Selection Screen Search Screen Basic Searching Display and Output of Hits Refining your Search Advanced Searching Saving and Retrieving Search Strategies Logging Off 1. Then click the Start Ovid button to enter the service. A description of each database can be displayed by clicking the information icon. To search a database click on the database name. When you have selected a database the Advanced Search Screen is presented.
Icons representing the Ovid commands and features appear in the toolbar near the top of the screen.
You can click the Basic icon for a simpler search screen similar to some popular Web search engines. Note that the full range of features is not available on the Basic Search Screen. Use the Advanced Search Screen for mapping facilities and the complete set of limit options. Click the Help button if you are unsure what action to take at any point in the Ovid service. Search results are displayed in the Search History box.