Tools in an OvidSP Multifile Session
OvidSP provides tools that let you discover more about the relationship between terms and subjects within the context of the database in which you are searching. OvidSP offers a variety of discovery tools in a multifile session.
| Matches terms with the controlled vocabulary of a database. | |
| Lets you see your term or phrase within a hierarchical structure of contexts based upon the controlled vocabulary of the database. | |
| Lets you see your term or phrase within an alphabetically-arranged listing of subject headings that display in a hierarchical structure based upon the controlled vocabulary of the database. | |
| Lets you see your single-word search term within contexts of similar terms, related terms, and used-for terms that display in a hierarchical structure based upon the controlled vocabulary of the database. | |
| Displays information about indexed terms that can help you find other subjects for your search. | |
| Expands search results to include records about the broader topic and all its related topics. | |
| Associated terms that focus a search to a specific aspect of a subject heading. | |
| A hierarchical display of database-specific subject categories arranged from broader to narrower terms. | |
| Searching a subject using a database tool: | |
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Select the Search Tools tab. |
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Type a term or phrase in the text box. |
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Select a tool. |
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Click the Search button. |
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| OvidSP displays an interim page when a tool is available in more than one database of your multifile.
Choose a database version of the tool in which to display the term. OvidSP applies the tool to the term to help you discover additional subjects or concepts. In our example, OvidSP opens the Global Health-formatted Permuted Index and displays the term obesity in context with other available subject headings. |
 Choose Database Format - Tools Page |
CCTR's Permuted Index for obesity
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Information icons allows you to view scope note information about terms in the display. |
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Subject headings are hyperlinked to structured vocabulary tools such as a Tree, Thesaurus, or Permuted Index. Click a link to browse subject headings within the hierarchical vocabulary structure. |
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To see the tool display of another database, click the Choose Database link. OvidSP re-opens the Choose Database Format - Tools Page where you can make another selection. |
Choosing a database-specific tool and selecting a term(s) from it for your search applies the term across all databases of the multifile. Wherever it can find relevant see terms and main terms, OvidSP posts these to your search history.
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