LibGuides: Mobile Resources: Help

Welcome to the Mobile Resources Guide!

This guide includes apps and mobile-friendly websites which may be helpful for health sciences students, staff, and faculty. Some of these sites are paid for by the USC Libraries, and others are freely available to all.

Don't know anything about mobile devices? Check out our Basics tab on this guide.

Click on the tabs above to learn about resources for clinical information tools, drug information, study aids, journal article databases and journals, or consumer health. All apps and websites are selected by librarians at the Norris Medical Library.

Contact the reference service for help with selecting, installing, or using apps on your device.

Finding more recommended apps

Many clinicians, librarians, and software developers provide reviews of apps. In addition to the sources selected by Norris Library, check out these websites for recent reviews of apps.

Appolicious
This Yahoo-affiliated sites invites users to create curated lists of their favorite apps. The lists created by health care professionals and students are helpful, and it's a great source for consumer health-focused apps (self-care for diabetes; exercise or food trackers; etc.) and apps to use in occupational and physical therapy.
Daily App Show
While not specifically focused on health apps, this site includes videos of apps in action with reviews. Great chance to see an app before buying it.
iMedicalApps
One of the first review sites on medical apps specifically. This site was founded by medical students and now hosts reviews from students and medical professionals.

Tutorials & eBooks

Have questions on using technologies? Check out these sources!

Lynda Online Tutorials
Search by subject (e.g., digital photography, illustration) or software (e.g., iPhoto, Photoshop).

Offers nearly 1000 tutorials on computing topics such as Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office, web development, audio/video production, computer programming, mobile devices, and more.

These courses are broken into 5-15 minute tutorials that are taught by subject-matter experts. These courses can be accessed from on- or off-campus for convenient, self-paced learning.
Safari Tech Books Online
Provides e-books from the publishers specializing in computer application user and training manuals from Addison-Wesley, Alpha, Financial Times Prentice Hall, Cisco Press, New Riders, O'Reilly, Peachpit Press, Prentice Hall PTR, Que and Sams.

USC only has access to books published in the most current three years.

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