Norris Medical LibraryEmily Brennan, MLISPamela M. Corley, MLS, AHIPEvans Whitaker, MD, MLIS

• Are you a beginner, intermediate or advanced?• What device do you own?• What questions do you have for us?

We don’t know everything about this rapidly changing area, but will do our best to find you answers to your questions if we do not know!

Applications• VisualDX• Epocrates• Lexi-Comp• ACP Pier• Essential Evidence Plus• NextBio• PubMed on Tap• UCentral

o 5 Minute Clinical Consulto Emergency Medicine Manualo Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests

• Diagnosaurus: differential diagnosis

Mobile Device Optimized Webpages

• PubMed for handhelds

• UpToDate for handhelds

• MD Consult for handhelds

• Whato An application designed to help with visual diagnosis (not too

surprising)o Primarily dermatologic

• Howo Free download for iPhone for USC users. o Android app soon to follow. o Sign up for download from main page at VisualDx. Fill out form

and submit. They email back the information you need to download application from iTunes App store

• What?o A drug information toolo Several versions of varying costs – free to ~$200

• How?o Free download of basic Rx version for allo Most platforms have a version o Android version of Rx is in betao Epocrates Essentials provided by Keck SOM to students o Download from http://www.epocrates.com

• What?o Drug information resource

• How?o There are academic discountso Links center of homepage lead to purchase optionso For Palm, PPC, Windows Mobile, Blackberry

• What?o A clinical information toolo Rapid access to high quality clinical information

• How? o Free download for USC userso Only for Palm PDAso See http://www.usc.edu/hsc/nml/e-resources/ACPier/eRes-

ACPier_download.html for details

• What?o Evidence-based clinical information tool

• How?o Only for Palm OS or Windows Mobile deviceso http://www.usc.edu/e_resources/hsl/gateways/

11998.php for more information

• What? o PubMed search with emphasis on Bioinformatics

• How?o iPhone onlyo Free download from iTunes App store

• What?o PubMed search application

• How?o For iPhoneo Lite is free, full version is $2.99o Download from iTunes App store

• What?o USC purchases access so that USC students, faculty, and staff can

download: 5 Minute Clinical Consult – clinical information tool Emergency Medicine Manual – abbreviated text of EM Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests – abbreviated text about diagnostic

testing

• How?o Blackberry, iPhone, Palm, WindowsMobile, Android versionso Go to uCentral, click link to arrive at uCentral, then click Register

for PDA Download, fill out form and receive information about downloading by email.

• What?o Differential diagnosis software

• How? o Versions for Blackberry, iPhone, Palm, Windows

Mobileo http://www.usc.edu/e_resources/hsl/gateways/

13649.php

• What?o MEDLINE search for handheldso Uses a PICO search format

• How?o http://pubmedhh.nlm.nih.gov

• What?o Popular clinical information tool

• How?o Access only on-campus through USC Wireless

pda.uptodate.com or mobile.uptodate.como Works for iPhone and Blackberry, does not work with Droid

What?o MD Consult is a book collection which you search by

topicHow?o Create a personal account at MDConsult on your

personal computer. o Make sure you are logged out of MD Consult account

on computer, go to m.mdconsult.com and log in to account using same sign-in

• Contact us with your questions or suggestions• Emily Brennan: ebrennan@usc.edu • Pamela M. Corley: pcorley@usc.edu • Evans M. Whitaker: ewhitake@usc.edu

• Mobile Devices Library Guide for more information