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Annual Reviews Mobile

The Annual Review Mobile website provides a personalized browsing, searching, and reading experience optimized for the iPhone, iPod touch, and Android. Features in include:??

The AR Mobile app also allows users to pair their mobile device with their institution?s subscriptions. This industry-first access management process controls access by user, device, and institution, allowing your patrons to access subscribed content on the go.

Start at the Annual Review Mobile site to start the pairing process.

EBSCOhost Mobile databases

Choose among 40+ databases on the EBSCOhost interface. Features of the mobile interface include basic searching and advanced searching with limiters, display of HTML and PDF full text articles, emailing articles, and searching across multiple databases. Your device must have Javascript enabled in order to use EBSCOhost Mobile.

IEEE Xplore Mobile

IEEE Xplore Mobile provides free search of all IEEE Xplore documents directly on your mobile device. You can view up to 10 article abstracts per search. To view full-text articles, send the article links to your email address.

IEEE Xplore Mobile Beta is viewable on all web-enabled mobile devices. It has been optimized for newer mobile devices (i.e. Apple iPhone, Blackberry Storm). When using older mobile devices (i.e. Blackberry 8360, Blackberry Curve), you may be able to choose "Internet Browser" as your default browser in your device's options for optimal viewing.

JSTOR Mobile

Mobile JSTOR is best used for searching JSTOR while you're on the go, and then emailing the citations to yourself so you can read the articles later on a computer. You can zoom in to see pages if you connect through Off Campus Sign In and your phone supports zooming. JSTOR Mobile works on iOS, Android, and BlackBerry devices. See their help page for more information.

Mobile MedlinePlus 

Authoritative consumer health information from MedlinePlus in a mobile-optimized Web site that includes summaries for over 800 diseases, conditions and wellness topics as well as the latest health news, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, and information on prescription and over-the-counter medications.

PubMed for Handhelds

A website for searching MEDLINE with the web browser of any mobile device.

WorldCat Mobile

Search for library materials
Enter search terms such as keywords, author or title
Find a WorldCat library near you
(includes Virginia Tech libraries) Enter your ZIP, postal code or location in the Libraries Locator
Call a library
Highlight and click the phone number in a library listing to place a call
Map a route
Find the fastest way to a WorldCat library using the mapping software already on your device