Wireless Access

Wireless Access- for Palm or Pocket PC

Wireless Access Instructions
Wireless Access Instructions for Palm, iPAQ, or Axim from the School of Nursing.

Wireless Clinical Tools
Designed by the DUMC Medical Library to include links to several resources that have been configured for wireless access on the PDA.
Includes PubMed, UpToDate, Duke Custom ID, Annals of Internal Medicine, CV Risk, and an EBM Tool Kit.

Annals of Internal Medicine Current Issue for PDA
View the abstract or the full text of the Annals of Internal Medicine's current issue.

Accessing PubMed
There are two methods to access PubMed with wireless access.
  1. PubMed for Handhelds is a webpage formatted for the PDA. This webpage offers variety of search options including the PICO format, filtered searches, clinical queries, and a free-text, natural language search. PubMed for Handhelds
  2. MD on Tap is an application that must be downloaded to the handheld, but then MEDLINE may be searched with a wireless connection. This software contains many useful features including: MEDLINE search limits available, see a history of previous queries, save citations to a PDA text file, see subject clusters of search results, related articles link, link-out to full-text web sites, evidence based medicine clusters, set default number of results, "English + human" limit, auto spell check, three search engines to select from, select "Summary" or "Title" to view results, and an optional PICO search tab to use. Download MD on Tap
Instructions for Tungsten C:
  1. Connecting to the Duke WiFi Network.
  2. Configuring DUMCL wireless Clinical Tools page as PDA home page.
Instructions for Palm TX:
  1. Connecting to the Duke WiFi Network.