Ovid basics: journal search
2004 version 2
Updated 24 May 2004
You also know that Anne Ponsonby published the article in the journal Seminars in Perinatology.
1. Select from the Main Search page icons;
2. You will be asked to "Enter the first few letters of a full journal name; do not use abbreviations:"
3. Type seminars in p in the search box and click
4. You will be taken to the system's alphabetical list of journals at the point in the list closest to your search term. Use the or
buttons if your desired term does not appear on the screen straight away.
Notice that the $ truncation symbol isn't used, and it is different to title searching in that it is necessary to start at the beginning of the journal title or you will not find it.
Figure 9: Journal index
5. You will see the entry that corresponds to the journal, so place a tick (click) by it and click
Contrary to normal instructions make sure that you do just use initials when searching for the BMJ (from 1988 onwards) or JAMA (throughout the entire database).
Any questions? Please contact the MEDLINE Plus help desk:
Tel: 020 7383 6224 or 6737
email: info.medline@bma.org.uk
web: http://www.bma.org.uk/medline
Updated 24 May 2004