Nursing@Ovid

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Nursing_at_Ovid
Health Sciences Library
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Description

• This CBL will provide you with information and
  tips for using the Nursing_at_Ovid.
• This course has 23 slides and should take 15-20
  minutes to complete. It is followed by a 10
  question post-test.
• Last reviewed 05/2009

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Objectives

• Upon completion of this module, the participant
  will
• 1. Understand what information is included in
  Nursing_at_Ovid.
• 2. Understand how to execute a search in
  Nursing_at_Ovid.
• 3. Understand how to apply limits in
  Nursing_at_Ovid.

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What is Nursing_at_Ovid

• Nursing_at_Ovid is a database, with abstracts, that
  contains more than 400,000 records in the field
  of nursing
• Supplemented by Ovid with over 1,000 new records
  added each week
• Focuses on core specialties for the nurse in
  practice, education, research, and administration
• Also includes proprietary controlled vocabulary
  that, along with an associated nursing lexicon,
  meets the specific needs of nursing and allied
  health professionals of all types
• Designed so that it can search additional
  databases, including CINAHL and PubMed

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Accessing Nursing_at_Ovid

• You will find a link to Nursing_at_Ovid under Quick
  Links on the Health Science Librarys home page
  http//library.luhs.org
• You can access it directly on campus or from
  off campus. An Archer ID is required for off
  campus access.

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Planning a Search

• Develop your question
• Divide the question into important searchable
  concepts
• Search each concept separately and then combine
• Do not search general terms, like effects or
  results
• Example Coping with leukemia

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Searching Nursing_at_Ovid

• On the Nursing_at_Ovid search screen, enter the
  first concept for your question
• Nursing_at_Ovid will map the term or phrase to the
  most appropriate subject heading

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Searching Nursing_at_Ovid

• Check the box in front of the most appropriate
  heading
• Any term you select will automatically be
  exploded to include all narrower terms.

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Searching Nursing_at_Ovid

• The search term is posted to the Search History.
  In this example, the search will retrieve
  articles about Leukemia
• Repeat the above steps for each concept

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Search History

• Search statements, search results, and search
  types are posted in the Search History Window
• Combine search statements by clicking the
  checkbox near each desired entry, then applying
  Boolean operators using the AND or OR buttons.
• Delete search statements by selecting the desired
  search statement numbers, then clicking the
  Remove Selected button.

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Limiting Your Results

• Use Limits to focus
• your search results
• Common limits are listed under the search box.
• Select Additional Limits to view all available
  limits

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Limiting Your Results

• Using Additional Limits
• Select a search statement from the search history
• Select the limits you want
• Click the Limit a Search button

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Search Results Display

• Search Aid
• Shows the terms used to retrieve the records in
  the display
• Provides a way to narrow the search results to
  Point of Care, Training and Development, etc.

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Search Results Display

• Citing Articles lets you connect quickly to a
  display of articles that cite the article of a
  record

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Search Results Display
Complete Reference takes you to the full record
of the citation Full Text will take you to the
electronic version of the article, if
available Library Holdings will take you to the
librarys catalog, Pegasus View Abstract allows
you to view abstracts inline, without causing a
page refresh or navigation to a different page.
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Search Results Display

• Some citations will have a link to electronic
  articles
• PDF full text articles with same pagination and
  format as the print version
• HTML full text article without pagination
• To see if the Health Sciences Library owns, go to
  the library homepage and click on Find a Journal

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Results Manager
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With the Results Manager, you can A. Select a set
of records B. Apply pertinent field information
to record output C. Select options to format your
record D. Include Search History with your
record E. Choose an action Display, Print
Preview, Email, Save
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Additional Searching

• Nursing_at_Ovid allows the user to search multiple
  databases. This is called Universal searching.
• The results of the Universal Searches are
  displayed behind each source tab. At Loyola,
  these tabs are Cinahl Pubmed.

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CINAHL

• Results display
• Title
• Subject terms
• Author
• Source
• Date
• Description
• Identifier
• Language
• Type
• Click on URL to go to complete reference

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PubMed

• Results display
• Title
• Author
• Source
• Date
• Identifier
• Click on URL to go to complete reference

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Personal Accounts

• Personal Accounts allow you to create a private
  workspace for your saved search strategies,
  AutoAlerts and record annotations. Nursing_at_Ovid
  will prompt you to login when you select Save
  Search History or Saved Searches/Alerts, but you
  can log into your account at any time by
  selecting the Personal Account link located
  toward the top right of any Nursing_at_Ovid main
  search page.

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For Additional Information

• For more information, or for help searching
  Nursing_at_Ovid, please contact a Research Services
  Librarian at [phone] or researchservices_at_lu
  mc.edu

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Conclusion
We hope this Computer Based Learning course has
been both informative and helpful. Feel free to
review the screens of this course until you are
confident about your knowledge of the material
presented. By clicking Next on the slide,
you will begin the test.
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Nursing_at_OVID
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Thank You

• Thank you for your participation