Drexel University is serving as a beta test site for MDConsult Mobile, which provides access to books, journals, Clinics, and guidelines through web-enabled smartphones like the iPhone, Blackberry, and Treo.

If you already have an MDConsult username and password, just visit http://mobile.mdconsult.com with your mobile browser.

If you don’t already have a personal account for MDConsult, you can set up one on a Drexel network-connected computer:

Use the MDConsult link from the Health Sciences Libraries homepage (http://www.library.drexel.edu/healthsciences) to access  MDConsult.

Click on “Create an Account” on the top right

Complete the registration form, create your username and password and click “Submit”.

You’ll then be able to use that username and password at http://mobile.mdconsult.com.

If you have trouble creating an MDConsult username/password on site, please contact Hahnemann Library (215-762-7184) or Queen Lane Library (215-991-8740).

If you encounter technical problems with mobile access, please contact Joe Posimo,  J.Posimo@elsevier.com.

Epocrates, the latest addition to the Health Sciences Libraries’ clinical information tools, provides clinical information at the point of care.  The database contains practical, peer-reviewed content with a unique patient-centered approach for access to continually updated integrated drug and disease information  Premium features include pill identifier, alternative medicines, and a robust suite of calculators.

In addition to easy navigation and searching, Epocrates offers printer-friendly versions of every monograph.  You can find Epocrates in our list of medical databases, http://www.library.drexel.edu/resources/dbsubjects/medicinebiomedicalsciences.html or in the alphabetic list of databases — watch for its addition to the QuickLinks on our homepage!

The Libraries’ license to DynaMed — a popular clinical reference tool — has been expanded to include access via PDA devices, including Smartphones, BlackBerry, and iPhone.

DynaMed, created for use primarily at the ‘point-of-care’, provides clinically-organized summaries for more than 3,000 topics and is updated daily.

Use of DynaMed on a handheld device requires an individual serial number; instructions for obtaining the serial number and installing DynaMed, as well as a complete list of the devices on which it can be used, are available at Dynamed for PDAs.

The Health Sciences Libraries have chosen to subscribe to the Cochrane Library via Wiley InterScience to address access issues that have occured with our current subscription via OVID; our Wiley subscription will have no limit on simultaneous uses.

Currently, you’ll find the Wiley version of the Cochrane Library available through our lists of database (both the Medicine/Biomedical Sciences list, and the alphabetical list).  Watch for it as an addition to our homepage QuickLinks in coming weeks for fast, convenient access to the valuable evidence-based practice resource. Please note that the Cochrane Databases will be be removed from the list of databases available in OVID at the end of this month.

The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. Cochrane reviews represent the highest level of evidence on which to base clinical treatment decisions.  The Cochrane Library also includes the Central Register of Controlled Trials, the Cochrane Methodology Register, Technology Assessments, and Economic Evaluations.  Each section can be searched by keywords or MeSH (medical subject headings); the Reviews can also be browsed by topic, by review group or alphabetically.   PDFs are provided for printing.

You can now search for theses held in Drexel University’s Health Sciences Libraries through a specific search of theses. In the Search box in the center of the homepage, enter an author, keyword, or program (e.g., Art Therapy), click on the pull-down menu on the box to the right,  select HS Theses, and then click on Search.

Some exciting new additions to our collections of e-journals include:

Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, and Current Protocols in Cell Biology, both available through Wiley Interscience.

New Health Sciences e-books include:

• Microbiology (McGraw Hill professional; 2nd ed.)
• Wallace/Maxcy-Rosenau-Last public health & preventive medicine (McGraw Hill professional; 15th ed.)
• McGraw-Hill’s manual of laboratory & diagnostic tests (McGraw Hill professional)
• Mayo Clinic medical neurosciences : organized by neurologic systems and levels (5th ed.)
• Mayo Clinic internal medicine : Concise textbook
• Acute medicine : a practical guide to the management of medical emergencies (4th ed.)
• Anesthesiology (McGraw Hill professional)
• Current essentials : Pediatrics (McGraw Hill professional)
• Handbook of psychophysiology (3rd ed.)
• Essential practice guidelines in primary care (Current clinical practice)
• Mayo Clinic cardiology : Concise textbook (3rd ed.)
• Dewhurst’s textbook of obstetrics & gynaecology (7th ed.)
• Development of the nervous system (2nd ed.)
• Principles of molecular medicine (2nd ed.)
• Medical management of the surgical patient : A textbook of perioperative medicine (4th ed.)

Please note that these titles have not yet been added to the list of Core Health Sciences E-books, but are available through the Library Catalog.

The Hahnemann Library now has a collection of leisure DVDs available for borrowing by Drexel patrons. The basic or starter collection is in place, and new titles will be added as they arrive. DVDs circulate for five days, cannot be renewed, must be returned to the Hahnemann Library, and are limited to two per person. Please come take a look- they are located in the leisure seating area on the 2nd floor, near the collection of leisure books.

We’ve added a new access option for Postgraduate Medicine, with content from 1999 through the latest issue.  A personal account feature makes it easy to email articles to yourself, or to keep track of favorite articles online.

Find Postgraduate Medicine through the Library Catalog — http://innoserv.library.drexel.edu/record=b1507692~S9.  Choose the “Miscellaneous e-journals” option for access directly from the publishers.

Obesity, the official journal of the Obesity Society, is now available in our e-journal collections. Obesity “is dedicated to increasing knowledge, fostering research, and promoting better treatment for people with obesity and their loved ones. Obesity publishes important peer-reviewed research and cutting-edge reviews, commentaries, public health and medical developments.”

Find Obesity through our catalog or electronic journal finder.

Aimed at the pharmacology researcher, xPharm: The Comprehensive Pharmacology Reference “covers molecular Targets, including receptors, enzymes, transporters and ion channels, chemical Agents, including both drugs and endogenous compounds, clinical Disorders, and basic pharmacological Principles.”

This Elsevier-produced reference work is available through a trial subscription through October 3rd.  Give it a try, and send your feedback to Lenore Hardy, Director, Health Sciences Libraries at hardy@drexel.edu.