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PDA Resources Online

There are hundreds of resources available for use on PDAs including search engines, dictionaries, reference materials, and news feeds. We've pulled together some of the best free tools available online in each of these categories. Please note this is not an exhaustive list but will assist you in finding the right tool at the right time. Some of the resources listed below require that you download software onto your device. To learn more about mobile computing, check out the Yahoo glossary of mobile terms.

Hanford Technical Library Resources

EndNote bibliographic management software, available on the PNNL Installer. (EndNote has a Palm conduit program that allows you to put one EndNote library on a Palm Pilot. It is not the full EndNote program, but can be used for minor editing and additions to the library. That library will then be synchronized back with its desktop version at the next Palm Hot Sync. More information on this feature can be found in Chapter 19 of EndNote Version X program manual. The manual can be accessed from the Program files on your computer after the software is installed.)
Leona, Hanford Technical Library catalog search
NEWSBridge (News service developed by the Hanford Technical Library, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Also available as an RSS news feed or via email.)

Hanford Site Resources

PopFon's PalmFon is a customizable, corporate white pages system written for the full range of Palm Pilot personal digital assistants (PDAs), including Palm III, Palm V, Palm VII and Handspring Visor products.

Search Engines

AlltheWeb
Google Mobile
TagJag formerly known as gada.be (search help for mobile users is available and should be consulted for best results)
Technorati Mobile (blog search)
Yahoo Mobile

Dictionaries, eBooks & Encyclopedias

MemoWare (Free eBook titles for PDAs)
tucows (Offers a variety of all types of dictionaries, encyclopedias and reference tools and materials)
University of Virginia Library Etext Center (Over 2,100 publicly available eBooks)

Reference Materials & Tools

Archimedes (Medical calculator)
ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)
Diagnosaurus (McGraw-Hill, Lange series)
MedCalc
MEDLINE on Tap (National Library of Medicine)
mobile MerckMedicus
National Guideline Clearinghouse (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
PDA Applications: Bioterrorism Fact Sheets (Center for the Study of Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections)
PDA Portal: Bioterrorism (American College of Physicians )
PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
Review of PDA Applications in Environmental Health and Toxicology (National Library of Medicine)
ToxNet (National Library of Medicine)
tucows (Offers a variety of all types of dictionaries, encyclopedias and reference tools and materials)
USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders (National Library of Medicine)

Channels, Journals, Blogs & News Feeds

AvantGo (Delivers web content from major magazines, newspapers and journals. Requires registration.)
Bloglines Mobile (RSS news reader and blogging service)
Feedalot (RSS news reader on the go)
JournalToGo (Delivers clinical abstracts and healthcare news. Requires registration.)
lanl.arXiv.org PrePrints Server (Los Alamos National Laboratory e-print service in the fields of physics, mathematics, non-linear science, computer science, and quantitative biology.)
LiteFeeds (RSS news reader on the go)
mobileGlu (Multi-function syndicator of blog, Flickr and RSS feed content)
PubMed Journal Abstract Browser (Browse the table of contents from a variety of journals indexed by the National Library of Medicine.)
WINKsite (Multi-function mobile site complete with chat, blog, mobile feed reader, surveys, journal, forum, calendar, guestbook, bookmarks, email and more)

Other PDA Resources

CNET PDA and GPS (Reviews and advice)
CNET Downloads (Freeware and reviews)
Handango (Freeware, shareware, and commercial software for mobile devices)
MobileTechReview (Formerly PDA Buyer's Guide)
PDA Geek (News, reviews, and tips)
PDA Street (News and downloads)
the unwired (News and stories about mobile computing)
Yahoo Mobile Web Directory (Directory of sites with mobile content specially designed to work with your WAP-enabled phone)
ZDNet downloads (Freeware, shareware, trialware)