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WISER: The Ovid databases Ovid is the platform for searching many of the life science and medicine databases. Juliet Ralph, Radcliffe Science Library [email protected] February 2009 This session • • • • • Access Searching and indexes Accessing the full text of papers Alerts Exporting records to RefWorks Access • OxLIP+ (Oxford Libraries Information Platform) • http://oxlip-plus.ouls.ox.ac.uk • Search for database name • Remote access – Oxford University Single sign-on (SSO) http://www.ict.ox.ac.uk/oxford/username/ Why use Ovid databases? • To do an effective literature search in life sciences or medicine • Find out about journal articles published in your subject of interest • Be confident you’re searching the key journals in the discipline • These databases are well organised and up to date with plenty of handy search tools… • • • • • • • • • Which databases are available? AMED (Allied and Complementary Medicine) BIOSIS (biology, biochemistry, experimental & pre-clinical medicine) CAB Abstracts (agriculture & forestry) Embase (the “European Medline”) GeoRef (geoscience) Global Health Medline (medicine) PsycINFO (psychology) Zoological Record (zoology) Coverage Journals Dates Extras Biosis 5000 1926- Conference proceedings CAB 11000 1910- Conf proc & theses Embase 4500 1980- Conference proceedings Medline 4600 1950- Trials PsycInfo 2000 1806- Chapters & dissertations Zoo Record 5000 1864- Conference proceedings What are they searching? • • • • • • • • Article title Abstract Descriptors / Subject Headings Journal title Authors Affiliation References …..But not the full text Search tabs • Basic Search – Natural language searching • Find Citation – Locating specific references • Search Tools – Indexes and thesauri • Search Fields – Restricting searches to specific fields • Advanced Ovid Search [ recommended ! ] – Keyword, author, title or journal • Multi-field search Advanced Ovid Search • Map Term to Subject Heading – Matches terms with the controlled vocabulary (standard terminology) of a database – e.g. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) in Medline – Brings together articles on your subject even if they don’t have your keyword in the title – Weeds out articles which happen to contain your keyword but are not actually about your subject – This option is not available when searching multiple databases simultaneously Mapping Display – Migraine Disorders Tree – Migraine Disorders Scope Note – Migraine Disorders Subheading Display – Migraine Disorders Record display • Results – – – – • Find citing articles – • Abstract Complete reference Full text Find it @ Oxford Subsequent articles (on the Ovid platform) which have cited this one in their bibliography Find similar – Perform a new search using search terms taken from this record Abstract Complete Reference Find it @ Oxford Full Text Find Citing Articles Find Similar Search History • Use this to combine searches • Combine them with AND or OR Limits • Too many results? Use the Limits • Limit types: – Language – Resource type (e.g. Review articles) – Publication year • Additional Limits – available once a search has been performed Basic Search tab • Worth a try if you’re new to searching • This uses “natural language” searching – Enter search as a phrase or question – Relevance determined by proprietary search algorithm – For single search terms, use Advanced Ovid Search instead • Most relevant 500 records retrieved – For exhaustive searches, use Advanced Ovid Search Results Display for Basic Search • Records ranked in order of relevance • Sorting options (e.g by date) • Search Aid box – Lists terms used in search Search Aid box • Broaden/Narrow your search • Narrow Search – Subjects – Authors – Journals • Broaden Search – Add Related Terms Alerts – for keeping up-to-date • Automatic notification of new articles in your subject • Set up Personal Account – Also allows you to add notes to records • Save Search – Temporary/Permanent – AutoAlert (SDI) • Scheduling Options (choose frequency) • Email + RSS • Not available when searching more than one database Results Manager • Options – – – – Results (select which ones you want to output) Fields (select which fields to include) Result Format Sort Keys • Actions – – – – Display Print Preview Email Save (export to reference management package) Display Print Preview Email Exporting records to RefWorks • Results Manager – Results Format • Direct Export – Save – Export results to RefWorks • Account set-up and log in – http://www.refworks.com/refworks Guides • OvidSP Quick Reference Card http://www.ovid.com/site/pdf/osp/OvidSP_QRC_0211 08.pdf • OvidSP User Guide http://www.ovid.com/site/pdf/osp/osp_userguide_020 108_tabs.pdf • OvidSP Basic Search http://www.ovid.com/site/pdf/osp/OvidSP_Best%20Pr actices_in_Basic_Search_2-1-08.pdf Further help available • Ask Library staff • Contact your subject librarian. See: www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/libraries/subjects/librarians • Try our online tutorials (Medline & PsycInfo) http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/rsl/training/interactive_t utorials