OARE Module 6D:E-journal, E-books and Internet Resources: Other Useful Resources

Contents Module 6: E-journal, E-books and Internet Resources

Module 6A: Background; Free E-journals Access

Module 6B: Free E-book Access

Module 6C: Environment Gateways/Portals

Module 6D: Other Useful Resources

Other Useful Resources (a brief sampling)

• WorldWideScience.org• Open Grey• OpenDOAR• Bielefeld Academic Search Engine• Dgroups

In WorldWideScience.org (a global science gateway that searches 99 sources. Search pesticide AND soil pollution.

The total search results (2033) are organized into papers, multimedia and data sections. Click on Topics//Full Text Available (231).

Open the html link to the article Soil Fungi as Indicators…

The Open Source journal article is open via the link to the downloadable PDF version.

Open Grey is a database of 700,000 grey literature references in Europe plus links to many full-text documents - technical or research reports, doctoral dissertations, conference papers and official publications. Search urban areas AND air pollution.

131 results for the urban areas AND air pollution search are displayed. The results are organized by author, organization, discipline, keyword and year.

OpenDOAR is a directory of over 2600 academic open access repositories. This is the Country and Organizations access page.

Displayed is the Search Repository Contents page.

The Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE) can be used to identify environment related material. Search heavy metals AND children.

In BASE, 1420 hits have been identified for this search and are organized by Relevance. Note the other Refine Search Results options

In BASE abstracts, Open Access (when available) is noted.

Displayed is the PDF for this Open Access article.

Dgroups is a resource for international development discussion groups. Join the groups that interest you.

Below is the link to the registration process. To join groups, you need to be registered.

Displayed is the list Sub-communities. Scroll down the list for environment related groups,

This slide is a example of an environmental-related dgroup.

Exercises

This is the end of the OARE Basic Course Module 6D.

Complete Module 6 exercises # 1 - 8 in the accompanying OARE exercises document

Updated: July 2015