InfoGuides: Bioengineering: Find Proceedings, Tech Reports, & Data

Clinical Trials

Clinical Trials
ClinicalTrials.gov is a registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world. Provides information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers.

Cochrane Library
Consists of six databases that contain different types of independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. View a tutorial on this database here.

IEEE Xplore
Provides full-text access to all journals, transactions and conference proceedings published by IEEE and IET. Accesses more than 1,000 books in the IEEE-Wiley eBook Library and IEEE-MIT eBook Library-Computing and Engineering Collection.
View a tutorial on this database here.
PapersFirst
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Papers included in every congress, conference, exposition, workshop, symposium, and meeting received at The British Library Document Supply Centre.
Proceedings
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Citations and the table of contents for every congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received at the British Library.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools (RePORT)
"... repository of NIH-funded research projects and access publications and patents resulting from NIH funding." from website

NTRL: National Technical Reports Library
Provides documents from the National Technical Information Service's comprehensive collection of federally-funded science- and technology-related technical reports.
NASA Technical Reports Server
Access aerospace-related citations, full-text documents, images and videos. Includes a broad array of resources, such as conference papers, journal articles, photos, graphs, meeting papers, movies, patents, research reports, and technical videos. View a tutorial on this database here.

DOE Office of Science & Technical Information
Search for energy related research in this tool from the US Department of Energy.

DTIC (Defense Technical Information Center) Technical Reports
Publicly available scientific and technical reports conveying results of research sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Defense, development, test and evaluation efforts on a wide range of topics. Collection includes both citations and many full-text, downloadable documents from mid-1900s to present.

Technical Report Archive and Image Library (TRAIL)
Contains digitized federal technical reports issued prior to 1975.

RAND Publications
Index, abstracts and full-text of over 20,000 titles in the RAND archive dating back to 1946. Covers areas in energy, education, health, justice, the environment, and international and military affairs. View a tutorial on this database here.

National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) – Analyze
"NCBI provides a wide variety of data analysis tools that allow users to manipulate, align, visualize and evaluate biological data." from website
This webpage provides hyperlinks to all of their tools.

Data Planet
Provides access to statistical data produced by U.S. Federal agencies, States, private organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations. Charts, maps, views, rankings, time series and tables are available for use in the Data-Planet repository. Data-Offers capabilities to compare & contrast multiple data series, perform statistical calculations on the data, and customize output views.
View a tutorial on this database here.
Statista
Integrates more than 80,000 diverse topics of data and facts from over 22,500 international sources. Includes statistics and studies gathered from market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, government sources and international organizations. Create graphs, reports and infographics. Data is easily exportable for analysis. Statista reports now allow you to create your own interactive industry comparisons with Tableau Workbook. Find the free tool here or via https://www.tableau.com/trial/statista-benchmark-report-uk. View a tutorial on this database here.

MatWeb
Free, searchable materials database covering engineering materials including polymers, metals and their alloys, ceramics, semiconductors and other engineering materials.

CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics
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Online version of reference work that provides chemical and physical data for scientists and engineers. Tutorial for CRC Handbook database.

NIST Chemistry WebBook
This site provides thermochemical, thermophysical, and ion energetics data compiled by NIST under the Standard Reference Data Program. Also includes spectra data.
ThermoLit
"Intended to aid researchers and reviewers in determining relevant literature sources for a given experimental measurement...not intended to replace the comprehensive literature review ..." from NIST

SpringerMaterials
Search this resource for physical and chemical data in materials science. Includes 250,000 substances and material systems, 3,000 properties, and 1,200,000 literature citations. View a tutorial on this database here.
SciFinder-n
Many properties can be found in SciFinder-n.

Polymer Handbook (print) by J. Brandrup. E. H. Immergut, E. A. Grulk; A. Abe, D. Bloch, eds.
Call Number: Fenwick Library Reference QD388 .P65 1999
ISBN: 9780471166283
Publication Date: 1999
"This one-stop reference, now almost 2,000 pages, brings together all the data needed in theoretical and experimental polymer research." from publisher
Go to Fenwick Library to use this book.
Polymer Data Handbook (print) by J. E. Mark
ISBN: 9780195181012
Publication Date: 2009
"... contains 217 total polymers, 20 of which are all-new, particularly in high-technology areas such as electrical conductivity, non-linear optical properties, microlithography, nanophotonics, and electroluminescences." from publisher
Go to the Fenwick Library or order the book by selecting the title.

Physical & Chemical Property Guide (Vanderbilt U)
George Mason Libraries might not have all of the books and electronic resources listed, but it gives you an idea where you can look for physical properties. Provide by Vanderbilt University.