Ovid|SP Online Help

Click on the View Saved button or you may go to the Saved Searches/Alerts tab directly to display Saved Alerts and Searches page From the Search History tab.

OvidSP provides several options to use with your saved searches from this page.

OvidSP lets you select a saved search from your list and:

Rerun it in your current search session (for details, see Run a Saved Search)
Make a copy of it (for details, see Copy a Saved Search)

Run, Delete, and Copy icons are located both at the top and at the bottom of the Saved Search Page.

OvidSP lets you perform these functions with saved searches.

	Rename a Saved Search. For details, see Rename a Saved Search.
	Edit a Saved Search. Edit icons display beside the name of saved searches that can be edited. For details, see Edit a Saved Search.
	Display a saved search. For details, see Display a Saved Search.
	Email an OvidSP Jumpstart to the results of a saved search.
	This icon displays for AutoAlerts only. In addition to renaming, editing, displaying, and emailing an AutoAlert, OvidSP also lets you view all actions associated with an AutoAlert. For details, see View an AutoAlert History.

OvidSP lets you choose how you want to rerun AutoAlerts. See Run an AutoAlert for details

Copy a Saved Search

Select the check box of the search you want to copy and click the Copy button to create a copy of a previously saved search. OvidSP refreshes the Saved Searches Page and lists the copied search beneath the original.

Edit the copy to best serve your purpose.

Keep in mind that OvidSP's saved searches functionality preserves only the strategy not the selection of databases in which the search was developed. Likewise, copying a saved search copies only the strategy not the selection of databases.

When you make a copy of an AutoAlert, history entries from the original alert do not copy over to the history of the copy. However, in the history of the copy, OvidSP displays the name of the original AutoAlert.

Use OvidSP's copy functionality to develop several searches based upon a single strategy.

Copying an Expert Search

Only your site administrator can rename or edit an expert search. But you can make a copy of an expert search, then treat the copied search like any other saved search: run it, rename it, edit it, display it for printout, email a jumpstart to it, and so on.

Expert Searches can be run in any OvidSP database. However, you gain best results when you use the search strategy in the database(s) for which it was intended.

When creating expert searches, include a reference to the database name (as in: expert_medf) in the name or comment field.

To enable expert searches in your OvidSP account, contact your site administrator.

Rename a Saved Search

Click the Rename icon to change the name a saved search. OvidSP refreshes and redisplays the existing search name in an active text box.

Type the new search name. Do not use leading spaces, trailing spaces, or invalid characters. Then click the Save icon. OvidSP saves the new search name, refreshes the Saved Searches Page, and displays a confirmation message. The renamed search displays alphabetically within its search type panel.

Cancels the action of renaming the saved search.

Do not rename a saved search with a name already in use by another search of the same type.

OvidSP's renaming functionality is only available for saved searches that can be edited. If you are logged in to OvidSP through a Personal Account, shared searches cannot be renamed.

Delete an Existing Statement

Click the Delete icon of a search statement, and OvidSP deletes the statement immediately.

OvidSP deletes search statements immediately. No interim page displays, and statements cannot be retrieved.

When you are done editing a saved search, you can either:

Click the Cancel button to undo changes made on the Edit Current Search Page
Click the Save button to finalizes changes made from the Edit Current Search Page

Email an Ovid Jumpstart to a Saved Search or AutoAlert

Click the Email Jumpstart icon to email an OvidSP Jumpstart to a saved search. OvidSP opens the Email Jumpstart Page.

Follow these steps:
1.	Type email addresses of recipients. Separate addresses with commas, not spaces.
2.	OPTIONAL: Type your own email address.
3.	OPTIONAL: Type a new subject.
4.	OPTIONAL: Add comments. Do not change the URL information or the jumpstart will break.
5.	Click the Send Email button.

OvidSP displays a confirmation message and sends the jumpstart.

When you email an OvidSP Jumpstart to a saved search, the URL sent opens an OvidSP session within the database(s) from which you made the request.

AutoAlert jumpstarts requests are different. When you email an OvidSP Jumpstart to an AutoAlert, the URL sent opens an OvidSP session in the database(s) from which the AutoAlert was created—not in the database(s) from which you made the request.

Note:

If a search is executed using Universal Search, the OvidSP jumpstart will execute a Universal Search as well.

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