1. Jumpstarts 101 An introduction to Ovid Jumpstarts

2. Objectives Answer the question “What is a Jumpstart?”
Explain uses and benefits of Jumpstarts.
Show how Jumpstarts are built.
Demonstrate the Ovid Jumpstart tool.
Answer any remaining questions.
Offer to take questions as they come up

3. What is a Jumpstart ?
A Jumpstart is a loaded URL created by an administrator as a shortcut to a common task within the Ovid Web interface.
They are sometimes referred to as deep links.
What does a jumpstart look like?

4. Why use a jumpstart ? Jumpstart URLs are highly versatile.
Depending on the elements, Jumpstarts can perform various tasks such as:
Logging in
Selecting a database
Executing a saved search
Displaying a full-text article

5. Ovid’s IP Validation feature.
Jumpstarts Save Time
Creative administrators use the Ovid Jumpstart feature to save time they might normally spend
Assigning user IDs and passwords
Training users how to access Ovid
Correcting users common searching errors
and much more…
*Jumpstarts work especially well in conjunction with
Ovid’s IP Validation feature.

6. Using a Jumpstart URL
An Ovid Jumpstart URL can be typed into the address bar of a browser
or displayed as links on a web page.

7. Getting Started
Every Ovid Jumpstart must start with the same opening syntax:
This directs the user to our ovidsp server
Calls up a script called ovidweb.cgi
Tells the script this is a Jumpstart

8. The Next Step:Element Tags
&PAGE=toc&NEWS=n&D=ovft&AN=
All search elements that follow the opening syntax start with an ampersand (&):
Notice that the element name following the ampersand is always in ALL capital letters
*Jumpstarts URLS must be one continuous line with no spaces

9. The Only Required Element Tag &PAGE=
This element tells the jumpstart which page you want to land on
Elements in green taught in Jumpstarts 201
Fun Fact: The search elements are not read from left to right but all at once so the order of the elements does not matter.
dblist
Sends users to the Database Selection Screen
main
Sends users to the Main Search page of a selected database
toc
Sends users to the table of contents of a selected journal
titles
Shows users search results in Titles Display format
fulltext
Shows users a selected Ovid Full Text article
Etc… …

10. Common Elements Tags
&NEWS=n&D=ovft&ID=yourid&PASSWORD=yourpassword&DBC=n &AN=
&MODE= Choices are “ovid” or “easy”; default is ovid
&NEWS= Use “n” to cause Jumpstart to skip the News Screen
&D= Indicates a database desired, using the database short name(s). See short codes here.
&ID= User ID, such as “abc999” (not needed for IP validated)
&PASSWORD= User password (not needed for IP validated)
&DBC= Use “n” to prevent users from changing databases
&AN= Indicates the Accession Number of a single journal item you want to display

11. Look what you’ve learned
&AN= &ID=xxxxxx&PASSWORD=xxxxxx

13. The Ovid jumpstart tool
The Ovid jumpstart tool

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16. More Advanced Features
Running a Saved Expert Search
Linking to a browsable list of Journals
Performing simple search strings
And MORE………….
Documentation

17. Questions?
“Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today.  Teach a man to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks.”—Author unknown
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