Help While You Are Searching

Depending on the OvidSP page you are currently using, you will find links at the top of the page to:

• Database Field Guide - Help specific to the database you are searching. If searching in multiple databases, this will let you view the Field Guides for each.
• Ask a UMDNJ Librarian - To email a question to a librarian at the UMDNJ Libraries.
• Display Knowledge Base - A searchable detailed database of FAQs, many very technical.
• Help - Help specific to the your current search tab: Ovid Advanced Search (the default), Basic Search, Find Citation, Search Tools, and Search Fields.

Documentation and Tutorials

Keep in mind that documentation and tutorials prepared by a non-UMDNJ library will include information specific to its own institution. Note that wherever you see a reference to "Ovid Syntax" tab, it has been renamed "Advanced Ovid Search".

From Ovid Technologies:

Ovid Database Guides - Field guides for all databases offered by Ovid
OvidSP Documentation - Includes a Get Started User Guide and Quick Reference Cards
OvidSP Resource Center - Check Product Info for users guides, fact sheets, etc.

Online Tutorials:

Tutorials from the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University

• New Features of Ovid SP
• Getting Started with Ovid SP
• Formulating Your Questions Using PICO
• Medical Subject Headings
• Combining and Limiting Searches in Ovid SP
• Ovid SP Search Result Display
• Saving Searches in Ovid SP

Using PICO to search the OvidSP CINAHL Nursing Database (Medical Library, North Colorado Medical Center)

Documentation / Handouts:

Ovid Essentials for Evidence-Based Medicine (UMDNJ Camden Campus Library)
Multiple Search Modes in OvidSP for MEDLINE (and more): What to Expect (Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library, George Washington University)
Natural Language Searching in Medline (and more) on OvidSP (Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library, George Washington University)
RSS Feeds on OvidSP (Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library, George Washington University)
OvidSP (St. John's Medical Library, St. John's Health System)