Suppliers & Support

The Dalhousie Personal Computer Purchase Centre (PCPC), located in the basement of Howe Hall, on the Dalhousie University campus in Halifax, is the official Dalhousie University computer store. PCPC has been the best value for university computing needs for over a decade, providing excellent purchase advice attuned to university requirements as well as considerable educational discounts on hardware, software, accessories and peripherals. They can be reached at (902) 494-1858, (888) 757-PCPC outside of Halifax, or by email at pcpc@dal.ca.

The Medical Information Technology (MedIT) division of the Faculty of Medicine will provide front-line support to Palm users at the Faculty of Medicine, via phone at (902) 494-1234 or toll free at 1-866-327-8256, or by email at medit@dal.ca. Note that MedIT can only support the day-to-day use and configuration of Palms, and cannot repair broken hardware or sell products or peripherals. For that, contact PCPC or the store you bought your hardware at.

DoctorsNS (formerly the Medical Society of Nova Scotia) is working with us to obtain good bulk discounts on Palm hardware, to provide training, and to generally promote the use of Palms as a tool in the practice of medicine in the province of Nova Scotia. Detailed information about the Society's activities in this area, and other services, are available on their website at www.doctorsns.com.

The Health Sciences Bookstore is a part of the Dalhousie University Bookstore, and is located in the Dentistry Building on Carleton Campus. They carry a variety of PDA titles on CD-ROM from various publishers like Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, McGraw-Hill, and Mosby's. For more information, visit their website at www.bookstore.dal.ca (they have an online searchable catalogue), or call them at (902) 494-6701.