"Quick access to a trusted, comprehensive information resource is essential for researchers and professionals alike," said Gary Foster, President and CEO of Ovid. "Books@Ovid further advances and integrates research, enabling the user to instantly obtain only the most relevant book chapters, articles, and abstracts as well as reference links from a vast array of highly respected reference texts, journals and databases. Today, Books@Ovid content supports primary and specialty medicine, as well as nursing and pharmacy, and is positioned to support expanded titles and subjects to meet the diverse content needs of our customers," added Foster.
Books@Ovid - which includes the world's largest collection of core clinical texts - transforms research as the user links between chapters, topics and referenced web sites, and browses the tables of contents. Whether the user is seeking synoptic content or in-depth research on a topic, Books@Ovid delivers the most relevant and complete search results in an intuitive, user-friendly interface. Books@Ovid is now fully integrated with Journals@Ovid and Ovid bibliographic databases, thereby giving users access to search across the entire Ovid content repository and access to the full range of Ovid tools including ask-a-librarian and personal accounts, as well as Ovid's robust linking to full text journals, bibliographic records and external web resources.
In response to customer demand, Ovid now delivers a complete back-of-the-book index that provides links to the page where the indexed concept is described, thereby maximizing the accuracy and speed of retrieval. Other new navigation features include subject, as well as title browsing and a fully expandable table of contents. The Books@Ovid platform offers 100% searching capability, including many user-friendly search tools:
- Single repository searching of books with databases and journals
- Natural language searching to locate complex clinical concepts in a single step, ranked in relevance order
- Heading and chapter titles searching
- Plus, specialized index searching of access points such as caption and reference text
Ovid's customized development process for Books@Ovid ensures that the best features of both the print and electronic versions are incorporated into every title, while leveraging the full potential of Ovid's linking. Books@Ovid offers the most extensive, respected and specialized collection of clinical references and has over 6,400 users worldwide.
About Wolters Kluwer Health
Wolters Kluwer Health is a global leader in information for health and medical professionals. Major brands include Adis International, Clin-eguide, Facts & Comparisons, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Medi-Span, Ovid and Skolar MD. Wolters Kluwer Health has annual revenues (2003) of €663 million and employs approximately 2,350 people. Wolters Kluwer Health is a division of Wolters Kluwer.
Wolters Kluwer is a leading multinational publisher and information services company. The company's core markets are spread across the health, tax, accounting, corporate, financial services, legal and regulatory, and education sectors. Wolters Kluwer has annual revenues (2003) of €3.4 billion, employs approximately 18,750 people worldwide and maintains operations across Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Its depositary receipts of shares are quoted on the Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices.
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