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Think Fast. Search Faster. . What’s New on OvidSP 2.0. William Chow 周达 Sept. 2008. Agenda. Database Selection Page Main Search Page Personal Account Changing point size Search History Limits Basic Search Question Mark Search Aid Multi-Field Search Results Manager
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Think Fast.Search Faster. What’s New on OvidSP 2.0 William Chow 周达 Sept. 2008
Agenda • Database Selection Page • Main Search Page • Personal Account • Changing point size • Search History • Limits • Basic Search • Question Mark • Search Aid • Multi-Field Search • Results Manager • Results with PDF Format Link Available from Results Display • Annotation • My Projects • Elements of Projects • Creating, Deleting, Renaming Projects • Saving Search Histories, Bibliographic and Ovid Full Text Results • Upload External Resources
Customizing Limits Default Popular Limits Additional Limits added to Popular Limits Edit Limits button
My Projects • My Projects: • Is an area which can contain saved search histories, full text articles, bibliographic records, documents and images. • It allows items (search results, full text, graphics, etc.) to be grouped and categorized within a Project. • A Project can be created to organize topics of interest. Individual Projects as well as items within a project can be annotated. • My Projects can be accessed from the My Projects, Saved Searches/Alerts or Personal Account (when available) buttons all located at the top of any of OvidSP’s Main Search pages. My Projects can also be accessed from the Add to My Projects button located on the Search History, Results Manager and from an Ovid Full Text article (when available – must subscribe to the Journals@Ovid Full Text database).
Saving Full Text from Journals@Ovid* to My Projects *Customer must subscribe to Journals@Ovid Full Text to have access to the “Add to My Projects” button
Project Name and Resources within a Project are Displayed in My Projects
What’s New on OvidSP Summary • Browse Books and Browse Journals links available on the Select a Database page • Browser support for adjusting font size • Search History above or below the main search box; plus, • sort searches in ascending or descending order, and • identify each search by search type • Choose the limits you want to appear as common limits on the main search page • Hint for Basic Search • Collapsible Search Aid box • Create, edit, and add multiple annotations to a citation • Collapsible Results Manager-above and below the search results • Multi-Field Search – New Tab • Users logged into their personal accounts will see their name and institutions • My Project
Important Links • OvidSP Online • http://ovidsp.ovid.com • OvidSP Resource Center • http://resourcecenter.ovidsp.com • Ovid Website • http://www.ovid.com