Subject Guide: Bioengineering

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Finding Background Information and Data

Use these encyclopedias, handbooks, and web data sources to find background information or a review on a topic. These are also good for finding properties and specifications of materials.

ENGnetBASE.
Compilation of hundreds of handbooks and manuals, with more than 20 titles covering Biomedical Engineering topics, including:
- Biomechanical Systems: Techniques and Applications. Cornelius Leondes, ed. CRC Press, 2000.
  QH513.B5535 2001
  Vol. I: Computer Techniques and Computational Methods in Biomechanics
  Vol II: Cardiovascular Techniques
  Vol III: Musculoskeletal Models & Techniques
  Vol IV: Biofluid Methods in Vascular & Pulmonary Systems
- The Biomedical Engineering Handbook. Joseph D. Bronzino. 2nd ed.
  R856.15.B56 2000 Reference
- Medical Device R & D Handbook
- Microelectrofluidic Systems: Modeling and Simulation
- Tissue Engineering
You can search for keywords and phrases in all of the titles, or click on individual titles to browse their Tables of Contents, and link to the relevant sections of the book.
Biomaterials Properties Database
Biomaterials and Bioengineering Handbook. Donald L. Wise.
R857.M3 B57 2000.
Combined Chemical Dictionary
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
CRC Materials Science & Engineering Handbook. 3rd ed. CRC Press, 2002.
TA403.4.C74 2001 Reference. Full text on ENGnetBASE.
Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering. Vols. 1 and 2. Gary E. Wnek, Gary L. Bowlin, eds. Marcel Dekker, 2004.
R857.M3E63 2004 Reference
The Encyclopedia of Materials: Science & Technology. K.H. Jurgen Buschow, ed. Amsterdam; New York : Elsevier, 2001.
Encyclopedic Handbook of Biomaterials and Bioengineering.
R856.A3.E52 1995
Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body
Handbook of biomaterial properties. Edited by Jonathan Black and Garth Hastings.
R857.M3.H36 1998 Reference
Kirk Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology.
MEMS Properties Database
Polymers: A Properties Database
Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry.

Consult more Electronic Books, or browse the Engineering Library stacks under call numbers QH, R856, or R857.