I cannot  attract attention of Ovid medical database service. How can
I purchase or obtain access to full text medical databases without
enrolling in graduate school?

Dear Kidtwit, 

First of all, you don't have to go to university, it is enough that
you'll go to a university library, or any library for that matter that
has access to OVID.

However, Ovid also has a Pay-per-View progranmme, where you can read
full text of an article through paying for it:

Ovid - Pay per View
http://ppv.ovid.com/pt/re/ppv/home.htm;jsessionid=F6SVHhlvsG2hQYnnhJrPMTGCJL33dQ77S62Y5M1frKBPbp5vYlrc!336912420!-949856144!8091!-1

The registration process also contains the option to sign in as a
subscriber. See more information here:

Create an Account
http://pt.wkhealth.com/pt/re/ppv/userRegister.htm;jsessionid=F6TFLLjp5qZyW5G2ghPRKGq70sJcBvMRvCWyGnmkT82D4TR6Pxh5!1170142312!-949856145!8091!-1?

You can also sign in for a free trial, and get a quote for a subscription here: 

Account Request Form
<https://charlotte.ovid.com/scripts/silver.wsc/web_request.p> 

I hope this answers your question. Please contact me if you need any
clarification on this answer before you rate it. Good luck with your
research!

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Request for Answer Clarification by kidtwit49-ga on 31 Oct 2006 20:46 PST

thanks for your answer but if you try someof the options you suggest
you will find that they don't work. Ovid appears uninterested in
signing up individuals and I was hoping for a way around this
stonewall. I'm surpried you didn't mention enrolling in a comunity
college with access to a good medical library.

When you have more time and if you are interested why don't you spend
more eergy and a more complete answer and I will work on my typing.
rmc

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Clarification of Answer by politicalguru-ga on 01 Nov 2006 00:16 PST

Dear Kidtwit, 

First of all, registration for individuals has worked fine through
there for a friend of mine who's tested the issue. However, I will try
to invetigate further. As I said before, you don't have to enroll
anywhere, or pay anyone, if you just found a library that has OVID,
which many do. If you could, please tell me where you live (not the
full address, just the area) so I can find a suitable library for you.

In addition, I haven't made fun of your spelling and I wouldn't dream
of it - some people have problems with their spelling (because English
is not their first language, or because they're tired, or because they
have certain medical conditions that would affect spelling) - this
doesn't make them anything less...