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Ovid dattaba
ases
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Ovid
d database
es provide abstracts as well ass the refere
ences to arrticles or
chapters from books. Wh
here subsccribed to byy LSBU, there are alsso links to the
t
full text of articles, eithe
er straight from
f
Ovid o
or through the library catalogue.
The
e Ovid data
abases LSB
BU subscribes to are:
 AMED (Allied & C
Complemen
ntary Mediccine)
 HMIC (Health Management Informatio
on Consortiium)
 Matern
nity & Infan
nt Care
 Social Policy & Practice
P
 Books@
@Ovid –fu
ull text books with cha
apter searcching
A
Access
1. Go to th
he Library homepage
e ( http://ww
ww.my.lsbu
u.ac.uk/librrary/ )
2 Click on
2.
n the E-ressources tab
b on the lib
brary catalo
ogue
3 Type in
3.
n the name of the Ovid database
e. LSBU is subscribe
ed to AMED
D,
Maternity and Infa
ant Care, HMIC,
H
Sociial Policy and
a Practice and
Books@
@Ovid. Clicck search
4 Click on
4.
n the title o
of the datab
base, next to ‘click he
ere to acce
ess this eresourcce’ to accesss the data
abase
5 Log-in through
5.
t
Sh
hibboleth using your L
LSBU userrname and password to
access the databa
ase
Oviid databas
ses
N.B
B. You will a
automatica
ally be logg
ged out afte
er 15 minuttes of non--use to allo
ow
othe
er users acccess to the
e database
es.
Ovid
d database
es are also
o available from variou
us subject resources pages.
Searching
The
ere are two main meth
hods of sea
arching mo
ost of the O
Ovid databa
ases: the b
basic
search and the
e multi-field
d search.
Bas
sic Search
h
here
e basic sea
arch uses “ffree text” w
which mean
ns it will se
earch for wo
ords anywh
The
in a record. Th
his can be useful for ssearching jargon
j
or n
new words or phrasess.
You
u can also type
t
in que
estions or essay
e
titless. To comp
plete a basic search:
1. Type ke
eywords orr a sentencce into the search boxx and clickk search
2 On the results pag
2.
ge, the artiicles are au
utomaticallly sorted byy score. Th
he
score in
n an Ovid d
database sshows how
w relevant e
each article
e is to your
search terms, for example 5 stars shou
uld match all your search termss and
e usually on
n only partt of your se
earch. You can selectt View
4 stars or less are
ary of the a
article. If yo
ou wish to vview the fu
ull
Abstracct to show tthe summa
article, select the Pdf icon if it is available, alterna
atively clickk on 360 Link to
will link you
u to the fulll text if it iss available. If it
Full Texxt and the database w
does no
ot link you through, th
hen we do not hold th
he full text o
online.
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Multi-field search
1. Click on Multi-field search to do a more detailed search.
2. Enter your search terms into the boxes provided. Put one search term, or
set of alternative search terms, in each box as shown below. Combine
keywords using AND. Use OR between each alternative keyword.
Use the drop down menu(s) to search for terms in different areas or fields
of the journal record, e.g. select Abstract to only show results that use
your keywords in the abstract of the article. Click Search
3. On the results page, you can select View Abstract to show the summary of
the article. If you wish to view the whole article, select the Pdf icon if it is
available, alternatively click on 360 Link to Full Text and the database will
link you to the full text if it is available. If it does not link you through, then
we do not hold the full text online.
Searching by subject heading
Each article that goes into an Ovid database is assigned certain subject headings
depending on the major and minor themes of the article. You can search using
these subject headings rather than selecting individual keywords and alternative
keywords.
1. To search using subject headings, select the advanced search option
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2. Type in the theme or subject of what you are researching e.g. fall
prevention, and tick the box to ‘Map Term to Subject heading’ and click
Search
3. On the results page, any related subject headings to your search will
show. You can select one or more subject headings. The database will
automatically combine the subject headings with an OR, this can be
changed to AND as shown on the example below. Click continue to run
the search
N.B. In some Ovid databases, the subject heading is a link. If you click the link it
will ‘explode’ the subject heading into small segments. This can help narrow your
search if you are using a broad subject heading.
Tip: If you are unsure of the meaning of the subject heading, hover over
to get the scope note of the subject heading
4. On the results page, you will see only articles that match your subject
headings. You can select View Abstract to show the summary of the
article. If you wish to view the full article, select the Pdf icon if it is
available, alternatively click on 360 Link to Full Text and the database will
link you to the full text if it is available. If it does not link you through, then
we do not hold the full text online.
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Oviid databas
ses
You
u can also add
a in a ke
eyword to make
m
your search ressults more relevant.
5 Type a keyword in
5.
nto the sea
arch box, e
ensure that Map Term
m to Subjecct
arch
Heading is not ticcked, and rrun the sea
6 Open up
6.
u the searrch history box at the top of the page.
7 Select the
7.
t searches you want to comb
bine e.g. the
e keyword search and the
subjectt heading search,
s
and
d click com
mbine selecctions with A
AND. The
results will show a
articles tha
at match yo
our subject headings and also
n your keyw
word.
mention
Co
ombiniing sea
arch history
Ovid databa
ases you ccan combin
ne your sea
arch historyy. This mea
ans that yo
ou
In O
can do separa
ate searche
es for vario
ous keyworrds or subje
ect heading
gs then
mbine them
m later. To ccombine yo
our search history
com
1. Run ind
dividual sea
arches usin
ng keyword
ds or subje
ect heading
gs
2 Open th
2.
he ‘Search
h history’ bo
ox at the to
op of the pa
age
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ses
3 Select the
3.
t searches you want to comb
bine and the
en combine selection
ns
with either AND o
or OR, depe
ending on if you wantt to narrow
w or expand
d your
search results. Yo
our new ressults will lo
oad at the b
bottom of the page.
Se
earch h
hints
ncation*
Trun
You
u can avoid
d missing out
o on articles by truncating worrds that havve multiple
e
endings. For e
example, smok* will ssearch for ssmoke, sm
moker, smokkers, smokked
and smoking. This is a g
good way o
of increasin
ng the number of resu
ults you retrieve.
d cards #
Wild
The
e wildcard ssymbol # ccan be used
d within a w
word to sig
gnify that th
he characte
er can
be rreplaced byy any letterr. For exam
mple organ
ni#ation willl find organ
nization OR
R
orga
anisation. This
T
is use
eful when a keyword h
has both a British and
d American
n
spelling or hass a plural.
Saving
To ssave your search,
s
clicck on Save
e Search H
History at th
he bottom o
of the Searrch
Histtory box. Y
You can sett up perma
anent or tem
mporary se
earch strate
egies and be
b
auto
omatically notified wh
hen new infformation m
matches yo
our search criteria. Yo
ou
will need to se
et up a perssonal acco
ount and pa
assword to save yourr searches.. The
View
w Saved option at the
e top of the
e Search H
History (top right hand
d corner) le
ets
you reproduce
e your save
ed searche
es. More infformation o
on setting u
up Auto-Alerts
n the web a
at
is avvailable on
http
p://site.ovid.com/site/h
help/docum
mentation/o
ospa/en/myy_alerts.htm
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ses
Printing
g and emailin
e
g results
To p
print or em
mail results in an Ovid database
ge, check the
t box next to the re
ecords you want to prrint or
1. On the results pag
email
2 From th
2.
he menu, sselect to eitther print o
or email the
e items
3 To ema
3.
ail, enter yo
our email address
a
intto the pop up box and
d click send
d
email
To prin
nt, select th
he informattion you wo
ould like to
o print out in
n the pop u
up
box and
d click print preview
4 A new webpage
4.
w
w
will open, select
s
file and print.
Lo
ogging off
Clicck on Logofff at the top
p of the scrreen to close your se
earch session, this allo
ows
othe
er users to logon.
Help
Whe
en you are
e in an Ovid
d database
e, you can click
c
on He
elp for deta
ailed inform
mation
abo
out using th
he database.
make a one
e to one ap
ppointmentt with your faculty’s In
nformation Skills Advvisor
To m
for m
more detailed training
g, use the email
e
addrresses belo
ow.
Bussiness: LLR
Rbus@lsbu
u.ac.uk
Eng
gineering, Science
S
an
nd the Builtt Environment: [email protected]
ac.uk
Hea
alth and So
ocial Care: [email protected]
Artss and Huma
an Science
e: LLRahs@
@lsbu.ac.u
uk
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dated by LL
LR, Augustt 2013
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