Biomedical Engineering

An interdisciplinary field that applies engineering and design principles to medicine and healthcare to improve human health. Below are resources to help you find scholarly articles, trade publications, datasets, patents, standards, and technical reports.

Key Databases

The best first place to go if you're looking for research materials in this discipline.

Compendex

Coverage: 1884-present. Subject areas include nuclear technology, bioengineering, transportation, chemical and process engineering, light and optical ...

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PubMed

PubMed comprises more than 27 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include...

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Web of Science

Multidisciplinary coverage of over 10,000 high-impact journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities, as well as international pro...

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Patents

  • Derwent innovations index - The Derwent Innovations Index, available through the ISI Web of Knowledge interface, is a Web-access...

Standards

  • IHS connect - "Building on unrivalled coverage of the economic, industry and risk landscape, IHS Economics & Count...

Medical Literature

  • CAB abstracts - Covers the significant research and development literature in the applied life sciences, including a...
  • MEDLINE - Subjects covered include all aspects of clinical medicine (diseases and disorders, diagnostic and th...
  • Health & medical collection - ProQuest Health and Medical Collection combines the clinical research titles available in ProQuest M...
  • CDC Stacks - "CDC Stacks is a free, digital archive of scientific research and literature produced by the Centers...

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