Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Resource Guide
Browsers/Web-Clipping Services
Calendars/Scheduling Software
Data Collection
- PDA Stats Palm OS 2.85 (Statistics software for PalmOS)
- Quickformz (PDA Survey Software, can download free trial) ($$)
Hardware, Software, and Product Guides
- CNet
- Handango
- Handheld News
- mobileplanet (PDAs, Tablets, Smart Phones)
- PalmGear
- PalmSpot.com
- PDAGeek
- PocketGear
- PocketPC Central
- PocketPCmag.com
- Skyscape
- Tucows
- ZDNet
Presentation Software
- Margi Presenter To Go ($$)
- mobileplanet (Presentation hardware and software listings, reviews)
Print Software
- BTPrint ($$. BlueTooth print software)
- DocToPrint ($$. Documents To Go print software)
- IRPrint ($$. Infrared print software)
- InStep Print ($$. For Blackberry, Palm, and PocketPC)
- PrintBoy ($$. Palm and PocketPC)
- PrintPocketCE ($$)
Privacy/Security
- Credant Technologies (Enterprise software for data protection)
- FirewallGuide.com (Free. Resource Guide)
- PDA Defense (Software for data protection)
Travel
- ArcView Solutions ($$. Esri Corp, GIS/GPS data solutions. VCU License)
- Mapquest (Free. Download directions to your PDA)
- mobileplanet (GPS hardware and software listings, reviews)
Wireless Access
- mobileplanet (Wireless hardware and software listings, reviews)
- Most Wired Cities
- VCU Wireless Network
Word Processing & Spreadsheet Software
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Documentstogo
- Handstory
- Pendragon
- Plucker
- Pocket Word & Pocket Excel (comes bundled on Pocket PC)
Bioterrorism
- PDA Applications (Free. Center for the Study of Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections)
- PDA Portal: Bioterrorism (Free. American College of Physicians - American Society of Internal Medicine)
- Review of PDA Applications in Toxicology & Environmental Health (Free. National Library of Medicine)
- Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders (WISER) (Free. National Library of Medicine. Available for Palm and PocketPC)
Calculators
- Expression calculator ($$. Chemistry)
- MedMath
- MedRules
- Molecular Weight Calc 4.6
- PilotZone (Numerous free, shareware, and for fee medical and scientific calculators for download from Tucows)
- Pocket-Doc.com
Clinical & Evidence-Based
- ACP-ASIM Clinical References (Free. ACP/ASIM. Clinical practice guidelines, Normal Lab Values from MKSAP 12, Normal Lab Values from MKSAP 12, and more)
- Antibiotic Guide (Free. Johns Hopkins University. Concise information on diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases)
- Diagnosaurus (Free. 1000+ differential diagnosis)
- EBM Toolkit (Free. Duke University)
- Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines (Free. ACCP)
- FirstConsult (FirstConsult Handheld available through VCU Libraries).
- HIV/AIDS Treatment Guidelines (Free. ATIS. US federally approved treatment guidelines)
- InfoGuide Center Clinical EBM Guidelines Portal (Free. Practice "pocket" guidelines from the American Heart Association and the American College of Chest Physicians)
- InfoPoems ($$. Clinical decision making. Cochrane reviews)
- MedRules ($$. Clinical prediction tools & calculators)
- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Palm OS Downloads (Free. BMI Calculator, Asthma treatment guidelines, Cholesterol management tool, more)
- Practice Guidelines for Handhelds (Free. PalmOS only. National Quality Measures Clearinghouse Guidelines and Measures. Evidence-based information on health care quality measures)
- PubMed via PICO (Free. Developed by researchers at the National Library of Medicine. PICO (which stands for Patient/Problem, Intervention, Compared to, and Outcome) is a concept used for structuring questions to locate information. Beta version)
- Toxnet (Free. Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases.)
Clinical Trials & Databases
- ClinicalTrials.gov (Free. Handheld version of ClinicalTrials.gov)
- FirstConsult (FirstConsult Handheld available through VCU Libraries).
- MD Consult Mobile edition/Pocket Consult (VCU Libraries license. Pocket Consult provides access to daily news updates, weekly drug updates, and journal abstracts)
- MEDLINE / PubMed (Free. Handheld computer-accessible gateway to several databases developed by researchers at the National Library of Medicine. Access MEDLINE/PubMed, read new journal abstracts, and search for relevant clinical trials. Search PubMed via PICO)
- USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference (Free)
Dental
- 5 Minute Clinical Consult for Dental Professionals ($$. Skyscape)
- Ace Dental ($$. Patient tracking software)
- Dental Materials 1.0 ($$. Materials manager)
- DentalPDA (Free/$$. Membership required for downloads etc.)
- DMD-Palm-DMS ($$. Clinical dentistry resource)
- Lexi-Drugs for Dentistry ($$)
- Pharmacogenetics ($$)
Drug Information
- A to Z Drug Facts ($$. Skyscape)
- Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses ($$. Skyscape)
- Drug News Weekly for your PDA ($$. Skyscape)
- ePocrates (Free/$$)
- Lexi-Comp ($$)
- mobileMICROMEDEX (VCU Libraries resource. Mobile version includes Drug information, Alternative medicine information, Acute care information,and Toxicology information.
- MobilePDR (Free to physicians, residents, medical students, and nurse practitioners)
- Mosby's Drug Reference (Available through the VCU Libraries MDConsult subscription)
- PDR Drugs ($$. Skyscape)
- Physician's Drug Handbook, 10th ed.($$. Skyscape)
Engineering Tools
- Chemical & Engineering Latest News (Free, set up custom channel with AvantGo)
- EngineeringTools ($$. Portal of tools for electrical,fluid mechanics, HVAC, mechanical, pneumatic, and structural engineers designed to same time and effort)
- Engineer's Kit ($$, free trial. PackMetrics and Expressions Calculator)
- fMat ($$. Handbook/glossary for materials and metals)
- Gas Fired Heater Calculations ($$. Engineering Tools portal)
- Hydraulic Engineering Tools ($$. Engineering Tools portal)
- Motor Data Pro ($$)
- Process Ace Software Bundle ($$. Steam Properties, Pump Calculations, Turbine Calculations and Heater Calculations in one download)
- Pump Calculations ($$)
- Steam Turbine Calculations ($$)
General Medicine
- Dirline (Directory of Health Organizations. A directory of organizations and other resources in health and biomedicine.) Handheld Medicine
- PalmGear
- PalmSpot.com
- pdaMD.com
- RNPalm
- Skyscape
- Tucows
Journal Abstracts/Current Awareness
- AvantGo (Free/$$. Web access via wireless or sync)
- JournalToGo (Free, registration required)
- MD Consult Mobile edition/PocketConsult (VCU Libraries license. Pocket Consult provides access to daily news updates, weekly drug updates, and journal abstracts)
- PubMed Journal Abstract Browser (Free)
- Wiley Interscience Mobile edition (VCU Libraries license)
Life Sciences
- Chemical & Engineering Latest News (Free, set up custom channel with AvantGo)
- Chemical Physics pre-print database (Free)
- ChemRef Advanced ($$. 3Dmodel viewer, periodic tables, more)
- ChemTools 3.0 (Free/$$. Chemistry calculation tools)
- LANL pre-prints server (Free)
- Math pre-prints server (Free)
- Mendeleev Periodic Table 1.10 ($$. Physical data, chemical properties, more)
- Periodic Table for PocketPC ($$. Periodic elements on your PDA)
- PalmPCR ($$. Utility for calculating PCR reactions)
Manuals/Textbooks
- 5 Minute Clinical Consult for Dental Professionals (PDA) ($$. Skyscape)
- 5 Minute Clinical Consult (Griffith's, 2006 Special Mobile/Desktop Bundle) ($$. Skyscape. Free trial)
- Harrison's Manual of Medicine, 16th edition ($$. Unbound Medicine. Free trial)
- Manual of Nursing Practice: Procedures for PDA ($$. LWW)
- Merck Manual for PDA ($$. CollectiveMed.com)
- Physician's Drug Handbook: 10th edition for PDA ($$. LWW)
- Washington Manual of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology ($$. CollectiveMed.com)
- Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics ($$. Skyscape)
- Washington Manual of Surgery ($$. CollectiveMed.com)
Nursing
- Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses ($$. Skyscape)
- Lexi-Drugs for Nursing ($$)
- Manual of Nursing Practice: Procedures for PDA ($$. LWW)
- RNPalm Resource Site
- VCU Libraries Nursing Resources Guide
Public Health
- ArcView Solutions ($$. Esri Corp, GIS/GPS data solutions. VCU License)
- epiTool v.1.03 (Free. Johns Hopkins statistical calculator)
User Groups and Listservs
VCU Sponsored
- PDA Projects at VCU
- SOM PDA User Group (Primarily geared towards SOM students. VCUHS Paging Directory available for download, CBIL sponsored)
- VCU PDA Special Interest Group (Open to faculty, staff, and students, VCU Libraries sponsored )
Non-VCU Sponsored