No.3: Managing Ovid search results

Managing search results

Customise display

Results appear below the search history on the main search page. Scroll to view the titles, or select the corresponding Display link to view selections from any search sets. Select Complete Reference to display additional fields. Abstracts, 'Full Text' and 'Ovid Full Text' links are displayed if available. Choose Customize Display to select options for display fields, record format, and page size (citations per page). Reset Display to go back to defaults.

Printing full text articles

  1. Select Ovid Full Text, where available, and wait for the document to load. The initial display does not include full-sized images.
  2. Select Full Text (PDF), if available, to download the article immediately.

If PDF is not available

  1. Select Print Preview from the top navigation.
  2. Select Full Size (default).
  3. Select Continue.
  4. Print from your browser when loaded.
Printing full text

Results Manager

Results manager

Select options to display, print preview, email, or save from Results Manager beside your search results. Select either:

  • Selected Results (default)
  • All on this page
    or
  • All in this set, or a range of items from the set.

Fields options include:

  • Citation only
  • Citation and abstract (default)
  • Citation and abstract and subject headings
  • Complete reference (this is NOT the full text).

Select Include Search History to keep as a reference. This option is the default, but can be deselected if the search history is not needed.

Sort your citations using the Sort Keys drop-down menus. Journal name order or Author alphabetic is the most useful.

Printing results

  1. Select Results and Fields options from Results Manager.
  2. Select Print Preview and wait for the list to fully load. It is important to wait until Done appears in your browser's status bar else an incomplete list will be printed.
  3. Print from your browser (limit is 200 citations).

Emailing results

Use Results Manager to select options required, then:

  1. Select Email in the Actions column.
  2. Enter a valid email address in the "To:" field.
  3. Enter a sender's address if required.
  4. Select Send Email.

The email address must be in full, for example: firstname.lastname@rch.org.au.

Saving results

Save results

Results can be saved by:

  • Saving to USB flash drive or local disk to read or print later.
  • Exporting to bibliographic management software.

Use Results Manager to select the required options, then select Save. Select the relevent linefeed, then Continue.

To load directly into EndNote, Reference Manager or Procite

Export results
  1. Select Complete Reference from Fields options.
  2. Select Direct Export from the Result Format options (or Reprint/Medlars format to save for import later).
  3. Uncheck Include Search History.
  4. Select Save.
  5. Select your specific bibliographic management application, then Continue. The application will open automatically, ready for import.

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