1. WISER : The Ovid databases Ovid is the platform for searching many of the life science and medicine databases. Juliet Ralph, Radcliffe Science Library juliet.ralph@ouls.ox.ac.uk February 2009

2. This session Access Searching and indexes Accessing the full text of papers Alerts Exporting records to RefWorks

3. 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/ http://www.ict.ox.ac.uk/oxford/username/

4. 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…

5. Which databases are available? AMED (Allied and Complementary Medicine)AMED (Allied and Complementary Medicine) BIOSIS (biology, biochemistry, experimental & pre-clinical medicine)BIOSIS (biology, biochemistry, experimental & pre-clinical medicine) CAB Abstracts (agriculture & forestry)CAB Abstracts (agriculture & forestry) Embase (the “European Medline”)Embase (the “European Medline”) GeoRef (geoscience)GeoRef (geoscience) Global HealthGlobal Health Medline (medicine)Medline (medicine) PsycINFO (psychology)PsycINFO (psychology) Zoological Record (zoology)Zoological Record (zoology)

6. Coverage JournalsDatesExtras Biosis50001926- Conference proceedings CAB110001910- Conf proc & theses Embase45001980- Conference proceedings Medline46001950-Trials PsycInfo20001806- Chapters & dissertations Zoo Record50001864- Conference proceedings

7. What are they searching? Article titleArticle title AbstractAbstract Descriptors / Subject HeadingsDescriptors / Subject Headings Journal titleJournal title AuthorsAuthors AffiliationAffiliation ReferencesReferences …..But not the full text…..But not the full text

9. 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

12. 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

13. Mapping Display – Migraine Disorders

14. Tree – Migraine Disorders

16. Scope Note – Migraine Disorders

17. Subheading Display – Migraine Disorders

18. Record display Results –Abstract –Complete reference –Full text –Find it @ Oxford Find citing articles –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

20. Abstract

21. Complete Reference

22. Find it @ Oxford

23. Full Text

24. Find Citing Articles

25. Find Similar

26. Search History Use this to combine searches Combine them with AND or OR

30. 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

31. 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

33. 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

35. Search Aid box Broaden/Narrow your search Narrow Search –Subjects –Authors –Journals Broaden Search –Add Related Terms

37. 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

45. 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)

49. Display

50. Print Preview

51. Email

52. 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/refworkshttp://www.refworks.com/refworks

58. 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 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

59. 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_ tutorials