OSCE Information Search Revision Material

It was great to see the first years that came to our pre OSCE drop-in. If you missed the session or would just like a recap then take a look at the HYMS library webpages this page has everything you need for revision including mini-tutorials covering Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT), truncation and wild cards (or truncat* and “w?ld cards” if we are being clever about it). There’s also the updated Medline tutorial and the IS2 workbook on this page too. Take a look at these over the next couple of weeks and make sure that you are familiar with the skills contained in the various guides available to you. Good luck everyone!

Save searches on the Ovid platform

Have you ever been doing research and thought, "I can't remember how I found that really useful article before?" Do you have a really good search strategy that you re-enter from scratch each time you use it? Save yourself some time by saving searches.

To do this in the Ovid platform (which includes the databases Embase and Medline), go to http://libguides.hull.ac.uk/medicine/FindArticles and follow the link to Medline and Embase.

Login with your York account.

Choose the database you want to use.

Go to My Account. If you do not already have a personal account in Ovid, create a personal account. If you do, sign in.

 Enter your search.

Once the search is complete, click save search history.

 Enter a name for the search and click save.

 The search can be accessed from the My Searches and Alerts area in My Workspace.

You can then re-run the search whenever you want!

Ovid Medline Database reload notification

We have received the following information regarding a recent Ovid Medline database reload:

After the recent 2013 MEDLINE reload, an issue was found where links between the MeSH® terms for the drug classes and the specific narrower drug terms in the pharmacologic actions tree were disconnected during the global reload. Customers utilizing the pharmacologic actions limit may need to run their saved searches again once this issue has been resolved.

We are currently working to resolve this issue as soon as possible and will notify users when this has been corrected.

We apologize for any inconvenience this issue may have caused you and your patrons. If you should have any questions, please contact us at support@ovid.com.

Regards,

Timothy Curran
Vice President, Customer Support
Wolters Kluwer Health Medical Research - Ovid