| OvidSP lets you browse Books@Ovid for records of interest in addition to searching records. |
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Click the Books tab from the Main Search page to open the browse books page to begin. |

Click the Email Jumpstart link to open the form where you can target a jumpstart to the full book list.
Click the Hide Book Covers link to suppress the display of book cover images and speed up the load time of your book titles.
The browse books page provides you with dynamic access to Books@Ovid records and the OvidSP Full Text of your site's subscription.
| OvidSP Session Options | Navigate to other parts of your OvidSP session. | |
| Quick Search box | Run a basic search through all books in your site's subscription. For details, click here. | |
| Browse by Title | Lists books by title. Browse here if you know the name of the book or if you want to browse an alphabetical list of titles. For details, click here. | |
| Browse by Subject | Lists books by subject category. Browse here if you know that books you want pertain to a certain subject. Or, create an alphabetically arranged subject matter list. For more details, click here. | |
| Book List navigation | Navigate the book list using First, Previous, Next, and Last links. | |
| Record Options | OvidSP provides several record-level features. For details, click here. |
OvidSP alphabetically arranges all book titles in the initial display by default. Start here If you know the name of the book you want or if you just want to browse an alphabetical list of titles.
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| Click a link, and OvidSP jumps to titles within the display that begin with a specific letter or number.
Or, navigate the display page by page by using First, Next, Last, and Previous buttons. |
Click the Email Jumpstart link and OvidSP opens a form so that you can target the jumpstart to this book list.
| If you click a number or letter link for which no titles are available, OvidSP displays the closest matching title and this message. | ![]() |
Collapse or expand the alphabetical letter links by clicking the Browse by Title link.
Browsing by subject can be a convenient way to look for books and records of interest. OvidSP arranges books within categories and sub-categories.
| Click an Information icon to read about a subject.
Subject notes can help you decide what subjects to browse. |
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Click a main category, and OvidSP provides you with further sub-categories.
| Now browse sub-categories and click a topic.
OvidSP refreshes the titles display to provide an alphabetical list of books from the category selected. |
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In effect, you have created an alphabetically arranged subject list that you can browse for titles of interest. OvidSP provides First, Next, Last, and Previous links so that you can navigate larger titles displays page by page.
Click the Email Jumpstart link and OvidSP opens a form so that you can target the jumpstart to this book list.
If your site does not subscribe to titles of a certain subject, OvidSP does not display that subject in the navigation menu. Also, some titles may be assigned to more than one subject.
Collapse or expand the subject links by clicking the Browse by Subject bar.
Working with Records in the Display
OvidSP provides basic information for each book record in the display. Links throughout the display help you navigate through the journal names. In addition, each journal record has four helpful elements:
- "Sticky Note" capability
- Purchase Print Copy link (when available)
- Update icons
- Title link
By default, twenty books display per page. Contact Ovid Customer Support to change this number.
| Click the note icon of a record. | ![]() |
| OvidSP opens an Edit Annotation window.
Click here for details about OvidSP's annotation feature. |
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Click the Purchase Print Copy link of a record.

OvidSP opens the online form of a trusted vendor from whom you can purchase a printed copy of the title.
Update indicator icons
| OvidSP displays update indicators beside the titles of books that have been updated recently. These icons display in the book's Full Text and table of contents to help you more easily locate the current material. | ![]() |
Displaying OvidSP Book Full Text
| Click the title link of a record, and OvidSP opens the Book Full Text Display. | |
Book content links are customizable and can be set to any subscribed book or web-based resource. Links may appear as a graphical icon or a text link. Contact Ovid Customer Support for full details or to enter your request.
When you access book content by means of a custom link, OvidSP does not allow you to conduct a search. To resume searching in subscribed content, navigate to the Main Search Page.
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OvidSP: Browse Books@Ovid






