Ovid Medline Users - Saved Searches & AutoAlert Results
Please see the Update from Ovid:
On 29 September, the NLM supplied
us with an unexpected and unusually large set of replacements, containing 1.62 million records.
As we start to implement this huge update over the
next weeks, we want to inform you, as it may affect some saved searches, and
AutoAlert result counts for Ovid MEDLINE.
What does this mean for Ovid MEDLINE users?
We expect the impact for most Ovid users to be
minimal, but we do recognize the following situations:
- If
existing search strategies contain searches that include the IO or the JA
field, they may retrieve different results after the updates are
implemented. Please note that regular keyword searches (.mp) on Ovid do
not include the Abbreviation fields, and are not affected.
- All
status “In-Process”, “In Data Review” and “PubMed-Not-MEDLINE” records
that are replaced will be alerted on. If your AutoAlert does not have
“History deduplication” enabled, the updated records will be seen as new
records, which may cause a significant increase in AutoAlert results.
- AutoAlerts
that include the Ovid MEDLINE Revisions segment (medc) will not be affected.
While we normally do alert on all Status MEDLINE corrections in the
monthly updated Revisions segment, we will plan NOT to alert on MEDLINE
corrections supplied in the set of 1.62 million replacement records. By
doing so we will prevent large spikes in AutoAlerts that include the
“medc” segment.
Feel free to contact Customer Support with any questions by sending an email to support@ovid.com
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