Articles, Journals & Databases
Books
Additional Library Resources
Further Assistance

Please remember that researching biomedical engineering topics can be challenging. There is no medical school/library at UT Austin which means there is limited access to clinical journals and you will need to use Interlibrary Loan to gain access to materials not owned here.

Articles, Journals & Databases

Biomedical Engineering databases

• Academic Search Complete- a good source for undergraduates; many full-text articles; interdisciplinary, with good coverage of the applied sciences
  
  
• Compendex - indexes scholarly journals and conferences in all areas of engineering.
  
  
• PubMed - provides access to MEDLINE plus additional information
  
  
• IEEE Xplore - indexing and full-text of IEEE publications.
  
  
• Web of Science
  
  
• INSPEC - indexes scholarly literature in physics, electronics, and electrical and computer engineering.
  
  
• BIOSIS Previews- Primary index of the literature of biology.
  
  
• Chemical Abstracts Student Edition - indexes over 200 of the most widely held chemistry journals. Designed specifically for use by undergraduate students. Use SciFinder for the complete Chemical Abstracts.
  
  
• CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health) Plus with Full Text
  
  
• SciFinder Scholar - provides access to the unabridged version of Chemical Abstracts as well as full-text American Chemical Society journals.
  
  
• Annual Reviews Online - Covers topics in biomedical, physical and social sciences.
  
  
• Dissertation Abstracts International - Contains more than 1.5 million entries representing the work of authors from over 1,000 North American and European universities. All subject areas are covered
• BioOne - Provides access to full-text of over 40 peer-reviewed journals and bulletins published by AIBS member societies and other closely related organizations
  
• National Center for Biotechnology Information
• CANCERLIT
• BIOETHICSLINE - covering ethics and related public policy issues in health care and biomedical research

Biomedical Journals

• To see if we have a particular journal (i.e. Nature, Biomechanics), either in print or electronic format, search the Catalog.
• To see if a particular journal is available in electronic format search Find a Journal.

Internet Journals/Open Access

• Science Gateway
• BioMed Central - Publisher of more than 150 peer-reviewed open access journals
• BioMedical Engineering OnLine
• Internet Journal of Bioengineering

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Books

Print Books

Library Catalog - Locate any of eight million items, including books, journals, and other materials in the University of Texas Libraries collections.

Example Subject Heading Terms

• Biomedical Engineering
• Biomedical Materials
• Computational biology
• Gene Therapy
• Genetic Engineering
• Genomics
• Medical instruments and apparatus
  
• Medical Technology
• Molecular Biology
• Nanotechnology
• Tissue Engineering

Reference Books

Biomedical technology and devices handbook, 2004
R 856.15 B565 2004 Engineering Library

Encyclopedia of biomaterials and biomedical engineering. 2004
R 857 M3 E63 2004 V.1-2 Engineering Library

Encyclopedia of medical devices and instrumentation. 2006 Table of contents
R 856 A3 E53 2006 V.1 Engineering Lib Reference USE IN LIBRARY ONLY

Wiley encyclopedia of biomedical engineering. 2006 Table of contents
R 856 A3 W55 2006 V.1-6 Engineering Lib Reference USE IN LIBRARY ONLY

The Biomedical engineering handbook, 2000
R 856.15 B56 2000 V. 1 - 2 Engineering Lib Reserves

Electronic Books

• netLibrary.com - our main eBook (electronic book) site. Currently more than 50,000 titles in all subject areas are available online to UT Austin users. Included are scholarly, reference and professional works from leading university, academic and professional publishers.
• ebrary Computers, Engineering and Applied Sciences Collection
• Audiobooks (NetLibrary)
• more electronic books

Reference

• STAT!Ref - Provides full text access to key medical reference sources and textbooks.The library has a limited number of users for STAT!Ref. Please select the Logoff option before you leave your session.
• Gale Virtual Reference Library - Dozens of reference sources in many subjects.
• Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology Online - Reference source covering chemical and process engineering, industrial and applied chemistry, materials science, polymer science, biotechnology, and more.
• Online Reference Books - Various encyclopedias and subject dictionaries by Subject
• Encyclopedia of the Human Brain - Covering anatomy, physiology, neuropsychology, clinical neurology, neuropharmacology, evolutionary biology, genetics, and behavioral science

  AHFS Drug Information (STAT!Ref)

  Concise Medical Dictionary (Oxford Reference Online)

  Current Emergency Diagnosis and Treatment (STAT!Ref)

  Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment (STAT!Ref)

  Current Pediatric Diagnosis and Treatment (STAT!Ref)

  Dictionary of Medical Acronyms and Abbreviations (STAT!Ref)

  Dictionary of Medicines (Oxford Reference Online)

  Dictionary of Nursing (Oxford Reference Online)

  Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (netLibrary)

  Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders (netLibrary)

  Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics (STAT!Ref)

  Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine (STAT!Ref)

  Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy (Merck)

  Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy (STAT!Ref)

  Mosby's Drug Consult (STAT!Ref)

  Nursing Diagnosis Reference Manual (STAT!Ref)

  Redbook: Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases (STAT!Ref)

  USP Dispensing Information, Advice for the Patient (STAT!Ref)

Additional Library Resources

• Patents and Trademarks
  
  
• Standards and Specifications
  
  
• Finding Conference Proceedings
  
  
• Technical Reports
  
  
• Finding Dissertations, Theses and Reports
  
  
• Government Information
  
  
• Statistical Information
  
  
• Online Handbooks and Data Sources
  
  
• Frequently Asked Questions

Web sites

Government Resources

• Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH)
  
• National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII)
  
• National Center for Biotechnology Information
  
• National Center for Health Statistics
  
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  
  • NIH Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
  • NIH Stem Cell Information
    
  • National Library of Medicine
  • Entrez, the Life Sciences Search Engine - A gateway to searching a variety of databases including PubMed, a protein sequence database, a nucleotide sequence database, etc. 
    
  • The Visible Human Project - It is the creation of complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional representations of the normal male and female human bodies. Acquisition of transverse CT, MR and cryosection images of representative male and female cadavers has been completed.
• National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • National Science Digital Library - NSDL
• Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET)
  

Professional Organizations and Society Web Sites

• American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences (AAPS)
• American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
• American Medical Association (AMA)
• American Society of Biomechanics (ASB)
• Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI)
• Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities
• Biomedical Engineering Network
  
• Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
• Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)
• Controlled Release Society (CRS)
  
• Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
• IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE EMBS)
• Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE)
• International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE )
• International Society of Biomechanics (ISB)
• National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
• Society for Biological Engineering
• Society for Biomaterials (SFB)
• The Whitaker Foundation

Digital Libraries

• BIOME The Hub for Internet Resources in the Health and Life Sciences - is a free catalogue of hand-selected and evaluated Internet resources for students, lecturers, researchers and practitioners in the Health and Life Sciences.
• BioMed Central - is an independent publishing house committed to providing immediate open access to peer-reviewed biomedical research"
• Biomedical Digital Libraries - is an Open Access, peer-reviewed, online journal that considers manuscripts on all aspects of digital library content and usage in biomedical settings, including academic medical centers, research and development institutes, and health care institutions.
  
• Public Library of Science (PLoS)- is a world leading provider of freely accessible peer-reviewed online research, just keeps on growing.
• bmesource.org - is a shared web portal for the biomedical technology design community. It provides a guide to high-quality, basic information about clinical problems, biomedical technologies that address them and business and law resources that assist in technology transfer
• INFORMINE - Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
• OAIster - OAIster is a union catalog of digital resources. We provide access to these digital resources by "harvesting" their descriptive metadata (records) using OAI-PMH (the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting).
  
• Scirus - "Scirus is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. Driven by the latest search engine technology, Scirus searches over 250 million science-specific Web pages

Further Assistance

If you need further assistance don't hesitate to ask a librarian!

• Chat with a Librarian

• Email the Engineering Library

• Get Help (Common questions and answers about library services)

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• Off-campus connection

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• InterLibrary Services Borrowing will obtain books, article photocopies, and other material not owned by the University of Texas libraries. It is available to UT faculty, staff and students.

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