Scholarly Resources for Non-Affiliates: Resources for Developing Countries

Research4Life is a public-private partnership between several international organizations in technology, health, and ecology, as well as Cornell University and Yale University with the goal to achieve the UN's Millennium Development Goals, reducing the knowledge gap between industrialized countries and developing countries by providing affordable access to critical scientific research. Eligible libraries and their users in over 100 countries benefit from online access to over 200,000 scientific journals, books, and databases, resources available in several languages, training in informational literacy, and promotional support. There are five content collections: Research for Health (Hinari), Research in Agriculture (AGORA), Research in the Environment (OARE), Research for Development and Innovation (ARDI) and Research for Global Justice (GOALI). These are listed below with direct links to content.

HINARI, established by the World Health Organization, enables developing countries to gain access to tens of thousands of online publications. A list of eligible countries, areas, and territories can be found at: https://www.research4life.org/access/eligibiity/.

Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA), established by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in collaboration with major publishers in the field, offers access to a collection of up to 15,500 key journals and up to 48,000 books in the fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences. A list of eligible countries can be found at: https://www.research4life.org/access/eligibiity/.

The Access to Research for Development and Innovation (ARDI) program is coordinated by WIPO together with its partners in the publishing industry with the aim to increase the availability of scientific and technical information in developing countries. Currently, 31 publishers provide access to around 28,000 journals, books, and reference works for 117 developing countries and territories through ARDI. A list of eligible countries can be found at https://www.wipo.int/ardi/en/eligibility.html.

Provides free and low-cost access for institutions in developing countries to academic and professional peer-reviewed journals, publications, and databases in selected subject areas of law and the social sciences. A list of eligible countries can be found at https://www.research4life.org/access/eligibiity/.

Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE), an international public-private consortium coordinated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Yale University, and leading science and technology publishers, enables developing countries to gain access to information on the environment including ecology, geography, energy and more.. A list of eligible countries is available at https://www.research4life.org/access/eligibiity/.

JSTOR provides free or low cost access to institutions in Africa and other developing nations via the JSTOR Access Initiative program.

The International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) is an international development charity working with a global network of partners to improve access, production and use of research information and knowledge, so that countries are equipped to solve their development challenges.Through its flagship program, Strengthening Research and Knowledge Systems, INASP works with publishers to enable affordable and sustainable access to online resources to developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The Journal Online Platforms list provides access to the various journals by country.

eJDS distributes physics and mathematics articles via email, free of cost, to individual scientists in developing or low income countries who do not have access to sufficient bandwidth to download material from the Internet and/or cannot afford the connection.