Ovid Communications
2024-07-15
Database Reloads

Embase Reload

Dear Ovid Embase Customer,

The Embase (EMED) Database is being reloaded to implement the 2024.01 Thesaurus Tool.
We expect it to be live on Monday July 15, 2024. Alerts will be run on the weekend of July 13, 2024, prior to the reload.

Changes in the new thesaurus
Release notes

3 Deleted Fields:

  • arXiv Identifier (AV)
  • Related Item Information (RI)
  • Grant Information (GI)

Elsevier, the publisher of Embase, is going to change the data feed for Embase later this year. In the new feed, the “Grant Information” (GI) and “Related Item Information” (RI) data will no longer be available. Therefore the GI/RI field-sets will no longer display with the upcoming reload and supporting details will also be removed from the Ovid Embase database guide.

We advise you to check if any of your Ovid Embase search strategies contain searches for any of the GI or RI fields or sub-fields before December 2024.
Searches and AutoAlerts will continue to work until December 2024, but will break once the data for the GI/RI fields is no longer supplied. Please note that the GI and RI data both have multiple sub-fields that can also be searched independently.

If you have any questions, your local Ovid representative will be glad to help. Feel free to reach out to your account representative or contact the team at [email protected].

Regards,

Wolters Kluwer - Ovid

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