Tutorial on use of Ovid Nursing Collection database for Daytona State College nursing students

1. USING OVID NURSING
COLLECTION
DATABASE
Rachel Owens, Librarian, School of Nursing
rachel.owens@daytonastate.edu
(386)506-3842 OR (386)506-3518

2. WHAT ARE PEER-REVIEWED
JOURNAL ARTICLES?
• Peer-reviewed journal articles are those written by experts
and researchers in the field you are studying.
• They are the gold standard for quality, and your instructors
require you to use them.
• You will find them most easily through the library website.
• They are also known as scholarly articles, academic journal
articles, professional journal articles, and refereed articles.

3. FINDING OVID NURSING
COLLECTION
• On the library website, use the “Databases”
link to find the list of databases.
• Using the letters near the top, choose “O”
• Choose “Ovid Nursing Collection”
• Log in using your student ID and PIN (the
last four digits of your SSN)

8. WHY CHOOSE OVID?
• Contains the top nursing journals
• Is specific to nursing; others include
other health professions
• Everything in Ovid is Peer Reviewed.
No need to check a box.

9. READY TO SEARCH!
• Choose your terms carefully
• Not too many words
• It’s easier to begin broadly and narrow
your results than it is to begin
narrowly and have to broaden.

11. USING YOUR RESULTS
• Use the menu on the left to choose your
publication dates. Click on “Years” then
“Past 5 Years.”
• Click on “Article as PDF” to read the article.

13. PERMALINKS IN OVID
• Permalinks allow your classmates and
instructors to link directly to your
article.
• Easiest way to get them in Ovid: email
the article to yourself. The permalink
will appear in your email.

16. GET HELP!!
• DSC Nursing Research Guide
• DSC Research Assistance Desk
• (386)506-3518
• Rachel Owens
• Rachel.owens@daytonastate.edu
• (386)506-3842 (make an appointment!)