These tools provide the best starting point for research in Bioengineering. To dig deeper, explore the other categories in this guide.
Melvyl
Catalog for the holdings of the libraries at all the UC campuses. Search it to get call numbers and locations for books and journals, conference proceedings and more.
A Brief Guide to Melvyl
Pubmed
Most comprehensive article index for journals in medicine, biomedicine and health-related areas.
Web of Science
Article index covering core journals in all areas of science. Provides cited reference searching.
SciFinder Scholar
The online index of Chemical Abstracts; journals, conferences and patents; more than 9,000 journals. Follow directions for downloading the search software.
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.
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.
Consult more Electronic Books, or browse the Engineering Library stacks under call numbers QH, R856, or R857.
| Selected Article Databases: | Years Covered | Default Search | Truncation Symbol |
|---|---|---|---|
| PubMed
medicine, life sciences, health administration (Guide: HTML, PDF) |
1949–present | Phrase | * |
| Web of Science
all sciences and engineering journals, with cited reference searching (Tutorial: HTML and Guide: HTML, PDF) |
1900–present | All | * |
| SciFinder Scholar
The online index of Chemical Abstracts, including journals, conferences and patents; more than 9,000 journals. Follow directions for downloading the search software. (Guide: HTML, PDF) |
1907–present | Phrase | n/a |
| Compendex
all areas of engineering, journals and conferences (Guide: HTML, PDF) |
1884–present | All | * |
| Engineered Materials Abstracts
polymers, ceramics, composites (Quick Reference Card: PDF) |
1986–present | Phrase | * |
| INSPEC
electrical engineering, computer science, physics and related fields (Guide: HTML, PDF) |
1969–present | Adjacency | * or $ |
| BIOSIS Previews
biology, life sciences (Guide: HTML, PDF) |
1926–present | Phrase | * |
| Quantitative Biology e-prints
Preprints in biomolecules, cell behavior, genomics, quantitative methods, tissues and organs, and 5 more areas of Quantitative Biology from the ArXiv at Cornell University (formerly at Los Alamos) |
2003–present | AND (use quotes for phrase searching) | * |
| ETHX on the Web
bioethics journal articles, book chapters, bills, laws, court decisions, reports, books, audio-visuals, and news. |
1973–present | All (use quotes for phrase searching) | * |
To access other article databases, consult our complete list of Article Databases.
Locating Full Text Online or in the Library: Many article databases offer the UC-eLinks service, providing links to full-text articles online and automated library catalog searches. If these links fail, you can search for the journal title or conference name yourself in Melvyl.
Related Guides:
Getting Started with UC-eLinks
How to Find Journal Articles
How to Find Conference Proceedings
Search the Electronic Journals database for other ejournals at UCB. If you don't find the title there, search Melvyl.
NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) Databases and Tools
Proteome BioKnowledge® Library from Incyte
Proteome BioKnowledge Library is comprised of six protein databases containing information on human, mouse, rat, worm, yeast, and other proteins. Use Bioknowledge Retriever to search these databases by gene symbols or other properties associated with proteins of interest, or by using GenBank and LocusLink accession numbers.
Help
For the most part, only UCB dissertations are available in the UCB Libraries. To find specific UCB dissertations, search Melvyl by Author. To locate sample UCB dissertations from your department, search Melvyl for the Subject berkeley dissertations bioengineering.
ABET Accredited Engineering Programs
Directory of programs accredited by the American Board for Engineering and Technology.
American Society of Biomechanics
Includes a fascinating paper called "A Genealogy of Biomechanics."
EEVL (Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library)
Search for "biomedical engineering" or "bioengineering" or "biomechanics."
International Society of Biomechanics
Emphasizes biomechanics of human movement.
International Union for Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine
National Science Foundation, Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Systems
NIH National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Society for Biomaterials
Look under "publications" for a bibliography of books on biomaterials and biocompatibility.
Bibliographic management packages allow you to import citations from online article databases, organize these citations in a personal database, automatically format them within papers, and create instant bibliographies in a variety of styles.
Related Guides:
Bibliographic Management Software
RefWorks Tips for Engineering Databases
EndNote Tips for Engineering Databases
Many article databases offer services that allow you to create searches that run automatically whenever new records are added. New results are sent directly to your email address, providing a quick and easy way to keep current with research.
Alerting services are offered by the following article databases that cover bioengineering topics:
Additionally, many publishers and individual journals offer their own alerting services. Please ask a librarian for more information.