Information Resources for BE2600: Introduction to Biomedical Engineering

Ryan Gilbert, faculty

Dave Lepse, librarian (487-1443; dlepse@mtu.edu)

Hans Kishel, librarian (487-3118; hfkishel@mtu.edu)

 

Selected topics:

 

Circulation

To borrow an item from the collection, bring the book to the Circulation Desk with your "Tech Express" card. Books may be borrowed by graduate students for seventeen weeks, but are subject to recall after three weeks if needed by another borrower. Periodicals may be borrowed for three days.

 

Interlibrary Loan

To request books and articles from other libraries, complete an Interlibrary Loan Request Form. Forms are available on the Library Web Page. There is no charge for this service.

 

Research assistance

For individual assistance or instruction from a librarian, visit or phone the Reference/Information Desk (487-2507), or use the Ask a Librarian service on the Librarys web page.

 

Locating Books on the Library Shelves

Shelved by Library of Congress call number in the Main Collection on Third Floor.

 

Locating Periodicals on the Library Shelves

Periodicals are shelved by Library of Congress call number in these locations:

CURRENT JOURNALS (1st Floor): Recent issues kept here until bound or reissued in microfilm or microfiche.

BOUND JOURNALS AREA (Garden Level): Bound periodicals dated 1971 or later.

MICROFORMS AREA (2ndFloor ) Microfilm & microfiche cabinets, as well as readers.

 

Electronic Journals at JRVP

JRVP subscribes to an increasing number of journals which provide electronic versions of their publications online. Access them under E-Resources on the Librarys web page. You can limit your search to Business & Economics or News & Current Events.

 

Reference Collection 2^nd Floor

The reference collection contains dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, directories, standards, codes, catalogs, etc., shelved by Library of Congress Classification System call number.

 

JRVP Online Catalog

On the Librarys web page at www.lib.mtu.edu.

Use to find what books, journals and government publications that the Van Pelt Library owns and where they are located. When you enter the catalog, a Basic search screen appears.

 

To search for a periodical title, click on the Journal Title button, and then type the title of the periodical in the box provided. A Journal Title search may result in a list of several records for the same title; you may need to view more than one of these to find the issue date youre seeking.

 

When searching for more complex titles such as conference proceedings, a keyword search is usually effective. Click on the Keyword Search button, then enter several of the most unique keywords from the conference title, then select all of these from the pull-down menu on the right.

 

Other catalogs

WorldCat

Unified catalog of OCLC member libraries

Linda Hall Library

The largest private science and engineering library

 

Databases of journal articles & abstracts

 

To find citations to recent articles from journals, conference proceedings, and other publications, go to the Librarys web page at www.lib.mtu.edu and select E-Resources, then Search for an E-Resource.

 

The resulting screen offers four search options for finding databases or electronic journals: (1) Keyword search of database titles and/or descriptions, (2) Search by subject area, (3) Search by collection name, (4) Browse an alphabetical list by title.

 

JRVP librarians have written a guide to common database keyword searches. Before you start your search, you might want to look at these tips.

 

Please note that many article databases include full-text, but some have abstracts only. The librarys new HuskyFetch software summarizes the librarys services that are available for each abstract. Just click on the HuskyFetch button.

 

 

Suggested databases

 

Compendex

Provides comprehensive access to the latest engineering research covering engineering and applied science, containing over seven million references and abstracts taken from over 5,000 engineering journals, conferences and technical reports. Compendex is the online version of Engineering Index.

 

IEEE Xplore

Provides access to full-text articles from all journals published by IEEE and IEE (the Institution of Electrical Engineers. Full-text for all IEEE and IEE conference proceedings and standards is included as is select legacy content dating back to 1950.

 

INSPEC

Comprehensive database of bibliographic information and abstracts for published works in physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computing and control, and information technology. Covers scientific and technical journals, conference proceedings, books, reports, and dissertations. The print version is Science Abstracts, Sections A, B, and C.

 

Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abstracts

Provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the serials literature in mechanical and transportation engineering and their complementary fields, including forensic engineering, management and marketing of engineering services, engineering education, theoretical mechanics and dynamics, and mathematics and computation.

 

PubMed (Medline)

A service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 14 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.

 

SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts)

Retrieves information from databases produced by Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS). The database contains over 16 million documents from more than 8000 chemical and chemistry-related journals covering literature from 1967 to the present. Search terms include research topic, author name, document identifier and chemical substance (including reactions and substructures).

 

Web of Science

Offers Web of Science access to ISI Citation Indexes (Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts and Humanities Citation Index), which contains multidisciplinary, high quality research information from the world's leading science, social science and art and humanities journals. Only 3 simultaneous users at any one time are able to use this resource.

 

 

Suggested Reference Works

 

Encyclopedia of Polymer Science & Technology

TP1110.E53 2003 Reference

 

ENGnetBASE

Compiles a wide range of information previously published in CRC engineering handbooks. The online database will be updated continually, and its coverage will be expanded. Current coverage includes general, structural, electrical, mechanical, civil, environmental, remediation, and optomechanical engineering.

 

MatWeb: Material Property Data

Database of material properties includes thermoplastic and thermoset polymers such as ABS, nylon, polycarbonate, polyester, and polyolefins; metals such as aluminum, cobalt, copper, lead, magnesium, nickel, steel, superalloys, titanium and zinc alloys; ceramics; plus a growing list of semiconductors, fibers, and other engineering materials.

 

Plastics Data Digest

TA455.P5P524 2000 Reference

 

Polymer Handbook

QD388.P65 1999 Reference

 

Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

TK9.E53 1999 Reference