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Subject Guide for Bioengineering

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The application of engineering knowledge to the fields of medicine and biology. The bioengineer must be well grounded in biology and have engineering knowledge that is broad, drawing upon electrical, chemical, mechanical, and other engineering disciplines. The bioengineer may work in any of a large range of areas. One of these is the provision of artificial means to assist defective body functions—such as hearing aids, artificial limbs, and supportive or substitute organs. In another direction, the bioengineer may use engineering methods to achieve biosynthesis of animal or plant products—such as for fermentation processes. (Encyclopedia Britannica)

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Abstracts and Indexes to Academic or Scholarly Articles Although many databases contain links to full-text articles, when you find book and article citations in the index databases, you need to search Chinook to see if the Libraries owns that book and periodical title.

CU Agricola
Indexes all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming and farming systems, agricultural economics, extension and education, food and human nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences. The database includes links to full text when available. Coverage: 1979- present.

CU Biological Abstracts
A comprehensive index and abstract for the life sciences, including plants, animals, microorganisms, and natural habits. Coverage: 1969 - present.

CU Biological Sciences--Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Provides access to multiple biological databases, including Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts, BioEngineering Abstracts, and ASFA Marine Biotechnology Abstracts. Choose "Search Subfiles" to access components of the database. Coverage: varies.

CU Engineering Village 2—Compendex, INSPEC, and NTIS
Compendex is a comprehensive bibliographic database of engineering research literature. Contains references and abstracts to engineering journals, conferences and technical reports. Subject areas include: chemical and process engineering, computers and data processing, applied physics, electronics and communications as well as civil and mechanical engineering. Includes links to full text when available. Coverage: 1884 - present.

INSPEC is a bibliographic database that indexes physics, astronomy and astrophysics, electrical engineering and electronics, computers and control engineering and information technology. The database contains full-text links when available. Coverage: 1898 - present.

The National Technical Information Service (NTIS) database from the U.S. Department of Commerce provides access to unclassified reports from influential U.S. and international government agencies. The database contains over two million critical citations from government departments such as NASA, the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Defense. Most items cited in this database are available in microfiche format in the Government Publications Library. Coverage: 1964-present. 

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CU IEEE/IEE Electronic Library
Provides full-text access to IEEE transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings and all current IEEE Standards. The site uses the IEEE Xplore search and navigation system. Subjects include electrical engineering and computer science. Coverage: 1988 - present.

PubMed: Medline
A bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles on all aspects of medicine, including dentistry and nursing. Includes links to full text when available. Subscription restrictions to full text may apply.Coverage: 1965 - present.

SciFinder Scholar
Software is available for download here.

The front-end software is also available in the Engineering, Earth Sciences, Math/Physics and Science Libraries. SciFinder Scholar provides access to journal articles and patents, substance data, chemical reactions, chemical regulatory data , and chemical suppliers. It includes journal articles, book chapters, patents, conference proceedings, technical reports, substance database and dissertations covered in Chemical Abstracts as well as articles currently being indexed, book reviews and biographical information. Coverage: 1907-present.

 

Scitopia

This federated vertical search portal was created through the collaboration of 15 leading science and technology societies. It searches the entire electronic libraries of these societies, including more than three million documents, peer-reviewed journal content and technical conference papers, spanning 150 years of science and technology can be searched through the site. Though the search is freely available, access to many documents requries authentication. Coverage varies.

 

CU SPIE Digital Library

Provides full text of articles published in the Proceedings of the SPIE and the society's journals from 1990 to the present.

 

 

CU Web of Science
Provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in 5,700 of the world's leading scholarly science and technical journals covering more than 164 disciplines. The database allows you to search for specific articles by subject, author, journal, and/or author address. Because the information stored about each article includes the article's cited reference list (often called its bibliography) the database is often used to search for articlesthat cite a known author or work. Coverage: 1900 - present.  

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CU Applied Science and Technology Index
Indexes 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. Coverage: 1983 - present.

CU General Science Abstracts/Full Text
Abstracts popular and scholarly journals in the fields of Astronomy, Atmospheric Science, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Conservation, Earth Science, Environment, Food, Genetics, Health, Mathematics, Medicine, Microbiology, Nutrition, Oceanography, Physics, Physiology, and Zoology. Coverage: May 1984 - present.

Dictionaries
These publications provide background information, definitions and explanations of terms.

Biotechnology from A to Z
Engineering Library Reference TP 248.16 B33 1998

 

The Language of Biotechnology: A Dictionary of Terms
Engineering Library Reference TP 248.16 W35 1995

 

CU Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols, and Abbreviations

Directories

Biotechnology Guide U.S.A. : Companies, Data, and Analysis
Science Library HD9999.B443 U63 2000

 

Colorado Biomedical Directory
Business Library Reference HD9999.B44 C6

 

Scholarly Societies

Encyclopedias
These publications provide background information, definitions and explanations of terms.

CU Access Science: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia Of Science & Technology

 

Encyclopedia of Ethical, Legal, and Policy Issues Biotechnology
Science Library Reference TP248.16 .E539 2000

 

Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology and Molecular Medicine
Science Library Reference QH506 .E534 1996

 

Encyclopedic Handbook of Biomaterials and Bioengineering
Science Library Reference R856.A3 E52 1995

 

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
Science Library Reference QH302.5 E53 2001

 

CU Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology

Handbooks and Manuals

CU ChemNetBase--CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics and other tools available online.

 

 

CU EngNetBase--over 400 CRC engineering handbooks online

 

CU Knovel Library --Combines essential and authoritative reference books and databases from more than 30 Sci-Tech publishers and professional societies including, McGraw Hill, John Wiley, Elsevier, Springer, Industrial Press, American Institute of Chemical Engineers and American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Covers 17 industrially important subject areas in the fields of Chemistry and the Life Sciences; Materials; and Engineering.

CU Science of Synthesis
Science of Synthesis is the first critical and comprehensive survey of the synthetic organic and inorganic literature in English, providing an appraisal of methods for preparation of all classes of compounds. This database is of use for chemistry, biology, and engineering where the synthesis of molecules is required. Note: To use, disable pop-up blockers; requires Java applet.

 

Internet Links

 

Intute: Science, Engineering and Technology

 

GWLA Bioengineering Gateway

 

InfoMine Scholarly Internet Resource Collections: Physical Sciences, Engineering, Computing and Math

 

Science.gov

 

TechXtra: Engineering, Mathematics, and Computing

 

 

CU Refworks
A Web-based bibliography and database manager that allows you to create your own personal database by importing references from text files or online databases. You can use these references in writing papers and automatically format the paper and the bibliography in seconds.

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