Library Apps

UpToDate

UpToDate is the leading clinical decision support resource with evidence-based clinical information – including drug topics and recommendations that clinicians rely on at the point of care.

UpToDate App Features:

• Persistent login
• Easy search with auto-completion
• Earn and track free CME/CE/CPD credit
• Bookmarks and history
• Mobile-optimized medical calculators
• Print and email topics or graphics to patients and colleagues

NOTE: NYMC Health Sciences Library has licensed UpToDate on behalf of students of New York Medical College.  Course directors, clerkship directors, and faculty with on campus offices also have access.  If you are a faculty member who falls in one of those categories and you don’t currently have access to UpToDate, please contact Marie Ascher (914) 594-4207 or marie_ascher@nymc.edu to obtain access.

NOTE: Whenever you access the library's resources from off-campus, remember to log into the library proxy network before navigating to the resources you want to use.

Registering for UpToDate

• Go to the URL: http://lproxy.nymc.edu/login?url=http://www.uptodate.com/online/content/search.do?unid=^u&srcsys=EZPX405711&eiv=2.1.0.
• If you have not yet logged into the library proxy server, you will be redirected to the proxy login page. 
  • Enter your NYMC username and password.  Include the @nymc.edu when entering your username.
  • You will then be redirected to the UpToDate registration page.
  • Fill out the form and click the Submit Registration button at the bottom.
• If you have logged onto the proxy server already, you will redirected to the UpToDate homepage.
  • In the top right corner of the next screen, you should see the text “Welcome New York Medical College User” next to the My Account link. 
  • This means that the system recognizes you ONLY as being a member of the NYMC community, so now you can to proceed to create your own PERSONAL ACCOUNT for UpToDate.
  • Log out of the NYMC User Account.
  • Click on the Register button in the upper right corner.
  • Fill out the form and click the Submit Registration button at the bottom.

NOTE: The library has no control over remembering or resetting logins or passwords in UpToDate.  It is not associated with your network login and ID.

Accessing UpToDate

You can access UpToDate in two ways:

• Via computer using the following URL: http://lproxy.nymc.edu/login?url=http://www.uptodate.com/online/content/search.do?unid=^u&srcsys=EZPX405711&eiv=2.1.0.

• Via mobile app

  • NOTE: You must create an UpToDate account using the website before you can use it on the app. 

NOTE: You must have a valid NYMC network login to access UpToDate.  

Renewing UpToDate

NOTE: UpToDate access expires every 90 days.

• Log in to http://lproxy.nymc.edu/login?url=http://www.uptodate.com/online/content/search.do?unid=^u&srcsys=EZPX405711&eiv=2.1.0.
• Enter your NYMC username and password.  Include the @nymc.edu when entering your username.
  • In the top right corner of the next screen, you should see the text “Welcome New York Medical College User” next to the My Account link. 
    
  • This means that the system recognizes you ONLY as being a member of the NYMC community, so now you can to proceed to renew your UpToDate access for YOUR PERSONAL ACCOUNT.
• Log out of the NYMC User Account.
• Log back in using YOUR OWN UpToDate username and password, which you chose when you created your personal account.
• Follow the on-screen instructions to renew your access. In the top right corner of the screen, you should now see the text “Welcome [your username],” indicating UpToDate has completed the renewal process for your account.

NOTE: The library has no control over remembering or resetting logins or passwords in UpToDate.  It is not associated with your Network Login and ID.