E-books & e-journals
E-books and e-journals
All full-text subscriptions of e-books and e-journals have been incorporated into the FAO Library Discovery search interface. Enter a simple keyword search to explore all FAO's digital subscriptions and print collections at the same time in one place.
To explore individual publisher platforms or for an overview of the library's full-text subscriptions to e-journals and e-books, please see the drop-down menu below.
Many publishers have Open Access journals. You can find them through the Discovery.
Kindly note that the resources below are only accessible to FAO staff through the library's authentication app, EZproxy. Staff will be recognized automatically by the app and led directly to full-text publications if they are logged-in to any FAO device, e.g. Outlook, Teams etc. Otherwise, a login box appears where staff should enter their usual FAO email and password.
Important to highlight is that the option “Access through your institution” is not in use and does not work, nor do any other alternative access options.
Researchers and Representatives from member countries may access subscribed content from the library Reading Room at headquarters in Rome.
e-journals
Date range: 2014 -
Access is restricted to FAO staff and external visitors on-site.
e-books
Date range: 2000-
Access full-text: https://fao.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://cabidigitallibrary.org/
Subjects: Agriculture, International development, Animal & veterinary sciences, Environmental sciences, Plant sciences, Forestry, and Human health & nutrition.
Access is restricted to FAO staff and external visitors on-site.
e-books
Date range: 1901-
Access full-text: https://fao.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/
Subject coverage: The Focus collection covering Agricultural, biological, and food sciences, Environmental science, and Finance
e-journals
Date range: 1995-
Access full-text: https://fao.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/
Subject coverage: The Government edition
Access is restricted to FAO staff and external visitors on-site.
e-journals
Date range: -2027
Access full-text: https://fao.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.jstor.org//
Subject coverage: Includes five collections: Arts & sciences I, Business I, Business II, Life sciences, and Sustainability.
Access is restricted to FAO staff and external visitors on-site.
e-journals
Date range: (vol.1 -)
Access full-text: https://www-nature-com.fao.idm.oclc.org/siteindex
Subject coverage: All 193 Nature journals, including:
| Nature | |
| Nature Climate Change | |
| Nature Ecology & Evolution | |
| Nature Food | |
| Nature Sustainability |
Access is restricted to FAO staff and external visitors on-site.
Oxford Research Encyclopedias
This resource transforms the classic reference work into a dynamic continuously-updated resource.
| Climate Science |
| Environmental Science |
Oxford Handbooks Online
These Handbook series contains in-depth, high-level articles by scholars at the top of their field.
| Economics and Finance |
| Law |
e-journals
Date range: 2024-2027
| Agrarian South (2012-) | |
| Asia-Pacific journal of rural development (1999-) | |
| Journal of land and rural studies (2013-) | |
| Outlook on Agriculture (1956-) | |
| Food and Nutrition Bulletin (1979-) |
Access is restricted to FAO staff and external visitors on-site.
Date range: 1997- |
| The peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). |
e-journals
Date range: 1997 -
e-books
Date range: 2021 -
Subject coverage: 6 collections
| Biomedical and Life Science |
| Business and Management |
| Earth & Environmental Science |
| Economics and Finance |
| Political Science and International Studies |
| Social Sciences |
Access is restricted to FAO staff and external visitors on-site.
e-books
Date range: 2019 -
Access full-text: https://fao.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/collections/agriculturenetbase/wb013?context=ubx&sortBy=relevance&key=
Subject coverage: The Agriculture netBase collection covering Agriculture, Agronomy, and Crop science.
e-journals
Date range: 1997-
Access full-text: https://fao.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.tandfonline.com/
Subject coverage: Biological, earth, environmental &food science, and Politics, international relations & area studies
Access is restricted to FAO staff and external visitors on-site.
e-books
Date range: 2019 -
Access full-text: https://fao.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/
Subject coverage: UBCM Frontlist Collection
e-journals
Date range: 1997 -
Access full-text: https://fao.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/
Note: Starting 2025, access to the Database Full Collection (all Wiley titles)
Subject coverage: The Custom collection which includes: Agriculture, aquaculture & food science; Earth, space & environmental science; Social & behavioral science.
Access is restricted to FAO staff and external visitors on-site.
| Prints - consultation in the reading Room of the library in FAO headquarters |
| National Geographic |
| New Internationalist |
| La Recherche |
| New Scientist |
| Scientific American |
| Time |
| One seat only* |
| Harvard Business Review |
| American Scientist |
| * The Library cannot provide you with direct access to HBR and the American Scientist as we have one seat only. To obtain PDFs, please write us as [email protected] and we will send them to you. |
In addition, FAO Library provides corporate access to FAO staff to the newspapers listed below. To register, please follow the instructions carefully. If you encounter any issues, please contact us at [email protected]
| Africa Confidential |
| 2 simultaneous connections. Automatic access from any computer/location if you are logged in to a FAO application (Outlook, Intranet, Teams etc.) and use this URL. |
| The Economist | |
Company-wide access. 1) Access the journal from a desktop computer. |  |
| Financial Times |
| A limited number of seats*, please contact us at [email protected] |
*The library covers the cost and manages the allocation of seats depending on the usage due to the high demand.
| Le Monde |
| 50 simultaneous connections (100 seats). Automatic access from any computer/location as long as you are logged in to a FAO application (Outlook, Intranet, Teams etc.) and use this (proxied) URL. |
| Le Monde Diplomatique |
Company-wide access. |
| The New York Times |
| Company-wide access. You will be directed to www.nytimes.com/digitalpass to activate your account Included: full access to NYTimes.com + NYT App, daily and weekly newsletters, |
| The Wall Street Journal |
| A limited number of seats*, please contact us at [email protected]. |
*The library covers the cost and manages the allocation of seats depending on the usage due to the high demand.