UpToDate Anywhere

Introducing UpToDate Anywhere

The Harriet K. & Philip Pumerantz Library will be implementing UpToDate Anywhere beginning Monday, July 29th.

By registering for UpToDate Anywhere you will be able to download and log into a free UpToDate Mobile App for you iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows 8 tablet (use your mobile platforms app store). You will also have easy access to UpToDate by logging in with your personal username/password from any computer with an internet connection and will be able to earn CME credits when you research a clinical question using UpToDate on site or remotely. Due to the new features of UpToDate Anywhere users will be required to log in to the Pumerantz Library's proxy server on and off campus.

Instruction on  how to register and use UpToDate Anywhere can be located on the Electronic Resources page.

VisualDx Enhancements

Starting today; March 1, 2011, VisualDx is releasing some new enhancements, a new app, more images, an enhanced search feature, and a team up with another database.

Android users rejoice, VisualDx has finally created an app for the Android platform. You can now enjoy the power of ViusalDx on your Droids, & G2's! Currently enrolled students, faculty and staff may sign up for VisualDx for Android here and click on "Get VisualDx mobile free".

Keyword enhanced search VisualDX has "expanded the Look up a Diagnosis search to include more general key terms we have found users to be entering frequently." You can now search more general terms and retrieve reliable results.

VisualDx and Up To Date have teamed up to offer enhanced services. Now when you perform a search in Up To Date, if the topic you look up has a correlation to topics or images covered in VisualDx you will be provided with an icon to view the diagnosis, treatment options, and images in VisualDx. Follow this link for an example, see the orange icon next to "See images of contact dermatitis in VisualDx".