Starting Points
 A Few Basics...
- PDAs? Palms? PocketPCs? Huh?
- Glossary of Handheld Terms
- From Handango - a useful glossary of terms relating to PDAs and handheld computing.
- PDA Buyer's Guide from PDAMD
- Tips on what PDAs do, how to select one, what to look for. From PDAMD, but good general as well as
medical tips.
- Peripheral Brain: The Basics
- Peripheral Brain is a medical PDA site based at a family practice in Virginia. The Basics page is really helpful.
- Microsoft PDA Page
- Microsoft's PDA information page. Promotes the PocketPC platform.
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- University-Based Sites:
- Look for introductory material, tips & tricks pages, frequently-asked-questions information. May
be more relevant for academic users than some commercial sites.
- MissingLink: Palm
- Created and maintained by medical students at UCSF.
- PDAs for HealthCare Providers
- PDA links from the University of Arizona Health Sciences Library.
- PDAs for the Health Sciences
- PDA site from the University of Southern California's Norris Medical Library.
- "Educational" links - from Peripheral Brain site
- The "educational" segment of Peripheral Brain - mainly links to PDA sites set up by medical schools in the US.
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- Our Class Materials:
- These are the class slides and handout materials from the "PDAs for Beginners" Lunch & Learn class held at
the Biomedical Library in May 2001.
- PowerPoint slides
- Handout: PDA Links (PDF)
- These are featured elsewhere on these pages with live links. Useful as sample...
- PDA model chart
- Our class featured a list of PDA models available as of August, 2001 with manufacturer list prices,
memory capacity, etc. Prices change constantly and our list is now out of date. The above link is kept current.
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