Ovid Showcases OvidSP Platform Features, Plus New Content Offerings at SLA 2008
Visitors to Booth #1405 Will Learn the Latest News and Information on OvidSP and New Journal and Book Content, and View Guided OvidSP Demos.
New York, NY (June 15, 2008) – Ovid, part of Wolters Kluwer Health and a global leader in the development and delivery of customizable electronic research information for the medical, scientific and academic markets, will highlight its innovative search platform, OvidSP, at the 2008 Special Libraries Association Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA. SLA 2008 will be held from June 15 through June 18, 2008 at the Washington State Convention Center. Ovid also will be highlighting new content offerings for information professionals in the pharmaceutical and other key industries at booth #1405.
“We’re very excited to showcase OvidSP to the SLA community and demonstrate the platform’s many search options and workflow tools that are designed to work the way all types of users—especially those served by the diverse array of librarians in attendance here in Seattle—want to work,” said Andrew L. Popper, Vice President of Global Products at Ovid. “This is a great opportunity to engage and listen to a significant segment of our global customer base.”
Throughout the conference, Ovid will be offering three 15-minute in-booth presentations focused on OvidSP features and functionality, as well as literature management solutions from QUOSA, Inc. At the booth, customers can attend “Using The Right Tool For Your Search,” a session designed to help users optimize their search strategies using different types of OvidSP search modes; “Streamline Your Search With OvidSP Workflow Tools,” which will focus on alerts, annotations, and other tools designed to support improved workflow activity; and “Successful QUOSA Implementations,” which includes two real-life case studies of using QUOSA tools at an institution.
Ovid also will be showcasing new and updated content offerings, including convenient, cost-effective collections of high-quality books from LWW: the LWW Doody’s Core Titles and LWW Medical Book 2007 collections. New book editions include the 17th edition of Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, the #1 selling medical textbook worldwide, as well as the 17th edition of DeVita, Hellman, and Rosenberg's Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology. New journal offerings include The Patient: Patient Centered Outcomes Research from Adis International, as well as two Circulation journals from the American Heart Association (AHA).
Stop by booth #1405 for a schedule of these informative sessions.
About Ovid
Ovid is a global information solutions provider offering clinicians, professionals, students, and researchers in the medical, scientific, and academic fields customizable solutions of content, tools, and services that make research smarter, faster, and more effective. Ovid is used by the world’s leading colleges and universities; medical schools; academic research libraries and library consortia; hospitals and healthcare systems; pharmaceutical, engineering and biotechnology companies; and HMOs and clinical practices.
Ovid is a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a division of Wolters Kluwer. For more information, go to ovid.com.
About Wolters Kluwer Health
Wolters Kluwer Health (Conshohocken, PA), a division of Wolters Kluwer, is a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry. Major brands include traditional publishers of medical and drug reference tools and textbooks, such as Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and Facts & Comparisons®; electronic information providers, such as Ovid, Medi-Span® and ProVation; and pharmaceutical information providers such as Adis International and Source®. Wolters Kluwer Health has annual revenues (2007) of $1,044 million (€761 million) and employs approximately 2,700 employees globally. For more information, visit www.WKHealth.com.