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**uCentral: Your All-in-One Mobile Medical Reference Solution**

uCentral is the premier mobile application designed to provide clinicians, trainees, and healthcare professionals with instant access to trusted medical information and essential tools directly at the point of care. This comprehensive app empowers libraries and institutions to deliver curated medical reference content, full-text journal articles, and indispensable resources to their patrons' mobile devices.

**Please note:** Access to uCentral requires an institutional subscription.

**Existing uCentral subscribers** can seamlessly download content to their iOS devices at no additional cost.

To determine if your institution subscribes to uCentral, please consult your librarian or system administrator.

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**Key Features and Benefits:**

uCentral stands out as the only all-encompassing app that delivers critical information to clinicians and trainees precisely when and where they need it. Each subscribing institution can create a customized aggregation of quick-reference content, ensuring that patrons have access to the most relevant and up-to-date resources.

* **Prime PubMed Integration:** uCentral features Prime PubMed, granting you access to over 30 million articles directly on your phone or tablet. Enjoy exclusive journal searching tools to efficiently find the information you need.
* **Seamless Library Integration:** By linking directly to local holdings, uCentral leverages your library’s journal collection, providing patrons with direct access to full-text articles.
* **grapherence® Visual Literature Exploration:** Explore the medical literature in a revolutionary way with Grapherence®, a visual approach to discovering relevant articles.

**Extensive Medical References:**

uCentral offers access to more than 30 essential medical references, including:

* **Exclusive!** Johns Hopkins Guides (ABX, Diabetes, HIV, Psych)
* The Washington Manual
* 5-Minute Clinical Consult
* Bates' Pocket Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking
* Harrison’s Manual of Medicine
* Davis’s Drug Guide
* Taber’s Medical dictionary

**Core Functionalities:**

* **Universal Index and Full-Text Searching:** Quickly locate topics across all references with a powerful search function.
* **Cross Links:** Seamlessly navigate between related resources for efficient research.
* **Personalized Favorites:** Tag and save your frequently used entries for quick access.
* **Regular Updates:** Benefit from frequent updates and new editions as soon as they are published.
* **Custom Notes and Highlights:** Create personalized notes and highlights within entries for enhanced learning and reference.
* **Tips, Notifications, and Institutional Messages:** Stay informed with timely tips, notifications, and important messages from your institution (iPad only).
* **Recently Viewed:** Easily access your recently viewed content.
* **Web Access:** Access uCentral content through your web browser.

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**Instructions for Existing Subscribers:**

1. Install the uCentral application on your iOS device.
2. Open the application and enter your uCentral username and password, then tap “Login.”
3. The latest uCentral content will automatically download to your device.

**Content Availability:**

uCentral provides access to a wide range of resources, including 5-Minute Clinical Consult, Johns Hopkins Guides, Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics, Bates’ Pocket Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, Taber’s Medical Dictionary, Davis’s Drug Guide, McGraw-Hill’s Diagnosaurus, Davis’s Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, Diseases and Disorders, Clinical Evidence, Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests, 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult, 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, Harrison’s Manual of Medicine, STS Cardiothoracic Surgery E-Book, APSA Pediatric Surgery NaT, and many more. Enhance your clinical practice and medical knowledge with uCentral – your comprehensive mobile medical reference solution.