Friday, March 7, 2008

New electronic journals available

The library has added to its collection the following electronic journals:

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America


Neurosurgery Clinics of North America


Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management

OVID Tip- Understanding Annotations

OVID is providing some useful tips on how to best use their new OVIDSP interface.
This tip explains a new feature: Annotations
Read the Tip sheet on how annotations can save you time and will help you get organized.

Health Business Fulltext temporarily not available

Due to the change of database provider the Health Business Fulltext via Ebsco is temporarily not available. The new provider will be Proquest and access should be available shortly.

Monday, February 4, 2008

New OVID interface active

Ovid released their new OvidSP interface today which offers multiple search modes so that users can select a searching method according to personal preference and information need. Using tabs, searchers can move easily between search modes:

* Basic Search– Geared to novice or occasional searchers that might prefer to enter queries using free text (e.g. everyday language) and have results ranked by relevancy.

* Advanced Search – This mode looks very much like the "old" Ovid Advanced Search interface and this searching mode supports Boolean search terms and command line syntax searching. THIS IS THE DEFAULT SETUP FOR NMCSD LIBRARY CUSTOMERS.

* Find Citation – Is a useful tool for users who need a quick match and already know at least part of a bibliographic citation.

* Search Tools – Allows users to access specific tools, such as trees, permuted index, scope notes, explode, and more to find information.

* Search Fields – Searches by specific field(s) to permit searching of abstracts, author name, ISSN, and other criteria.

To learn more please download OvidSP's Get started user guide or OvidSP's Quick reference cards

If you have questions, please contact the library at 619-532-7950 or library@med.navy.mil