Browse and Read Scholarly Journals on Your Tablet

Introducing BrowZine a new tablet application (iOS & Android) that allows you to browse, read and monitor many of the library’s scholarly journals.

With BrowZine you can:

• Browse and read journals by subject
• Save your favorite journals to a customized bookshelf
• Receive alerts when new issues are available
• Save to Zotero, EndNote, RefWorks or Mendeley
• Email and share journal articles

Getting started is easy! 

Choose the Free BrowZine App from your iPad, Android tablet or Kindle device.

When installed, select Texas Medical Center Library as your University Library and access volumes of scholarly journals found at the TMC Library.

For off-campus access to BrowZine, enter your Remote Access credentials and start exploring BrowZine!

BurnMed an iPhone App for Burn Victims

What is BurnMed?

The Burn Medical Education app BurnMed was developed by Dr. Stephen Milner, Director of the Johns Hopkins Burn Center, in collaboration with Harry Goldberg, Director of Academic Computing at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine  in response to a mass casualty event in Kenya where a gas tanker exploded. The app is designed to teach students as well as lay people how to stabilize a victim within the first eight hours after a burn.

The user draws the burned areas onto a 3-D anatomic figure. The app then uses this diagram to calculate the total body surface area burned, calculates fluid  resuscitation and provides treatment guidelines summarizing essential steps in early management.  

BurnMed uses a combination of video, photos and text to provide a quick but thorough overview of how to handle burn victims

BurnMed was selected as one of The Most Innovative Medical Apps of 2012 by imedicalapps.com.  For more information on BurnMed visit the link:

http://www.imedicalapps.com/2012/12/innovative-medical-apps-2012/6/

To download BurnMed go to:   
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/burnmed-lite/id498176767?mt=8

Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.1 or later. 

New Tuesday Tech Lunch Series at The TMC Library

Tuesday Tech Lunch is a series of informal monthly classes that will be offered on Tuesdays at lunch time to promote the library's information resources.

Stop by the library on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 from 12:00 - 1:00  to attend a class on Mobile Resources. The class includes a walk-through of the download process for several popular subscription-based apps, as well as app demos.

Attendees are encouraged to bring their laptops, Notebooks or other mobile devices to the class.

Taught by: Naomi Gonzales, Instructional Technologies Librarian - Reference & Outreach
Phone: 713.799.7153
 
Register Here

Bring your lunch to attend this informal session, the library will provide water and a small snack.

Please note: Tuesday Tech Lunch Series are offered in the Street Level Conference Room

New Mobile Library Guide

 

Do you own an iPhone, iPad or another mobile device?  

Do you want to find out what  mobile library resources are available to download in your devices?

The new TMC Library Mobile Resources Guide includes tutorials and videos on using Dynamed, Scopus and Science Direct as well as information on how to download medical apps into your mobile device.

The section Mobile Access for Journals by Device, lists TMC Library journal subscriptions that can be accessed using a mobile device via an app or a website.

In the Productivity tab you can find other kinds such as:

1Password: an app that will help you remember your passwords. The app is for Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android.

 

Adobe Reader: read and share PDF documents with this app, including portfolios and password-protected PDF documents. Works with Android & Apple iOS.

 Penultimate: an easy to use handwriting app for iPad. Take notes on your iPad using your finger or a special stylus. Works with Apple iOS.

 

Evernote: Need to remember important meetings, save your favorite webpages or plan your next trip? this app allows you to keep track of ideas using notes, web clippings, audio recordings and image files. Works with Android, Blackberry & Apple iOS.

A list of other useful apps can be found at:
http://libguides.library.tmc.edu/content.php?pid=395364&sid=3237292

  

The Extras & Feedback tab, lists Medical apps:
 

 

 

 

DoctorMole:  an augmented reality app that brings advanced real-time computer vision technology that scans moles in real time and give you instant risk feedback.

 

Free for Android users wiht optional paid upgrade

Apple: $ 3.99

HeartDecide: medical images and annotations for specific heart conditions.
Apple: $ 4.99
 
Medical Spanish: questions, instructions and explanations for non-Spanich speaking healthcare professionals.

iMedicalApps: a leading online publication for medical professionals interested in mobile medical technology and health care apps.

Do you have a favorite medical app that you would like to share? submit a link to the app to:
http://libguides.library.tmc.edu/content.php?pid=395364&sid=3238199  in the Suggestions box.

 Visit the new Mobile Resources Library Guide at: http://libguides.library.tmc.edu/mobileresources

Library Mobile Applications

Do you need to do research on a specific disease while seeing patients at the hospital? Are you doing rounds and need detailed drug information right away?  Do you need access to your RefWorks bibliography right away? Do you know you can access some of the Library’s databases on your iPhone, iPad, Blackberry or Android mobile device?

The TMC Library has created a web page of instructions for websites and applications of freely available resources and library’s database subscriptions. The library subscriptions will allow access to full-text resources.

To access the mobile web page go to:

http://www.library.tmc.edu/usingthelibrary/mobileapps.html

The following databases are available to download under websites:

·        Access Medicine

·        EBSCOhost includes CINAHL, MEDLINE, PsycInfo

·        MD Consult

·        PubMed

·        RefWorks

Applications are available for:

·        DynaMed (via Skyscape) please contact the Circulation Desk 713.799.7146 to get a serial number (required for registration)

·        Science Direct

·        SCOPUS

·        STAT!Ref

·        Epocrates

·        Medscape

·        Skyscape

Once you access the mobile website, click on View under Setup Details and Launch Site.

For questions regarding mobile access, contact the Reference and Outreach Department via chat,

e-mail or phone at: http://www.library.tmc.edu/ask

CDC Introduces Mobile iPad Application

Get fast and easy access to health information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) using your iPad. The CDC iPad application has been designed as a way for users to access health information at their fingertips. The application features access to important health news, popular journal information, timely updates, and access to social media outlets. Updates coinciding with important health concerns and events throughout the year provide increased awareness and information about these health topics. The iPad application gives an increasingly mobile public 24/7 access to important health information that people can use to protect their lives and loved ones.


The CDC mobile iPad Application is available for free download in the App Store: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cdc/id487847188?ls=1&mt=8

Disaster Apps and Mobile Optimized Web Pages

The Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC)  recently launched a new web page titled Disaster Apps and Mobile Optimized Web Pages
http://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc/disasterapps.html. 

This page includes links to various mobile tools and apps that have been selected based upon utility in a disaster or emergency context and which adhere to the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) Selection Guidelines for non-NLM resources.  The page is organized into three sections based on the type of information provided by the app or website.

The web page includes information on:

• Disaster Medicine Tools: WISER, REMM, PubMed Mobile,  MedlinePlus Mobile
• Disaster Resources: CDC, EPA, FEMA
• Hazardous Events: National Hurricane Center, Disaster Alert, Outbreaks Near Me

Visit the Disaster Information Management Research Center for a complete list of disaster medicine  tools, disaster resources and hazardous events.

Library Classes

Mobile Medical Resources
Tue, November 08
10:00AM - 11:00AM

Join us for an information session on the library's mobile resources. We will look at the library's mobile Web site, mobile apps/Web sites offered for our resources, and discuss the changing role of mobile devices in medicine. We encourage you to bring your own devices and experiences to share with attendees.

Taught by: Allen Lopez, Education Librarian - Reference & Outreach
Phone: 713.799.7170

Register Here

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PubMed - Basic
Thu, November 17
10:00AM - 11:00AM

This class teaches how to use PubMed, the National Library of Medicine's search service, which provides access to the 20 million citations in MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE (with links to participating on-line journals), and other related databases. How to se arch subject headings, keywords, and authors use limitations and search for clinical queries will be covered.

Taught by: Allen Lopez, Education Librarian - Reference & Outreach
Phone: 713.799.7170

Register Here

Monday October 31 - Halloween Open House

Come by the Library on Monday, October 31 from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM for an open house event celebrating National Medical Librarians Month and of course Halloween! Pick up some ghoulish light refreshments at our table while you check out these demonstrations.

·        TMC’s new ProSearch

·        Mobile-ready e-resources

·        Electronic journals and e-book collections

·        Chance to win a gift card and other sweet items

Come join us and see what your TMC Library has for you.

   

Library Mobile Databases

Mobile Compatible Database Applications

The HAM-TMC Library provides access to a variety of databases using a mobile device.  Each database may require a specific set of applications.

For an overview on the different applications needed to access library subscribed and some free databases go to: http://www.library.tmc.edu/docs/mobile_resources.pdf

Questions? Contact the Reference and Outreach Department at:

713.799.7161,  or chat at:  http://www.library.tmc.edu/services/ask.cfm

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