Lafayette College Library

Some library resources now have apps for use on mobile devices or have web pages that are optimized for mobile use. (Apps for subscription-based resources are designated with an asterisk *. Some or all of the content in these resources is available from on campus only.)

AccessMyLibraryCollege
App for accessing any of Lafayette's Gale databases or e-books, including Academic OneFile, Literature Resource Center, and Eighteenth Century Collections Online via a smartphone or iPad. When you use the app for the first time, you'll be prompted to select your library from a list and enter your Lafayette email address. You'll then be emailed a password that you can use to access Lafayette's resources from Gale. The advantage of this app is that it allows you to use these resources from off campus.
App store: search accessmylibrarycollege
Cost: Free

ACS Mobile*
App for accessing feed of new content from American Chemical Society journals and news feed from Chemical & Engineering News, plus full-text article access for ACS journals. For smart phones or iPad. (Lafayette’s institutional subscription to full text is only available from on campus via Lafayette’s wireless network.)
App store: search ACS Mobile
Cost: $2.99
Help and information: http://pubs.acs.org/page/tools/acsmobile/index.html

American Institute of Physics iResearch*
Smart phone app for accessing the full text of 13 journals from the American Institute of Physics. Lets you save articles locally for reading offline. Note that Lafayette subscribes to only two of these journals (Journal of Chemical Physics, Physics of Fluids), and you must be on campus to access them. Two additional journals (Biomicrofluids and Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy) have full text freely available.
App store: search iResearch
Cost: Free
Help and information: http://scitation.aip.org/iphone

Annual Reviews Mobile
App for accessing Lafayette's subscriptions to Annual Review publications.
App store: search Annual Reviews Mobile
Cost: free
Help and information: http://www.annualreviews.org/page/about/mobile. Note that you must follow the instructions to pair your device with Lafayette's subscription.

arXiv or arXiver
App for accessing the arXiv pre-print server with papers on physics, mathematics, and computer science.
App store: search arXiv (for iPhone) or arXiver (for iPad)
Cost: free

ArtStor Mobile (beta)
Mobile interface for browsing, searching, and viewing ArtStor's digital images. Includes "flashcard view," which allows users to test their knowledge by viewing an image without textual information, and then flipping the image to reveal the image record.
To access: Go to http://library.artstor.org on your mobile device. (You must have registered for a free ArtStor account from Lafayette's ArtStor Digital Library. Go to http://0-www.artstor.org.libcat.lafayette.edu/ on your PC or Mac, click on Go, then click on the register link in the top right corner.)
Help and information: http://help.artstor.org/wiki/index.php/ARTstor_Mobile

BioOne Mobile
Mobile interface for accessing journal articles available in BioOne.
To access: Go to http://bioone.org on your mobile device.
Help and information: http://www.bioone.org/page/resources/mobile (To access the full text of articles from off campus, follow the instructions for pairing your device with Lafayette's institutional subscription.)

EBSCOhost Mobile
Mobile interface and app for Lafayette’s EBSCOhost databases:

• America: History and Life
• Applied Science & Technology Abstracts
• Art & Architecture Complete
• ATLA Religion Index
• Historical Abstracts
• Philosopher’s Index
• RILM Music Abstracts.

To access mobile interface: Go to http://0-m.ebscohost.com.libcat.lafayette.edu/ on your mobile device. Select EBSCOhost mobile profile. Select a database to search.
App store: search EBSCOhost; Cost: free
Help and information: http://www.ebscohost.com/academic/mobile-access

Google Books
Mobile interface for Google Books.
To access: Go to http://books.google.com/m on your mobile device.

IEEE Xplore Mobile
Mobile interface for searching IEEE Xplore’s database of electrical engineering journals, transactions, conference proceedings, and standards.
To access: Go to http://0-m.ieeexplore.ieee.org.libcat.lafayette.edu/ on your mobile device.

iSSRN
Smart phone app for accessing the SSRN database of working and accepted papers on accounting, economics, financial economics, and management.
App store: search iSSRN
Cost: Free

JSTOR Mobile Beta
Mobile interface for searching and browsing JSTOR's database of full-text journals.
To access: Go to http://0-mobile.jstor.org.libcat.lafayette.edu/ on your mobile device.
More info and user survey: http://about.jstor.org/support-training/help/jstor-mobile-beta

Lexis Nexis Academic (beta)
Mobile interface for searching LexisNexis' database of newspapers, legal cases, and business information.
To access: Go to http://0-www.lexisnexis.com.libcat.lafayette.edu/hottopics/lnacademic/mobile on your mobile device.
More info: http://wiki.lexisnexis.com/academic/index.php?title=Academic_Mobile_Interface

Mobile MedlinePlus
Mobile interface for consumer health information on diseases, medications, and wellness.
To access: Go to http://m.medlineplus.gov/ on your mobile device.

Music Online
Use mobile device to listen to an audio track from one of Skillman's music listening databases: American Song, Classical Music Library, Contemporary World Music, and Jazz Music Library. When searching Music Online, look for the "send to mobile" icon, which will provide a shortlink to enable playback on your mobile device. Note that the shortlink will work outside Lafayette's network for 48 hours.
To access: http://0-muco.alexanderstreet.com.libcat.lafayette.edu/
Help and information: http://0-muco.alexanderstreet.com.libcat.lafayette.edu/help/view/using_y...

nature.com
Smart phone app for accessing abstracts and news content from nature.com. (Subscription required for access to full text.)
App store: search nature.com
Cost: Free
Help and information: http://www.nature.com/mobileapps/web/help

PLoSReader or PLoS Medicine
Apps for accessing the full text of content from PLoS Medicine and other Public Library of Science journals. For smart phones or iPad.
App store: search PLoS
Cost: Free

RefMobile
Mobile interface for working with your RefWorks account.
To access: Go to http://www.refworks.com/mobile on your mobile device. To log in you need a RefWorks shared account and the Lafayette Group Code. See http://library.lafayette.edu/refworks for details.
Help and information: http://www.refworks.com/refshare/help/Working_with_RefMobile.htm

unbound MEDLINE
Mobile interface for MEDLINE, the premier index to medical literature for health researchers and professionals.
To access: Go to http://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline on your mobile device

WilsonWeb Mobile
Mobile interface for Lafayette’s WilsonWeb databases:

• Essay & General Literature Index Retrospective
• Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective
• Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective
• Play Index
• Reader's Guide Retrospective

To access: Go to http://0-vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.libcat.lafayette.edu/mobile/jumpstart.jhtml on your mobile device. Select a database to search.
Help and information: http://www.hwwilson.com/Documentation/WilsonWeb/ww_mobile_faq.cfm

World Bank DataFinder
App for accessing global development indicators for countries around the world and creating charts from the data. For smart phone or iPad
App store: search World Bank DataFinder
Cost: Free

WorldCat Mobile
Mobile interface for WorldCat, a catalog of books, films, manuscripts, and other materials held by libraries across the country. Allows you to see if results are at Lafayette or other local libraries.
To access: Go to http://www.worldcat.org/m on your mobile device.