Personal Digital Assistants & Mobile Technology

Resources/Services for Welch Patrons

The use of PDA's has rapidly accelerated in the healthcare field as physicians, students, and clinical staff incorporate them into the patient care workflow. The Welch Medical Library has assembled the resources below for our user community.

MobileWelch
A mobile version of the Welch Medical Library website for handhelds. View instructions for adding MobileWelch to your handheld.

Health Science Resources for the PDA
Links to various health science resources for handheld computers that are either Hopkins-licensed, fee-based, and/or free.

PubMed Search of "Computers, Handheld"
In 2003, the National Library of Medicine added the Medical Subject Heading (MeSH®) "Computers, Handheld" to its vocabulary thesaurus.

PDA FAQs at Welch
Answers to questions from the JHMI community about mobile technology, including acquiring, configuring, and using PDAs at the library and elsewhere on campus.

PDA Projects at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
A listing, compiled by library staff, of various PDA Resources and initiatives within the JHMI community.