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The total number of AGRIS records reaches 9,670,840 (January 2019)

04/02/2019

The FAO AGRIS team is pleased to inform all AGRIS data providers and users about the AGRIS January 2019 data release with 21,626 new records! As of January 2019, the number of AGRIS multilingual bibliographic records has reached 9,670,840.   The AGRIS team at the FAO of the UN wishes to thank all AGRIS contributors ...

Search for Open Content with help of simple Tutorials created by OER Africa

04/02/2019

This Finding Open Content Tutorial schematic is offered by OER (Open Education Resources) Africa.  There is no requirement to log in or register, simply watch videos and interactive elements with your Internet connection. The tutorial covers:  A search strategy for Open Content What is Open Licensing? What is Open Content? ...

Get Full-Text content via Research4Life enhanced with new Country-Specific Search in Summon!

29/01/2019

Did you know that you can now use a country-specific search in Summon that will help you find only accessible full-texts? Try the country-specific search when looking for research material in five Research4Life programmes! Empowered full-text search using Summon Country-specific instances Any institution (and its members) from Research4Life ...

AGROVOC Thesaurus : a BACKBONE to INTEGRATE & DISCOVER interoperable DATA

28/01/2019

Dear AGROVOC Friends, did you know that starting April 2017, the FAO AGROVOC multilingual thesaurus - available for re-use as a Linked Open Data under the international CC-BY IGO 3.0. license - has been updated on a monthly basis?  You are invited to contribute to expansion of the AGROVOC knowledge base (concepts/...

Free Open Science MOOC : enroll & catch up with developments in Open Science across the world!

25/01/2019

Open Science is about increased rigour, accountability, reproducibility for research, and it is based on the principles of inclusion, fairness, equity, and sharing. Open Science as a goal: broad adoption of good scientific practices as a fundamental and essential part of the research process.  This MOOC - LIVE via Eliademy ...