Password Plus:Sharing is Living

HINARI password

2008-02-20T03:03:00.000-08:00

As most of us know HINARI is the WHO initiative providing online access to research in medicine and healthcare for librarians and scientists in developing countries.

It provides aspirants with access to many journals and databases for free. There are about 3700 journals plus databases and reference resources available through it, including titles in 15 different languages and covering the full spectrum of medicine, healthcare, and related social sciences.

HINARI and its sister programmes AGORA (for research in agriculture) and OARE (for environmental science research) will be continued until at least 2015, in line with the timeframe of the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals.

Do you have access to HINARI? Would you like to share it with us and other aspirant users? Those who do not have access to it yet, do you want to use it?

For sure, there will be some conditions for getting the HINARI password however. If we feel you really deserve it, we are ready to share it with you.

So, feel free to drop comments or write directly to us: passwortplus (at) gmail (dot) com.

In general HINARI username is in this form: abc001 (first three letters of the name of the country followed by three digits). And, password is five a digit number.

For example, for a Romania based user:

Username: rom999

Password:98765

(Note: Fake username and password)

Some Tips for Getting the Most out of HINARI (ditto from HINARI)

1. Share the password with researchers, professors and students within your institution.

You must not put the password on the internet as this would be against the
HINARI licence terms.

2. Put a link to HINARI on your institution’s or library’s website.
If you have a website, then please put links to HINARI on it! The URL to link to with information about HINARI is http://www.who.int/hinari/. The URL to link to for direct access to the journals and databases is http://extranet.who.int/hinari/journals.php.

Remember that you must not put thepassword anywhere on the website or wider
internet. This would be in breach of the HINARI licence terms.

3. Arrange a training/orientation session with the researchers, professors and students in your institution.
Be proactive in passing on information about HINARI and how to use it to other members of your institution. Informing your clients or colleagues about HINARI and the resources available
through it can be done informally or formally and it can start, for example, with a 5 minute visit to a lecturer’s/colleague’s office where you just show them how to retrieve one article from start to finish, or it could be a 3 hour, 1 day or 2 day full workshop. In some cases you may even be able to include a few hours of HINARI training in an existing Module for students. It is important to maximize on available time and remember; no time is too little to teach someone something new about HINARI! Many libraries and information services have organized successful training workshops using online training materials which include presentations and workbooks.
Workshops can range from one hour to one day, depending on your audience. Perhaps start with
a one-hour orientation for faculty. Remember that websites are constantly changing so it’s
important to keep up-to-date with what’s new.

4. Use the training resources available.
There are a number of training modules for using HINARI available to download from our website, or you can order them on CD-ROM. These modules have been field-tested by librarians and information managers from 16 developing countries and are constantly being updated. The next update will be at the beginning of May and will include many revisions as well as suggested
marketing strategies for HINARI. The training material can be used by both librarians and
researchers either individually or in groups. To download the training materials, visit:
http://www.who.int/hinari/training/

5. Order HINARI posters and leaflets and display these in your library or medical
department
We have produced some attractive and informative posters and leaflets which you can put on the walls or distribute in your library, staffroom or in the medical department. These are available in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic and Russian. You can print copies from the website here: http://www.who.int/hinari/training/

6. Download the latest Adobe Acrobat Reader for free.
In order to read the PDF full-text of journal articles you should have the latest software. You can download Adobe Acrobat Reader version 7 for free from here

Once you have downloaded version 7, you will need to configure it. Here are the directions for
configuring Adobe Acrobat Reader version 7:

1) From the menu bar, select.... Edit -> Preferences
2) Select the 'Internet' category
3) Ensure all the 'Web Browser Options' (listed below) are checked
o Display PDF in Browser
o Allow fast web view
o Allow speculative downloading in the background

7. Refresh your screen.
If you experience problems when accessing HINARI, it may be because you are working on a
cached version of our home page stored in your computer or on your local network. The first
thing you can do is refresh your screen by clicking on "Refresh" button on your Internet browser tool bar. This may help resolve the problem. Also, if your internet is fast then it doesn’t matter if you have many pages open at the same time. However, for those with slow connections we
suggest that you have only HINARI open when doing a search.

8. Sign-up for email alerts of your favourite journals.
Many publisher platforms provide email table of content alerts (sometimes called E-ToCs) for
their journals free of charge. This means that the latest contents list for each new issue would be
delivered to you by email, enabling you to keep up-to-date without having to check each journal. You can register for these alerts on the publisher sites.

Final note:

If you need password, do happily write to us at passwortplus at gmal dot com

But it may time to reply you!

We need more information about you before sharing the open-o-simsim now! :)

Computer Science Digital Library Password

2008-02-19T10:06:00.000-08:00

For Computer Science buffs, ACM Digital Library can be of great help.
Username: kalamazoo
Password: library
FAQs -- Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Digital Library?
What is a Citation?
How does the DL differ from the Guide?
How do I find what I'm looking for?
Are there short-cut URLs I can use to bookmark proceedings series or periodical titles?
What are "Collaborative Colleagues"?
What is the Peer-to-Peer facility?
How do I log in to the Digital Library?
How do I create an ACM Web account?
What is a table-of-contents (TOC) alert?
Can I download single articles from the DL?
Who has access to the DL?
What is a binder?
Why doesn't the PDF I downloaded display correctly?
How do I import citations to Endnote?

Free password for some ELECTRONIC JOURNALS

2008-02-19T09:23:00.000-08:00

American Chemical Society Publications -- E-Journals & Magazines
This link accesses 33 ACS publications with content from 1996 through the current year.

The American Journal of Science: AJS

Annals of Botany

Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society
American Mathematical Society
Devoted to articles: (1) papers that present a clear and insightful exposition of significant aspects of contemporary mathematical research, including Gibbs Lectures, Progress in Mathematics Lectures, and Retiring Presidential Addresses; and (2) brief, timely reports on important mathematical developments, which are normally solicited and often written by a disinterested expert. Book Reviews are accepted for publication by invitation only. Unsolicited manuscripts will not be accepted.

Electronic Research Announcements of the AMS --
American Mathematical Society. ERA-AMS publishes high-quality research announcements of significant advances in all branches of mathematics. All papers are reviewed, and the entire Editorial Board must approve the acceptance of any paper.

Journal of Sedimentary Research--
The Society for Sedimentary Geology Publishes recent advances in basic research in the study of both ancient and modern sediments. Areas of specialty include petrology, petrography, diagenesis of sedimentary deposits and sediments, processes of sedimentation, characterization of depositional systems and environments, stratigraphy, sedimentary tectonics, sedimentary basin studies, sedimentary geochemistry, sedimentary mineralogy, coal geology, orbital forcing, paleosols, carbonate platforms, hydrocarbon reservoirs, and evaporite sedimentology. JSR also features discussions and replies to previously published papers and online book reviews

First published by SEPM - Society for Sedimentary Geology in 1931, it is the oldest earth science journal dedicated to the field of sedimentology.

Journal of Heredity

Physics Education E-Journal An international journal. Articles are chosen to support high school and college level physics instruction on the latest developments and teaching methods.

Psychological Science -- Blackwell-Synergy Publications

Username: CentenaryCollege;
Password: magale

Psychological Science in the Public Interest --Blackwell-Synergy Publications

Username: CentenaryCollege;
Password: magale

The Sedimentary Record -- The Society for Sedimentary Geology. Contains peer-reviewed science articles on topics of broad and current interest addressing a variety of topics, including society business and media reviews. We welcome written contributions from members of the Society for inclusion in the journal. The Sedimentary Record should meet dual goals of serving 1) as an outlet for communicating information important to the Society; and 2) a focal point for discussion of current topics, and topics pertinent to the future of sedimentary geology.

Sedimentology -- Blackwell-Synergy Publications --

Username: CentenaryCollege;
Password: magale

Social Science Quarterly -- Blackwell-Synergy Publications --

Username: CentenaryCollege;
Password: magale

Sharing is living

2008-02-19T05:23:00.000-08:00

To get access to different databases and journals, one needs to know the "Open-O- Simsim" which however is not always on tap for all students and other users .

Here, we, a group of users who are students too, are trying to create a platform where we will be sharing passwords of the journals, databases and other useful mantras with all interested but honest fellows across the globe. There will be some framework, however, for all of you to get benefit from us.

Meanwhile, we will be forming a community. Our mantra is Sharing is Living. Hurry up, be part of us and do contribute to students and researchers throughout the globe in your own way.

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