DynaMed is an evidence-based clinical reference tool for physicians and other health care professionals created for use primarily at the 'point-of-care'.
Available for Blackberry, Android, and iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad (iOS 7.0 and higher).
Lexi-Comp is a comprehensive drug information tool for use at the point of care. It contains clinical modules with information about drug interactions, identification, calculations, toxicology, and patient education. The indexes provide current generic and brand names for drugs used in the United States, Canada, and internationally for adult, paediatric, and geriatric populations. Natural product, infectious disease, and lab test information is also included.
AHS-affliated individuals, such as University of Alberta Medical Residents, are suggested to download Lexicomp through the Alberta Health & Service Knowledge Resource Service as their needs focus on patient care. This is contrasted to University students whose use centers on course study.
Mobile app available for Apple and Android mobile devices.
CPS by CPhA (formerly RxTx) Mobile app features :
Access to thousands of Health Canada–approved monographs.
CPhA evidence based, peer-reviewed monographs covering more than 300 drugs, including valuable guidance on off-label uses.
Health Canada advisories and alerts posted within 48 hours of issue.
As part of University of Alberta Library’ subscription to CPS, we are pleased to provide you with your own personal access to the CPS by CPhA mobile app!
Clinical Key integrates much of Elsevier's medical and surgical content into one online resource, giving physicians access to large numbers of books, journals, videos and images. NOTE: You must be signed on to a free ClinicalKey account in order to download PDF versions of articles and book chapters.
ClinicalKey can be accessed on Apple and Android mobile devices. To access the full content of ClinicalKey you will need to register for a free ClinicalKey account. Information on this can be found here.
Also known as: |Natural Standard| Natural Medicines provides evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies, and includes contributors from academic institutions. For each therapy covered by Natural Medicines, a research team systematically gathers scientific data and expert opinions. Validated rating scales are used to evaluate the quality of available evidence.
Available for Blackberry, iPhone/iPod Touch, iPad, Android, Palm OS and Windows Mobile.
Download the 'Natural Medicines' app that has a small green 'Pro' box in the upper lefthand corner of the icon, NOT the 'Natural Medicines Consumer Ed' app that has a blue 'C' box on the icon.
Use your newly created login credentials (username, not email address) and password to login to the app.
With the EBSCO Mobile app, users of EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) and EBSCOhost® have a pocket-sized, multi-function library access tool they can take with them, when and where they need it.
Free and available to all EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) and EBSCOhost users, the EBSCO Mobile app gives users ubiquitous access to the library’s content, including an easy way to download and read e-books and accessing search results across the library’s EBSCO subscriptions.
Also known as |Access Medicine| Includes ebooks in clinical medicine and basic science, including Harrison's Online, Hurst's The Heart, Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease (MMBID) and other major texts, with updates. Also includes a drug index.
Available for Apple and Android mobile devices. AccessMedicine from McGraw Hill Medical is a comprehensive online medical resource. The AccessMedicine app is a point of care solution for clinical practice through select mobile features.
To activate and for continued access to the app, register for a My Access account (using Sign In). and sign in every 90 days through your institution, either on-site or through a VPN.
The app combines our pioneering digital model of the human body – built from real scan data, unrivalled in its accuracy – with a fun interface designed to test understanding of anatomical structures and aid recall. And with its limitless bank of questions, it's the perfect study tool. Primal Pictures’ dynamic, interactive 3D Anatomy Quiz app is now available from Google Play and the App Store.
Health Sciences Article Databases
Need to find a few articles quickly? Most of our top health sciences databases are available in mobile format.
Web of Science™ My Research Assistant is a new mobile app that brings the power of the Web of Science to your mobile phone or device, so you’re equipped wherever inspiration strikes.
Available for iOS and Android as "Web of Science MyRA" app. Download the app, then sign in with an existing Web of Science account or create an account within the app.
The new PubMed Mobile interface from the National Library of Medicine (PMHh interface) looks the same as the database PubMed (UA Access) - citations have a “Get Full Text” link (Get-It) to our electronic journals. Users will be required to authenticate before they can access full text, just as they would through PubMed (UA Access) queries.
