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Address

Wolters Kluwer (Medical Research) Ltd - Trading as Ovid Technologies
250 Waterloo Road
London
SE1 8RD

URL

http://www.ovid.com

Contact Email

Information not provided

Contact Tel

Information not provided

Databases

Summary

All academic areas covered by databases - Arts - Humanities - Social Sciences - Science - Engineering - Earth Sciences with a strong Medical, Health, Life Sciences portfolio.

Content

Restrictions

All databases are available in full without restrictions on content.

Embargo Rules

There are no embargoes on databases

Update Frequency

Up to daily

Content Classification

Customers may use a subject approach to resources.

Access Control

Authentication

  • Username/Password
  • IP Address
  • Classic Athens
  • SAML Compliant (e.g. Shibboleth)

Notes

Combinations of access control methods are supported - e.g. IP on-site Athens off-site

A new user interface for release next year (working name "Ovid-SP") will offer 'Native' Shibboleth

Concurrency Limit

Resources may be limited by concurrent users with "unlimited access" available as an option.

Restrictions

No restrictions on the technical aspects of access. For some resources the copyright holder forbids sale in certain countries (eg NTIS).

Free Trials

Free trials are available for all resources. These are normally restricted to 30 days and can be set up however the user requires.

Search

Features

  • Advanced Search
  • Boolean AND
  • Boolean NOT
  • Boolean OR
  • Exact Phrase
  • Keywords
  • Search by Author
  • Search by Citation
  • Search by Content Type
  • Search by Date
  • Search by Language
  • Search by Subject
  • Search by Title
  • Simple Search
  • Wildcards

Notes

An extensive number of fields may be used to search by or limit by including Journal name. The precise fields will vary according to the database.

Indexing

Wherever possible the databases use a thesaurus - eg Emtree, MeSH etc. Keyword searching is available for all resources.

Cross Database Search

Yes - cross database searching is a feature.

Web Search

Searching the internet is an option.

Saved Searches

Searches may be saved, e-mailed, down loaded into search management software - search history may also be saved.

Search Tips

Yes on-line help is provided which includes information on fields descriptions and whether they can be used to search and limit.

Search Results

Features

  • Deduplication
  • Include Abstracts
  • OpenURL linking

Notes

Specific search results may be selected, ordered, field descriptors selected etc.

Ordering

Journal Name, Author, Title, Language etc. Results may be sorted by both a primary and secondary sort key.

Exporting

  • Endnote
  • RefWork
  • Reference Manager
  • Email

Search history may also be saved. Outputs available are stated in the "Results Manager" feature e.g Direct export, XML etc

Other Functionality

Citation Linking

Option to find articles that have cited the retrieved article and to "find citations".

Full Text Linking

The resources are OpenURL compliant and can send results to an OpenURL link resolver.

Help Information

  • Help pages
  • Contextual help
  • Training: Regular WebEx sessions are held for customers. For larger scale customers on-site training is offered ("train the trainers").

Interface Customisation

Links to OPACs are standard. Links to Library holdings may be added. Customers logos can be added to screens by Ovid.

Alerting

Yes - SDI service is a feature of the Ovid platform. These can be set up permanently or for specific time periods.

Usage Stats

  • Available Online
  • COUNTER Compliant Vendor

Technical Integration

Federated search may be used with the Ovid platform, the Ovid platform is OpenURL compliant, Z39.50 is supported.

VLE Integration

Information not provided

Social Bookmarking

Information not provided

Language Support

Information not provided

Other

Demonstrations and training sessions available.

Accessibility

W3C Compliance

Information not provided

Browser Compatibility

PC

  • IE
  • Firefox
  • Netscape
  • Opera

Mac

  • IE
  • Safari
  • FireFox

Plugins Required

None required.

Availability & Uptime

24/7 Uptime

Yes

Downtime (as specified in service level agreements)

Down time through hardware failure is unlikely due to mirroring of servers. Ovid normally agrees to a 99% uptime for contractual purposes.

Mirror Sites

Yes, mirrored by servers in the US and Taiwan.