Basic Ovid Searching

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Basic Ovid Searching

• Jane Moran, MLS
• SRAHEC IAC

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Ovid

• Primary interface used for most the of AHEC
  digital librarys databases
• Works the same for allwith some exceptions
  depending on database

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Ovids Three Basic Search Modes
Basic
Advanced
Find Citation
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Basic Search

• Keyword/Author searching only no mapping

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Whats Mapping?

• Cross-referencing a word or phrase with the
  standard medical subject heading that best
  represents its concept.
• Example Cancer maps to Neoplasms.
• Medical subject headings are often called MeSH
  headings

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Advanced Search

• Maps to medical subject headings (MeSH)
• Allows for selection of subheadings for a topic

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Find Citation

• Enter what is known about the journal article
  being sought

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Using MeSH in Ovid

• Enter the first term in the query box and click
  Search or press Enter.

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Using MeSH in Ovid

• Select the most appropriate subject heading from
  the list presented

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Explode vs. Focus

• Explode Isolates the MeSH term and all the more
  specific terms beneath on the tree

• Focus Searches only the subject heading
  considered the articles main point.

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Adding Subheadings

• Default is Include All Subheadings
• Click Continue

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Adding Subheadings

• Click the desired checkboxes and click Continue

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Search Results
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Basic Limits

• Ovid offers the basic limits listed below
• Additional limits are available by clicking More
  Limits

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Additional Limits

• Evidence-based medicine
• Subject subsets
• Clinical Queries

• Age Groups
• Publication Types
• Journal subsets

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Additional Limits

• Select several options by clicking the first one
  and then holding down the Cntrl key and clicking
  the others

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Combining Searches
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Combining Searches

• Select searches to be combined
• Click Continue

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Combining Searches

• Click the Display link to see the results

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For Best Results

• Write down the question and identify the key
  terms.
• Search one key term at a time, making sure to add
  any appropriate subheadings.
• Combine individual terms
• Apply additional appropriate limits after
  combining

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In Results Manager you can

• Change format of citations
• Email citations and/or text
• Display Results
• Save

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Results Manager

• There are several options for managing search
  results

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Options in Results Manager
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How Does Ovid differ from PubMed?
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Need more help?

• Contact SRAHEC IACs reference desk at
  910-678-7276 or reference_at_sr-ahec.org