The minutes of the meeting of Ovid enhancement group held 9th July 2010 can be found at:
http://www.jibs.ac.uk/liaison/OVIDSP/minutes.html
Showing posts with label OvidSP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label OvidSP. Show all posts
Thursday, September 02, 2010
Thursday, March 12, 2009
OvidSP searchterm highlighting
Expected this month a further enhancement to OvidSP.
"... improving the accuracy of highlighting in OvidSP for both Basic Search as well as Advanced Search. Only specific search terms used will be highlighted; these will be highlighted in yellow. Expanded terms will be highlighted in red."
The next release of OvidSP will be live at the end of March!
Customizable Search Fields – Display frequently used fields in a new MyFields tab-you no longer have to select them each time you perform a search since OvidSP will remember them each time you log in. Easily add or remove all other fields-now located in a Show All tab-based on your preferences.
Limit-to-Star-Ranking – Limit searches to generate results with a specific ranking, such as five or four stars. Remember-ranking denotes relevancy; five stars indicate the highest relevancy.
Limit Date to Last – This new “rolling limit”, i.e., “Limit to Last 3 Years”, will allow users to generate the latest results of a given time period, so they can easily identify the most current information.
Set up to receive AutoAlerts on a quarterly basis.
You will be able to select “current” (i.e., “Limit to 2006-Current”), rather than a specific year, as your end date ...
Clin-eguide customers only – You will find a new link from the main search page of all search modes directly to the Clin-eguide homepage.
"... improving the accuracy of highlighting in OvidSP for both Basic Search as well as Advanced Search. Only specific search terms used will be highlighted; these will be highlighted in yellow. Expanded terms will be highlighted in red."
The next release of OvidSP will be live at the end of March!
Customizable Search Fields – Display frequently used fields in a new MyFields tab-you no longer have to select them each time you perform a search since OvidSP will remember them each time you log in. Easily add or remove all other fields-now located in a Show All tab-based on your preferences.
Limit-to-Star-Ranking – Limit searches to generate results with a specific ranking, such as five or four stars. Remember-ranking denotes relevancy; five stars indicate the highest relevancy.
Limit Date to Last – This new “rolling limit”, i.e., “Limit to Last 3 Years”, will allow users to generate the latest results of a given time period, so they can easily identify the most current information.
Set up to receive AutoAlerts on a quarterly basis.
You will be able to select “current” (i.e., “Limit to 2006-Current”), rather than a specific year, as your end date ...
Clin-eguide customers only – You will find a new link from the main search page of all search modes directly to the Clin-eguide homepage.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
OvidSP Boolean
The NOT operator is provided in OvidSP, under MultiField Search dropdown menu, and can be included in Search Statements, but the users in our enhancement group, last November, were evenly divided on whether a "NOT" button should be provided alongside the present: AND, OR
I would be interested to hear/read more views on making the NOT options more conspicuous for OvidSP end-users.
I would be interested to hear/read more views on making the NOT options more conspicuous for OvidSP end-users.
SilverPlatter retirement
SilverPlatter
There are a few databases which are not migrating to OvidSP, including EINECS Plus, Chem-Bank, OSH-ROM, and RPS e-PIC
Date for retirement of the SilverPlatter platform has not been set, but I expect something mid-year to be announced soon.
There are a few databases which are not migrating to OvidSP, including EINECS Plus, Chem-Bank, OSH-ROM, and RPS e-PIC
Date for retirement of the SilverPlatter platform has not been set, but I expect something mid-year to be announced soon.
Friday, November 07, 2008
OvidSP Universal Search
You may be able to trial the new "Universal Search". Contact Ovid for details of trials and demos.
"Ovid Universal Search, a cross-platform search solution available to OvidSP users. The search system adds the ability to access up to 10 web connections selected by the customer". More channels if you pay more.
See Miriam Drake: http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/nbReader.asp?ArticleId=51182
http://www.ovid.com/site/about/press_release_2008-10-08_us.jsp
"a new, premium cross-platform search solution now made available on OvidSP"
"Ovid Universal Search, a cross-platform search solution available to OvidSP users. The search system adds the ability to access up to 10 web connections selected by the customer". More channels if you pay more.
See Miriam Drake: http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/nbReader.asp?ArticleId=51182
http://www.ovid.com/site/about/press_release_2008-10-08_us.jsp
"a new, premium cross-platform search solution now made available on OvidSP"
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Date of next meeting with OVID
JIBS User Group Committee has an enhancement group which meets with Ovid (Wolters Kluwer Health) from time to time. Our next meeting with Ovid will be towards the end of November. If there are topics you wish the Group to raise with Ovid please contact me, a.smith at leeds.ac.uk
Thursday, July 03, 2008
OvidSP next release date announced
There will be a further release for OvidSP on Thursday, 31st July. Contact them for details.
Important updates and new features include:
Search Tab Additions and Enhancements – A new Multi-Field Search tab provides multiple search boxes for assigning specific fields that allow for a more targeted and specific search experience. Plus, we’ve streamlined the main search screen with a sleeker and more intuitive user design.
New and Improved User Workflow Tools – Flexibility and speed are crucial to research workflow. On July 31st, you’ll find new collapsible Search Aids, Results Manager, and Search History (also moveable); browser support for adjusting font sizes; enhanced annotations; and more. Plus, we’ve expanded email capabilities to ease collaboration between users and their colleagues.
My Projects Workspace Area – This new feature is a direct result of our customer feedback. My Projects provides a workspace for assembling and organizing research findings, so you can manage them in a way that works for you. Linkable from every page in the application, you can upload saved searches, results, images, and more.
Introducing Ovid Universal Search – A new, premium search offering! Ovid Universal Search is breakthrough technology that delivers cross-platform content searching - all within the OvidSP interface. Available as an add-on solution, Universal Search provides unlimited potential for searching full text wherever it resides. Plus, Ovid Universal Search allows you to use many of the great search tools from Ovid like saved searches, annotations, and now My Projects!
The July 31st release also will include multi-lingual support for French-, German-, and Spanish-language interfaces.
"... the OvidSP Resource Center continues to be your source for information and news on the upcoming release. Over the next 5 weeks, we’ll add new training schedules and tutorials, screen shots, and new and revised marketing materials you can use when promoting the release to your users. "
Important updates and new features include:
Search Tab Additions and Enhancements – A new Multi-Field Search tab provides multiple search boxes for assigning specific fields that allow for a more targeted and specific search experience. Plus, we’ve streamlined the main search screen with a sleeker and more intuitive user design.
New and Improved User Workflow Tools – Flexibility and speed are crucial to research workflow. On July 31st, you’ll find new collapsible Search Aids, Results Manager, and Search History (also moveable); browser support for adjusting font sizes; enhanced annotations; and more. Plus, we’ve expanded email capabilities to ease collaboration between users and their colleagues.
My Projects Workspace Area – This new feature is a direct result of our customer feedback. My Projects provides a workspace for assembling and organizing research findings, so you can manage them in a way that works for you. Linkable from every page in the application, you can upload saved searches, results, images, and more.
Introducing Ovid Universal Search – A new, premium search offering! Ovid Universal Search is breakthrough technology that delivers cross-platform content searching - all within the OvidSP interface. Available as an add-on solution, Universal Search provides unlimited potential for searching full text wherever it resides. Plus, Ovid Universal Search allows you to use many of the great search tools from Ovid like saved searches, annotations, and now My Projects!
The July 31st release also will include multi-lingual support for French-, German-, and Spanish-language interfaces.
"... the OvidSP Resource Center continues to be your source for information and news on the upcoming release. Over the next 5 weeks, we’ll add new training schedules and tutorials, screen shots, and new and revised marketing materials you can use when promoting the release to your users. "
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
OvidSP next ... new features in April
"...many users prefer to use a system that offers native language interface support. In fact, SilverPlatter customers have enjoyed this feature for some time. With the 1.1 release, French, Spanish, and German customers will have the option to view OvidSP in their native language."
"...the following enhancements will also be included in the early April release:
* After performing a search, the OvidSP screen will remain at the search field rather than “jump” down to the results. While initially our research indicated that our customers would prefer to be brought immediately to their results, subsequent feedback has indicated otherwise.
* Improvements to the Results Manager and the abstracts display.
* Improved functionality of RSS feeds in Internet Explorer 6, which has some known issues with standard RSS feeds.
* Exporting of annotations to EndNote, RefWorks, and other standard citation managers.
"...the following enhancements will also be included in the early April release:
* After performing a search, the OvidSP screen will remain at the search field rather than “jump” down to the results. While initially our research indicated that our customers would prefer to be brought immediately to their results, subsequent feedback has indicated otherwise.
* Improvements to the Results Manager and the abstracts display.
* Improved functionality of RSS feeds in Internet Explorer 6, which has some known issues with standard RSS feeds.
* Exporting of annotations to EndNote, RefWorks, and other standard citation managers.
Friday, February 22, 2008
OvidSP
Some highlights from our JIBS enhancement group meeting with Ovid in February 2008:
The "Ovid Syntax" tab has been changed already, to "Advanced Ovid Search". Customers can select whether "Basic" or "Advanced" should be their institution's default option on opening OvidSP.
We expect some further improvements, an incremental release, to address workflow concerns after Easter 2008. There may also be a more significant release, later in 2008.
There will be more eBooks from Springer, Humana and Oxford University Press. A few Medical Schools have not taken up the free titles available from Ovid through the JISC Observatory project.
New journals in 2008 will include titles from the LWW/AHA "Circulation" stable.
Available only with Ovid - Ovid Nursing Full Text PLUS is a comprehensive and cost-effective single source of premier current journal content from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, combined with a powerful bibliographic tool from the National Library of Medicine.
"Midwifery Digest" is awaiting archival material; it complements "Maternity and infant care". MIDIRS "Informed Choice" leaflets for patients and professionals will also be available.
The Patient (ADIS) is a new holistic, patient-centred magazine.
WAO Journal from the World Allergy Organization will be published online only.
The "Ovid Syntax" tab has been changed already, to "Advanced Ovid Search". Customers can select whether "Basic" or "Advanced" should be their institution's default option on opening OvidSP.
We expect some further improvements, an incremental release, to address workflow concerns after Easter 2008. There may also be a more significant release, later in 2008.
There will be more eBooks from Springer, Humana and Oxford University Press. A few Medical Schools have not taken up the free titles available from Ovid through the JISC Observatory project.
New journals in 2008 will include titles from the LWW/AHA "Circulation" stable.
Available only with Ovid - Ovid Nursing Full Text PLUS is a comprehensive and cost-effective single source of premier current journal content from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, combined with a powerful bibliographic tool from the National Library of Medicine.
"Midwifery Digest" is awaiting archival material; it complements "Maternity and infant care". MIDIRS "Informed Choice" leaflets for patients and professionals will also be available.
The Patient (ADIS) is a new holistic, patient-centred magazine.
WAO Journal from the World Allergy Organization will be published online only.
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Local options for OvidSP
Many features of the new platform OvidSP can be tailored to local requirements. You can ask your usual site contact, or Ovid Technical Support. For example the Search History can be "collapsed" or "expanded" as your local setting.
Mauro Castillo Garcia-Maurino (Mauro) has been with Ovid for some years and in 2007 moved to the UK. Optimization of your local implementation is part of his remit.
Mauro Castillo Garcia-Maurino (Mauro) has been with Ovid for some years and in 2007 moved to the UK. Optimization of your local implementation is part of his remit.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Silver Platter databases
"OvidSP offers virtually all of the content available on both Ovid Gateway and our database-only SilverPlatter WebSPIRS platforms. That means you can offer users quick, easy access to nearly 30 databases—focusing on everything from religion and politics to agriculture and life sciences—that were formerly available only on SilverPlatter!"
viz these databases:
Agricultural Economics Database
Animal Production Database
A-V ONLINE (educational audiovisual materials)
Derwent Biotechnology Abstracts
Crop Science Database
EMBASE Alert
EMBASE: Nephrology
EMBASE: Neurosciences
EMBASE: Pollution & Toxicology
EMBASE: Rehabilitation & Physical Medicine
Environmental Science Database
FLUIDEX (fluid engineering)
Forest Science Database
FRANCIS (humanities and social sciences abstracts in French and English)
GEOBASE (geology and geosciences)
GEOBASE GEOGRAPHY
GPO on SilverPlatter (produced by the U.S. Government Printing Office)
Horticulture Science Database
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
Inpharma Database
International Political Science Abstracts
Marquis Who's Who (general reference covering finance, industry, technology, science, education, and the arts)
Parasitology Database
PEST-BANK (databank of registered pesticides)
Plant Genetics and Breeding Database
Plant Protection Database
Reactions Database (coverage of adverse drug reactions)
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
Soils Science Database
TRANSPORT (produced by the world’s leading transportation research organizations)
TROPAG & RURAL (covers social and economic development in tropical and rural areas)
Veterinary Science Database
World Textiles
"If you have questions or feedback on the new platform, or if you’d like more information on subscribing to one of these databases, please contact your Ovid Account Representative or email: support@ovid.com.
"Regards,
"Wolters Kluwer Health - Ovid
viz these databases:
Agricultural Economics Database
Animal Production Database
A-V ONLINE (educational audiovisual materials)
Derwent Biotechnology Abstracts
Crop Science Database
EMBASE Alert
EMBASE: Nephrology
EMBASE: Neurosciences
EMBASE: Pollution & Toxicology
EMBASE: Rehabilitation & Physical Medicine
Environmental Science Database
FLUIDEX (fluid engineering)
Forest Science Database
FRANCIS (humanities and social sciences abstracts in French and English)
GEOBASE (geology and geosciences)
GEOBASE GEOGRAPHY
GPO on SilverPlatter (produced by the U.S. Government Printing Office)
Horticulture Science Database
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
Inpharma Database
International Political Science Abstracts
Marquis Who's Who (general reference covering finance, industry, technology, science, education, and the arts)
Parasitology Database
PEST-BANK (databank of registered pesticides)
Plant Genetics and Breeding Database
Plant Protection Database
Reactions Database (coverage of adverse drug reactions)
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
Soils Science Database
TRANSPORT (produced by the world’s leading transportation research organizations)
TROPAG & RURAL (covers social and economic development in tropical and rural areas)
Veterinary Science Database
World Textiles
"If you have questions or feedback on the new platform, or if you’d like more information on subscribing to one of these databases, please contact your Ovid Account Representative or email: support@ovid.com.
"Regards,
"Wolters Kluwer Health - Ovid
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
OvidSP Quick reference Card
Here is a link to a PDF version of the quick reference guide.
http://resourcecenter.ovidsp.com/docs/qrc_merged_HQ.pdf
Six pages.
http://resourcecenter.ovidsp.com/docs/qrc_merged_HQ.pdf
Six pages.
Monday, October 29, 2007
PsycCRITIQUES
http://www.apa.org/psyccritiques/
PsycCRITIQUES combines a weekly release of book and film reviews with a searchable database. Starting with Volume 50 in January 2005, the database replaced the print journal Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books. The weekly electronic release offers major enhancements, very current reviews, and much more content.
In each weekly release, PsycCRITIQUES delivers approximately 18–20 reviews of psychological books, most from the current copyright year. Each release also includes a review of a popular film from a psychological perspective. Other content includes videos, comparative reviews, and the occasional retrospective review.
APA published the final print issue of Contemporary Psychology in December 2004. PsycCRITIQUES includes all reviews published in the print journal from 1956 to 2004. It also includes several hundred reviews published electronically as a supplement in 2004.
http://www.apa.org/publications/releases/psyccrit-083004.html
Available on Ovid and SilverPlatter
PsycCRITIQUES combines a weekly release of book and film reviews with a searchable database. Starting with Volume 50 in January 2005, the database replaced the print journal Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books. The weekly electronic release offers major enhancements, very current reviews, and much more content.
In each weekly release, PsycCRITIQUES delivers approximately 18–20 reviews of psychological books, most from the current copyright year. Each release also includes a review of a popular film from a psychological perspective. Other content includes videos, comparative reviews, and the occasional retrospective review.
APA published the final print issue of Contemporary Psychology in December 2004. PsycCRITIQUES includes all reviews published in the print journal from 1956 to 2004. It also includes several hundred reviews published electronically as a supplement in 2004.
http://www.apa.org/publications/releases/psyccrit-083004.html
Available on Ovid and SilverPlatter
Friday, October 26, 2007
OvidSP new platform switched on
The new platform from Ovid (Wolters Kluwer Health) is now available, as announced.
The Ovid Gateway shows "Try OvidSP"! and this button takes you to the new platform.
Screenshots and other materials are available on the WWW at the OvidSP Resource Center, for which the username is
resourcecenter
and the password is
ovidsp
http://resourcecenter.ovidsp.com/
"The OvidSP Resource Center is your first stop for all the resources you need to prepare you and your users for launch day and beyond, including:
Training Materials
Product Information (Frequently Asked Questions, Quick Reference Guides, etc.) Image Bank and Screenshots
http://resourcecenter.ovidsp.com/imageBank.html
Order the launch kit online:
http://www.ovid.com/site/trial/ovidsp_launch_kit/index.jsp
See also:
http://www.ovid.com/site/help/ovid-tutorial/index.html
The Ovid Gateway shows "Try OvidSP"! and this button takes you to the new platform.
Screenshots and other materials are available on the WWW at the OvidSP Resource Center, for which the username is
resourcecenter
and the password is
ovidsp
http://resourcecenter.ovidsp.com/
"The OvidSP Resource Center is your first stop for all the resources you need to prepare you and your users for launch day and beyond, including:
Training Materials
Product Information (Frequently Asked Questions, Quick Reference Guides, etc.) Image Bank and Screenshots
http://resourcecenter.ovidsp.com/imageBank.html
Order the launch kit online:
http://www.ovid.com/site/trial/ovidsp_launch_kit/index.jsp
See also:
http://www.ovid.com/site/help/ovid-tutorial/index.html
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
OvidSP launch 25th October
25th October 007
At 12:30 p.m. British Summer Time (11:30 a.m. GMT) you should be able to try the new platform: OVIDSP
Look for the natural language processing Basic Search "tab"
Look for Find Citation, Search Tools, Ovid Syntax "tabs"
Find Citation will also have a "tab", for matching a specific required reference
Truncation symbol: the * is added and will now be recognised as $ and : for Ovid
Institutions using the Ovid Gateway need to schedule a switch to the new platform by 4th February 2008
SilverPlatter customers should prepare to switch over by February 2009
At 12:30 p.m. British Summer Time (11:30 a.m. GMT) you should be able to try the new platform: OVIDSP
Look for the natural language processing Basic Search "tab"
Look for Find Citation, Search Tools, Ovid Syntax "tabs"
Find Citation will also have a "tab", for matching a specific required reference
Truncation symbol: the * is added and will now be recognised as $ and : for Ovid
Institutions using the Ovid Gateway need to schedule a switch to the new platform by 4th February 2008
SilverPlatter customers should prepare to switch over by February 2009
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
OvidSP new platform 2007
The new platform for Ovid/SilverPlatter is on schedule for release in the final quarter of 2007. The existing platforms will remain available into 2009 so that migration to OvidSP can be scheduled (managed) by customers to suit themselves e.g. before induction of new students, not part way through the academic year.
"the idea is to allow librarians to gain full familiarity with the new platform, and to develop materials, training programmes etc., and potentially go through a full cycle (i.e. up to the new intake in Sept./Oct. 2008) before libraries decide to withdraw access to the current platform(s) "
"the idea is to allow librarians to gain full familiarity with the new platform, and to develop materials, training programmes etc., and potentially go through a full cycle (i.e. up to the new intake in Sept./Oct. 2008) before libraries decide to withdraw access to the current platform(s) "
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