Docphin

Docphin is similar to Read by QxMD, which we explored early in this series.

Docphin is an app designed to help medical and health sciences practitioners keep up to date on current literature. The free app is available for Android and Apple devices. Docphin can also be used on the web from any laptop or desktop computer - https://www.docphin.com/.

After downloading the app, or navigating to the web site, create your own free, personal Docphin account. In addition to the standard fields like name, email address, and password, you will also have the chance to enter a “Training Level”, a primary specialty or interest, and choose the institution with which you are affiliated. The University of St. Augustine is on the list of institutions. I recommend choosing it to connect to our library’s full text access of the articles you will encounter within the app/site.

Once you are registered, you can select specific journals in which you are particularly interested. You can set up keyword-based alerts, so that you will receive a notification when a new article matches your topic of interest. Note that a basic alert will only search for the keyword in the title of articles. An advanced alert that searches in the title and abstract for your keyword requires paying for an upgrade to a premium account.

Here’s what the list of journals, with options to add or edit your personalized list of journals, looks like in the app on an Android phone:

When you see an article you want to read, you can save it for later by pressing (or clicking) a star icon next to it. If the article is available for free, or is available through the USA library, you will be able to download the PDF instantly. Otherwise, email us at library@usa.edu and we can get the article for you through our interlibrary loan service.