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MEDLINE: PubMed and Ovid Platforms: My Account

Platforms for searching MEDLINE.

My Account

Like My NCBI, Ovid's My Account enables you to save citations and searches permanently.  Once you create a Personal Account, you can:  

  • save Searchesunlimited number of search histories and search alerts,
  • add annotations: to citations, and 
  • utilize My Space.

My Workspace


My Workspace is a resource management and organization tool.

  • My Projects: You can set up multiple projects and folders.  To save citations and add those to a collection check the box next to the article title and select Add to My Projects.
  • My Searchers & Alerts: At the Search Page, select the search you would like to save and click Save Selected.  Name your search and choose a search type: 
    • Temporary
    • Permanent
    • AutoAlert
    • My Projects
  • My eTocs: From the Journal A-Z list, you can subscribe to electronic table of content delivery
  • Ovid Toolbar: allows you to collect resources from external sites and save them to My Projects
  • Citations: citation can be manually created and placed in a project or folder by choosing the Actions button and then Create Citation
  • Output Options: Items from My Projects can be printed, emailed or exported.



Register/ Sign in to My Account

Create an Ovid My Account

  • Choose Ovid from eResources website
  • Choose "My Account" on the top right of Ovid platform 
  • Click on "Create a New Personal Account" and complete the form.  Personal Account name and password are case-sensitive.