Ovid Technologies Field Guide

Ovid Full Text (CBC, BC2, BC3, BC4, MHC, NURC, NC2)


Scope

Ovid Full Text currently includes seven collections: the Ovid Core Biomedical Collection (CBC), the Ovid Biomedical Collections II (BC2), III (BC3), and IV (BC4), the Ovid Mental Health Collection (MHC), the Ovid Nursing Collection (NURC), and the Ovid Nursing Collection II: Lippincott Premier Nursing Journals (NC2). As of summer, 1999, all collections will be reloaded into the Journals@Ovid format.

Ovid Full Text Collections loaded in the Journals@Ovid format take advantage of the capabilities of the second generation of Ovid Full Text. Every word of the text is searchable, including references and graphics captions. Within the Full Text display, hypertext features allow users to display an outline of the document and move immediately to a selected section, to display complete references cited within the text of a document, and to link directly to MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO and other full text documents. The Ovid Web Gateway interface includes all graphics, tables, and photographs as they appear in print. Special Journals@Ovid functionality is highlighted in the Database Highlights section below.

For more information about journal coverage for the available Full Text Collections, please refer to the Ovid Database Catalog on the World Wide Web http://www.ovid.com/db/all-page.htm


Database Highlights

Easy Browsing.
Browsing through Journals@Ovid-style journals is easy and intuitive. You can browse through the journals by title – simply select Browse Contents.

Comprehensive Coverage.
We are including sections such as classified advertisements, About this Journal (available only in Web interface), and announcements, making the database not only useful for conventional research, but for recreational and professional browsing as well.

About this Journal
(Only available in Web interface) "About this Journal" is a selection that can be made from several places during a search session, including the table-of-contents display or during the viewing of full text. This feature provides masthead information about each journal online, including:

  • Journal description
  • Coverage information
  • Publisher
  • Frequency of publication
  • Usage statement, including copyright information and restrictions (the copyrights are held by the respective journals, not by Ovid Technologies)
  • Instructions for Authors
  • The "About this Journal" section displays as a full text document that can be printed, saved or emailed.

    Links:

    Link from bibliographic databases to full text.
    Start your search in a powerful bibliographic database, like MEDLINE, PsycINFO, or CINAHL, and link seamlessly to full text articles.

    Link from full text to full text.
    References in an article link to other full text articles so you can follow an author's research, trace the history of a topic, or find similar information.

    Link from full text to bibliographic databases.
    References in full text articles link to bibliographic citations in databases such as MEDLINE, CINAHL, and PsycINFO.

    Limits:

    The following limits are available from the Main Search Screen:

  • Original Articles
    Select this limit to restrict your search to original articles. Original articles are peer reviewed, and provide experimental or other in-depth analysis of a topic.
  • Review Articles
    Review articles are extremely useful when you are looking for an overview or an update on a topic. They provide a summary of knowledge and progress, and often include a substantial supporting bibliography.
  • Articles with Abstracts
    A limit to articles with abstracts restricts the search to articles that include abstracts. Since only substantial articles include abstracts, this limit automatically eliminates shorter works such as editorials and letters.
  • Latest Update
    Select this limit to retrieve articles that have most recently been added to the database.
  • The following additional limits are available from the Limit menu.

  • Articles with References (NEW!)
    This limit restricts your retrieval to documents that have cited references.
  • Articles with Graphics (NEW!)
    Limiting to Articles with Graphics restricts retrieval to articles that contain figures, tables, equations, and other types of graphics.
  • Publication Types
    Publication Types describe a document's overall form and substance in a broad categories such as original articles, letters to the editor, or editorials. A limit to Publication Type restricts your retrieval to certain types of articles. NEW!
  • With the addition of more sections of print journals, several new Publication Types have been added to help you locate pertinent information and enhance browsing. These include Advertisements, Announcements, Corrections, and Meeting Abstracts.

  • Publication Year
    You can restrict your search to a single year of publication, or a range of years.

  • General Information

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    Popular Command and Sentence Syntax Limits:

    Abstracts
    Command Syntax: ..l/ ab=y
    Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to abstracts


    Latest Update
    Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to latest update


    Publication Types
    Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to corrections
    limit 1 to book or media reviews
    limit 1 to review articles


    Articles with References
    Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to references


    Articles with Graphics
    Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to graphics


    Publication Years
    Command Syntax: ..l/1 yr=1998
    Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to yr=1998

    Ovid Collections (FULLTEXT) Search Fields

    Default Fields for Unqualified Searches
    TI, AB, TX, CT

    All Display/Print Fields
    AN, AU, IN, TI, OT, SO, LM, AB, LG, RF, KW, DT, IS, JC, SB

    Default Display/Print Fields
    AN, AU, IN, TI, OT, SO, LM, AB, RF, KW, DT, IS, JC, SB

    Elements of SO (Source) Field
    JN, PG, YR, VO, IP, DP

    The following alphabetical list provides the two letter label, the relevant alias, and at least one example for all searchable fields.

    
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    Label     Name/Example
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    AB Abstract [Word Indexed] 
    bone density.ab. 
    prenatal care.ab. 
    
    The Abstract (AB) field summarizes the content of the document and 
    generally describes the background, methods, results, and 
    conclusions. Both English and foreign language abstracts are 
    searchable using AB. Only documents which appeared in print with 
    an abstract include an abstract in this database. Stopwords such 
    as "of" or "the" display in documents but are not searchable and 
    do not appear in the Abstract index. 
    
    
    AF All Searchable Fields
    fatty acid.af.
    gammaglobulin.af.
    
    All Fields (AF) is an alias for all of the fields which occur in the 
    source documents. 
    
    
    AN Accession Number [Phrase Indexed]
    00001240-199709000-00008.an.
    00005160-199809000-00004.an.
    
    The Accession Number (AN) field contains a 22-digit number which 
    uniquely identifies each document in the database. While searching 
    this field, include all leading zeros and internal hyphens.
      
    The Accession Number is not related to the 8-digit MEDLINE Unique 
    Identifier.
    
    
    AU Author [Phrase Indexed]
    baum michel.au.
    marshall j$.au.
      
    The Author (AU) field includes the names of all authors of a document,
    in the order in which they appear in the journal.
      
    Author names appear in the format of last name followed by first and 
    middle names, or last name followed by up to two initials.
    
    
    BT Byline Text [Word Indexed] (NEW!)
    reprint requests.bt.
    nih grants.bt.
      
    The Byline Text (BT) field contains miscellaneous information about 
    the article. Information about grants, dates of publisher acceptance, 
    and so on, is included in this field.
    
    
    CT Caption Text [Word Indexed]
    demographic.ct.
    squamous cell.ct.
      
    The Caption Text (CT) field includes the descriptive text for tables, 
    figures, and other graphics as they appear in the journal in which 
    the document was published.
      
    
    CW Corporate Author Word [Word Indexed] (NEW!)
    hopkins.cw.
     
    The Corporate Author Word (CW) field contains each word from the name 
    of the organization that has produced the document. This field usually
    displays as part of Author field.
      
      
    DP Date of Publication [Word Indexed]
    july 1997.dp.
    
    The Date of Publication (DP) field contains the month, year, and 
    possibly day that the journal was published. This field usually 
    displays as part of the Source (SO) field.
      
      
    DT Document Type [Phrase Indexed]
    clinical commentary.dt.
    news.dt.
      
    The Document Type (DT) field supplements the Publication Type (PT) 
    field by providing an additional, more specific description of a 
    document's form and substance. This field often contains the titles 
    of columns or regular features that are specific to a given journal 
    publication.
    
    Enter the first few letters of the desired document type, or root on 
    the letter "a" to view and select from the complete list of document 
    types and words that appear as part of document types.
      
      
    IN Institution [Word Indexed]
    harvard.in.
    (university of texas at austin).in
      
    The Institution (IN) field lists the affiliation(s) of the author(s) 
    as noted in the document at the time of publication. The mailing 
    address is often given, as are grant numbers and the names of the 
    institutions financially supporting the research. Enter a descriptive 
    word or phrase found in the institution name or address (e.g. 
    "harvard" not "university"). Consider using both full spellings and 
    standard abbreviations.
      
      
    IP Issue/Part [Word Indexed]
    9.ip.
      
    The Issue/Part (IP) field includes the issue and supplement number 
    in which the document was published. This field displays as part of 
    the Source field (SO).
      
      
    IS ISSN [Phrase Indexed]
    0009-9104.is.
    0012 1797.is.
      
    The ISSN (IS) field contains the International Standard Serial Number 
    for the journal in which the document was published.
      
      
    JA Journal Abbreviation [Phrase Indexed]
    j intraven nurs.ja.
      
    The Journal Abbreviation (JA) field contains the abbreviation of the 
    Source journal title.
      
      
    JC Journal Code [Phrase Indexed]
    b7j.jc.
    dci.jc.
      
    The NLM Journal Code (JC) field contains an alphanumeric code 
    established by the NLM (National Library of Medicine) which uniquely 
    identifies each journal indexed in NLM databases.
      
     
    JN Journal Name [Phrase Indexed]
    cancer nursing.jn.
    digestive diseases & sciences.jn.
      
    The Journal Name (JN) field contains the full name of the journal in 
    which the article was published.
      
    Stopwords such as "of" are included in the JN index, but when "the" 
    is the first word of a journal, it has been stripped.
      
    The word "and", which is a Boolean operator and a stopword in most 
    fields, can be searched in the Journal Name field using the ampersand 
    (&).
      
      
    JW Journal Words [Word Indexed]
    hepatology.jw.
    computers.jw.
      
    The Journal Word (JW) field contains individual words from every 
    journal name in the database.
     
    This field is used to retrieve every occurrence of a journal which 
    includes a particular word such as "dermatology."
      
      
    KW Author Keywords [Word Indexed] (NEW!)
    diabetes.kw.
    energy expenditure.kw.
      
    The Author Keywords (KW) field contains author assigned terms that 
    describe the document. This field exists only for documents where the 
    author has assigned keywords.
      
      
    LG Language [Phrase Indexed] (NEW!)
    eng.lg.
      
    The Language (LG) field contains the language or languages in which 
    the main body of the document is written.
      
      
    OT Other Title [Word Indexed] (NEW!)
    rauchern.ot.
      
    The Other Title (OT) field contains non-English titles in the 
    original published language. If an English version of the title 
    exists, it will index in the Title (TI) field.
      
      
    PD Publication Date [Phrase Indexed]
    19960801.pd.
    19970700.pd.
      
    The Publication Date (PD) field contains an 8-digit number 
    representing the year, month, and day (in YYYYMMDD format) in which 
    documents were published in the original print journals.
     
    Enter the desired date in the format "YYYYMMDD" where "YYYY" 
    corresponds to the 4-digit year, "MM" to the 2-digit month, and "DD" 
    to the day. Use truncation "199711$.up." or "1997$.up." to retrieve 
    all the records published in a particular month or year.
      
      
    PG Pages [Phrase Indexed]
    "9".pg.
    "103".pg.
      
    The Pages (PG) field contains the starting page number in the printed 
    journal in which the document was published. The field displays as 
    part of the Source field (SO).
      
    Often, a search using the publication year and the beginning page 
    number is enough to locate a particular citation.
      
      
    PT Publication Type [Phrase Indexed]
    announcements.pt.
    reports.pt.
      
    The Publication Type (PT) field describes a document's overall form 
    and substance in broad categories. These publication types are 
    assigned by Ovid Technologies in order to unify the differing document
    types used by various journal publishers.
      
      
    RF References [Word Indexed]
    j cell biol.rf.
    galavotti c.rf.
      
    The Reference (RF) field includes complete bibliographic citations for
    the publications cited by authors in full text documents. These 
    references can be viewed along with the citation or with full text.
      
    Enter the desired reference information, consisting of words typically
    found in a reference. Consider searching on words in document title, 
    journal name or abbreviation, author name, page number, or year.
      
      
    SL Summary Language [Phrase Indexed]  (NEW!)
    german.sl.
     
    The Summary Language (SL) field contains the language or languages in 
    which the abstract is written.
      
      
    SO Source
    american journal of surgical pathology.so.
    august 1997.so.
      
    The Source (SO) field includes the basic information needed to locate 
    a source document, including the journal name, volume, issue/part, 
    pagination, and year of publication.
      
      
    TI Title [Word Indexed]
    multiple births.ti.
    rheumatoid arthritis.ti.
      
    The Title (TI) field contains the English language version of the 
    title as it appears in the journal.
      
    Stopwords such as "of" or "the" display in documents but do not appear
    in the title index. However, the word "a", which is a stopword in 
    other fields, can be searched in the title field.
      
      
    TX Full Text [Word Indexed]
    unilateral cleft lip.tx.
      
    The Full Text (TX) field contains the complete document text. This 
    field allows you to retrieve all documents with any mention of your 
    search term. Because authors are more likely to use synonyms in the 
    text field, or often include relevant information on a topic that is 
    secondary to the main topic of the paper, you will find much more 
    complete results by using the full text instead of just the title and 
    abstract.
      
    Stopwords, which include commonly occurring words such as "of" and 
    "the" display in the documents but do not appear in the Full Text 
    index.
    
    
    VO Volume [Phrase Indexed]
    104.vo.
      
    The Volume (VO) field contains the volume of the printed journal in 
    which the document was published. This field displays as part of the 
    Source (SO) field.
      
      
    YR Year of Publication [Word Indexed]
    1998.yr.
      
    The Year of Publication (YR) field contains the year in which the 
    printed journal containing the document was published. This field 
    displays as part of the Source (SO) field.
    
    


    Table of Contents Fields

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    Label     Name/Example
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    TJ Contents by Journal Name [Phrase Indexed]
    plastic & reconstructive surgery.tj.
      
    The Contents by Journal Name (TJ) displays each issue of a certain 
    journal in the database.
      
    The TJ field differs from the JN field in that the TJ field brings 
    up entire issues of a journal. The JN field retrieves the 
    individual articles from those issues.
    
      
    JS Subject Category [Phrase Indexed]
    allergy & immunology.js.
    cardiology.js.
      
    The Subject Category (JS) field describes basic subject areas 
    covered by the journal. These Subject Categories correspond to the 
    subjects which appear in the Browse Contents by Subject feature. 
    Results of a subject category search will be a list of journal 
    issues, which when selected, will take you to the table-of-contents 
    for that journal. 
    


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