by OUP in collaboration with INASP. Free to developing countries or at greatly reduced rates for established not-for profit educational institutes Provides access to an Online Collection of journals http://www3.oup.co.uk/jnls/devel/ E.g. The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization Updated May, 2009

Provided by OUP in collaboration with INASP.

Free to developing countries or at greatly reduced rates for established not-for profit educational institutes

Provides access to an Online Collection of journals

http://www3.oup.co.uk/jnls/devel/

E.g. The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization

Repositories What is a repository? A central place where data is stored and maintained – Wikipedia Two Types: Open Access Corporate Document Updated May, 2009

What is a repository?

A central place where data is stored and maintained – Wikipedia

Two Types:

Open Access

Corporate Document

Open Access Repositories: The African Digital Library Gives free access to anyone living in Africa Registration required Qualified users have to login using a unique username and password each time they want to use the library Allows users to search for documents on education and development http://africaeducation.org/adl/ Updated May, 2009

Gives free access to anyone living in Africa

Registration required

Qualified users have to login using a unique username and password each time they want to use the library

Allows users to search for documents on education and development

http://africaeducation.org/adl/

Open Access Repositories: Food Security and Food Policy Internet Directory for Sub-Saharan Africa Focusses on country- and region-specific African food security Aim is to help researchers: Find data and information to assist in their analytical work of countries/regions/topics; Improve their research quality and their skills in "deep" Internet searching. Has French and Portguese interface http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/test/index.cfm E.g. Poverty Reduction Updated May, 2009

Focusses on country- and region-specific African food security

Aim is to help researchers:

Find data and information to assist in their analytical work of countries/regions/topics;

Improve their research quality and their skills in "deep" Internet searching.

Has French and Portguese interface

http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/test/index.cfm

E.g. Poverty Reduction

Open Access Repositories: Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR) Authoritative directory of academic open access repositories Very useful for finding original research papers Allows search for repositories as well as repository contents E.g. Farming Egypt, Infrastructure South Africa http://www.opendoar.org Updated May, 2009

Authoritative directory of academic open access repositories

Very useful for finding original research papers

Allows search for repositories as well as repository contents

E.g. Farming Egypt, Infrastructure South Africa

http://www.opendoar.org

Open Access Repositories: The Open Archives Initiative (OAIster) Union catalog of digital resources As of April 2007, had access to 11,315,096 records from 769 contributors. Allows for searching by Title, Author, Subject, Language or Entire Record. Searches can be refined by resource type (text, image, audio, video, dataset) and sorted by either title, author, or date Results allow further limiting by data contributor E.g. Title – Egypt; Subject – Dam/SA; investment http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu/o/oaister Updated May, 2009

Union catalog of digital resources

As of April 2007, had access to 11,315,096 records from 769 contributors.

Allows for searching by Title, Author, Subject, Language or Entire Record.

Searches can be refined by resource type (text, image, audio, video, dataset) and sorted by either title, author, or date

Results allow further limiting by data contributor

E.g. Title – Egypt; Subject – Dam/SA; investment

http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu/o/oaister

Érudit Érudit est un consortium interuniversitaire composé de l'Université de Montréal, de l'Université Laval et de l'Université du Québec à Montréal. La majeure partie des textes diffusés dans Érudit est en accès libre. Érudit pratique un accès filtré basé sur le principe d'une barrière mobile de deux ans. Tout ce qui est antérieur aux deux dernières années de publication est en accès libre. . http://www.erudit.org/ Updated May, 2009

Érudit est un consortium interuniversitaire composé de l'Université de Montréal, de l'Université Laval et de l'Université du Québec à Montréal.

La majeure partie des textes diffusés dans Érudit est en accès libre.

Érudit pratique un accès filtré basé sur le principe d'une barrière mobile de deux ans. Tout ce qui est antérieur aux deux dernières années de publication est en accès libre. .

http://www.erudit.org/

UN data (Statistical database) : Compiles economic, development, and social statistics from international sources Also provides resources on statistical and data collection methods. Description http://data.un.org/ Updated May, 2009

Compiles economic, development, and social statistics from international sources

Also provides resources on statistical and data collection methods.

Description

http://data.un.org/

Statistical Sources: FAOSTAT Permet l’accès à plus de 3 millions de series chronologiques et de données croisées relatives à l’alimentation et l’agriculture. Data primarily on food and agriculture CountrySTAT , est en cours de développement, covering principalement en Afrique sub-saharienne. http://faostat.fao.org/default.aspx?lang=fr Updated May, 2009

Permet l’accès à plus de 3 millions de series chronologiques et de données croisées relatives à l’alimentation et l’agriculture.

Data primarily on food and agriculture

CountrySTAT , est en cours de développement, covering principalement en Afrique sub-saharienne.

http://faostat.fao.org/default.aspx?lang=fr

Statistical Sources: ILO’s LABORSTAT Generally covers labor statistics Has following datasets: Yearly data of Total and Economically active population Periodical data of of Employment, Unemployment, Hours of Work, Wages, Consumer Price Indices Updated May, 2009

Generally covers labor statistics

Has following datasets:

Yearly data of Total and Economically active population

Periodical data of of Employment, Unemployment, Hours of Work, Wages, Consumer Price Indices

Technical Assistance - eIFL 6 core programs: Negotiations - Obtaining affordable prices, establishing fair terms and conditions for access Consortium building – Building sustainable national library consortia thro training, w/shops, grants etc Knowledge sharing at global, national and local levels Advocating Access to Knowledge: copyright and libraries (eIFL-IP) - Protecting and promoting the interests of libraries in copyright issues in eIFL member countries. Updated May, 2009

6 core programs:

Negotiations - Obtaining affordable prices, establishing fair terms and conditions for access

Consortium building – Building sustainable national library consortia thro training, w/shops, grants etc

Knowledge sharing at global, national and local levels

Advocating Access to Knowledge: copyright and libraries (eIFL-IP) - Protecting and promoting the interests of libraries in copyright issues in eIFL member countries.

eIFL (cont’d) Open access program (eIFL-OA): Building capacity on Open Access issues. eIFL-FOSS – Helping eIFL libraries take advantage of the benefits of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Has links to free resources in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese More Info: http://www.eifl.net/cps/sections/services Updated, May 2009

Open access program (eIFL-OA): Building capacity on Open Access issues.

eIFL-FOSS – Helping eIFL libraries take advantage of the benefits of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS).

Has links to free resources in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese

More Info: http://www.eifl.net/cps/sections/services

Questions & Discussion Updated, May 2009