Helpsheets

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Ovid Quick Reference Card
   [pdf, 2 pages]
Ovid Database Field Guides
   [html] Ovid Field Guides provide in-depth documentation for each Ovid database. Some of the databases listed are not available to UNSW users.
Ovid Interactive Tutorial
   [html] A self-paced tutorial from the Ovid Training and Documentation Center
Medline Interactive Tutorial
   [html] This tutorial has been adapted by UNSW Biomedical Library staff from the tutorial designed by Duke University Medical Center.
UNSW Library Database Guide - Medline
   [pdf, 2 pages] A quick guide to using Medline on Ovid

Truncation & Wildcards

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$             prevent$ = prevent, prevents, prevention
#             wom#n = woman, women

#             pattern# = pattern not patterns
?             pattern? = pattern, patterns
?             colo?r = color, colour


Alerting Services
These services assist you to keep up to date with the latest research and literature in your field as it becomes available.

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AutoAlert (SDI)
   Both Table of Contents Alerts (TOC) and Saved Search Alerts (SSA) are available.

TOC - The tables of contents of selected journals are sent to you by email, sometimes before the journal issue is available.

SSA - A Saved Search Alert is based on a search in a database or group of databases. The search is run at specified intervals, usually weekly, and you are alerted via email if any new articles on your topic have been published.