Mobile Apps: Search the Literature

Access mobile apps and mobile-optimized sites related to Library resources. Free to Mount Sinai users unless otherwise indicated.

Search the Literature

CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new window
Full-text nursing and allied health literature plus additional resources. Additional materials include full-text evidence-based care sheets, quick lessons and continuing education modules.

Access Note: While on the Mount Sinai network, you can download the mobile app by clicking on the link at the bottom of the CINAHL site which states: "iPhone and Android apps". Open the confirmation email and install the app according to the instructions.
PubMed for Handhelds This link opens in a new window
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Mobile friendly site features multiple ways to search PubMed/MEDLINE: PICO (Patient, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome); askMEDLINE, a free-text, natural language search; and Consensus Abstracts.
Read by QxMD This link opens in a new window
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Read by QxMD provides a single place to keep up with new medical & scientific research, read topic reviews and search PubMed.

App activation instructions:
1. Download/install the app.
2. Create your own personal account.
3. Click the gear icon (settings).
4. Go to institutional access under account settings, and enter your Mount Sinai ID and password.
5. On-site Mount Sinai users are automatically authenticated.
References On Tap This link opens in a new window
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References On Tap is a mobile app that lets you organize PDFs, as well as search PubMed, PubMed Central, Google Scholar, JSTOR, LOC, arXiv and Web Of Science.