Ovid LinkSolver

The next generation of linking
Ovid LinkSolver, a comprehensive resource linking solution, expands the power of linking to a wide variety of Internet resources, while giving you complete administrative flexibility in defining, organizing and displaying links for your end-users.

Ovid LinkSolver – The right tool for you Ovid LinkSolver is the preferred choice in next generation universal linking solutions. Ovid LinkSolver is:

• Flexible: define, organize and display links that are relevant to your organization and end-users.
• Priced right: enjoy an extraordinary value for the best linking tools and features available.
• Easy to upgrade: your set-up is simple and quick — upgrade today, start linking tomorrow.
• Robust: our worldwide data centers optimize user performance and uptime reliability.
• Ovid hosted: we host the servers, you save valuable budget dollars on hardware and maintenance costs.

Ovid LinkSolver is easy to set up, administer, and use. You define the links based on your library’s resources and your patrons’ workflow. The result is simple, one-click access to a range of valuable resources. Easy to use Ovid LinkSolver creates comprehensive linking from OpenURL compliant information sources to Internet resources. You define the scope of your electronic library, while your users enjoy navigation to a world of relevant resources. Use Ovid LinkSolver to:

• Enjoy more accurate linking — Ovid LinkSolver enables you to select journal coverage by year, or volume and issue; lets you limit your search to all full text available from within Ovid databases; and can handle appropriate copy resolution.
• Enable one-click access from bibliographic databases to full text journal articles.
• Establish links to a variety of relevant Internet or Intranet resources—Amazon.com, governmental sites, educational institutions, local knowledgebases, and more.
• Link to print resource information from your library’s OPAC.
• Link to document ordering suppliers and inter-library loan systems.

Easy to administer Because you configure Ovid LinkSolver through a centralized link administration interface, you can:

• Save time and effort — Ovid LinkSolver requires no PERL programming.
• Select from preset link templates, representing thousands of journals from primary publishers and aggregators; or create your own link sources.
• Customize link names and resources that your users see.
  Expand administration globally or restrict to a single site — Ovid LinkSolver supports the demands of consortia and multi-site institutions.
• Limit searches from Ovid databases to all full text to which your institution subscribes.
• Upload electronic subscription lists from an OPAC or other serials management tools through Ovid’s import utility.
• Enjoy quick deployment — Ovid LinkSolver is set up and ready to use in no time.
• Link to proxy servers for remote user access to links.
• Google Scholar format now available

Now, a single link from a search query is your key to a wealth of relevant information. It’s yours to explore through the power of Ovid LinkSolver. Example of Link Target available in LinkSolver:

• Document Delivery* (es : infotrieve)
• Electronic Full Text (es : Blackwell-Synergy)
• External Link Resolver* (es : SFX)
• Library Holdings (es : HIP by Sirsi Dynix)
• Internet Resources (es : Scirus)
• Bibliographic Links (es : PubMed)
  h3. Ovid A to Z

Journals A-Z is a component of Ovid LinkSolver™ that enables users to quickly browse and search their institution’s e-journal collection. Using a simple, intuitive user interface, they can browse by A-Z title list or by subject classification, or search by journal title name. After selecting a journal title, users can link directly to the journal site for further research and discovery. Try the demo by clicking on the hyperlink: Ovid A-Z Demo

To view Journals A-Z in each of the supported languages click on the hyperlinks below:
Dutch, English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish
For more details: www.linksolver.com

Ovid Universal Search

Ovid continues to transform how users search for electronic scholarly literature. Ovid Universal Search is an innovative, ground-breaking solution that makes searching faster, more powerful, and more efficient, by enabling
you to search content resources across multiple platforms using just one interface — OvidSP.

With a single search query you can retrieve results from all your subscribed holdings and display them within OvidSP. That means you don’t have to spend time working with multiple platforms, going through numerous steps
and clicks to get your results. Only Ovid Universal Search offers true crossplatform searching fully integrated into the architecture of one platform.

• Review, analyze and organize results in a single format
• Simultaneously search across all of your content resources
• Use Ovid Universal Search in OvidSP Basic Search and Advanced Ovid Search
• Display results from non-Ovid platforms within the OvidSP interface
• Set up customized connectors for your OPAC and search your institution’s electronic content repository
• Use OvidSP search refinement and workflow tools for results retrieved through Ovid Universal Search
• Save searches and results directly into OvidSP’s My Projects workspace area

To activate a search using Ovid Universal Search is extremely easy: just select the box Universal Search from the OvidSP interface. And get results from different sources… To learn more For more information and a customized quotation, please contact our e-media office or the DEA branch nearest to you