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Custom Full Text Limit. With the purchase of any of Ovid's Full Text journals, you gain access to all the bibliographic citations, references, and abstracts in the Journals@Ovid database. You can search the entire database of bibliographic citations, or you can limit your search to the full text journals to which your institution has subscribed.
Seamless Linking. Each Journals@Ovid title is linked to other Journals@Ovid titles, and to bibliographic databases on Ovid Online such as MEDLINE, CINAHL, and PsycINFO. Bi-directional linking allows you to start your search in a bibliographic database and link to the full text in Journals@Ovid, or link from Journals@Ovid to citations in bibliographic databases. Additionally, you can link from references in an article to other full text articles. Within the Full Text display, hypertext features allow you to display an outline of the document and move immediately to a selected section, and link from cited references in the text to the complete reference.
Easy Browsing. Browsing through journals in Journals@Ovid is easy and intuitive. You can browse through the journals by title, or by journal subject, where the journals are grouped according to subject areas.
Comprehensive Coverage. We are including additional sections of the print journals in Journals@Ovid, such as classified advertisements and announcements, making the database not only useful for conventional research, but for recreational and professional browsing as well. Journal-specific information is available through About This Journal. This feature provides information such as the publisher-provided journal description, usage statement, and instructions for authors.
Limits. In addition to the limits already available in Ovid Full Text, Journals@Ovid features a limit to articles with graphics, a limit to one or more journal subsets, and a limit to articles with references.
Enhanced Searching. Because Journals@Ovid is available in 100% SGML, every word of every article in Journals@Ovid is searchable, including references and graphics captions. Searching the Journals@Ovid Fields describes the searchable fields and provides at least one example for each.
Journals come from many prominent publishers.
When printing a full text article, the default graphic size is full size. The graphic-size option is available through the Full Text Manager at the end of each article. Graphics can be printed in full, medium, or small (thumbnail) size, or omitted entirely.
Journals@Ovid is updated daily to ensure access to the most recently published issues. Journals@Ovid offers coverage from 1996 to the present for many journals, and the coverage of some journals dates back as far as 1993. A few journals begin at other points. Refer to the Ovid HomePage for a complete listing of journals and start date, or find individual journal start dates in "About this Journal".
Citations within the document text are linked to the Reference section, enabling you to quickly check a reference. A context link in each reference allows you to easily move back to your original place in the document.
From any full text article, you can link to journal information in About This Journal or to the issue's table of contents.
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.
Each journal is assigned to one or more Journal Subsets based on subject matter. By clicking the Browse Journals button, you access a hierarchical display of journal subsets and their subject categories. Choose your area of interest, and then you can browse through a list of journal titles, or a list of specific issues. Alternatively, you can limit your search to one or more journal subsets. (The medical categories were reviewed by clinical professionals to ensure that they correspond as closely as possible to relevant areas of medical practice.)
Note: journals are classified by journal name and description, not by article content.
Full Text Available Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to full text Graphics Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to articles with graphics Abstracts Command Syntax: ..l/ ab=y Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to abstracts Publication Types Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to corrections limit 1 to book or media reviews limit 1 to review articles Publication Years Command Syntax: ..l/1 yr=1998 Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to yr=1998
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, SB, JC
Elements of SO (Source) Field
JN, PG, YR, VO, IP, DP
===== ============ Label Name/Example ===== ============ AB Abstract [Word Indexed] bone density.ab. drug abuse.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, including value-added fields such as Subject Headings. The only thing excluded from an All Fields search are fields such as "floating subheading" or "heading word" which are created by the loading process and do not actually appear in the record. AN Accession Number [Phrase Indexed] 00001240-199709000-00008.an. 00003098-199801000-00012.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. (NEW!) BT Byline Text [Word Indexed] 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] muscle biopsy.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. (NEW!) CW Corporate Author Word [Word Indexed] pediatric.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. february 1, 1996.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." (NEW!) KW Author Keywords [Word Indexed] tuberculosis.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. (NEW!) LG Language [Phrase Indexed] eng.lg. The Language (LG) field contains the language or languages in which the main body of the document is written. (NEW!) OT Other Title [Word Indexed] 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. (NEW!) SB Journal Subset [Phrase Indexed] nursing.sb. life sciences.sb. Each journal title in Journals@Ovid is classified in at least one of five Journal Subsets (SB). The five subsets are: Behavioral & Social Sciences, Life Sciences, Clinical Medicine, Nursing, and Physical Science & Engineering. Searching the Journal Subset field brings up all articles within each journal in the subset. (NEW!) SL Summary Language [Phrase Indexed] 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. UP Update Code [Phrase Indexed] 20010000.up. The Update Code (UP) field contains a 8-digit number representing the year in which documents were published in this database, in YYYY0000 format. 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.
===== ============ Field Name/Example ===== ============ 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.