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Why Should We Care About Information Access?
The spread of diseases is not limited by geographic boundaries, people everywhere must be able to use the most recent research to better manage diseases.   Held at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, “Information Access in the Developing World. Why Should
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New 1,209 journals on AGORA since July 2016!
Massive new input onto Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA) platform gives researchers access to 1,209 new journals.  This latest addition represents an enormous boost to the online collection, with over six thousand journals and twenty two thousand
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AGORA adds SHARE to its databases: Get access to 125 additional data providers!
AGORA has added SHARE to its database. SHARE is a collection of open-access data and enriches AGORA with data from 125 additional data providers. AGORA provides a collection of 20 databases that are listed on the AGORA search portal. AGORA
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Research4Life Chooses PortSys’ Total Access Control to Ensure Critical Access and Authentication
PortSys announces adoption of its Total Access Control product by the Research4Life partnership to replace end-of-life Microsoft authentication system. Marlborough, Mass. October 4, 2016 – Research4Life and PortSys today announced the adoption of Total Access Control (TAC) to provide secure
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Winners of Research4Life prize drawing announced
King Hussein Cancer Center is the lucky winner of the First Prize  Research4Life provides access to tens of thousands of online books and journals daily, but it is a rare occasion when it can offer a physical printed publication to
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2016 MLA Hinari/Research4Life Grant Recipients
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The Medical Library Association (MLA) and the Elsevier Foundation have announced the recipients of the 2016 MLA HINARI/Research4Life Grants. Funded by the Elsevier Foundation, these grants will support HINARI/R4L training activities that promote the use of the programs’ scientific research resources in emerging/low income countries.
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New Hinari Master Trainer Online Course
We are pleased to announce the new Hinari Master Trainer course. On the next October 1st, a new 4-week free online Hinari Master Trainer Course will start thanks to the collaboration with our partners Librarians without Borders (Medical Library Association) and
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Research4Life is now part of Oxfam's Digital Searching and Access Guideline
In November 2012, Oxfam  -one of the biggest international organizations working to fight poverty-, launched a series of guidelines to help development practitioners conduct high-quality research. The “how-to” guidelines are available in the Oxfam Policy and Practice website, which offers free access
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Research4Life is now part of Oxfam’s Digital Searching and Access Guideline
In November 2012, Oxfam  -one of the biggest international organizations working to fight poverty-, launched a series of guidelines to help development practitioners conduct high-quality research. The “how-to” guidelines are available in the Oxfam Policy and Practice website, which offers free access
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Research4Life General Partners Meeting 2016
The Research4Life Annual General Partners Meeting was held at Cornell University’s Weill Cornell Medical College on  20 and 21 July 2016 in New York City. The meeting brought together more than 30 delegates and observers representing our publishing community, the United Nations agencies, University
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Research4life/INASP Advocacy competition on Elsevier Connect
To highlight the critical role that doctors, researchers, librarians and policymakers play in advocating their leaders to support research in their institutions and countries, Research4Life joined with INASP to launch an advocacy competition. The aim of the contest is to
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Forum on Open Data, Open Science and Open Access to Agricultural Information, Accra, Ghana
The final of three Open Data and Open Science Forums in Africa is set to take place July 11 2016, followed by the last in a series of training workshops, July 12-13 Organized by FAO in conjunction with several partners, this Forum is
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