Reponses on Test Comparison Medical Journal Apps

End of last week (March 15th 2013) was the official kick-off of our test and trial period for 4 different Journal Apps. See our LibGuides page on E-Journals.

Comparison of (Medical) Journal Apps by Cmb Umcg

I will try and post all relevant comments and responses to the test trial and the apps below in this post.

In the end I want to create a kind of comparion chart/map/table and list a number of criteria. here are some criteria I am thinking off. If you have suggestions for additional criteria, please do not hesitate to contact me!

Registration process
User interface
Performance
Access to full text
Pdf view + extra's
Share options
"Open In" other Apps
Notifications
Search options
Platforms
Support

Some Responses

Am I right that docwise and Read by QxMD do NOT have option to Open PDF in another Apps, like GoodReader?
Answer docwise: will launch this approx. 2 months. Answer Read: It's on our Roadmap!

How does this "Featured" Tab work in ReadbyQxMD?
Answer Read: Over time, you will find that the Featured tab will become more and more personalized. The featured tab is populated by content that is algorithmically determined. We use dozens of signals to figure out the content that you might otherwise be missing. For example, if you are a cardiologist and thousands of other cardiologists have been reading article X, we are more likely to include article X in your featured stream even if it's from a journal that you haven't subscribed to.
I am missing Critical Care Medicine + American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care in BrowZine. can you add them for me?
Answer BrowZine: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care is a Highwire journal, we'll be adding this very soon (probably within the next week). Critical Care Medicine is a LLW title and we are still a ways out from supporting these journals (more than a month out).

Comments

From Netvibes Universes to Netvibes Premium Universes?

I am still trying to create and improve the DIGICMB Universe and now they tell me I could also have it as an EMBEDDED Universe INSIDE my own (library) website. Check here the Premium Universe of Le Figaro Newspaper web site called Myfigaro and you will see the Url is: http://www.lefigaro.fr/monfigaro/ . However, Fred Mini , Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Netvibes , in his French blogs adds "for those interested" that these Premium Universe are "Not for Free"... Read more about Premium Universes at the blog called NETVIBER EXPERIENCE. This Premium Universe gives freedom for more customization and advertising. I will get info on how much it costs soon, i hope. Tags: netvibes , universe , premium , rss , personalisation , sharing , publish , library , libraries , api , widgets , feeds , tab s

PubMed Search & News Widget

OK, I think Toolbars are great for quick easy access to search databases, free or licensed databases. Users can use this jumpstart search to get to their preferred search engines direct from their browser window. But not everybody is allowed to install browser plugins or add-ons. To distribute the Toolbar functionality like the search & news options, I create derived widgets that can be used as a whole in many social networks , websites and intranet sites, everywhere where it is allowed to put up html. The PubMed Search & News Widget is the latest one. I just got confirmation from Widgetbox that they approved it. "Derived" in this case, means, the widget is using the PubMed Toolbar installed custom searches and the installed rss-feed of PubMed New & Noteworthy . (re-published from NLM Toolbars Blog ) Tags: pubmed , nlm , search , widget , toolbar , socialnetworks Related articles by Zemanta PubMed Toolbar in the Spotlight (digicmb.blogspot.com) ...

Updates from Journal Apps (BrowZine, docwise, ReadbyQxMD, Docphin)

Here a short overview of all new updates around the Journal apps we are supporting. Personally I am most excited about the anouncements of " docwise " making big steps to keep up with BrowZine & Read (Integration -"Open in"- with Dropbox, Evernote and more, save and email full text articles), but making a hug jump with unique features, like shareable Folders with docwise users ánd a RSS reader feature (boldly called Google Reader replacement!). Bring it on! BrowZine : just published the Android Version of their App to which the CMB UMCG now has a subscription. To be downloaded from Google Play Store or Amazon App Store the following publishers have been added Project MUSE Cambridge University Press American Marketing Association Academy of Management Royal Society of Chemistry Institute of Physics American Physical Society Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) American Geophysical Union International Society for Optics a...

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