Mobile Web Sites: Yale Law School Library & Yale Medical School
As many of you know, we enjoying new mobile sites from various libraries as we learn about them. The challenge, especially in the world of mobile sites, is that what's new for person "A" might be old news for person "B." Actually, the more you think about it that's the case for most of the web, mobile or not.
Today, we begin with the Yale Law School Goldman Law Library.
2) Contact a Librarian (In most cases a phone number and e-mail addres are listed)
3) Library Hours
4) Mobile Video Tutorials (No problem viewing these videos via Vimeo in an iPhone)
The five videos listed as of today are:
+++ Welcome to Law Library Mobile Site
+++ Contact a Librarian
+++ Welcome to the Mobile MORRIS Catalog
+++ Request an Item from Mobile MORRIS
+++ Renew Items in Mobile MORRIS
With all of the content being optimized for mobile devices (several services listed on this page) we would expect the Goldman Law Library to expand rapidly over the next few months.
The home page is as straight forward as a home page can be. First, you'll access results from PubMed. A click and you'll see at the top of the search box the search option move to ORBIS (Yale's primary catalog). Next e-journals (yes, of course, you would need a subscription or site license to get to the full text), and finally, databases where suggestions about databases to select are made based on the query.
After you've gone through those resources take note of the link at the top of most pages labeled "resources." After a click you'll come across a large list of databases. The major issue is that once you've selected a database, let's say PsychInfo, you leave the mobile site are are taken to the desktop site. Of course, the info can be read but it's a slightly bit confusing and a waste of time when the majority of the site is "mobile friendly."
Finally, back to the home page. Remember, many of the resources listed here are only accessible with a site license or subscription. However, we found that the following offer partially or totally free access.
+ PubMed for Handhelds
+ MedlinePlus
+ eMedicine (iMedicine is Fee-Based)
+ MerckMedicus
Overall, this is one link heavy site that can assist medical professionals the info they want when and where they need it.
Both mobile sites, Law and Medicine help illustrate two professions that realized the importance of wireless access long before many other groups.
The Goldman Law Library and the Cushing/Whitney Medical School Library have so far done an impressive job to build a mobile resources that not only look nice but, more importantly are useful. We can't wait to see what is next.
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