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Background Information

Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical Technology and Devices Handbook
Location: JPL Reference Stacks R856.15 .B565 2004

Biomaterials and Bioengineering Handbook
Location: netLibrary

Biophysics: an Introduction
Location: JPL Stacks QH505 .C64 2002

Biotechnology for Biomedical Engineers
Location: JPL Stacks TP248.2 .B5517 2003

Clinical Engineering
Location: JPL Stacks R856 .C543 2003

Comprehensive Structural Integrity
Location: JPL Reference Stacks TA645 .C63 2003

An Introduction to Biomechanics: Solids and Fluids, Analysis and Design
Location: JPL Stacks QH513 .H86 2004

Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
Location: JPL Stacks R895 .M375 1999

Physics in Biology and Medicine
Location: JPL Stacks QH505 .D36 2001

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Books

Books and Materials at the UTSA Library

UCAT, UTSA Library Online Catalog
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Electronic Books

ENGnetBASE Provides full-text access to hundreds of leading engineering handbooks in PDF format published by CRC Press. Also searchable from Engineering Village 2. Updated monthly. Note: In order to view entire e-books, Adobe Acrobat must be set to open PDF files within your browser.

netLibrary Offers a comprehensive collection of electronic books (e-books) including tens of thousands of scholarly, reference, and professional e-books on all subjects from leading university, academic, and professional publishers. Browse e-books for quick research and reference or check them out and read them at your leisure. Since e-books are online, you don't have to worry about returning them. E-books are automatically "returned" at the end of your check-out period. Updated daily. Tipsheet Available

Referex Engineering (via Engineering Village 2) Provides PDF full-text access to over 300 leading engineering monographs in three collections: Chemical, Petrochemical, & Process Engineering; Mechanical & Materials Engineering; and Electronics & Electrical Engineering. Updated frequently. Title list

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Databases & Article Searching

ASME Online Journals (UTSA subscription)
Provides full text access to journals published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for which the library subscribes in print. Full-text coverage begins in 2000. To locate current and back issues in print, search UCAT. Updated regularly.

Applied Science and Technology Full Text (UTSA subscription)
Offers indexing and abstracting of articles from selected journals in engineering, aeronautics, transportation, physics, computers, and other science and technology topics. Features full-text articles from more than 100 publications in these disciplines. Includes trade and industrial publications, journals issued by professional and technical societies, and specialized subject periodicals, as well as special issues such as buyers' guides, directories, and conference proceedings. Indexing coverage from 1993 to current; full text coverage from 1997 to current. Updated regularly.

Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts (UTSA subscription)
(via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts) This database provides bibliographic coverage of ground-breaking research, applications, regulatory developments and new patents across all areas of biotechnology and bioengineering, including medical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, environmental and marine biology.

Engineering Village 2 (UTSA subscription)
Compendex® is the most comprehensive interdisciplinary engineering database in the world referencing 5,000 engineering journals and conference materials dating from 1970. The database is updated weekly. Citations Only

IEEE Xplore (UTSA subscription)
Provides full text/full image access to journal articles, conference papers, and technical standards from 1988 to the present published by IEEE and the IEE. Emphasis is on electrical engineering, computer science, and information systems. Full Text/Full Image

Medline (UTSA subscription)
(via EBSCOhost) Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, this database provides citations to articles from over 3900 journals published in the United States and seventy other countries. MEDLINE encompasses information from Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and International Nursing, as well as other sources in allied health, biological and physical sciences, humanities and information science as they relate to medicine and health care, communication disorders, population biology, and reproductive biology. Coverage is from 1966 to the present. Updated regularly.

ScienceDirect (UTSA subscription)
Provides full text/full image access to approximately 700 journals published by Elsevier Science. Indexes and abstracts articles from more than 1,100 journals in the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences. Full Image

Stat!Ref (UTSA subscription)
An electronic collection of medical information resources and reference works that enables users to cross-search more than 35 medical titles, including Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment, the Merck Manual, Mosby's Drug Consult, the Griffith 5 Minute Clinical Consult, USP DI Advice for the Patient, and many more. Dates of coverage vary but Stat!Ref attempts to provide the most current information available. Updated frequently. Full Text/Full Image

Wiley InterScience (UTSA subscription)
Provides full text access to approximately 200 of the more than 400 journals published by Wiley, plus tables of contents and abstracts. Updated constantly. Full Image

In addition, explore other databases, both citation and full-text, listed under "Databases by Subject > Engineering and Technology" on the UTSA Library Homepage.

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Associations

ASME : American Society of Mechanical Engineers (International)
Free Website: http://www.asme.org
Purpose is to promote the art, science and practice of mechanical engineering. Links to products, member information, education opportunities, career center, conferences, etc.

BMES: Biomedical Engineering Society
Free Website: http://www.asme.org
Purpose is to to promote the increase of biomedical engineering knowledge and its utilization. Includes access to BMES Bulletin.

Division of Bioengineering and Physical Sciences (DBEPS)/Office of Research Services/National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Free Website: http://dbeps.ors.od.nih.gov/
(DBEPS) contributes to the advancement of NIH research by the application of engineering, mathematics and the physical sciences to the solution of problems in biology and medicine.

IEEE : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
Free Website: http://www.ieee.org
The IEEE (Eye-triple-E) is a non-profit, technical professional association of more than 380,000 individual members in 150 countries. Through its members, the IEEE is a leading authority in technical areas ranging from computer engineering, biomedical technology and telecommunications, to electric power, aerospace and consumer electronics, among others.

WebEE: The Electrical Engineers Homepage
Free Website: http://www.web-ee.com/

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Technical Reports

DTIC's Public STINET
Free Website: http://stinet.dtic.mil/
The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)'s Scientific and Technical Information Network (STINET) Service helps the DoD community access pertinent scientific and technical information to meet mission needs effectively. Includes DTIC's technical reports collection and some full text resources.

NTIS: National Technical Information Service
Free Website: http://www.ntis.gov/
NTIS is the largest, central resource for government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information available today. Approximately 2.5 million products are available in a variety of formats including online, electronic, multimedia, CD-ROM , paper, and microfiche. Thousands of new products are added each week. Additionally, many records now include free links to the full-text publication on an agency's web site, or can be downloaded directly from the NTIS archival copy for a nominal charge. Be sure to search UCAT to see if UTSA Library owns any material referenced here.

NTRS: NASA Technical Reports Server
Free Website: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/
NASA's Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Program's mission is to collect, archive, and disseminate NASA aerospace information. Examples of information found here include research reports, journal articles, conference and meeting papers, technical videos, mission-related operational documents, and preliminary data. Check UCAT to see if UTSA Library owns any material referenced here.

U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information
Free Website: http://www.osti.gov/
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) provides access to a wealth of energy, science, and technology research and development information from the Manhattan Project to the present. Includes three areas of information: Information Bridge, which has full text DOE research reports (primarily from 1995 to today); Energy Citations, with bibliographic citations of DOE research from 1948 to today; and E-print Network, which is a collection of documents that researchers circulate electronically in advance or in lieu of publication. Check UCAT to see if UTSA Library owns any materials referenced here.

Science.gov: FirstGov for Science
Free Website: http://www.science.gov/
Science.gov is a gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results.

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Conference Proceedings

IEEE Xplore (UTSA subscription)
Provides full text/full image access to journal articles, conference papers, and technical standards from 1988 to the present published by IEEE and the IEE. Emphasis is on electrical engineering, computer science, and information systems. Full Text/Full Image

Search for conference proceedings in print in UCAT. Example search by expert keyword: "biomedical engineering" and conference or by LC subject heading: biomedical engineering congresses.

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Standards

IHS Standards (UTSA subscription)
Provides access to a number of engineering and architecture related standards, including the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (sections II and X) and the AEC Referenced Standards collection. Updated regularly. Full Text/Full Image
Tipsheet Available

IEEE Xplore (UTSA subscription)
Provides full text/full image access to journal articles, conference papers, and technical standards from 1988 to the present published by IEEE and the IEE. Emphasis is on electrical engineering, computer science, and information systems. Full Text/Full Image

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
Free Website: http://www.iso.org/
ISO is a non-governmental network of the national standards institutes of 148 countries. You can view a list of standards in the ISO Catalogue. There is also a helpful guide to abbreviations in the Your Guide to ISO Online.

Annual Book of ASTM Standards

• Section 01.04, Steel
Location: JPL Reference Stacks TA401 .A653 2006
• Section 4, Construction
Location: JPL Reference Stacks TA401 .A65304 2006
• Section 11, Water and environmental technology
Location: JPL Reference Stacks TA401 .A65311 2006

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Further Research

BioChipNet : The Informational Site on BioChip Technologies
Free Website: http://www.biochipnet.de/
Information platform on micro arrays and related fields. News, meetings, company information, patents, and literature database.

BME Central: the global hub for biomedical engineering
Free Website: http://www.bmecentral.com/
Portal to news, events, companies, emerging technologies in every subfield of bimoedical engineering.

CFD Online
Free Website: http://www.cfd-online.com/
Links to sites about computational fluid dynamics. Three topics - online resources, jobs database, and discussion forum. Extensive links to academic institutions. Upper division and professionals.

Circuits Archive
Free Website: http://www.ee.washington.edu/circuit_archive/
A collection of over 100 circuit schematics. Useful but not easy to navigate.

EEVL
Free Website: http://www.eevl.ac.uk/
EEVL is a British guide to Internet resources in Engineering, Mathematics and Computing.

GlobalSpec
Free Website: http://www.globalspec.com/
Engineering search engine. Includes indexing of application notes, material properties, standards, and patent information.

See also UTSA Subject Guide Biology

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