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Think Fast.Search Faster.
Whats New on OvidSP 2.0
William Chow ?? Sept. 2008
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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

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Database Selection Page
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Browse Books/Journals
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Main Search Page
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Create Personal Account
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Prompt for Existing Accounts
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Adjustable Font Size
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Reposition Search History
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Reorder Search History
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Search Type posted in Search History
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Customizing Limits
Default Popular Limits
Additional Limits added to Popular Limits
Edit Limits button
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Customizing Limits continued
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Basic Search
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Basic Search Search Aid
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Tree or Thesaurus Link from Search Aid
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Tree for Sleep Disorders
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Hide Search Aid
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Annotation
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Results Manager
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Results with PDF Format Link Available from
Results Display
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Multi-Field Search
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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 OvidSPs 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_at_Ovid
  Full Text database).

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Creating Project
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Delete or Rename Projects
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Saving Full Text from Journals_at_Ovid to My
Projects
Customer must subscribe to Journals_at_Ovid Full
Text to have access to the Add to My Projects
button
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Project Name and Resources within a Project are
Displayed in My Projects
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Save Search History to My Projects
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Save Search Results from Results Manager to My
Projects
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Upload External Resources to My Projects
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Whats 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

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Important Links

• OvidSP Online
• http//ovidsp.ovid.com
• OvidSP Resource Center
• http//resourcecenter.ovidsp.com
• Ovid Website
• http//www.ovid.com

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Thank You!