Books and magazines

Now you can easily find, read, and follow your favorites among the library's many journal subscriptions via BrowZine, which is available on mobile, tablet, PC, and Mac. You can create shelves with your favorite journals and receive notifications when new issues are released (applies to iOS and Android).

On Ahus PC: Go to www.browzine.com

• Reading does not require login, but you must have a personal account to create a journal shelf, save articles, and synchronize between multiple devices.

On private PC/Mac and mobile/tablet, BrowZine must be combined with the login service OpenAthens for access to full text:

1. Go to www.browzine.com or open the app (download the BrowZine app via Google Play / App Store)
2. Select library: Akershus University Hospital
3. The first time, you will be asked for your OpenAthens login information.
   If you do not have access to OpenAthens, contact biblioteket@ahus.no

How you search in the databases varies, but here are some general tips.
Note! The use of quotation marks (phrase search) and truncation is not recommended for subject searches in PubMed, as it disables automatic inclusion of MeSH subject headings.

Find specific articles/books

• Searching for the article title in quotation marks (phrase search) usually yields few or only one result.
  Example: "enhanced feeding and diminished postnatal growth failure in very-low-birth-weight infants"
• Searching for a combination of title words and author names typically narrows the result list significantly.
  Example: enhanced feeding moltu blakstad

Search for exact phrases and terms (phrase search)

• If you want two or more words to appear in a specific order, you must in some databases (e.g., Oria) put quotation marks around the words.
  Example: "physical therapy"

Search for words with different endings (truncation)

• Search for a word stem followed by * to get results for all words that begin with what you have written.
  Example: disorder* yields results for both disorder and disorders
  Example: stabili* yields results for stabilise, stabilizer, stabilization, stability, stabilize, stabilization, etc.

Combine search terms (AND, OR)

• All search terms must occur – combine with AND. Example: resuscitat* AND infant*
• At least one of the search terms must occur, e.g., when searching for synonyms, different spellings or languages, or when multiple options are of interest.
  Example: ptsd OR "post-traumatic stress disorder" OR "posttraumatic stress disorder"

Proximity search (ADJ, NEAR)

• In some databases, you can use ADJ (adjacent) or NEAR and a number to indicate that the words can occur within X words of each other.
  Example Ovid databases: parent* ADJ5 addict*
  Example Cinahl: parent* N/5 addict*
  Example Cochrane: parent* NEAR/5 addict*
  Example Web of Science: parent* NEAR/5 addict*

Search for multiple combinations simultaneously

• Use parentheses to group search terms and search for many combinations at once.
  Example: clubfoot and ("physical therap*" OR physiotherap* or exercis*)
  Example: (drug* or substance* or opioid* or opiate* or sedative*) adj3 (abuse or addict* or misuse or dependen*)

Search for words with different spellings (wild cards)

Example of wild cards in Ovid databases:

• Use ? to replace 1 or no characters. Example: colo?r yields results for both color and colour
• Use # to replace 1 character. Example: wom#n yields results for both woman and women

You do not need to log in to search in Oria, but you must log in if you want to use the personal features.

Log in

1. Go to Oria.no
2. Click Log in at the top right
3. Select Username and password
   
4. Enter your username (your library card number or ahus+username) and password, then click Log in

The first time you log in, you will be asked to accept that information is sent to Bibsys and to choose areas of interest. Choosing areas of interest will affect how your search results are sorted when you search in Oria.no.

What is my username?
Username = your library card number, e.g.: ahus003560 or ahus+username, e.g. ahusdonald.
Contact the library if you do not have or do not know what your username is.

Do not have a password
Go to Oria.no and click Log in > select Username and password > click Forgot password

Renew loans yourself

1. Log in to Oria.no (instructions at the top of the page)
2. Click My account
3. Click Renew all or check the items you want to renew and click Renew selected
4. Check Status or Due date to see if the books can be renewed or not

Books with waiting lists cannot be renewed and must be returned when the loan period expires. You cannot renew books borrowed from other libraries; contact the library to check if renewal is possible.

Order loans and articles via Oria

1. Log in to Oria.no (instructions at the top of the page)
2. Find the desired book/article

For books:

• Click the Find and order tab, then Order document
• Select pickup location Medical Library and fill in the other fields as needed
• Click the Order document button

For articles:

• Click the Find and order tab, then Order
• The order screen will appear; fill in additional information as needed
• Finish by clicking the Order document button

Click on My account for an overview of your loans and orders/reservations.

Save interesting references in Oria

1. Log in (you can save references without being logged in, but they will disappear when you close Oria)
2. Click on the star icon (so it turns yellow) next to the desired title to add it to Saved results
3. Alternatively, you can click Add entire page to saved results (option in the left menu)

Save searches with email alerts
You can save searches and receive alerts about new material that matches your search.

1. Log in to Oria.no
2. When you have made a search you want to save, click Save search (at the top of the left menu)
3. Give the search a name and choose Save or Save & notify. If you choose save & notify, you must also select which email address the results should be sent to and whether you want a notification if there are no new results.
4. Click the Save button

OpenAthens is the library's login service for employees at Ahus who wish to access the library's e-resources on personal computers and/or mobile devices. Read more