BUMC MEDLINE Plus/OVID Tutorial


Boston University Medical Center
Alumni Medical Library

Tutorial Menu Options
Tutorial Home
Instructions for Using this Tutorial
Developing Your Search Strategy
Formulating Your Question
Choosing An Appropriate Database
Selecting the Best 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
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 Tutorial Topics
Explaining OVID's Main Menu Icons
Searching for a Specific Author
Searching for Title Words
Searching for Journal Names


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PRINTING, E-MAILING, AND SAVING SEARCH RESULTS USING THE CITATION MANAGER

The ACTION column allows you to determine whether you want to print, e-mail, or save the citations.


Ovid: Bibliographic Records

Citation Manager: Display, Print, Save, or Email Citations Back to Top
CitationsFieldsCitation FormatAction
Selected Citations
All on this page
All in this set (1-72)

and/or Range:

Citation (Title,Author,Source)
Citation + Abstract
Citation + Abstract + Subject Headings
Complete Reference
Ovid
BRS/Tagged
Reprint/Medlars
Brief (Titles) Display
Direct Export

Include Search History





Sort Keys
Primary:
Secondary:


Printing using the DISPLAY or PRINT PREVIEW Options

The Display Citations option will display the selected output on the computer screen.

The Print Preview Citations option will also display the selected output on the computer screen, eliminating OVID's inserts and icons.

After the entire display appears on the screen, you can print using the PRINT icon in Netscape or Internet Explorer. Or, click on the FILE menu option in Netscape or Internet Explorer, then select PRINT to send the displayed citations to a printer.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
The Alumni Medical Library charges 10 cents per page for every page that is photocopied or printed from terminals in the Library and LRC Computing Lab. Students in the schools of Dental Medicine, Medicine, and Public Health are eligible to receive 500 free copies/printouts every semester. Free copy cards are issued at the Library Circulation Desk (bring your valid BU ID).


OVID will allow you to print up to 150 citations at a time. If the search has generated more than 150 relevant citations, you may want to use the "save" or "e-mail" options. Let's look at the EMAIL option next.