Levy Library

Stat!Ref's New App: Read and Review over 40 Core Textbooks on the Go!

There's a sophisticated new app included with the Library's subscription to Stat!Ref that allows you to access the core textbooks from the Stat!Ref platform on your mobile device, even when you leave Mount Sina's network.

The Stat!Ref app provides on and off-campus to over 45 clinical and nursing books, covering topics including USMLE review (Step 1, 2, and 3), healthcare administration, quality assurance and patient safety, and more. It includes core texts such as: MKSAP for Students 5, Perioperative Standards and Recommended Practices, ICD-9, Stedman's Medical Dictionary, and First Aid for the USMLE.

Platforms: iPhone/iPad, Blackberry, Android

Off-Campus Access: For off-campus access to the app, you must first create an account by visiting Stat!Ref from your computer/non-mobile browser.  Go to Stat!Ref and click on "Your Preferences" in the top right corner to create an account.  Then, click on "Temporary Login Account" to activate your mobile device access for a set period of time (about 3 months; it can be renewed for as long as you are still affiliated with Mount Sinai). Then, download the app and use your Stat!Ref account to log in to the app on your mobile device.

On-campus access: Simply connect to Mount Sinai's secure wireless to access content through the app while on-campus.

Download the app: Visit http://www.statref.com/products/srMobile.html for more information and the links for downloading the app for different devices.

See also our full list of Mobile Apps for Library Resources.

Download Ebrary E-books to Multiple Devices

Ebrary, one of the Levy Library's largest ebook platforms, now allows you to download e-books from its site to your computer and many other devices. Ebrary contains over 70,000 e-books from many publishers and covers many disciplines including medicine, life sciences, social science, psychology, education, computers/IT and more. 

Mount Sinai ebrary users have two downloading options: create an image PDF of a chapter or page range; OR download an entire e-book using Adobe Digital Editions (Free online, although it does require registration). Adobe Digital Editions is available for most devices, but not the Kindle. Full e-book downloading is permitted by most of the publishers participating with ebrary, but there are a few exceptions.

To read more about ebrary's downloading options, including step-by-step instructions, visit ebrary's downloading guide.

 

 

Library Resource Apps and Mobile-Optimized Sites

Attention Mount Sinai iphone, ipad, blackberry, android and other mobile device users!  Many of the Levy Library's core resources provide mobile applications (apps) and mobile-optimized sites for accessing content.  Librarians have compiled the lists below which include some very useful apps. Perhaps the best news?  All of the apps are included in our library license negotiations and are provided at no cost to Mount Sinai faculty, students, and staff!

Our list of apps: http://library.mssm.edu/reference/apps.shtml includes apps for accessing clinical and drug information, searching the medical literature, accessing e-journals, e-books, and medical images, and searching the library's catalog.

View our list of mobile-optimized sites: http://library.mssm.edu/reference/mobile.shtml to access Levy Library licensed resources from your mobile browser.

We hope these apps and mobile sites will be useful to all of our Mount Sinai physicians, nurses, medical students and other health care providers who carry smartphone or mobile devices!  If you have any comments or questions, please send us an email.

New Resources in MDConsult: First Consult, Mobile app, PDFs and More

The Library is pleased to offer an expanded site license to one of our most popular resources, MDConsult. Enhancements to MDConsult include:

• First Consult: a clinical decision support tool now appears within MDConsult. FirstConsult provides evidence-based topic reviews in an easy to read bulleted format. Access First Consult from the upper left corner of MDConsult.
• First Consult app: Download the FirstConsult iPhone/iPad app to use First Consult on your mobile device. Sign up for the required user name and password by visiting MDConsult and clicking Create an Account.
• MDConsult Mobile: The new mobile-optimized version of MDConsult (http://m.mdconsult.com) provides access to: quick topic reviews, journal articles including the Clinics of North America, and MDConsult's popular clinical and basic science e-books, including Harriet Lane Handbook, Cecil Medicine and many more. Note that there is no browsable list of books. To read a book, first search by the book's author or title. Login with your MDConsult username and password. To sign up for an account, go to MDConsult and click My Account.
• PDFs of Book Chapters: Mount Sinai faculty and students been asking about this for years, and now it is finally possible to read MDConsult's book chapters and sections in PDF format!
• Increased simultaneous users: The Levy Library now provides additional "seats" for MDConsult, eliminating the chance that you will be locked out when you attempt to login to MDConsult.

We hope you will enjoy these new enhancements to MDConsult! Have a question? Please ask us.

 

Q. Can I view articles from PubMed on my Kindle?

Interesting question we were asked last week: PubMed on the Amazon Kindle? We broke the question down into two parts, and the answer to both was a qualified "yes"".

Question 1. Can I search PubMed and view citations and abstracts on my Kindle?
Yes, because your Kindle probably has 3G or WiFi access to the internet—or both. And if you have 3G or WiFi, you can search PubMed online. The current Kindle browser is limited, though: it's optimized for text-centric Web sites, and it cannot have more than one window (or tab) open at a time. From your Kindle, then, we recommend using PubMed Mobile (beta).

• PubMed Mobile (beta), available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/, enables you to do simple keyword searches, view article abstracts, and link to some full-text. Unfortunately, it does not offer any advanced search features or indicate which articles are available in Levy Library’s full-text collection.
  
  
• For many smartphones and tablets, we prefer PubMed for Handhelds to PubMed Mobile. We've linked it from our Databases page and our guide to Levy Library's Resources for Mobile Devices. PubMed for Handhelds offers more search options than PubMed Mobile, and it links to Levy Library’s full-text. But it opens new windows to link to abstracts and full-text, so it doesn't work well on the Kindle.

Question 2: Can I read full-text articles from PubMed on my Kindle?
You can link out from PubMed Mobile to full-text if the article is available in HTML (Web) format, if it opens in the same window as PubMed, and if the article is freely available online. Remember, you won’t be able to open a full-text Web page in a new window. Also, right now the Kindle browser can't get any articles through the Library's licensed E-Journal collection because our journal manager’s search results open in a new, second window.

You can also read articles in PDF format. The last two generations of Kindles support PDF, though color is lost and graphics are rendered in grey scale. But, the Kindle browser does not have a PDF reader plug-in such as Adobe Acrobat, so you cannot link to a PDF article from PubMed—or from any Web site. Instead, you have to download articles on another computer and import them into the Kindle.

According to the Kindle’s User Guide (PDF) there are two ways to do this:

• Drag PDF files over USB to your Kindle
• E-mail PDF files to your dedicated Kindle e-mail address (found on the Settings page on Kindle or the Manage Your Kindle page on Amazon).
  For more details, please see the support information on Amazon’s Web site or the User Guide.

So, if you are online, you can search PubMed on your Kindle. And, online or offline, you can read downloaded PDF's. It's more complicated than it would be on a tablet or many smartphones, but we expect the technology to get better with time. Stay tuned.

Litt's D.E.R.M. Database: Drug Reactions

By popular demand, the Levy Library has added a subscription to the Litt's D.E.R.M Database.  Litt's D.E.R.M. (Drug Eruptions and Reactions Manual) is an authoritative guide to adverse drug reactions and reaction patterns.  Each drug profile includes synonyms, trade names, indications, adverse reactions, half-life, category, and drug-drug interactions. Adverse reactions include information on skin, hair, nails, cardiovascular, central nervous system, respiratory and others. Search by drug name, adverse reaction, drug class, herbals and supplements and drug company. It is also heavily referenced, with links to PubMed.  Mobile Site: In addition to the online database, we also have access to a mobile version of Litt's.  To use the mobile version, you must register for a free username and password on the Litt's website while you are on-campus.  Click Login to get started. 

Epocrates Now Available for BlackBerry

Epocrates has just announced that its popular free drug software, Epocrates RX, is now available in a format specifically designed for the BlackBerry. This free download will allow you to view over 3,000 brand and generic medications on your BlackBerry.  Speaking of Epocrates, the Levy Library has obtained discounts for MSSM students and residents who wish to purchase one of the non-free Epocrates products like Epocrates Essentials.  For more information please email Alan Krissoff.