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Department of Bioengineering
PubMed UCB access only
Coverage: 1949–present
Medicine, life sciences, health administration.
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Web of Science UCB access only
Coverage: 1900–present
Article database covering the core journals in all scholarly fields. Provides cited reference searching.
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SciFinder Scholar UCB access only
Coverage: 1907–present
The online index of Chemical Abstracts, including journals, conferences and patents; more than 9,000 journals.
Compendex UCB access only
Coverage: 1884–present
All areas of engineering, journals and conferences.
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Engineered Materials Abstracts UCB access only
Coverage: 1986–present
Polymers, ceramics, composites.
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Faculty of 1000 Biology UCB access only
This is a database of "the most interesting papers published in the biological sciences…" as selected by more than 1,000 leading researchers. The papers are in one or more of five categories (Novel finding, Technical advance, Interesting hypothesis, Important confirmation or Controversial findings) and are labeled as "recommended", "must read" or "exceptional." Thirty-five Faculty of 1000 members are from UC Berkeley or LBNL. You can browse papers within a field, such as biochemistry, cell biology, genomics & genetics, molecular biology, and plant biology, or search across all fields. UC e-Links is enabled for full-text access when available.
INSPEC UCB access only
Coverage: 1898–present
Electrical engineering, computer science, physics, and related fields.
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BIOSIS Previews UCB access only
Coverage: 1926–present
Microbiology and biochemical/biological treatment of wastes.
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Quantitative Biology e-prints
Coverage: 2003–present
Preprints in biomolecules, cell behavior, genomics, quantitative methods, tissues and organs, and five more areas of Quantitative Biology from the ArXiv at Cornell University (formerly at Los Alamos).
ETHX on the Web
Coverage: 1973–present
Bioethics journal articles, book chapters, bills, laws, court decisions, reports, books, audio-visuals, and news.
Next Generation Melvyl Pilot
The Next Generation Melvyl Pilot is a collaboration between the UC Libraries and the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC). Holdings from all ten UC campuses are included.
Current Melvyl
Library catalog for the UC System. Find call numbers, locations, and online access for books, journals, conference proceedings, and more.
» A Brief Guide to Melvyl
» How to Find Conference Proceedings
OskiCat
OskiCat is the UC Berkeley library catalog. It does not include some engineering-related libraries at UC Berkeley. All library users can find course reserves and renew items in OskiCat. UC Berkeley faculty, students, staff, and other UC Berkeley library cardholders may request materials from NRLF in OskiCat.
ENGnetBASE UCB access only
Compilation of engineering handbooks published by CRC Press. Selected biomedical engineering titles include:
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics UCB access only
CRC Materials Science & Engineering Handbook. 3rd ed. CRC Press, 2002.
TA403.4.C74 2001 Reference
Full text on ENGnetBASE UCB access only
Biomaterials and Bioengineering Handbook. Donald L. Wise.
R857.M3 B57 2000.
Combined Chemical Dictionary UCB access only
Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering UCB access only
Vols. 1 and 2. Gary E. Wnek, Gary L. Bowlin, eds. Marcel Dekker, 2004.
R857.M3E63 2004 Reference
The Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology UCB access only
K.H. Jurgen Buschow, ed. Amsterdam; New York : Elsevier, 2001.
Encyclopedic Handbook of Biomaterials and Bioengineering.
R856.A3.E52 1995
Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body
Handbook of biomaterial properties. Edited by Jonathan Black and Garth Hastings.
R857.M3.H36 1998 Reference
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology UCB access only
Polymers: A Properties Database UCB access only
Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry UCB access only
Bioinformatics Links Directory
This is a curated and annoted directory of molecular resources, tools and databases. It lists all the items appearing in the annual Nucleic Acids Research (NAR) Database Issue (since 2003), as well as sources recommended by bioinformatics experts.
European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)
EBI is part of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory. It provides analysis tools and several free databases of biological data, including nucleic acid, protein sequences, and macromolecular structures.
Molecular Biology Database Collection: 2008 Update
Nucleic Acids Research, 2008 Database issue (v. 36, January 2008)
NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) Databases and Tools
Proteome BioKnowledge® Library from Incyte UCB access only
Search for Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology electronic journals »
ABET Accredited Engineering Programs
Directory of programs accredited by the American Board for Engineering and Technology.
American Society of Biomechanics
Includes a fascinating paper called "A Genealogy of Biomechanics."
Biomedical Engineering Network (BMEnet)
Biomedical Engineering Society
Canadian Society for Biomechanics
ESEM – European Society for Engineering and Medicine
European Society for Biomaterials
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
International Society of Biomechanics
Emphasizes biomechanics of human movement.
International Union for Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine
National Science Foundation, Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Systems
NIH National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Society for Biomaterials
Look under "publications" for the link to "A Bibliography of Monographic Works on Biomaterials and Biocompatibility."
Tissue Engineering Society International
For the most part, only UCB dissertations are available in the UCB Libraries. To find specific UCB dissertations, search Current Melvyl by Author. To locate sample UCB dissertations from your department, search Current Melvyl for the Subject berkeley dissertations bioengineering.
» Guide to locating dissertations and theses
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