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Mobile Tools

The library provides many services and resources that are now mobile compliant. For a list of these and to find out how you can use them - let this guide lead the way!

EBSCOHOST Mobile

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EBSCO, the suite of multi-disciplinary and niche databases, offers a mobile interface for most of its research databases. Using Ebsco Mobile, you can find articles on general topics (Academic Search Complete) or on specific subjects such as business (Business Source Complete), education (ERIC), history (Historical Abstracts), literature (MLA International), nursing (CINAHL), and psychology (PsycINFO). 

Simply go to your favorite EBSCO database as you normally would in your mobile device's browser or click one of the links above. EBSCO will recognize that it's a mobile device and direct you to the mobile site. No download required!

More information can be found on the Ebsco support site.

ACM Digital Library

ACM logoThe ACM Digital Library is compilation of the articles and conference proceedings in computer science, information technology, and related areas published by the Association for Computing Machinery. If you don't already have one, you'll need to create a free account at http://0-dl.acm.org.olinkserver.franklin.edu/dl.cfm. (If prompted to login for access, use your myFranklin credentials.)

app for iPhoneapp for Android

Download the free app at either Google Play or iTunes, and sign in with your ACM account information. This sign in will last for 6 months, after which you will need to login again on the main web version above. 

ArticleSearch

ArticleSearch Logoapp for iPhoneArticleSearch is a free iOS app that offers a search interface to results in Google Scholar and Microsoft Academic Search.  With the free version of the app, you can choose one additional article search engine, such as Worldcat, to add to your search results.  Additional search engines can be added by purchasing up to 3, up to 7 or unllimited versions of ArticleSearch. 

Numbers of results returned from each search engine are displayed within the app; once you choose a particular results set that you wish to access, you will be taken out of the app and into the native web site such as Google Scholar or Worldcat. 

We think it is really fun to shake our phone to clear search results and start over.  But we are easily amused. 

Want access to the full text of articles you discover through ArticleSearch?  There are a number of ways to make sure your mobile device have access:

  • Connect to the campus wireless network.
  • For Google Scholar results:
    1.  Navigate to the Scholar Setting icon in the top right corner of the page. 
    2. Under Library Links, search for Franklin University - Full Text @Franklin and select that option. 
    3. This will allow our full text links to display in your Google Scholar search results. 

More about ArticleSearch

Google Scholar

works with most smart phones

No app needed; simply go to Google Scholar. To customize your Google Scholar settings, under settings area at the top of the screen, go to Library Links on the left side. Add Franklin University, and OhioLINK if desired to your preferences. You will still need to log in to access e-books and databases when off-campus.

Google Scholar Search

ProQuest Mobile

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works with most smart phones

ProQuest has a mobile version of their American Periodicals Series (historical periodicals, 1740-1900) and Dissertations & Theses databases at http://0-m.search.proquest.com.olinkserver.franklin.edu. No specific app is needed; this is a mobile-optimized version of the website. 

PubMed Mobile

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works with most smart phonesPubMed Mobile offers a simplified interface to the National Library of Medicine database of millions of article citations and abstracts from thousands of biomedical journals.

PubMed Handheld allows you to search PubMed as well as askMEDLINE, a consumer health reference source, and the PICO (Patient, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome) database.

app for iPhoneapp for AndroidThere is also a third-party app, PubMed on Tap, available for purchase at the iTunes store as well as a free Android app, PubMed Mobile, at Google Play. 

You can browse the full suite of mobile sites from the National Library of Medicine at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mobile/,

Web of Science Mobile

Web of Knowledge Mobile

works with most smart phonesThe Web of Knowledge platform, which includes the Web of Science citation databases, now offers a mobile site, http://m.webofknowledge.com.

The mobile version has the ability to search within individual products (Web of Science, Biological Abstracts, MEDLINE, etc.), as well as the All Databases Search. Other features include: sort, refine, email, add records to EndNoteWeb or RefWorks, view times-cited counts, citation score card, and search history.  

Links to full text articles are not currently available in the mobile version. 

To use the mobile platform, you must first create a personal account at Web of Knowledge.

  1. Go to http://webofknowledge.com from an on-campus computer. 
  2. Click Sign In along the top navigation
  3. Click Register to create a new account. You will be asked to enter your email address to verify that an account does not already exist for you.
  4. If an account does not already exist, you will be prompted to fill in the User Registration page.
  5. After the username and password you have entered is verified, it will become active.
  6. You are required to log in to Web of Knowledge from an IP authenticated computer or device every six months to verify you are an authorized user.

More about Web of Knowledge Mobile.

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