OvidScientific Information Management Conference Zagreb

Think Fast.Search Faster.

Search the Way You Want to Search

OvidSPUniversal SearchMy Projects

In Basic Search, enter free text search terms using NLP

across all databases selected.

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New Multi-Field Search mode

Easily add more fields to search

Search results are ranked and scored

by relevancy to your search.

In Search Aid, narrow your search by subject, author, or journal, or add related terms to broaden

your search.

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Now you can choose your own default limits for the Main Search page

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OvidSP New Development - Areas of Focus

Ovid Universal Search™ – “Search Without Boundaries”

My ProjectsWorkspace for the user

Flexible user interfaceUsers can work the way they want

Features and Benefits

Ovid Universal Search

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What the data told us

Users search redundantly across multiple platforms for their content, and export and assemble that content

Some proprietary content is unavailable on OvidSP

Librarian administrators have to train their users on multiple platforms and their end-users resist it

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What is Ovid Universal Search?

Universal Search is a multi-platform search engine, integrated into OvidSP

Customers can “connect” to external platforms, free internet search engines, and their own OPACs

Connections available for 640 sources and 5,400 titles (information bases – databases, collections of journals, etc.)

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Universal Search Terminology

Ovid Universal Search– OvidSP’s integrated, multi-platform search capability

Connector– A software module needed to connect the OvidSP search

function to other content sources Source

– A Publisher, Information Provider, or public search engine, such as PubMed & ……

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Ovid Universal Search

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Ovid Universal Search Results

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Ovid Universal Search: PubMed results

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Ovid Universal Search: External Full Text

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Ovid Universal Search: Adding Results to Projects

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Key Points

Universal Search allows users to search all their content simultaneously from one familiar, convenient platform – OvidSP

Customers can have confidence in the proven search precision of OvidSP, now available outside of Ovid

A single platform means less training, less hassle, and a more streamlined workflow

Features and Benefits

My Projects

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What the data told us

Most researchers – Ovid users or not – manually store search results into folders (print or digital) for further use and sharing

Users search across multiple platforms for their content, and export and organize their results

Convenience is key - users want a single place to group and organize the derived information from their searches

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My Projects

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My Projects: Viewing Elements

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My Projects: Create Project

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My Projects: Upload

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Key Points

My Projects is a workspace which allows the user to logically group their research materials into projects

Conveniently save both Ovid and non-Ovid results in one area

Looking ahead towards robust collaboration with colleagues

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Questions?

Thank you for your attention

vincent.maessen @ wolterskluwer.com