New EBM Tools for your Mobile Phone

You can download the following resources to smart phones and mobile devices, including iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Palm, and Windows Mobile.

• Merck Manual
• Clinical Evidence
• EE+ POEMs
• Evidence Based Medicine Guidelines
• Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests
• tables of contents of Medline Journals
  

Go to uCentral from Unbound Medicine, http://bit.ly/b9jPva. Click on the PDA link at the top of the page. Create or log in to your individual account. Click on Download Software, and follow the instructions for your device.

Questions? Contact the Reference Department at askref@einstein.yu.edu, 718.430.3108, or text us at 66746 and start your message with medlib.

Book Club Selection for May

Join us at our next meeting when we'll discuss The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak, "the kind of book that can be life-changing," according to The New York Times.

* Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2010
* Time: 12:00pm- 1:00pm
* Location: Forchheimer 119N Library Conference Room

In the meantime, please join our virtual Book Club and share your ideas online. We also have a new Book Club email list. For more information or to RSVP, contact the Library Reference Department at askref@einstein.yu.edu, 718.430.3104, or visit the Library.

SpringerLink E-books

E-books are great. Everyone loves the convenience of having library books available 24/7 from any computer with an Internet connection. The Library’s collection includes over 8,800 e-books.

There are times when it is desirable to have the print. As part of the Library’s subscription to SpringerLink, you can order a printed copy of any SpringerLink e-book in the Library’s collection. The price is just $24.95 per book (black-and-white, softcover) including shipping and handling. The retail price for many of these titles can cost as much as $400.

Visit SpringerLink at http://bit.ly/springerprint. Select the title you want. Click on the Buy a Print Copy link. Enter your billing and shipping addresses and credit card information. Then place your order. Delivery time is approximately 8-11 business days.

April Book-of-the-Month from PsychiatryOnline

April's Book-of-the-Month from PsychiatryOnline is Recognition and Prevention of Major Mental and Substance Use Disorders, edited by Ming T. Tsuang, William S. Stone, and Michael J. Lyons. This volume addresses the current status of early intervention, and prevention of, major mental and substance use disorders. It covers this problem at many levels - from the DNA molecule to public policy.