Biomedical Engineering

Best Databases for Biomedical Engineering

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All Biomedical Engineering Databases

ANTE: Abstracts in New Technologies and Engineering   1993-present

US and UK research in emerging technologies including computing, electronics, biotechnology, medicine. construction, electrical and chemical engineering. Covers articles, tech reports, proceedings, etc.

BioOne   1985-present

Provides searchable, full-text access to 69 journals focused on the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.

Biotechnology and BioEngineering Abstracts   1982-present

Search a group of CSA journal indexes covering research, regulatory developments and new patents in all areas of biotechnology and bioengineering, including medical, environmental and marine biology.

CAB Direct   1973-present

Searches peer-reviewed journals, academic books, technical reports, bulletins, and conference proceedings in the life sciences: agriculture, forestry, human health, human nutrition, animal health and the management and conservation of natural resources. The database is international with literature from over 125 countries and dozens of originating languages.

Compendex (Ei Compendex*Plus)   1987-present

Compendex, also know as EI Compendex Plus is a large interdisciplinary engineering database listing journal articles, technical reports and conferences, and adds over 220,000 new abstracts each year. Includes book reviews.

Dissertations and Theses    1861-present

Full text (PDF for download) of most dissertations accepted from 1997 on, some earlier works and some master's theses. Also lists dissertations and theses accepted from 1861 on in the US and at some Canadian, British, and other European universities. Abstracts included after July, 1980.

InfoTrac OneFile    1980-present

Large general database of articles from popular magazines and scholarly journals covering a wide range of topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.

Medline (OVID)   1966-present

All aspects of biomedicine and allied health fields plus biological and physical sciences and humanities and information science as they relate to medicine and health care. Three companies, EBSCO,;OVID; and CSA provide access to the Medline database. The 3 companies may update their respective versions of the database at different times, but otherwise the content is the same.

Web of Knowledege / Web of Science   1981-present

Includes Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index which can be searched together or separately. Lists articles from over 5,700 science and engineering journals, 1,700 social sciences journals, and 1,100 arts and humanities journals. Frequent updates make it a good source for very recent information.