BLDS Article Search
Search the BLDS catalogue for journal articles; BLDS selectively indexes over 150 journals relevant to social and economic development in the countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East. .
BLDS Updates
FREE subject or region specific emails giving details of the latest published material that has been added to the BLDS collection.
Country profiles
Pre-designed searches of the BLDS catalogue by country.
E-journals
Free online development studies journals, including a list of those available from BLDS.
GDN BLDS Document Delivery Service
Delivers articles and book chapters at no cost to Southern institutions that are members of the Global Development Network (GDN), a network of development researchers and institutes.
Online series
Free online research reports, working papers, etc, arranged by subject or institutional author.
Services for information users from developing countries
Services from BLDS.
Subject guides
Pre-designed searches of the BLDS catalogue and electronic resources by subject.
Book Aid International
Promotes literacy in developing countries by creating reading and learning opportunities for disadvantaged people.
The eGranary Digital Library
Over 10,000,000 electronic texts of educational resources, aimed at the Developing World.
Global Development Network (GDN)
Network of development researchers and institutes. Communicates thousands of development research documents, profiles of researchers and organisations. The GDN BLDS Document Delivery Service delivers articles and book chapters at no cost to Southern institutions that are members of GDN. The Online Services section offers access to online journals, online datasets, funding information and toolkits.
INASP: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications
Network for making scientific information available to developing world. The PERI (Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information) section includes a directory of Free and open access resources.
ITOCA (Information Training and Outreach Centre for Africa)
Provides support for the TEEAL, AGORA, HINARI and OARE research information programmes, and IT skills capacity building for African information specialists.
Research for Development
R4D is a free access on-line database containing information about research programmes supported by DFID. R4D provides the latest information about research funded by DFID, including news, case studies and details of current and past research in over 20,000 project and document records.
Research guides and research methods
Links to websites on academic research.
Access to journals
From the Global Development Network (GDN). See especially GDN BLDS Document Delivery Service, which delivers articles and book chapters at no cost to Southern institutions that are members of GDN.
BLDS Article Search
Search the BLDS catalogue for journal articles; BLDS selectively indexes over 150 journals relevant to social and economic development in the countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East. .
E-journals
Free online development studies journals: a list from BLDS.
Finding journal articles
From Eldis. See especially Free access to journal articles for those in developing countries and Free to everyone: Open Access and other free journals.
AGORA :Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture
Nearly 1300 food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences journals for institutions in developing countries.
HINARI (WHO | Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative)
Over 3750 biomedical and health journals titles available to health institutions in developing countries.
ITOCA: Partner Programmes
Describes and provides links to TEEAL, AGORA, HINARI and OARE.
JSTOR: African Access Initiative Participation
The entire JSTOR archive available for any institution in an African country.
OARE: Online Access to Research in the Environment
Environmental science research journal articles available to developing countries.
PubMed Central (PMC)
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature. Also PubMed, citations and abstracts to biomedical and other life science journal literature, with some full text links.
TEEAL: The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library
130+ agricultural journals. Works offline.
See Other Libraries.
Funding Information
From the Global Development Network (GDN).
Global Libraries
From the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; details about how grants are awarded on the For Grant Seekers page.
Funding
DFID's research funding scheme.
See Development related websites: General.
See Freely available major international statistical sources .
See Directories.
Internet for Development
Tutorial from Virtual Training Suite. Covers the best development related websites, search techniques, and how to evaluate websites.
Manuals and toolkits
From Eldis.
Toolkits
From the Global Development Network (GDN).
ItrainOnline
Computer and internet training resources for developing countries.
Internet Detective
Internet tutorial.
Online tutorials
From University of Sussex Library (general, not restricted to development).
TONIC - The Online Netskills Interactive Course
A course on using the internet produced by Netskills.
Training resources
From Eldis (mainly general, not restricted to development).
The Web Credibility Project – Stanford University
A project investigating why people believe or don't believe what they find on the web.
The Information Literacy Website
Resources (including news, case studies, examples of best practice and freely available toolkits) on information literacy. Includes a list of Online tutorials.
Training resources
From Phil Bradley's site (Internet Consultant) . "Information on search engines, searching the internet, keeping up to date on internet events, free articles on internet searching and web page and web site design."
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