Savvy Searcher

Changes to Full-Text and Local Holdings limits in Ovid

Changes in the Ovid system this fall have improved searching for Ovid MEDLINE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and SPORTDiscus. These changes allow users to quickly determine if a journal is available at Himmelfarb and also to limit your search to get full-text articles electronically.

Local Holdings: If you check the box for “Local Holdings” on either the Main Search Page or the Limit page, your search will be restricted to journals available at Himmelfarb in either print or electronic format.

Print journals are denoted by the phrase “Himmelfarb Library print subscription (see Library Catalog for details)” in red, and electronic journals are marked with the phrase “Himmelfarb Library electronic access (see E-Journals page for details)” also in red.

To check the specific years of journal available, search the Library Catalog for print journals and the E-Journals page for electronic journals.

Full-Text: The ‘Full-Text’ limit restricts search results to most articles available in full text. This limit can be very helpful when you are offsite or need a full text article quickly. But BE AWARE that this limit will exclude some of our e-journals that cannot be linked through Ovid. Use the Local Holdings limit to retrieve results from all of the Himmelfarb’s collection.