Android
Have an Android phone? You can now download 3 free resources from Skyscape, a mobile medical information provider. Here’s the press release:
Skyscape is pleased to provide hundreds of trusted medical resources for the Android (Google) devices. This includes G2, G3, G4, MyTouch, DROID, and other smartphones which use the Android (Google) operating system.
We are offering you three valuable free resources – RxDrugs, Outlines in Clinical Medicine (OCM), and the Archimedes set of medical calculators with the Android Reader. The MedAlert service is also part of this installation, and you can easily add free MedStream channels (such as MedWatch and CDC Spotlights).
Your free products can be downloaded with Skyscape’s Android Reader by visiting www.skyscape.com/reader using your phone’s browser.
However, my favorite android app is still Pull My Finger
Emergency Medicine News has a brief article on the use of iPhones in the ER.
Take two apps and call me in the morning.
American College of Emergency Physicians discusses 5 apps for iphone any ER physician shouldn’t be without. (free Snellen EyeChart app FTW) Most of them free!
iPhone Apps for the Emergency Physician
Did you know?
Epocrates, the makers of Epocrates RX (a free comprehensive handheld drug guide for your smartphone), turns 10 years old this year. That’s a long time in the mobile industry.
The MedlinePlus medical dictionary now includes audio pronunciations. Learn how to say words like ptosis, SjogrenÔÇÖs and fibrillation. Search the medical dictionary on MedlinePlus and then click on the red speaker icon to hear the pronunciation.
| In need of an historical image to jazz up a presentation? Check out the Images from the History of Medicine Collection from the National Library of Medicine.
NLM does not own the copyright to the images in the database, nor do we charge access or permission fees for their use. We do request, however, that published images include the credit line “Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.”
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 Dental Clinical at Camp Livingston, Louisiana. 1943 |
The CRISP database has been replaced with RePORT.
This NIH database kept all the CRISP features and added these:
Hit lists can be sorted and downloaded to Excel.
NIH funding is displayed for each project.
Publications as a result of support from a project contain links to PubMed.
To check out LSUHSC – New Orleans active grants use: LOUISIANA STATE UNIV HSC NEW ORLEANS in the Organization search box.
Another new mobile resource is now available for Blackberry, iPhone, and other web-enabled smartphones. MobileMicroMedex 2.0 gives you access to the same clinical evidence content you get on your desktop, at no additional charge, including:
* drugs
* interactions
* drug identification
* disease conditions
* laboratory test information
* alternative medicines
* toxicology
* convenient calculators
To access, follow these steps:
Step 1: Open your mobile browser.
Step 2: Go to http://www.thomsonhc.com/micromedex2/librarian
Step 3: Log in with the LSUHSC specific info. To obtain the LSUSHC login, contact mknapp@lsuhsc.edu, or view the ‘Mobile’ page on the Micromedex site.
(Note: The login should last for the current quarter on your device. At the end of the quarter you will need to return to the MobileMicromedex site to obtain a new username and password.
Quarterly Schedule: January 1, April 1, July 1, September 1)
Early reports from some of our users note that mobileMicromedex might be a little slow and the interface could be improved. Let us know your thoughts on this new product!
Exam Master now offers USMLE Step 2 Practice Exams. Features include:
8 exam blocks of 44 questions each, total of 352 questions
Both Test or Study mode
Correct answers and explanation available in study mode
Detailed score reports
Topics include:
- General Principles
- Immunologic Disorders
- Diseases of the Blood & Blood-forming Organs
- Mental Disorders
- Diseases of the Nervous System & Special Senses
- Cardiovascular Disorders
- Diseases of the Respiratory System
- Nutritional & Digestive Disorders
- Gynecologic Disorders
- Renal, Urinary, & Male Reproductive Systems
- Disorders of Pregnancy, Childbirth, & the Puerperium
- Disorders of the Skin & Subcutaneous Tissues
- Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System & Connective Tissue
- Endocrine & Metabolic Disorders
To access this practice exam, login to your Exam Master account, go to NEW EXAMS > Click “Courses” > Click “Select” next to the USMLE Step 2 Practice Exam.
Exam Master also offers test prep for USMLE Step 1 & 3, Board Certification and the NBDE.
To create an account, Click “First time registration” at the bottom of the screen.
Exam Master works best in Internet Explorer.
You can now access FREE patient health information in both English and Spanish on your mobile phone.
Medlineplus viewed on your mobile browser
Mobile MedlinePlus includes
Topic summaries ÔÇô ÔÇ£snackableÔÇØ pieces of information you can access and digest quickly
News ÔÇô the latest in treatment, medical research and healthy living tips
Images
Encyclopedia articles
Drug information
Access this new mobile resource at http://m.medlineplus.gov
Go ahead! After all, your US tax dollars pay for it.
We are pleased to announce an addition to our Current Protocols series: Current Protocols in Bioinformatics.
From the preface:
Bioinformatics occupies a unique niche amongst the sciences, lying at the intersection of biology, genetics, biochemistry, computer science, mathematics, statistics, and numerous other allied fields. The inherent strength of the field of bioinformatics comes from the relationships between investigators in these allied fields; collaborations between these individuals has led to (and will continue to lead to) the development of novel methods and approaches, furthering advances in each of these areas…Current Protocols in Bioinformatics is designed to provide the experimentalist with insight into the types of data and protocols required to perform basic tasks in the area of bioinformatics. More importantly, it provides insight into understanding and properly interpreting the data produced by these methods.
Whether you are wondering what questions publicly available databases can answer, how to analyze protein expression patterns, or you want wanting to build your own biological database, this resource can tell you how.
Access now. (off campus requires login with library barcode & PIN)
We’re happy to report that all ScienceDirect titles are now working. If you encounter any problems, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Currently we are unable to access all of our ScienceDirect titles. This also affects articles you might be attempting to access via PubMed’s LinkOut. We apologize for the inconvenience, but will update as soon as our access has been restored.
Science Direct titles should be working again. Please call the Library at 504-568-6100 if you experience problems.
You can now access basic library information and databases on a web page formatted for smaller screens like your iPhone or PDA.
Point your mobile browser to
http://www.lsuhsc.edu/no/library/mobile/mobile.html to access directions, hours, databases and more!
Exam Master, our personalized USMLE, NBDE and Board preparation tool, is changing the way you log in. Starting today, users will need to use the email address they signed up with instead of a user name to log in. Your password will remain the same.
Forget your password? You can retrieve it on the Exam Master login page.
PubMed will be operational but may be intermittently slow starting today Friday, November 13 at 2:00 PM until Saturday, November 14 at 7:00 PM. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Two new full-text resources have been added to Electronic Resources:
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Over 140 full-text reference books (550+ volumes) covering subjects ranging from Multicultural Studies to Medicine to Social Science to the Arts. Titles include:Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol & Addictive Behavior, Encyclopedia of Aging, Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography.
America’s Historical Newspapers
This collection provides searchable American newspapers to enable users to explore America’s past. Available here: African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 and selected Louisiana historical newspapers including the New Orleans Times-Picayune (1837-1936). (On campus only at this time.)
Both resources are provided through a consortial agreement with LOUIS, the Louisiana Library Network
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