Savvy Searcher - Ovid's New OvidSP Search Interface
Beginning in late December, faculty, staff, and students can use Ovid's new OvidSP interface to search MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Global Health, AMED, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, SPORTDiscus, and Ovid's EBM databases.
OvidSP was designed for speed, simplicity, and precision. OvidSP harnesses Ovid's sophisticated search functionality and incorporates features and tools to give you a simplified, streamlined search experience.
OvidSP includes:
- Simplified, intuitive interface including multiple search modes, natural language searching, and a clean intuitive design.
- Powerful, trusted precision search technology including advanced search functionality, simultaneous searching across all content types, and fast, flexible results management.
- Enhanced research workflow tools including search refinement tools, inline abstracts, annotations, content updates delivered via RSS or email, sortable search results, Search Results Manager feature, find Similar Articles feature, and de-duplication of multi-file results.
The OvidSP interface offers multiple search modes so that users can select a searching method according to personal preference and information need. Using tabs, searches can move easily between search modes:
- Basic - Geared to novice or occasional searchers, Basic searching mode allows you to enter queries using free text (e.g. everyday language) and ranks results by relevancy.
- Ovid Syntax - Geared to frequent and long-time Ovid searches, this searching mode supports Boolean search terms and traditional Ovid Gateway command line syntax searching.
- Find Citation - Geared to users who need a quick match and already know at least part of a bibliographic citation.
- Search Tools - Allows users to access specific tools, such as trees, permuted index, scope notes, explode, and more to find information.
- Search Fields - Searches by specific field(s) to permit searching of abstracts, author name, ISSN, and other criteria.
Himmelfarb Library has customized the OvidSP interface so that users will first see the familiar Ovid search interface including MeSH term mapping and standard limits (Full Text, English, Local Holdings, etc.). Users who want to use one of the new search modes can access these features using tabs.
For more information on OvidSP, please consult:
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