2022 Ovid Nursing Database Reload News

The Ovid Nursing Database has been reloaded for the annual update of the Medline input.

In addition, Ovid has made the following changes:

Changed Field

Label   Field Name   What's Changed
SB   Journal Subset  

The NLM has discontinued their Journal Subset (SB) limits for MEDLINE/PubMed with the 2022 reload, with the exception of "index medicus.sb." and "oldmedline citations.sb.". All other ".sb" searches will stop functioning after the reload, as the NLM has removed all other SB indexing from the database. We strongly recommend that you review your search strategies if you used the Journal Subset (SB) field.

 

Changed Limit

Limit Name   What's Changed
Journal Subset  

The Journals Subset limit is also affected by the above mentioned change. However for the Journals Subset limits Ovid does have the ability to replace them and ensure existing Ovid search strategies and alerts don't break when they use any of these limits. The new limits are based on NLM Catalog searches using matching MeSH terms and title words for these subject areas. Please note the new limits and the ensuing results don't compare to the old NLM versions, so we strongly recommend that you review your search strategies if you used the Journal Subset limits.

New Journal Subset Limits

Changed Journal Subset Limits

          From   To
          Consumer Health Journals  

Consumer Health / Health Education Journals

          Core Clinical Journals (AIM)  

Core Clinical Journals (AIM: Discontinued in 2020)

          Foreign Journals  

International Journals

          Population Information Citations  

Population Characteristics Journals

          Consumer Health Journals  

Consumer Health / Health Education Journals

          Space Flight and Aerospace Medicine  

Space and Aerospace Medicine Journals

Deleted Journal Subset Limit

New Publication Type Limit

Complete details on new and changed fields are available in the database guide. If you have any questions, contact your Ovid Support Representative at [email protected].

Reload News last updated May 16, 2022.