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Table 6 Literature Search Applications

From: A Systematic Review of Healthcare Applications for Smartphones

Application

Version (price)

Platforms

Description

Functions

PubSearch URL35[51]

1.6 (free)

iOS

An application for medical literaturesearches from PubMed.

Searches PubMed; display search results; sort byauthors, title, journal or year; display article’sabstract; bibliographic entry.

PubMed on Tap URL36[41, 42, 56]

2.6 ($2.99)

iOS

A medical literature search toolfor iPhone.

Searches and displays reference information fromPubMed; store references in a searchable personallibrary; email references from within the application;advanced search specifying search field and usinglogic operators; links to full text articles; rememberrecent searches; navigation between references.

MD on Tap URL37[50, 55, 5759, 6365]

2.1 (free)

Palm OS,Windows CE,Windows Mobile

An application that retrieves MEDLINEcitations through Internet connections.

Searches using 3 search engines: PubMed, Essie,and Google; previous query history; save citationsas text file; take notes; cluster search results; relatedarticles; auto spell check; links to full-text article.

askMEDLINE URL38[45, 6062]

(free)

Web-enabledsmartphone.

A natural language query tool forPubMed/MEDLINE developedby the NLMf.

Searches PubMed by entering natural languagequery; spell checker; handles query in the form ofquestions or complex phrases; MeSH spelleravailable in “MeSH Speller + askMEDLINE” programthat is an extension of askMEDLINE.

PICO URL39[45, 60, 62]

(free)

Web-enabledsmartphone.

A Patient, Intervention, Comparisonand Outcome (PICO) search interfacefor PubMed/MEDLINE developedby the NLMf.

Includes 4 text fields: problem, intervention,compare to, and outcome.

DiseaseAssociations URL40[45]

(free)

Web-enabledsmartphone.

A search interface for case reports andreview of reported cases inPubMed/MEDLINE developed by NLMf.

Includes three text entry fields: (1) two text fieldsfor sign, symptom, disease, condition, or procedurejoined with AND operator, (2) one text entryassociated with that disease, condition, or procedure.

  1. This table presents the version, platforms, a short description, and a list of functions of the six literature search applications for healthcare professionals.
  2. f NLM: National Library of Medicine.
  3. Website URLs:
  4. URL35: http://www.deathraypizza.com/deathraypizza/PubSearch_Home.html, Accessed June, 2011.
  5. URL36: http://www.referencesontap.com/, Accessed June, 2011.
  6. URL37: http://mdot.nlm.nih.gov/proj/mdot/mdot.php, Accessed June, 2011.
  7. URL38: http://askmedline.nlm.nih.gov/ask/ask.php?from=tbld, Accessed June, 2011.
  8. URL39: http://pubmedhh.nlm.nih.gov/nlmd/pico/piconew.php, Accessed June, 2011.
  9. URL40: http://askmedline.nlm.nih.gov/ask/da.php?from=tbld, Accessed June, 2011.