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Online Encyclopedias

For basic information and general definitions search some of our online encyclopedias:

AccessEngineering This link opens in a new window
Engineering reference tool for professionals, academics, and students.
VPN Required for off-campus access.
AccessScience This link opens in a new window
Science encyclopedia articles, definitions, biographies, study guides and graphics.

includes McGraw-Hill's Encyclopedia of Science and Technology,9th ed.,McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th edition,McGraw-Hill Yearbooks of Science and Technology and more. updated daily.

Foundational Information

Biomedical Engineering

Wiley Encyclopedia of Biomedical Engineering, 6-Volume Set is a living and evolving repository of the biomedical engineering (BME) knowledge base.

Biomedical Engineering Fundamentals

Biomedical Engineering and Design Handbook - Volume 1

Biomedical Engineering and Design Handbook - Volume 2

Databases

For more specific information search our Databases. Databases are lists of online records organized according to particular criteria.

Database Structure

Biomedical Databases

PubMed This link opens in a new window
Identifies articles in clinical and basic biomedical research as well as in psychology, many with links to full text.

PubMed® comprises more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites. Includes access to molecular and bioinformatic databases from the NCBI system (previous Entrez). Automatically expands (explodes) subject headings. Truncation turns off this automatic expansion of the hierarchical subject headings.
NCBI Databases (previously known as Entrez) This link opens in a new window
NCBI supports and distributes a variety of databases for the medical and scientific communities, including PubMed, Gene and OMIM, among others. Its search and retrieval system provides users with integrated access to literature, sequence, mapping, taxonomy, and structural data.
Embase This link opens in a new window
Indexes the biomedical literature on drug, medical device and disease-related research. Covers all MEDLINE journals plus 3,000 unique titles, and conference abstracts back to 1947.
CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health This link opens in a new window
Identifies articles in nursing and allied health disciplines.
Visible Body - Anatomy & Physiology Module This link opens in a new window
An introduction to human body systems in visual interactive chapters presented in 3D model sets, animations and illustrations; includes quizzes for assessing self-paced learning. Note that due to the image-rich nature of the resource, there will be a delay when loading Visible Body at the start. VPN required for off-campus access.
To access other modules from Miner Library subscription, click here: Visible Body (through Miner Library, URMC)..

Engineering Databases

Compendex This link opens in a new window
Identifies journal articles and other literature on engineering, with some links to full text. Includes the Engineering Village backfile with access back to 1884.
Users should update their passwords.
IEEE Xplore This link opens in a new window
Full text of IEEE and IET journals, magazines, transactions and conference proceedings as well as active IEEE standards.

Multidisciplinary Databases

Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
For off-campus access to full text: Click Scholar Preferences and add Rochester as your Library Link. Be sure to Save Preferences.

Internet Archive Scholar
This fulltext search index includes over 25 million research articles and other scholarly documents preserved in the Internet Archive. The collection spans from digitized copies of eighteenth century journals though the latest Open Access conference proceedings and pre-prints crawled from the World Wide Web.

Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Identifies journal articles and cited references to research publications from 1900-current, including all disciplines, some with links to full text. Search for articles and authors, track citations, and analyze citation activity.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Scopus is the world's largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, including scientific journals, books and conference proceedings, covering research topics across all scientific and technical disciplines, ranging from medicine and social sciences to arts and humanities.
VPN required for off-campus access.
Users should update their passwords.
Dimensions This link opens in a new window
Dimensions is a next-generation linked research information system that makes it easier to find and access the most relevant information, analyze the academic and broader outcomes of research, and gather insights to inform future strategy.
Patrons can register using UR credentials.

Other Subject Specific Databases

SPIE Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Access to technical papers and monographs in optics, photonics and imaging from SPIE journals, books and conference proceedings.
ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Full text from articles and conference papers in computer science and related disciplines.
AES E-Library This link opens in a new window
Full text files of the progression of audio engineering research from 1953 to the present.
SciFinder-n This link opens in a new window
Identifies articles, patents, conferences, books and dissertations in chemistry and medicine. Search by substance name, structure, substructure, reaction, CAS registry number, molecular formula, organization, research topic and author. Searches Chemical Abstracts, Medline and ChemZent databases simultaneously. Includes PatentPak, MethodsNow and Retrosynthesis Plan A separate registration is required before the first use. See About SciFinder for more detail.
To use off campus, use VPN.

Experimental Protocols

Experiments This link opens in a new window
Collection of full text biomedical and life sciences protocols documenting experiments with step-by-step laboratory instructions, and lists of equipment and ingredients.

Comprised of five book series and two journals: Methods in Molecular Biology, Neuromethods, Methods in Molecular Medicine, Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology, Methods in Biotechnology, Springer Protocols Handbooks.

Protocols.io
A secure platform for developing and sharing reproducible methods.As a member of University of Rochester you can get free premium access and create free premium workspaces. Learn more

Pre-Print Archives

EngrXiv - Engineering Archive
The open archive of engineering. Powered by OSF Preprints.
MedRxiv
The preprint server for Health Sciences.
BioRxiv
Free online archive and distribution service for unpublished preprints in the life sciences.

arXiv.org e-Print archive This link opens in a new window
Full text from research papers in physics, mathematics, nonlinear sciences, and computer science.

Standards

Full Text Online

ASTM Compass This link opens in a new window
Access to the ASTM Standards & Digital Library, which includes all versions of ASTM’s ~13,000 Standards, plus all digitized ASTM Manuals, Monographs, STPs, Data Series and 9 Journals.

IEEE Standards
The Library subscribes to IEEE standards so you will get the full text.

Print

Annual book of ASTM standards (2012)
Call Number: TA402 .A51b
ISBN: 01922998
Print copy available in Carlson Stacks

Tips for Finding Print Standards in Carlson Library.

Search Articles, Books & More. (Library Homepage)
Go to Advanced Search
Enter title of the standard in title field. ex. "American National Standard for safe use of lasers"
Select Exact Match. Then, search.
Too many results? Try one of these revisions (not all at once)
1. Add Author = spelled out version of the standard provider name ex. American National Standards Institute
2. Add publication year range ex. 1992-1994
3. Limit subject terms to those with "standards" in them
Too Few Results?
1. Remove title and search a prominent keyword in "all fields" in combination with author spelled out ex. keyword= piping AND Author =American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Recommend a purchase
If you think the library should purchase a copy of a book, report, or other types of materials, please fill out this form to let us know. UR login required.

To identify standard titles and numbers for searching and ordering, try:

Stores that represent many standards providers (aggregators):

TechStreet Enterprise This link opens in a new window

Techstreet Enterprise provides full-text PDFs from leading publishers of industry standards including ASME, ISO, ANSI, ASCE, ASME and many more. Please note—if you request a standard typical turnaround time for access is 1-2 weeks.

Stores for Individual Standard Providers:

ISO Catalog
Search abstract. Here are some publically available iso standards.

Patents

The USPTO provides a good explanation of the Patent Application process.

Check the following resources for basic information on Patents and Patent Searching:

University of Texas Libraries > Guide to Patent Searching
University of Minnesota > Patents and Patentability Tutorial
University of Michigan > Patent Searching Tutorial

Patent Families
Patent protection for particular invention is territorial, i.e. inventors have to seek protection in different countries. All filings/applications for “same invention” constitute a patent family.

Explore the following Databases for Patents:

InnovationQ Plus This link opens in a new window
InnovationQ is a patent search tool that rapidly sifts through big data to quickly and efficiently pinpoint relevant patents, applications, and non-patent literature from IEEE. There are visualizations, advanced features, and the ability to locate "similar" patents to the target one..
Only one searcher permitted at a time. Must request permission and sign-on information from Kathy Wu, Business Librarian kathyw@library.rochester.edu.
Google Patents This link opens in a new window
Patents and patent applications from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Has a thumbnail viewer for drawings.

Sporadically updated. More about Google Patent Search .
USPTO Patent Database This link opens in a new window
Full text and images of U.S. patents.

To view the full text patents, a plug-in is required. Go to the USPTO help page for more information. Full text for patents from 1976 - current. Pre-1976 patents are searchable only by patent number and current classification code.

Lens
The Lens serves nearly all of the patent documents in the world as open, annotatable digital public goods that are integrated with scholarly and technical literature along with regulatory and business data.

Espacenet This link opens in a new window
Identifies patents from many countries, some with page images.
FreePatentsOnline This link opens in a new window
Full text and images of U.S. patents from 1974+, U.S. patent applications from 2001+, and European patents 2000+.

View patent images as pdf or other formats.

Chinese Patent Search
WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization Patent Search
Search international patent applications

US Food & Drug Adminisration

FDA Medical Devices
FDA- Medical Device Databases
List of FDA databases with different types of regulatory medical device information.
AccessGUDID - Global Unique Device Identification Database
The Global Unique Device Identification Database (GUDID) contains key device identification information submitted to the FDA about medical devices that have Unique Device Identifiers (UDI).

Journals

BrowZine App
Browse current Journals that University of Rochester subscribes to using a mobile app.

Newspapers & Professional Magazines

ProQuest Research, Newspapers & Business This link opens in a new window
Identifies articles in journals, magazines and newspapers, many full text. Includes ABI/Inform, Ethnic NewsWatch, GenderWatch, and Alt-PressWatch.
Wall Street Journal - Dow Jones This link opens in a new window
Access the daily edition of the Wall Street Journal (New York Times, and more).

Link takes you to the "News Page" function in Factiva, which provides 2 weeks of daily backfiles. To search the entire backfile of the WSJ (and many other news sources), go to the Search interface.

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