OvidSP Personal Accounts: Edit an Account
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Edit a Personal Account

Changes to personal account information must be made from within your personal account. Click the Personal Account button from the Main Search Page.

OvidSP opens the Personal Account Administration Page.

Click the Modify Personal Account link and OvidSP opens an online form from which you may change your account information.

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You are immediately prompted to the Modify Personal Account page upon your first login to the summer release of OvidSP when you log in to your personal account. Additional fields need to be supplied to update your personal account profile:

  • Username (Mandatory)
  • Password (Mandatory)
  • Personal Title (Mr, Ms, etc.) (Optional)
  • First Name (Mandatory)
  • Last Name (Mandatory)
  • Job Title (Mandatory)
  • Job Function (Mandatory)
  • Institution Name (Mandatory)
  • Institution Address (City/State/Country) (Optional)
  • Institution Type (Mandatory)
  • Email Address (Mandatory)

All fields that currently exist will be automatically populated for you.

To modify your Personal Account, follow the steps below:

Modify Personal Account Page
   
Type your current account name
Type your password
Re-enter password for confirmation
Type your First Name
Type your Last Name
Type your email address

Enter a security question

Click Save Changes button
 

 

OvidSP returns to the Personal Account Administration Page and displays a message confirming the changes.

 If a cookie containing your previous personal account name and password information is stored on your computer, OvidSP clears it when it updates account details.

 Update your Personal Account information immediately whenever your email address changes.

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