Effective July 2, 2001, the LSUHSC Library in New Orleans has changed the selection of databases searchable through the Ovid search system. As a result, some databases that were formerly available through Ovid are now available only through other search systems or websites.

The following databases continue to be available through Ovid:

• MEDLINE, 1966 to present
• CINAHL, 1982 to present
• Core Biomedical Collection, 1993 to present
• BioethicsLine, 1973 to 2000 only.
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ERIC, PsycINFO, CancerLit, and HealthSTAR are no longer available through Ovid, but may be accessed using the methods outlined below:

ERIC - 1966 to present will be available:

• Through the Silver Platter WebSPIRS link removed search system and
• Through Cambridge Scientific Abstracts link removed.

• Through Silver Platter WebSPIRS link removed.

CancerLit is now available for free as a database offered directly from the National Cancer Institute's website.

• Access by going to the Library's homepage link removed and clicking on the Databases or Search Systems link, or
• By going directly to the NCI website link removed.

HealthSTAR will cease in its current form altogether. Journal articles that were previously indexed in HealthSTAR will now be incorporated into PubMed. Monographic materials that were previously indexed in HealthSTAR will be available from the National Library of Medicine's catalog, LOCATORplus.

• Users can access PubMed link removed two different ways:
1) by going to the Library's homepage link removed and clicking on Search Systems, then clicking on NLM Databases in the left-hand frame, then clicking on PubMed in the right-hand frame, or
2) by going directly to the PubMed website at http://pubmed.gov/ link removed.
• Users can access LOCATORplus link removed by clicking the link at the bottom right-hand corner of the Library homepage link removed, or by going directly to LOCATORplus website at http://locatorplus.gov/ link removed.

*Additionally, BioethicsLine has ceased in its current form, and its future is uncertain at this time. For recent materials that would have been indexed in BioethicsLine, please contact a Reference Librarian.

As always, contact the Library's Reference link removed Department at 568-6102 or 568-8339, or the Dental link removed Library at 619-8507 to answer questions or address concerns.

-- Beth Oliver
eolive@lsuhsc.edu link removed