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Bioengineering

This guide provides access to scholarly resources for bioengineering researchers.

General Databases containing Science and Engineering Topics

What is a Database?

A database is an organized collection of structured information, or data, typically stored electronically in a computer system. from Oracle The structured information in these databases contains information about articles, books, etc.

Each of these databases contain or have links to many full text articles. If a specific database doesn't cover your topic, try a multidisciplinary one. Multidisciplinary databases can be used to broadly explore topics too.

Multidisciplinary Databases

Contain information of interest to many disciplines.

Core Bioengineering Databases

Bioengineering Databases

Contain biological and bioengineering topics.

Learn to Search Bioengineering Metafinder

Using Bioengineering Metafinder (video, 4:37)

Learn to use Bioengineering Metafinder to find information and download full-text articles.

Is the video not visible? Try the video, Using Bioengineering Metafinder, on Kaltura.

Materials Databases

Medical Database – PubMed

PubMed: Using the Advanced Search Builder (video, 3:11)

Learn to set up your searches, find the details of what was actually searched and save the search history. NOTE: This is an interactive video and you will be prompted to respond to questions, search terms or click links, etc.

Go to the interactive video, PubMed: Using the Advanced Search Builder, the NIH website.

Created by the National Institute of Health (NIH) on January 9, 2023.

PubMed Subject Search: How it Works (video, 4 min.)

Learn to search using Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) terms. NOTE: This is an interactive video and you will be prompted to respond to questions, search terms or click links, etc.

Go to the interactive video, PubMed Subject Search: How it Works, on the NIH website

Created by the National Institute of Health (NIH) on November 30, 2020.

Medical Database – Medline with Full-Text

Searching EBSCO Medline: Running an Advanced Search (video, 5:47)

Learn to set up, run and refine a search in Medline. The audio is a music track only. Select the speaker icon on the lower left of the screen to mute the music.

Note: Select 720p from settings button if possible.

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If your browser is compatible, try the video, Searching EBSCO Medline: Running Advanced Search, on YouTube.

Business Databases

Some Bioengineering Journals

NOTE: Many more journals in Bioengineering can be found using the library databases, the library Journal Finder and the catalog.

Bioengineering Journals

Biomaterial Journals

Medical Journals

Optics & Imaging