Since the acquisition of SilverPlatter Information by Wolters Kluwer Health (www.wkhealth.com) in 2001 and the subsequent merging with Ovid Technologies (www.ovid.com), customers and industry observers have awaited a new search platform that would merge the best of both systems along with new features. OvidSP has now arrived. The new service will replace Ovid Web Gateway, scheduled for discontinuance in early February 2008, and then SilverPlatter WEBSPIRS sometime in 1Q 2009. Designed to serve the needs of end-user and librarian searchers, OvidSP supports a simplified basic search and tags to reach fielded searches, as well as bridges to Ovid Classic and SilverPlatter Classic command line syntaxes. First reactions to the new interface by clients have been positive with some reservations, but questions remain as to whether the new platform has enough appeal to counter market challenges by competitors.
Researchers can now access nearly 250 years of world history, through a new online version of The Annual Register. The Annual Register is a classic 240+ volume reference work that provides a detailed chronicle of world events from 1758 to the current day. From world politics to society weddings, from the latest scientific discoveries to the weather, from the year's best-selling novels to obituaries of authors and other public figures - The Annual Register provides detailed historical background and a wealth of new information for research.
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