{"id":318,"date":"2018-03-23T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T09:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/?p=318"},"modified":"2021-09-02T21:09:49","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T20:09:49","slug":"ovid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/ovid\/","title":{"rendered":"Resource in Focus: Ovid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ovid enables researchers, clinicians, students and other healthcare professionals find medical information to make critical decision, improve patient care, enhance ongoing research, and fuel new discoveries.\u00a0 The Ovid platform gives access to a collection of databases.<\/p>\n<p>Database and Coverage:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/libsearch.ncl.ac.uk\/permalink\/f\/1jraif3\/NCL_ALMA6195094460002411\">Ovid Medline<\/a> \u2013 1976 to present<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/libsearch.ncl.ac.uk\/permalink\/f\/1jraif3\/NCL_ALMA5195057260002411\">Embase<\/a> \u2013 1974 to present<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/libsearch.ncl.ac.uk\/permalink\/f\/1jraif3\/NCL_ALMA61112750870002411\">PsychINFO<\/a> \u2013 1806 to present<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/libsearch.ncl.ac.uk\/permalink\/f\/1jraif3\/NCL_ALMA6195094490002411\">HMIC Health Management Information Consortium<\/a> \u2013 1979 to present<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ovid.com\/site\/catalog\/books\/index.jsp\">Books@Ovid<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ospguides.ovid.com\/OSPguides\/ovftdb.htm\">Journal@Ovid<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click on the database name above to go to the Fact file to find out more and to see whether they would be useful for your research.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where can you find <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/library\/assets\/external\/nclip\/ovid.php\">Ovid<\/a>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There will be links on your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/library\/resources-and-study-support\/subject-guides\/\">relevant subject guide<\/a> or you can access the catalogue, <a href=\"https:\/\/libsearch.ncl.ac.uk\/primo-explore\/search?vid=NEWUI\">Library Search<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Database Guides<br \/>\n<\/strong>Once you have accessed OVID through the above methods, you will see an initial selection window. To find out more about\u00a0 a specific resource, click on the Information icon at the right hand side of the page (see example below):<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-326\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2018\/03\/Ovid-database-guide.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of the Ovid list of databases. Need to click on the information button next to each database to find out more. \" width=\"777\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2018\/03\/Ovid-database-guide.jpg 777w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2018\/03\/Ovid-database-guide-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2018\/03\/Ovid-database-guide-768x500.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>Once you have decided on which database to search within OVID, then all you need to do is to tick the box next to the database you would like to search and then select &#8216;OK&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want to know more?<\/strong><br \/>\nEach database in OVID has different subject headings and thesauri, however there are tips and tricks that you can learn that are common to searching all the databases on OVID.\u00a0 So why not check out the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/resourcecenter.ovid.com\/site\/help\/documentation\/ospa\/en\/Content\/syntax.htm\">Advanced Searching Techniques<\/a> or watch some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLLYZKWYhjaTl-LPitHwSNh_qjewXnhOCn\">help videos we have on our YouTube Channel.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ovid enables researchers, clinicians, students and other healthcare professionals find medical information to make critical decision, improve patient care, enhance ongoing research, and fuel new discoveries.\u00a0 The Ovid platform gives access to a collection of databases. Database and Coverage: Ovid Medline \u2013 1976 to present Embase \u2013 1974 to present PsychINFO \u2013 1806 to present &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/ovid\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Resource in Focus: Ovid&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7207,"featured_media":325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106,97],"tags":[36,47,49,37,29,54,56,57,38,39,40,41,35,42],"class_list":["post-318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-databases","category-resources","tag-biomed","tag-chemeng","tag-chemistry","tag-dentistry","tag-education","tag-eee","tag-environeng","tag-environsci","tag-medicine","tag-nutrition","tag-pharmacy","tag-psychology","tag-speech","tag-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7207"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6000,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318\/revisions\/6000"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}