It is now easier to install DynaMed on multiple mobile devices. DynaMed is installed after first creating a free Skyscape account. Skyscape now supports the installation of DynaMed on up to up to five devices of the same operating system. For example, if you have registered DynaMed on your iPhone, you can install it to your iPad using the same serial number. When you install Skyscape/DynaMed on the iPad, all of the resources that were registered to your iPhone are automatically installed. This also applies to the Android and BlackBerry platforms.

The maintenance of switching/adding devices is handled through Skyscape's My Account webpage. If you want to have the product installed on a sixth device, you will need to deactivate the subscription from one of the other five devices. You are able to do this from the My Account page.

DynaMed provides rapidly updated, evidence-based, clinically-oriented disease and drug information for health care professionals. If you need a serial number in order to install DynaMed on your mobile device, please send an email to Himmelfarb Library at library@gwumc.edu.

Himmelfarb has added additional mobile drop-in session for the coming months.

• Do you need help accessing the wireless network at GWUMC with your mobile device?
• Do you need help loading apps onto your mobile device?
• Want to learn more about mobile websites or apps for medicine or public health?

Additional Sessions will be held:

• Feb 1 12-1:00 p.m.
• Feb 22 3-4:00 p.m.
• March 22 12-1:00 p.m.
• June 7 3-4:00 p.m.
• June 21 12-1:00 p.m.

Mobile drop-in sessions will be held at the Bloedorn Technology Center help desk on the 3rd floor of the Library. Questions? Please contact Laura Abate at mlblea@gwumc.edu.

Monday, Sept 13th from 12noon-1pm

Himmelfarb has added additional mobile drop-in session for the beginning of September.

• Do you need help accessing the wireless network at GWUMC with your mobile device?
• Do you need help loading apps onto your mobile device?
• Want to learn more about mobile websites or apps for medicine or public health?

Additional Sessions will be held:

• September 21, from 3-5pm
• October 19, from 3-5pm
• November 16, from 3-5pm

Stop by the service desk on the 3rd flr of Himmelfarb Library on Thursday for assistance.

Questions? Please contact Liz Hall at mlbemp@gwumc.edu

Healthcare professionals read journal articles in PDF format constantly. You may be wondering what are the alternatives to printing out a hard copy for highlighting PDFs and e-texts electronically.

iAnnotate is an application written for the Apple iOS. It can run on iPads and iPhones. Reviews by medical students and the Chronicle of Higher Education have been positive. The iAnnotate app enables touch screen highlighting of PDFs on an iPad with the ability to add a note using the pop up keyboard. iAnnotate integrates your annotations directly into the PDF such that they are able to be read on a standard PDF reader like Adobe Reader or Preview, provided that you download the free Aji PDF Service software to your PC or Mac. This app has the added ability to transfer PDFs via email. Although this video shows someone using their finger, this would work better and feel more natural using a stylus such as the POGO sketch. At the time of writing, the app publisher Aji does not offer a version of iAnnotate for other operating systems such as Kindle or Nook e-readers.

Highlighting e-texts is a similarly enticing proposition. Nook and Kindle both enable highlighting of e-texts that are in their respective proprietary e-text formats (.pdb & .azw files), but the interface is clunky and relies on button clicks to place the cursor and highlight text one...character...at...a...time. iPad uses the iBook application to download, view, highlight and annotate e-books in the EPUB format purchased from iTunes, but it has as yet not the breadth of B&N and currently makes available popular reading titles not textbooks.

Laptops and Netbooks continue to offer viable alternatives to iPad. The Chronicle of Higher Education published an excellent article and follow-up article recently on software that lets you highlight and annotate PDFs on PC and MAC. Barnes and Noble recently released NOOKstudy for download to computers running Windows or Mac OS. The software has various tools including the ability to highlight text using a mouse, and to add notes, but only for e-texts you buy or rent from B&N in their e-reader (.pdb) format.

As this is a rapidly changing area, keep up to date with new developments by reading the Chronicle of Higher Education, CNET and the New York Times Personal Tech section.

The Himmelfarb Library is in the process of developing a mobile web page! To that end, we are soliciting feedback from students to assist us in determining the most appropriate content for the site. All GWUMC students are invited to comment.

Please take a few moments to complete a short survey: Mobile Web Survey

Your feedback will greatly assist us in providing mobile resources that best meet your needs. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about this project please contact Liz Hall at mlbemp@gwumc.edu