Researching Engineering Topics

• Access Science (encyclopedia of science and technology, more reliable than wikipedia) - Duke only

• Web of Science (favorite database among Duke engineering/science users) - Duke only

• Engineering Village (best source of engineering/electronic topics)- Duke only

• Annual Reviews (full text articles of various topics, including bioengineering)

• Pubmed (THE database for medicine/medical-related topics)

• IEEExplore (full text to IEEE journals and conference papers) - Duke only

• SPIE Digital Library (full text to SPIE publications) - Duke only

• Electronic Theses (selected full text dissertations from selected universities)

Biomedical/Medical Handbooks/Encyclopedias

• AAMI (Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation). An organization responsible for creating standards and recommended practices for medication instrumentation.  

• AccessScience@McGraw-Hill - online encyclopedia of science and technology (Duke only)

• Computational Methods in Biophysics, Biomaterials, Biotechnology and Medical Systems (Vesic reference 610.151 C738 2003)  Covers: the expanding area between informatics and biomedicine.

• Encyclopedia of Biostatistics (Vesic reference 610.21 E56 1998) Covers: statistical methods used in medicine and health sciences.

• Encyclopedic Handbook of Biomaterials and Bioengineering (Vesic reference 610.28 E 56 1995)  Covers: biomaterials from polymers to metals to ceramics. 

• Medical Device Register (Vesic reference 610.28 M489 D492x 2004)  Covers: medical devices, medical device companies and suppliers.  

• Merck Manual of Medical Information: Home Edition.  Full-text access to one of the most widely used medical textbooks.