Elsevier is a giant medical publisher that is engulfing
almost every famous publisher we know such as
Saunders and Mosby.
The company did not miss the fact that health care professionals are turning
to web and PDA based database and so they created many service websites
targeting health care professionals such MD Consult and First Consult.
Then they provided Pocket Consult which is a PDA portal through which we
can receive Journal TOCs, MD Consult News, Content clippings from Elsevier
titles and other services which are all installed on the PDA as a Mobipocket
News item called Pocket Consult.
They recently added Student Consult which is a great place for medical
students whereby they can read their purchased books and interact with
other students and prepare for the USMLE!
Elsevier as a world class publisher is expected to
have their own PDA platform to encompass their endless
books and journals and web based services.
    Subscription: Registrations is free with Pocket Consult and Student
    Consult but it is quite useless until we purchase and e edition when
    we see the actual features and benefits.
    Update Policy: The alerts and updates are prime example of the
    serious hard work of these people and ebooks are available on edition
    base such as Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics.
    Free trial: Available in a locked format that will not be unlocked until
    the product is purchased.
    Support: Email support is available and is highly professional and
    really solves problems!
    Storage: Depending on the collection but generally Pocket Consult
    may not need much memory to be installed, though we can not add all
    ebooks via the content clipper and may be because of memory issues.
    Prices: Generally prices are reasonable for Pocket Consult and
    Student Consult titles and many serives are free such as the
    calculators and the updates.
Pda4peds Pages About Major Developers
Elsevier
Pocket Consult / Student Consult
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Suggestions for
improvements
Please let us download
the whole ebooks into
the PDA "Not only
content clips"
Wireless access to a
small screen friendly
website will give access
to any mobile with
internet browsing
capability
A single PDA platform
to include all services
Wish to market
electronic editions
and no need to purchase
the old fashion print
edition in order to get
access the online and
PDA versions
Embase search for the
PDA! Like the many
available MEDLINE
search programs.
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