PERI: Access to Journals and Research Content

PERI As part of the Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information (PERI) we work with publishers and networks of libraries to enable access to scholarly information using ICTs within the developing and emerging countries.

We partner with country coordinators who represent the research and librarian communities, and who identify the resources required within their country. On their behalf, we negotiate (or support local negotiation) with publishers and other content owners to obtain resources at a price that is appropriate for the recipient countries. Some publishers make their content free to the countries included within this programme; others are obtained at a discount of up to 98% on the normal subscription rates.

Working with our country coordinating teams, we help to identify funds for these subscriptions, so that the content is all free at point of use.

Nearly all of the resources are available on a countrywide licence basis: this means that anyone in an educational, research or non-profit environment is eligible to access them.

This project already includes:

over 20,000 full text online journals,
many of the world's leading citation, bibliographic and reference databases,
document delivery from over 20,000 research journals,
CD-ROM (or DVD) format can be provided where they are available.

And the available resources are constantly increasing as our country partners request new resources, and as publishers join the programme.

To see which countries participate in this programme, click here
To see which publishers participate in this programme
click here
To find the answer to the most commonly asked questions about registration and access, see the Information resources FAQ page
To download materials to assist researchers and librarians see the Access support pages
How do I know if I am eligible to access this information?
Other complementary programmes providing access to information

You can request the FAQs and help documents as file attachments from from Anne Powell: apowell@inasp.info

Publications

Infobrief 4: PERI Review 2001-2004: Executive Summary The Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information (PERI) has been operational since 2002 and this review has been undertaken to document and assess progress towards its goals and objectives.

Infobrief 6: Journal Access Programmes in African University Libraries This report summarises a survey of the journal access programmes that were being used in universities in Africa. (2005)

PERI Review 2001-2004 : Enhancing Access to Research Information in Developing Countries Report from a Mid-Term Review of the Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information 2001-2004.

Accessing Electronic Information: A Study of Pakistan's Digital Library By Amina Said. This case study, commissioned from the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, documents the setting up of a centralised national digital library. (2006)

E-journals: Developing Country Access Survey 2002 A survey of the activities and views of publishers regarding access to their information within the developing world either free or at reduced cost.