webinar@asira: introduction to using teeal to access agricultural journals

TEEALInformationaboutusingTEEALtoinstantlyaccessthousandsofarticlesfromover450

journalsinagriculturalandrelatedsciences.

The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library (TEEAL)Contact us at:

Email: teeal@cornell.eduWebsite: http://teeal.org

WelcometoTEEAL,wheretheworld’spublishedknowledgeisatyourfingertips

• Over550,000full-textarticlesinPDF– andalwaysgrowing!• 450+journals• 90+publishers• Agricultureandmanyotherrelatedsciences• Updatedeveryyear• ArticlesorabstractsinFrenchandSpanish• ExcellentofflineoptionineligiblecountriesAbovecountsareasofApril2015

TEEALEligibilityandCriteria• Recently,we’ve

updatedoureligibilitycriteria

• Whilewe’reupdatingdetailsonourwebsite,werefertotheResearch4Lifelist:

http://www.fao.org/agora/eligibility/en/(portionoflistonleft)

•CABI•CSIRO•Elsevier•FAO•NRCCanada

•OxfordPress•TaylorandFrancis•andmanymore

Over90publishersdonatetheirjournalstoTEEAL.InstitutionssubscribingtoTEEALownacollectionvaluedatover$1millionUSD– foramodestfee.

Withcoverageofsomanysubjectareas,youhaveawealthofarticlestofityourresearchneeds

AgriculturalengineeringAgricultureAnimalsciencesBiologyandgeneticsBiotechnologyandappliedmicrobiologyChemistry,biochemistryandbiophysics

EconomicsanddevelopmentEntomologyandpestcontrolEnvironmentandecologyFisheriesFoodandnutritionForestryHumanmedicinePlantandsoilscience

TheevolutionofTEEALßWhenTEEALbegan,alljournalmaterialwasonCDs.You’dhavetogotothe#’dCDofyourdesiredPDF

TEEALthenswitchedtoanexternalharddriveforuseintheLANenvironment,makingallPDFsaccessibleonasinglepieceofàhardware

ß ThisisTEEAL.

Aredesignofthecollectionwasreleasedtosubscribersona“minicomputer”

TheevolutionofTEEAL

Getstartednow discoveringandinstantlyaccessingarticlesintheTEEALcollectioninstalledatyourinstitution.

GetstartedusingtheSearchboxTypeyoursearchtermsintheSearchboxonthehomepagetoinstantlygeneratealistofarticlecitations

TIP:Trytoavoidaverygeneralsearch,suchasfarms,whichwillgeneratetoomanyresults.UseBooleanoperatorsformorethantwoterms.

Usesearchtoolsandthenewfacetfeaturetodigdeeperandfocusyoursearchtofindmorerelevantarticles

Chooseyourarticlesfromalistofsearchresults

Yourresultsaredisplayedinalistofcitations.Eachcitationgivesyoukeyinformation,suchasarticletitle,author,journal,andasnippetoftheabstract.Youcanopenthefullcitationformoredetailsorgostraighttothearticle.

What’sinacitation?Thefullcitationgivesyouamorein-depthdescriptionaboutyourarticle.Youcanopenyourarticlefromhere,too.

ArefullarticlesprovidedbyTEEAL?Everycitationlinkstoitsarticle.ArticlesopeninstantlybecausetheyarestoredlocallyonTEEALhardwareatyourinstitution.(Nointernetused.)

TIP:IfyouhavetroublingaccessingTEEALpleaseconsultyourITdepartmentforassistance.

NarrowyoursearchToomanyresults?Resultsnotrelevantenough?Usesearchtoolssuchassearchablefields(title,author,subject)andthenewfacetfeature.

TIP:SearchanauthorbytypingthelastnameintheboxandselectingAuthorasthefield.Youcanaddtheinitialofthefirstname(i.e.,searchforFrankSmith:SmithANDf).

Alsolocateyourarticlesbybrowsingthecollectionbyjournaltitleorsubjectarea

WanttobrowseTEEAL’scollection?Ifyoualreadyhaveanarticleinmind,orwishtobrowseajournal,gototheAcademicJournalsoptionintheBrowsemenu.Expandthecontentstoseeajournal’syears,volumesandarticles.

SaveorprintcitationsandarticlesNeedtosaveittoprintlater?Selectcitationsinyoursearchresults,thenintheBookmarkspageformatthemforprinting.

TIP:Youcanselect,orbookmark,multiplecitationsinyourSearchResults.

Whathaveyoualreadysearched?ClickontheHistorylinkatthetopofthewindowtoviewyourprevioussearches.You’llseethenumberofresultspersearch.Youcanre-initiateapastsearch.

TipsonsearchingTakeafewminutestoreviewthesehelpfultips.Yoursearchresultswillimproveandyou’llsavetime!

Needmorehelp?AnswerstomostofyourquestionscanbefoundintheHelppage,alongwithbest-practicesforgettingthebestsearchresults.

AnofflinelibrarytheinstitutionsownsAllyouneedisaPCorlaptop.Allofthemorethan550,000articlesavailableareontheTEEALhardware.YouownthewholelibrarywhenyouhaveTEEAL– accessibleatyourfingertips.

TEEALusersinmorethan600institutionsinover85eligiblecountrieshaveinstantaccesstotheworld’slatestpublishedscientificinformation– andwe’realwaysreachingoutandexpandingtonewinstitutions

TheTEEALprojectgreatlyappreciatespastandongoingsupportofglobalandregionalorganizationsthathelpraiseawarenessofTEEALand,insomecases,assistinstitutionsthatwishtoacquireit.

TEEAL’sGoal:accesstothescientificliteratureultimatelywillleadto:

• Increasedqualityofresearch• Improvedtrainingfornewscientists• Improvedgraduateandundergraduateeducation

• Betterextensionprograms• Long-termimprovementinfoodsecurityforfood-deficitcountries

WehopeyouarereadytostartusingTEEAL!

The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library (TEEAL)Cornell University, Albert R. Mann Library237 Mann Drive, Room B75Ithaca, NY, 14853, USAtelephone:1+(607)255-8939e-mail:teeal@cornell.eduwebsite:www.teeal.orgBecomeafanofTEEALonFacebook!

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