News from Aug 03, 2009

  2009/08/03
Ovid Tips
Last changed: Aug 03, 2009 11:23 by Sandy Tucker
Labels: transport-database, ovid

If you search the Transport database, you may be using at a new interface - Ovid instead of SilverPlatter.  Here are some basics for using Ovid:

Truncation

Unlimited truncation:  rootword$ or rootword:

Limited truncation:  rootword$n

Boolean Operators

ADJn is a positional operator that lets you retrieve records that contain your terms (in any order) within a specified number of words of each other.  To apply adjacency, separate your search terms with the ADJ operator and a number from 1 to 99.

Posted at 03 Aug @ 11:23 AM by Sandy Tucker | 0 Comments

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