New Search Tools, More Flexibility, Faster Workflow—
Search without Boundaries with OvidSP

Dear Ovid Customer:

Since the launch of OvidSP on October 25, 2007, we’ve continued to implement enhancements and add new features to the platform that are based on ongoing customer feedback and market research on how users want to search.

Now we’re very excited to announce upcoming enhancements to OvidSP scheduled for Thursday, July 31, 2008!  This release moves beyond traditional searching, delivering enhancements and exciting new functionality that improve search flexibility, personalization, and sharing capabilities, so that users can work the way they want to work.

• Search Tab Additions and Enhancements – From the natural language processing of Basic Search to the controlled vocabulary of SilverPlatter Search—OvidSP offers a variety of search tools for all types of users. The new Multi-Field Search tab provides multiple search boxes for assigning specific fields to allow for a more targeted and specific search experience. Plus, we’ve streamlined the main search screen with a sleeker and more intuitive design.
  
  
• New and Improved User Workflow Tools – Flexibility and speed are crucial to research workflow. On July 31st, you’ll find new collapsible Search Aids, Results Manager, and Search History (also moveable); browser support for adjusting font sizes; enhanced annotations; and more.  Plus, we’ve expanded email capabilities to ease collaboration between users and their colleagues.
  
  
• My Projects Workspace Area – This new feature is a direct result of our customer feedback. My Projects provides a workspace for assembling and organizing research findings, so you can manage them in a way that works for you.  Linkable from every page in the application, you can upload saved searches, results, images, and more.
  
  
• Introducing Ovid Universal Search – A new, premium search offering!  Ovid Universal Search is breakthrough technology that delivers cross-platform content searching - all within the OvidSP interface.  Available as an add-on solution, Universal Search provides unlimited potential for searching full text wherever it resides.  Plus, Ovid Universal Search allows you to use many of the great search tools from Ovid like saved searches, annotations, and now My Projects!

Everything listed above will be incorporated into our French-, German-, and Spanish-language interfaces!

OvidSP Resource Center
As July 31st approaches, you’ll receive weekly communications from Ovid that provide more details on the upcoming features and functionality. In the meantime, the OvidSP Resource Center continues to be your source for information and news on the upcoming release.  Over the next 5 weeks, we’ll add new training schedules and tutorials, screen shots, and new and revised marketing materials you can use when promoting the release to your users.

Constant innovation helps us maintain our status as the world’s #1 scholarly search platform. That’s why OvidSP continues to evolve to meet the changing needs of the market and how users want to search.

Remember that the SilverPlatter platform is scheduled to retire Q1 2009.  For information on setting up a trial to the OvidSP platform, contact your Ovid Account Representative or support@ovid.com.

Regards,

Wolters Kluwer Health - Ovid