Do you have an iPhone, iPod Touch, Android, Blackberry or other mobile device? You can now use them to access the ASU Libraries wherever you go. In the latest the Library Minute we learn about the new mobile version of the ASU Libraries web site. Reserve a book, check computer availability, or get directions to one of our locations no matter where you are, all from http://m.lib.asu.edu.
Features of the mobile site include:
- Mobile specific hours and staff directory displays
- Search the catalog, Library One Search, LibGuides, and Google Scholar
- Save, email or text catalog records from within the mobile catalog
- Mobile specific Google maps and directions to our libraries
- Ask a Librarian contact information
- Library computer availability (refreshed every 5 minutes!)
- Mobilized Library Channel (news and multimedia) content
Wait – there’s more! More library related mobile sites that is:
- RefMobile (RefWorks’ mobile site): http://www.refworks.com/mobile/
- PubMed: http://pubmedhh.nlm.nih.gov/
- Medline Plus: http://m.medlineplus.gov/
- IEEE Xplore: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/mobile/
- WorldCat: http://www.worldcatmobile.org
- Google Books: http://books.google.com/m
- MD Consult: http://mobile.mdconsult.com/ (after creating a personal account on regular site)
- Encyclopedia Britannica: http://m.eb.com/
Mobile Apps:
- Naxos Music Library: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nml/id338059159?mt=8
- Scopus Alerts; http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scopus-alerts-lite-take-your/id365300810
- American Chemical Society Journals: http://itunes.apple.com/app/acs-mobile/id355382930
- AiP iResearch: http://itunes.apple.com/app/iresearch/id331339330
- arXiv: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/arxiview/id311788753
- PLoS: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/plos-medicine/id362137769
- LexisNexis: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id336328468?mt=8
- Social Science Research Network: http://itunes.apple.com/app/issrn/id334702612?mt=8
Do you know of other handy mobile web sites? Tell us in the comments below.
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I’m loving it that we an now use them to access the ASU Libraries wherever you go.