BUMC MEDLINE PLUS/OVID TUTORIAL

Alumni Medical Library
Boston University Medical Center


TUTORIAL MENU
 
Tutorial Home
Instructions for Using the Tutorial
Developing Your Search Strategy
Formulating Your Question
Choosing An Appropriate Database
Selecting the Best Search Terms
Advantages and Disadvantages of Text Word and Title Word Searching
Selecting the Best Medical Subject Headings
Quiz Section I: Text Word vs. MeSH Searching
Mapping Function
Subheadings
Tree Display
Explode Function
Focus Function
Combining Sets
Quiz Section II: Combining Sets
Limiting
Quiz Section III: Reviewing the Explode, Focus, Subheadings, and Limit Options
Viewing or Displaying Search Results
Full Text Options
Printing, E-Mailing, and Saving Search Results
Ordering Articles
Searching Tips, Hints, & Reminders
Tutorial Evaluation
ADDITIONAL TOPICS
OVID's Main Menu Icons
Author Searching
Title Word Searching
Journal Searching
OTHER RESOURCES
Searching for Evidence in the Primary Medical Literature Tutorial: EBM Tutorial
More Information about BUMC MEDLINE Plus/OVID
Direct-entry Commands: enable users to bypass menu options
OVID Documentation
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THE TUTORIAL

Menu items appear at the bottom of each page.

Click to return to the previous page.
Click to go to the next page. (NOTE: This arrow will be replaced with the VIEW SAMPLE SCREEN button, below, if an exercise is required.)
Click to perform the exercises and to see what the actual screens from Ovid will look like.
Click to return to the BUMC MEDLINE Plus/Ovid Tutorials start page.
Click to uncover information.

Text that appears in a PURPLE BOX includes explanations and instructions.

  • To adjust the tutorial's text font size for comfortable reading, click on the "View" option on the top of your Web browser screen. From the "View" menu, select the option to increase or decrease font size.

  • This tutorial incorporates many icons and screens from OVID, Inc. If you click on an icon that has not been programmed for clicking in this tutorial, you will exit the tutorial, and a "timeout/time has expired" screen will appear. Simply click on the "back" key on your Web browser to return to the tutorial.

  • This tutorial performs best using Internet Explorer. We do not recommend viewing this tutorial in Netscape.


 
 
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