Webinar@ASIRA: Introduction to Using TEEAL to Access Agricultural Journals
Channel: AIMS CIARD
Date: 2017-02-24

By Joy Paulson, the Director of the TEEAL Project and the International Projects Librarian at Mann Library, Cornell University.

24 February 2017- 15:00 CET

--The webinar was held as part of ASIRA (Access to Scientific Information Resources in Agriculture) Online Course for Low-Income Countries--

TEEAL, The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library, is a database that provides access to peer-reviewed, research journals in Agriculture and related-sciences without the need for internet connectivity.  Currently TEEAL provides access to 450 research journals.  Additionally, TEEAL also begun to provide access to non-journal research material that can be difficult to find and access.  The first collection is research sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and its partners and grantees.  

TEEAL is delivered on a small-footprint computer that can be plugged into an institution’s local area network (LAN) or a stand-alone computer.  When connected to an institution’s LAN, TEEAL is available across the institution to all members of the institutions community.

This webinar will introduce the TEEAL database, explore its collections, and demonstrate methods for browsing and effectively searching to identify the research the user needs.  Eligibility for TEEAL and costs will also be discussed.  There will be an opportunity for questions.

 
About Joy Paulson
Joy Paulson is the Director of the TEEAL Project and the International Projects Librarian at Mann Library, Cornell University.  She has been the Director of TEEAL for over 5 years, and she has taught international workshops on using TEEAL and other electronic resources, information literacy, scientific writing, and digital project management Africa and South Asia.  Her previous work focused on developing digital library collections.