TY - JOUR
T1 - Keeping up to Date
T2 - Apps to Stay on Top of the Medical Literature
AU - Capdarest–Arest, Nicole
AU - Glassman, Nancy R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Published with license by Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2015/7/3
Y1 - 2015/7/3
N2 - Clinicians, researchers, and students today are faced with the challenge of keeping up with the seemingly exponential growth of scientific literature. Health sciences libraries provide access to much of that literature in electronic format. In concert with these changes in the amount of and means of access to the scientific literature is the rise in usage of mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones, and apps for mobile devices. Since increasing numbers of library users prefer to read library-provided content on a variety of devices, including personal computers, laptops, tablets, and smartphones, librarians should be knowledgeable about apps that search and browse for journal content provided by libraries. This column will focus on several e-journal apps including: BrowZine, Docphin, Read by QxMD, and ReadCube, as well as citation managers and publisher-specific apps. The use of these apps to promote library resources and services will also be discussed.
AB - Clinicians, researchers, and students today are faced with the challenge of keeping up with the seemingly exponential growth of scientific literature. Health sciences libraries provide access to much of that literature in electronic format. In concert with these changes in the amount of and means of access to the scientific literature is the rise in usage of mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones, and apps for mobile devices. Since increasing numbers of library users prefer to read library-provided content on a variety of devices, including personal computers, laptops, tablets, and smartphones, librarians should be knowledgeable about apps that search and browse for journal content provided by libraries. This column will focus on several e-journal apps including: BrowZine, Docphin, Read by QxMD, and ReadCube, as well as citation managers and publisher-specific apps. The use of these apps to promote library resources and services will also be discussed.
KW - android
KW - applications
KW - e-journals
KW - iPad
KW - iPhone
KW - journals
KW - mobile devices
KW - reading
KW - smartphones
KW - tablets
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U2 - 10.1080/15424065.2015.1065660
DO - 10.1080/15424065.2015.1065660
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84943180179
SN - 1542-4065
VL - 12
SP - 171
EP - 181
JO - Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries
JF - Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries
IS - 3
ER -