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.

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

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