Mobile Apps

All library databases are accessible on a mobile device using any web browser. There are a handful of databases which offer mobile Apps which have been licensed by the library or the medical center.

Follow the instructions below to download and activate those apps while on the OSU network or signed in using the off campus access.

UpToDate app logo

Find clinical answers at the point of care or anywhere you need them with the UpToDate App.

  1. Access UpToDate from the library website and register for a free personal account.

  2. Download and install the UpToDate app from the App Store.

  3. Launch the App and enter your UpToDate username and password when prompted.  

     

Clinical Key app logo

The ClinicalKey App provides access to full-text books, journals, guidelines, images, videos and more.

  1. Access ClinicalKey from the library website and create a free personal account.

  2. Download and install the ClinicalKey app from the App Store or Google Play Store.

  3. Launch the app and enter your ClinicalKey username and password when prompted. 

     

BrowZine app logo

The BrowZine App allows you to find, read, and monitor scholarly journals by creating a personalized bookshelf of your favorite journals and saving PDF articles to read at your convenience.

  1. Download the BrowZine App from the App Store.

  2. Open the BrowZine App and select Ohio State University as your library.

  3. Enter your OSU internet username (name.#) and password for access to OSU subscribed journals. 

     

Access by McGraw Hill app logo

The Access - by McGraw Hill App provides access to content from the Access Medical collections (AccessMedicine, AccessEmergencyMedicine, AccessPharmacy, AccessPhysiotherapy, and AccessSurgery) including books, videos and other multimedia, cases, review Q&A, images, infographics, diagnostic tools, and new personalization features.

  1. Connect to AccessMedicine or one of the other McGraw Hill Access databases from the library website's Databases page, and register for a free MyAccess account.

  2. Download and install the Access - by McGraw Hill App from the iOS or Android App Store.

  3. Launch the App and enter your MyAccess username and password when prompted. 

     

StateRef app logo

Stat!Ref App provides access to subscribed books including AHFS Drug Information, Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses, and more.

  1. Download the Stat!Ref App from the App Store.

  2. While on the OSU network, open the App and select the Group Authentication (IP Address) option,enter OSUHSC in the Group Alias box, and tap “Logon.”

  3. From off campus, follow the instructions within the App to create a temporary login account.