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TROUBLESHOOTING IN OVID

PRINTING

I didn't get my printout. Instead, I got the message "Data Missing."

You didn't wait for the document to fully load before pressing the Print button on your browser.

I wanted to print the citations I selected in full format. All I got were
the titles of articles, some I hadn't even selected.

You didn't select Print Preview from the Citation Manager before you printed. Remember, in Ovid you are using your browser to print; you have to display your retrieval in the proper format on the screen before printing.

I can't get the graphics to scale properly using the Mac in my office.
It works on my PC at home.

When using a Macintosh computer, select "Medium" instead of "Full" in the Graphics Options of the Full-Text Manager located at the bottom of the Full-Text screen.

 

SEARCHING

I didn't get the subheading page even though I mapped to Medical
Subject Headings, (MeSH).

You selected more than one MeSH at a time. To see the subheading page you have to either select or explode a single MeSH. If you select two or more, the system assigns all subheadings to all MeSH terms.

 

SYSTEM MESSAGES

I received a message saying "Database Licensing Exceeded" when I
tried to open a database for searching.

The library licenses a limited number of access slots for concurrent use of the system. If a searcher attempts to log in to Ovid at a time when all of the library's Ovid user slots are in use, the system displays this message. If this happens, try again a few minutes later. Note: This also applies to full-text journals.

I received a message saying "Idle Time Exceeded" and the system
dropped my search session.

To preserve the availability of a sufficient number of license slots, sessions are automatically dropped after 15 minutes of inactivity. When your session times out, press the Start Ovid button and repeat the search. Search strategies and results are not saved when the session is dropped.

 

Revised 11/20/08

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