ARDI Portal

Module 4

Module 4: ARDI Portal

E-journal access - title, subject, language & publisher

E-book access - title

R4L programmes can be accessed from either a

computer or mobile phone – with Internet access

Complete the Login process and the Mobile phone version (more horizontal) will appear

From the initial ARDI – Research for

Innovation page, click on Access ARDI.

The ARDI Content Home page will

display. Click on Log in for access.

Type in user name and password exactly

as provided by your institution.

Passwords are case-sensitive. Click Login.

Note: To have access to the full test articles

and ebooks, you must properly login.

Click on the ARDI logo to open the program.

All the programs your institution is registered for are listed. Login to any of the other programs by returning to this page (use the R4L Portal – Applications tab at the top of the web browser). To open another program, click on the specific logo. Your ARDIi username and password will grant access to the other programs (and ditto for your institution’s AGORA, ARDI GOALI or OARE logins).

We strongly recommend to not bookmark this connection page. It is always preferable to open the HINARI portal (www.who.int/hinari/ ) itself or another R4L program. The initial page of the program will have the right link to the login page – especially if there are any future changes to the authentication server.

Further login Instructions

Auto-login option

Users at a registered institution can, using an auto-login-

enabled computer, access a Research4Life search

interface, review results and abstracts, and download the

full text of articles, without needing to log on each time

Auto-login can resolve many login and password

problems

Your institution must have an intranet (internal network

not publicly accessible)

To request the auto-login script and technical

instructions, contact r4l@research4life.org

The ARDI portal now notes the

proper login (for users, by country

e.g. Tanzania or Nepal). Also note

the login.research4life.org� url

Open ‘J’ in the Journal

collection A-Z list

Now opened it the T journals by title page.

The Accessible Content lists what titles are

available – with the Green box.

Note that the user has not logged into ARDI.

Only the Open Access journals are listed.

The All Items lists what is and is not

accessible – without the Login. Note the

! Logo for almost all the titles. If not

logged in, this is the default display.

By logging in, the Accessible

Content lists all titles that are

the publishers make available

for a specific institution.

In this case, the All Items

list is identical to the

Accessible Content listing –

for the Test Account login.

Note the per page titles displayed drop down menu (25, 100, 500 and all options) and ability to move from one page of the Jjournal titles list to another.

Click on the Journal of

Basic & Applied Sciences

- to open this title.

Now displayed is the initial

page of the Journal of Basic

& Applied Sciences.

In the Current Volume

option, now opened is

Volume 10, 2104. Click

on Table of Contents.

The Table of Contents page for

the current issue is open.

Click on the title of an article –

to open the full-text.

The full-text version of the 1st

article is displayed. Note the

Download Full Article option.

The Download page is displayed.

The download icon displays

the pdf version of the article.

Items that have been added to the ARDI

collection are highlighted with the New

symbol. Click on this symbol to view a

list of Latest online information resources.

The current new list of Latest online information

resources has been opened. Note the lists of

Type (Journals, Books) and Publisher. The

Type box also appears on the specific Subject,

Language and Publisher sub-pages.

Open the View Complete List

of Journals listing on the

Content Home page of ARDI.

Displayed is the top of this

Complete List of ARDI

Journals. Note that there are

NO hypertext links to the titles.

Now opened is the Subject

list of ARDI journals.

Displayed is the Building Construction

list of journals with links to the

individual titles. Note the Type box

that is included on the Subject page.

Now opened in the initial

page of one of the Building

Construction journals.

Another display option

is by Language. Click

on the Francois list.

Displayed are the titles

that are partially or

completely in French.

Displayed is the Browse

publisher listing. Note the list of

titles that You have full access

to: - for an institution in Kenya.

Scroll down the Browse publisher column

to the You do not have full access to: list.

Note that Springer/Nature has not granted

access to their publications.

Now opened is the default Accessible

Content list for a specific publisher –

Scientific Research Publishing. Note

the Green access boxes.

For this publisher the All Items list

is identical – since the publisher

has granted access to all the titles.

Now opened is the Accessible Content

list for Springer/Nature. Since the

publisher does not grant access, there

are no available (green icon) titles.

Now opened is the All Items list

and, for Springer/Nature, the list

only has the ! (no access) symbol.

Open the ‘A’ Books collection – that

is similar to the Journals listing.

Now opened is the A list of Books by title.

Note Accessible Content tiles list with green

check box links to the full-text e-books.

Open the link to the Accurate

Clock Pendulums ebook.

Opened is Accurate Clock

Pendulums. Note the Download,

Save and other features.

Displayed is the Complete List of ARDI

Books. Similarly to Journals, there are

NO hypertext links to the titles. Click

on the Save to CSV option.

Displayed is a spreadsheet of all the Books

available from ARDI. Remember that the publishers

may not grant access to some of the titles.

From the Complete List of ARDI journals, a similar

list can be downloaded.

Internet E-book Resources (overview)

• Booksee – en.booksee.org

This is a portal that claims to have over 2,400,000 downloadable e-books (PDFs). It has a keyword search engine plus a broad subject category listing. Search listings are limited to 100 titles so precise keyword searches should be used. Each title entry notes the language of the e-book and MB size. Due to the size of the full-text books, downloading can be time consuming especially if there is limited bandwidth.

• Intechopen – www.intechopen.com/books

The ‘World’s leading publisher of Open Access books; over 3500 titles in the portal; IntechOpen’s Academic Editors and Authors are members of a growing scientific community focused on quality, peer-reviewed research and expeditious spreading of knowledge.

• FreeBookCentre.net – www.freebookcentre.net

This portal focuses primarily on academic material. It has a keyword search tool and also a list of broad subject categories and sub-categories. Each entry notes the title, language format and many contain a one sentence summary plus the link to the PDF.

• National Academy Press – nap.edu

The Academy grants free and downloadable access to all the PDFs of their e-book publications. Individuals must register for this feature (free). The initial screen has a key-word search engine plus links to broad categories including Agriculture, Biology and Life Sciences, Energy and Energy Conservation, Food and Nutrition and Health and Medicine. Each category has a sub-topic list.

Exercises

This is the end of the ARDI Basic Course Module 4

See Appendix Module 4 - Access Problems and

Solutions for Full-text Articles

Complete the exercises for this module in the

accompanying (exercises) word document

Updated - July, 2018

Appendix Module 4: Access Problems and Solutions for Full-text Articles

Via ARDI, the Bell Labs Technical

Journal has been opened. Note

the volumes and years.

When attempting to open a full-text

article, the publisher (John Wiley)

has asked for a login (ARDI

username and password will not

work) or purchase of the article.

Possible Problems

Access problems can be caused by:

1) failure to properly LOGIN with the institution's User Name/Password

2) technical problems at the Publisher's website

3) Problems with local systems (configuration of user institution’s firewall, configuration of browser) or

4) the publisher has not authorized access

Institutional Firewall Problems

If problems persist, please contact your computer department as the problem may be on your side, probably with your firewall. Check that your firewall does not block proxies, or at least allows our proxy server, otherwise you will not be able to login. Please check that your firewall permits access to the ARDI host and domain names:

• www.wipo.int/• ardi.wipo.int • ardilogin.research4life.org• stsr4l.who.int

Otherwise, you will not be able to login properly and access ARDI’s full-text articles.

The login.research4life,org� url

or Login in From: Test account

message shows that you are

logged into ARDI. Open the B list

from the Journals collection.

In ARDI, access to the Bell Labs

Technical Journal is listed on the

Browse journals by title B list.

This confirms that the

journal should be accessible

including the specific issue.

Displayed is the Accessible

Content titles for John Wiley –

from the Publisher list.

This also confirms that the

journal should be accessible.

Sample message - to send to ARDI

(explaining the access problem). Also

send messages to the R4L help desk:

r4l@research4life.org

Screen Captures

Listed below is one of several options to complete screen captures:- display the screen you want–click on the ‘print screen’ key - usually top/right of keyboard

–open the ‘Paint’ program and paste the image (control/v); to open ‘Paint’ – go to Programs, (Windows) Accessories, Paint

–To edit the image, use the ‘crop’ icon to limit content)

–copy again (control/c) and paste in document Note: You can delete the ‘paint’ program step and paste the screen capture directly into your document.

Or use the Snipping Tool – go to Programs, (Windows) Accessories, Snipping Tool