In the cross-programme Research4Life Training Portal there are links to course materials for the four programmes HINARI, AGORA, OARE and ARDI. The content of the Training Portal is aimed at librarians, information specialists, scientists, researchers and students. Subjects include authorship skills, reference management software tools, marketing, and resources on information literacy. Below, you can also find links to the AGORA Basic Course.

The AGORA Basic Course is a series of training modules for individual users, with presentations and hands-on exercises.  See also http://www.slideshare.net/FAOoftheUN/tag/agora/

Module 0 How to use the AGORA Basic Course

Module 1 Background information, registration, copyright

Module 2 Searching Skills: Evaluating Web Sites

Module 3 AGORA Portal

Module 3 Appendix: AGORA Portal – Access Problems and Solutions

Module 4 CAB Abstracts

Module 5 Summon Searching

Module 6 Using Scopus to Search for Articles

Module 7.1 E-journal and E-books Resources: E-journal, E-books and Internet Resources

Module 7.2 E-journal and E-books Resources: Free E-book Access

Module 7.3 E-journal and E-books Resources: Agriculture Gateways/Portals

Module 7.4 E-journal and E-books Resources: Other Useful Resources

Module 8 Publishers’ Web Sites – Standard features

Module 9 Research4Life Training Portal

Additional Resources: How to Use AGORA

Additional Resources: Tips for Trainers

Exercises for modules of AGORA Basic Course: (one file, PDF)

Module 1&2 Exercises
Module 3 Exercises
Module 4 Exercises
Module 5 Exercises
Module 6 Exercises
Module 7 Exercises
Module 8 Exercises

Most of the modules have exercises which follow, gathered in this document. If you need this document in Word format, it can be sent by email: for this, please contact us at [email protected]