Delivering the Building Blocks
for today’s
Consortia Customers
Dot.lib Partner Meeting, Rio2005
Mark Schregardus
Vice-President, International Sales
Ovid Technologies / Wolters Kluwer Health
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Agenda
 Introduction
 Interface developments:
 Ovid Web Gateway
 WebSPIRS 5.1 – PREVIEW
 Technology update
 LinkSolver
 SearchSolver
 E-books update:
 Books@Ovid developments
 Atheneu Lingua project
 Content Offerings
 Final Thoughts & Questions
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Ovid Web Gateway – available now
 New “Look and Feel”
 Contemporary, cleaner appearance
 Better and easier navigation
 New Features / Functionality
 Find Similar
– Retrieves similar articles (based on title words and
related synonyms)
 Find Citing Articles (“cited by”)
– Identifies articles in J@O that cite a current article
 Find a Citation
– Locate an article from a database
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Find Similar & Citing Articles (“cited by”)
•Find Citing Articles
•Find Similar
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Reference Citation Links
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ALWAYS: One Click to Full Text
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Find Citation
•Find Citation
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WebSPIRS 5.1 – Preview
 Enhance features to meet user requirements
 Display Limits in use on main search
 Cleaner Database Display
 Direct export of references (RefWorks, ProCite,
EndNote…)
 Better “Branding” options
 Add highly desired features
 Find Citing Articles in PsycINFO
 Find Citation
 Find Similar
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More space for
library branding
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New
Find Citation
area
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Find
similar
citations
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Direct export to
personal reference
manager
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Why Ovid / SP Platform?
 Very well known & accepted: trained user-base
 Searching delivers precise, accurate and relevant
results
 Full integration of bibliographic databases, journals
and books
 Full integration with non-Ovid resources
 Unique combination of licensed and exclusive/unique
content
 Ovid’s platform & Technology adds value to the core
Content
=> Usage statistics demonstrate the success!
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CHALLENGE:
How do I maximize the value of
my investment in content
resources, and increase usage?
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In today’s world…
 There are many sources of information
 Information sources are more varied and complex
than ever
 Bibliographic databases
 E-journals (subscribed and free OA journals)
 Web resources
 Local content
 How do users know where to start?
 How can we help end-users navigate your
institutional resources?
CHALLENGE:
How can I make sure users select and search the
appropriate resources?
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What is Ovid SearchSolver?
 Federated Search Engine
 Resource Discovery
 Searching
 It’s NOT a Portal
 Multi-protocol Support from a Variety of Vendors
 Designed and priced with our consortia-customers
in mind: flexible implementation!
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Why Ovid SearchSolver?
 Fast deployment with local support
 large existing library of database connectors
 A trusted local partner with intimate knowledge of
the current system and content resources
 ASP model offers hassle free solution
 Hosted and maintained online
 Mature technology
 Supports multiple protocols
 Can search “unlimited” resources simultaneously
 Flexibility to include local “Brazil” resources
 Customization and Branding option
 Multi-lingual implementation possible
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SearchSolver Interface
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Results Display
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Retrieves Relevant Results
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View Full Text In Native Interface
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Integrate Public Search Engines
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Rank Results With Search Options
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CHALLENGE:
How do I provide seamless links
and interconnect all available
subscribed and free resources?
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What is Ovid LinkSolver?
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A Universal Link Resolver product
 Uses OpenURL to resolve links from any compliant application
 Supports bi-directional linking
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Provides links from all your Ovid bibliographic resources to all your full
text journals (article level)
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Provides links from all your other vendors’ bibliographic resources to
all your full text journals (article level)
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Provides citation links from all your full text journals to all your full text
journals (article level)
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Provides links from any of your resources to information anywhere on
the internet using controlled meta-data
 Free journals
 Relevant websites
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Why Ovid LinkSolver?
 Fast deployment with local support
 A trusted local partner with intimate knowledge of the current
system and content resources
 An Online hosted and serviced solution: hassle-free!
 Proven solution & mature technology
 Hundreds of existing customer
 Designed for complex consortia customers
 Limit to ALL available full text feature:
 Ovid full text, Primary Publishers, CrossRef, aggregators
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Why Ovid LinkSolver?
 Links packages
 Predefined (free) packages of links to free journals (DOAJ,
BioMedCentral, PubMedCentral, HighWire), with Embargoe
management
 Library of valuable Internet resources
 “One-click” access to all your electronic journal subscriptions
(Ovid & non-Ovid)
 Ovid is a CrossRef founding member and hosts the database
locally
 Faster resolution of links
 More reliable linking
 Global Import/Export feature for managing journal holdings
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Why Ovid LinkSolver?
 Embargo support
 Unique in the industry
 Accurate definitions of embargoes so you don’t
miss out
 Designed for Consortia
 Complex account structures and authentication
schemes are supported
 Counter compliant Statistics
 Fully integrated with your other Ovid stats
 Co-branding of LinkSolver page
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eResource Integration – Ovid LinkSolver™
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Ovid’s Limit to Full Text is Comprehensive
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With One-Click Access to Full Text
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SearchSolver and LinkSolver help you to…
 … increase usage of ALL your institutional resources
 … deliver direct access to the most relevant
information you can provide your users
 … reduce the burden of training end users
 … support personalized individual configuration &
management
 … offer a complete and open solution for platformindependent cross-searching and linking
 …MAXIMIZE the value of your investment in content!
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Open Platform for Universal eResource Access
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Discovery
*Logos Trademarked by Respective Companies
Search
Journals@Ovid
Seamless Linking
Full Text
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Books@Ovid
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Books@Ovid: Technology
FULLY INTEGRATED WITH OTHER OVID PRODUCTS:
 Searching
 Search across databases, journals and books
 Search only Books with Natural Language
 Linking from book references
 To electronic journal articles on Ovid, external journals,
bibliographic references, internet resources, etc.
 Browsing tools
 Table of contents
 Back of the book index
 Browse books by title and by subject
 Jumpstarts to topics
 Print preview and page numbers
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Search across db’s, books and journals
FULLY INTEGRATED WITH ALL OTHER OVID PRODUCTS:
 Searching:
 Search across databases, journals and books
 with databases and journals
 in “Ti”. only
 Linking from book references
 To articles on Ovid, external journals, bib. references
 Two browsing tools: expandable table of contents plus a back
of the book index
 Browse books by title and by subject
 Natural language search
 Jumpstarts to topics
 Print preview and page numbers
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Search across db’s, books and journals
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Natural Language searching (1)
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Natural Language searching (2)
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Book Reference linking to e-journals (1)
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Book Reference linking to e-journals (2)
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Integration brings…
 Single Ovid search interface for all content types
 Searching books together with journals and
databases
 One-click links from references to FT, bibliographic
records, and external resources
 Full support for any Universal Link Resolver
solution
 Availability of Ovid tools such as document ordering,
personal accounts, Ask a Librarian
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Books@Ovid: Content update
 Currently just over 200 titles, most are exclusive and
unique to Ovid
 By the end of this year we will have over 350 book
titles available (45% growth), most exclusive and
unique to Ovid
 But it is not just about quantity:
 All these titles are carefully selected: Quality
Indicators:
 Top Brands in their field
 On the Brandon/Hill Core Book List
 On Doody’s Core Book List
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Books@Ovid: Subject Coverage
Specialty
Allergy and Immunology
Anesthesiology/Pain Medicine
Biochemistry
Cardiology
Critical Care
Dentistry
Dermatology
Emergency Medicine
Endocrinology (IM)
Epidemiology/Public Health (BS)
Gastroenterology
General and Internal Medicine
Genetics (Medical)
Geriatrics (IM)
Hematology
Infectious Disease (IM)
Microbiology (BS)
Nephrology (IM)
Neuroanatomy (BS)
# New Books
6
1
2
4
1
1
7
4
5
1
9
1
3
2
8
1
3
3
# of Journals
25
28
34
39
27
22
21
10
34
18
90
27
16
38
17
14
14
See journals for
Neurology
# of Books (Total)
5
12
1
10
7
1
3
16
7
6
5
25
1
5
4
15
1
7
3
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Books@Ovid: Subject Coverage
Specialty
Neuroanatomy (BS)
Neurology
Nursing
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Oncology (IM)
Ophthalmology
Orthopaedics
Pathology
Pediatrics
Pharmacology
Physical Medicine
Physiology
Psychiatry
Psychology
Radiology
Respiratory Medicine/Pulmonary Medicine
Rheumatology (IM)
Sports Medicine
Surgery
Urology
# New Books.
3
2
5
6
5
3
3
1
4
7
1
1
6
1
3
3
3
2
11
1
# of Journals
See journals for Neurology
61
73
40
33
20
22
18
52
52
8
66
See psychiatry
19
8
13
13
23
13
# of Books (Total)
3
7
28
19
22
6
12
1
22
14
1
1
15
1
7
4
6
4
16
5
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Top Brands in Internal/General
Medicine
Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine –
McGraw-Hill (B/H, Doody’s)
•The gold standard for over 50 years and the #1
bestselling medical textbook
Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment –
McGraw-Hill (B/H, Doody’s)
•Most popular annual medical book!
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Top Brands in Psychiatry
Kaplan and Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of
Psychiatry – LWW (B/H, Doody’s)
•First major reference in general psychiatry. Adapted
by psychiatry residency programs around the world
•New edition coming (November in print)
Neuropsychopharmacology: The Fifth Generation
of Progress – LWW (Doody’s)
•Official publication of the American College of
Neuropsychopharmacology
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry – LWW
(Doody’s)
•Recommendations consistent with DSM-IV and
ICD-10
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Top Brands in Cardiology
Hurst’s the Heart – McGraw-Hill (B/H, Doody’s)
Latest therapeutic strategies and evidence-based
data
 Written by international group of thought leaders
spearheaded by the world-renowned Valentin Fuster
Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine – LWW
(Doody’s)
Edited by Eric Topol, 2003 Past President of AAC
 Most modern approach to the field – EBM practice
guidelines, outcomes data, medical economics
Kaplan's Clinical Hypertension – LWW (B/H,
Doody’s)
Practical recommendations from a leading authority
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What is new in Q4 2005:
Science and Technology titles
 More Subject Choices to Support Academic
Curriculum and Research
 Bioscience
 Engineering
 General Reference
 Trusted Books@Ovid features
 Search text, title and natural language
 Browse ToC of Back of the Book Index
 Reference Links
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Ovid and McGraw-Hill Partnership
New Science References!
 McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Bioscience
 McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Chemistry
 McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Earth Science
 McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Engineering
 McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Environmental Science
 McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Physics
Essential Dictionaries to match
Encyclopaedias also available!
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Leading Scientific Texts
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Zeiger, Essentials of Writing Biomedical Research Papers
 Consulted by scholars the world over!
 Ideal for students, editors, and writers who want to master format
or learn techniques that will improve their writing
Nauman, Handbook of Chemical Reactor Design
 Provides a detailed explanation of multiple chemical reactors.
Includes numerical solutions and important chapters on biochemicals and polymers
 Colour graphs and Tables!
Liou, Microfluid Mechanics Principles and Modeling
 A rigorous reference that begins with the fundamental principles
governing microfluid mechanics and progresses to more complex
mathematical models
 Helps research engineers to better measure and predict reactions
of gaseous and liquids in microenvironments
Peters, Molecular Thermodynamics and Transport Phenomena
 Molecular Thermodynamics and Transport Phenomena
 Describes these natural phenomena in the language of
mathematics
 Quantitatively characterizes relationship between scales of time,
energy, space and chosen structural hierarchies
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E-Books Challenges:
* Archive Access
* Pricing Models
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Project Lingua:
Bringing you local language content!
David Myers
Executive Director – Licensing
Wolters Kluwer Health, Medical Research
March 12, 2016
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Agenda
Introducing: Project Lingua
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Objective
Features and functionality
Initial Content Categories
Sample Titles
Let’s take a look…
Lingua Launch Plans
Pilot pricing
Future Development
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Lingua Objective
Provide relevant local language content to enhance
premium quality content from the Ovid platform
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Features and Functionality
Interface:
 Look and feel of Books@Ovid
 Toggle between languages (Portuguese, Spanish
and English)
 Access from Ovid Web Gateway
Search/Browse
 Spell correction
 Search and display diacritics
 Relevance ranked results and find similar
 Refine by author, journal, concept and subject
 Browse titles & dynamic table of contents
 PDF’s
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Initial Content Categories
 Subjects include
 Pediatrics
 Cardiology
 Surgery
 Gynecology
 General Medicine
 Otolaryngology
 Urology
 Basic Science
 Infectious
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Nursing
Dentistry
Geriatrics
Nutrition
Endocrinology
 Ultimately, Ovid will provide
 650+ books
 15 journals
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Some Sample Books
 Maciel and Serra. Tratado de Queimaduras. (Burn treatment.)
 Braga. Tabela de bolso de calorias para Dietas. (Pocket
handbook of calorie content for nutrition.)
 Cimerman. Atlas de Parasitologia. (Atlas of parasitology)
 Ferreira and Póvoa. Cardiologia para o Clínico Geral.
(Cardiology for general practice.)
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Browsing & Searching
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“Anestesia” search results
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Relevant Chapter
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Launch Plans: Atheneu Content
 166 books and 1 journal in initial launch
 Over 650 books and 14 journals on completion of
first phase
 Going forward all front list will be available on Ovid
 70% Portuguese & 30% Spanish
 CD-ROM archive for perpetual access
 Pricing
 concurrent user, site license & consortia pricing
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Pilot Pricing
 Possible Pricing Models
 Concurrent user
 Site license
 Custom quote for multi-site
 “Off Year” Pricing (Renewal Until New Edition is
Released)
 “Renewal Year” Pricing (Renewal in Year that
New Edition is Released)
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Future Development
 Local Language content Search, Browse and
Interface will be folded into the core Ovid service
 Trans-literated searching (E.G. Search query in
English, retrieve non-English results)
 Translated content (E.G. Spanish content, translated
on the fly to English)
 Support for additional languages
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Questions?
Thank you!
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Ovid Content Offering
Summary Overview:
 300+ bibliographic databases
 1,200+ e-journals from 65+ publishers
 Selected based on quality and relevance
 No embargoes!
 Wide range of top Society titles
 Through LWW Publishing
 Licensing of individual titles through Ovid
 200+ English language e-books
 Atheneu / Lingua project: local language books
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NEW: CABI Journal Collection on Ovid
 16 CABI e-journals now available
 Veterinary
 Agriculture / Farming
 Nutrition
 Possibility of a Trial
 End-of-Year Pricing available!
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Final Thoughts: KSF for Consortia
 Mission / Vision / Strategy
 Strong Leadership
 Establish Funding & Administrative Procedures
 Support / cooperation from the institutions
 VERY well set-up for future expansion!
 You will be FULLY supported by Ovid / WK
 We are READY to explore the next phase with you!
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Questions?
email: mschregardus@ovid.com
Dot.lib Partner Meeting, Rio2005
Mark Schregardus
Vice-President, International Sales
Ovid Technologies / Wolters Kluwer Health
©2003 Wolters Kluwer Health. All Rights Reserved.