The Library's digital resources are listed here below and include among others the 'Big four' most prominent publishers in science: Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis, but also JSTOR (one of the most popular digital libraries of scholarly journals in the academic world) and bibliographic databases like the Web of Science, CAB Abstracts and ProQuest Central. |
HOW TO ACCESS?
FAO employees can access and download resources through the EZproxy gateway, an access and authentication tool used by libraries to provide access to restricted-access publications and research databases.
To access resources it is enough to authenticate yourself once a day with your FAO credentials as you usually do when you start working to access your FAO applications (infact most of the times you are already authenticated as an FAO user before you get to this page). Once you are authenticated you can access the individual resources by clicking on the EZproxy access links listed here below or by browsing the FAO version of the Library Discovery interface, a single search interface to browse the Library's extensive online and print collections and to download subscribed digital content.
If for any reason you end up in the public version (for external researchers) of the Discovery interface - accessible at www.fao.org/library/search - just click on the yellow banner at the top and you will be automatically taken to the FAO full-text version.
External researchers can access the citations coming from the FAO Library's catalog covering the library's physical and permanent digital collections through the public version of the Discovery. Full-text can only be accessed while visiting the Library at FAO headquarters in Rome (See the procedures for external researchers to request access to the library here).
If you encounter any issues, please contact us at [email protected] |
e-booksCAB e-books collection (2011-2024)
Includes: Agriculture, animal & veterinary, Environmental science, Human health & nutrition, Leisure & tourism, and Plant science (589 titles)
Access: EZproxy | 
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e-booksThe Focus collection(1995-2024)
Includes 4668 titles covering agricultural, biological, food and environmental sciences (title list)
Access: EZproxy The Finance collection
Includes 868 titles covering economics, econometrics and finance.
Access: EZproxy e-journalsThe Government edition (1995-2024)
Includes 2,285 journals (title list)
Access: EZproxy
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e-journals & reports5 collections (no. 1 -)
Includes: Arts & Sciences I, Business I, Business II, Life sciences, and Sustainability
(504 titles & 5,400 research reports: title lists)
Access: EZproxy
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e-books1 collection (2015 - )
Includes the Environment & Agriculture collection (title list)
Access: EZproxy e-journals4 collections (no.1 -)
Includes: Earth sciences, Environment & Agriculture, Bioscience, Food science & technology (204 titles: list)
Access: EZproxy | 
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e-booksThe UBCM frontlist collection (2016-2024)
(4,858 titles: list)
Access: EZproxy e-journalsThe Custom Collection (1997-2024)
Includes: Agriculture, aquaculture & food science; Earth, space & environmental science; Social & behavioral science (332 titles: list)
Access: EZproxy | 
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e-journalsOutlook on Agriculture
Peer-reviewed journal containing reviews and perspectives on current developments in agricultural science and associated disciplines for an international and interdisciplinary readership. Access from 1998 onwards.
Access: EZproxy
Food and Nutrition Bulletin
Peer-reviewed, academic journal related to nutrition in developing countries. The FNB publishes articles by researchers from around the world that explore critical nutrition issues and potential solutions that developing countries face: undernutrition, malnutrition, nutrient bioavailability, food safety and more. Access from 1998 onwards.
Access: EZproxy |
Access to the below databases is setup through EZproxy. | African Research Online |
Access: FAO staff
Full-Text:yes (recommended browser: Edge)
| CAB Abstracts | English-language bibliographic and abstract database covering the applied life sciences.
Access: FAO staff
Full-text: yes
| EconLit |
Bibliographic database
Access: FAO staff (through EDS interface)
Full-text: no
| Economist Intelligence Unit |
Access: FAO staff
Full-text: yes
| FSTA - Food Science and Technology Abstracts | Access: FAO staff
Full-text: yes (Title list) |
Online FAO Library Catalog
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This catalogue consists of FAO documents published since 1945 (both digital and print), non FAO monographs published since 1976, and an extensive collection of FAO and non-FAO serials publications.
Access: public (external users access)
Full-text: partially (depending of FAO agreement with publisher) | ProQuest
Central |
A multidisciplinary research database with a collection of thousands of scholarly journals, newspapers, magazines, dissertations, working papers, case studies, and market reports.
Access: FAO staff
Full-text: yes (depending of FAO agreement with publisher)
| Web of Science | The world’s largest abstract and citation platform of leading peer-reviewed international and regional scientific literature (published serially) in the natural sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. More information can be found here.
Access: FAO staff
Full-text: yes (depending of FAO agreement with publisher)
| InCites Analytics | InCites is a powerful tool that uses bibliographic and citation data to assess the research performance of institutions (for example, analysis by theme, geographic area, number of citations, collaboration with other institutions, etc.) InCites uses data from the Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection: a database comprised of bibliographic and citation data from high-impact, peer-reviewed publications.
Access: FAO staff |
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