Plagiarism

• Plagiarism Guide
• Plagiarism Powerpoint

Books

Click on the links below to see what books are available in the library in some key areas related to Alternative Energy Sources.

• Solar Energy
• Nuclear Energy
• Biomass Energy
• Renewable Energy
• Solar Power
• Photovoltaics
• Solar and Thermal

To find additional books, search in our online catalog using Advanced Keyword Searching and using appropriate research keywords.

Electronic Books

Click on the links below to access electronic books (Access only to Drexel faculty and students)

You can access full book chapters using electronic book collections such as ebrary, ENGnetBASE,  Knovel, MATERIALSnetBASE, and MECHANICALnetBASE.

• AccessScience
• CivilENGINEERINGnetBASE
• ebrary
• ElectricalENGINEERINGnetBASE
• ENGnetBASE
• ENVIROnetBASE
• Knovel: Engineering & Scientific Online References
• MATERIALSnetBASE
• MECHANICALENGINEERINGnetBASE

Using Summon:

Try Summon to find books, articles and more. See also What is Summon? How can I use it?

• Click on Articles & More Tab in the Library Home page
• For example, type ‘Solar Thermal and Photovoltaics ’ and click on Search Library link.
• Refine your search results by selecting an option from the left column. For example, select ‘ebook’ option. You will see a listing with links to  electronic books. You can also limit to articles from scholarly publications, including peer-review.

Foundation of Biomedical Engineering

Plagiarism

• Plagiarism Guide
• Plagiarism Powerpoint

Group Projects

• Group Therapy: a group project survival guide

Books

Click on the links below to see what books are available in the library in some key areas related to Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering:

• Artificial Organs
• Tissue Engineering
• Bone and cartilage
• Prosthesis
• Biomaterials
• Spinal Cord
• Spinal Cord – ebooks
• Spinal Cord Wound and Injuries
• Spinal Cord Injuries

To find additional books on ‘Biomedical Engineering’, search in our online catalog using Advanced Keyword searching and using the term ‘Biomedical Engineering’.

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Use AccessScience to find  information on various subject areas related to Bridge Design.

• AccessScience
  Full access to 7100+ articles, 115,000 dictionary terms, and hundreds of Research Updates in all areas of science and technology updated daily. AccessScience is the electronic version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology.

Group Projects

• Group Therapy: a group project survival guide

Books

Click on the links below to see what books are available in the library in some key areas related to Bridge Design.

• Bridge design
• Bridge and structure*
• Bridges – design and construction
• Background information on Bridges using AccessScience database
• Concrete and bridge
• Highway Truss Bridges
• Truss bridge — historical

Using Summon:

Try Summon to find books, articles and more. See: About Summon for more detailed information on how to use it more efficiently.

• Click on Articles & More Tab in the Library Home page
• For example, type ‘Truss and bridge design’ and click on Search Library link.
• Refine your search results by selecting an option from the left column. For example, select ‘ebook’ option. You will see a listing with links to  electronic books.
• Try Summon for quick search. For more in depth search, explore the resources below.

Searchable Electronic Book databases

Click on the links below to access electronic books (Access only to Drexel faculty and students)

You can access full book chapters using electronic book collections such as ebrary, ENGnetBASE,  Knovel, MATERIALSnetBASE, and MECHANICALnetBASE.

• AccessScience
• CivilENGINEERINGnetBASE
• ebrary
• ENGnetBASE
• ENVIROnetBASE
• Knovel: Engineering and Scientific Online References
• MATERIALSnetBASE
• MechanicalENGINEERINGnetBASE
• POLYMERSnetBASE

Electronic books

• Bridge Engineering, Substructure Design
• Bridge Engineering Handbook
• Bridge Engineering, Seismic Design
• Bridge Engineering, Construction and Maintenance
• Bridge Loads, An International Perspective
• Bridges for High-Speed Railways, Revised Papers from the Workshop, Porto, Portugal, 3 – 4 June 2004
• Highway Truss Bridges
• Electronic book chapters:  “Truss and Bridges”
• Electronic book chapters: “Method of Joints and Truss”

Electronic Databases

Use databases below to find scholarly journal articles on the topic of your research project.

• Architectural Index
• ASCE Digital Library
• Annual Reviews
• BuildingGreen
  (BuildingGreen Suite integrates online versions of GreenSpec, Environmental Building News, and a database of more than 160 high-performance building case studies.)
• Earthquake Engineering Abstracts
• Ei Compendex and INSPEC
• Environmental Engineering Abstracts
• Google Scholar
• MAD CAD (NOTE: access to cross-referenced collections of building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, fire, and maintenance codes from BOCA, SBCCI, ICBO, ICC, and NFPA.)
• ScienceDirect
• Transportation Research Information Services Online
• Web of Knowledge

Web based sources

• Images of Truss bridges
• Images: Bridge Truss Designs
• Truss Analysis using Method of Joints (youtube video)
• Truss Bridge and Truss Types
• Tennessee River Bridge
• Truss bridges (within ASCE site search)

See also:

• Starting your research for design projects
• Freshman Design – ENGR102-103
• Group Therapy: a Group Project Survival Guide

Research Guide on Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Resources

Books on Medical Devices

To find  books on ‘Medical Devices’, search in our online catalog using Advanced Keyword searching and using the term ‘Medical Device*‘.

See also:

• Medical Instruments And Apparatus Safety Regulations United States
• Medical Instruments And Apparatus Standards
• Biocompatible Materials
• Biomedical materials

Using Summon:

Try Summon to find books, articles and more. See also What is Summon? How can I use it?

• Click on Articles & More Tab in the Library Home page
• For example, type ‘Stem Cells’ and click on Search Library link.
• Refine your search results by selecting an option from the left column. For example, select ‘ebook’ option. You will see a listing with links to  electronic books.
• Try Summon for quick search. For more in depth search, explore the resources below.

Patent Searching

• United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
  The USPTO offers web access to bibliographic and full-text patent databases. These databases provide full-text of patents from 1976 to the present and full page images from 1790 to the present.

• See What is a Patent?

• See Anatomy of a U.S. patent

• See Patent Searching Tips.

• See ‘What is Intellectual Property?’ in Frequently Asked Questions for Inventors

• See ‘Manual of Patent Classification’

• Fresh Patents
  Provides access to the latest published US patent applications each week BEFORE the USPTO decision to
  grant/deny.

• pat2pdf.org
  Given a patent number, pat2pdf.org will return a free, pdf formated version of the patent.

• The Google Patent Search covers the entire collection of patents made available by the USPTO—from patents issued in the 1790s to present.

• Medical Device Manufacturers Association – Patent Issues

• How do I find International patents?

• The Intellectual Property Digital Library- WIPO GOLD-IP Reference Resource

• WIPO GOLD is a free public resource which provides a one-stop gateway to WIPO’s global collections of searchable IP data. It aims to facilitate universal access to IP information

• See Technology Commercialization at Drexel and See Patent Policy (Re: Intellectual Property) from the Office of the Provost at Drexel University.

• The Top 10 Biosimilar Players:  (Note: Search in ‘Business Insights’ database and use keyword ‘patent’ to locate this and other reports on patents)

Nanotechnology related initiatives

• FDA’s Nanotechnology Task Force
• National Nanotechnology Initiative
• Nanomedicine from NIH

Biomedical Devices

• FDA documents for regulated industry
• FDA’s Search Guidance Database
• Latest FDA Medical Devices approvals
• FDA Medwatch-Medical Product Safety Information
• FDA Medical Devices – Stent
• FDA – Center for Devices and Radiological Health – Index of Consumer Topics
• 510(K) overview
• FDA Device Advice
• FDA Approval Process
• FDA Drug Approval Process
• A Roadmap to Medical Device and Instrumentation Pedigree
• FDA – Search Medical Devices in releasable 501(k) database
• Cardiovascular Device Liability week
• Medical Device Law Weekly
• Devices@FDA – a catalog of approved medical devices
• Medical Device safety Guidelines
• Testimony on FDA’s Medical Device Program by Michael Friedman
• Medical Device Reporting
• FDA-Office of In Vitro Diagnostic Device (OIVD) Evaluation
• Medical Devices Directive
  

Drexel University Resources

• Drexel Biomedical Technology Entrepreneurship
• Drexel Biomed Technology Portfolio
• Drexel Biomed Translational Research Program
• Technology Commercialization at Drexel
  

There are some important resources and guides available from the Library’s web site. Please refer to them.
These are listed below:

Key Web Resources
Engineering Blog
Engineering Instruction Blog
Engineering 102 Library Resources

Key Resources to find background information, properties of materials and international patents

Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology and other electronic reference works and See also Electronic Reference Books for other important encyclopedias
Engineering electronic books from ENGnetBASE and other netBASE collections
Knovel – Engineering and Scientific online reference books
How do I find International Patents?

Books

Click on the links below to see what books are available in the library in some key areas related to Sustainability Issues, Life Cycle Assessment and Management.

• Biomimetic Design
• Biomimicry and Energy efficiency
• Construction Management
• Eco Design
• Eco Design Course Reserves
• Life Cycle and Environment*
• Material Flow Analysis
• Nature and Design and Bio*
• Sustainable Industrial Design
• Sustainable Development
• Sustainable Eco* Design
• Appropriate Technology
• Sustainability
• Energy and Technology

To find additional books, search in our online catalog using Advanced Keyword Searching and using appropriate research keywords.

Electronic Books

Click on the links below to access electronic books (Access only to Drexel faculty and students)

You can access full book chapters using electronic book collections such as ebrary, ENGnetBASE,  Knovel, MATERIALSnetBASE, and MECHANICALnetBASE.

• AccessScience
• CivilENGINEERINGnetBASE
• ebrary
• ElectricalENGINEERINGnetBASE
• ENGnetBASE
• ENVIROnetBASE
• Knovel: Engineering and Scientific Online References
• MATERIALSnetBASE
• MechanicalENGINEERINGnetBASE

Using Summon:

Try Summon to find books, articles and more. See also What is Summon? How can I use it?

• Click on Articles & More Tab in the Library Home page
• For example, type ‘biomimicry and energy efficiency’ and click on Search Library link.
• Refine your search results by selecting an option from the left column. For example, select ‘ebook’ option. You will see a listing with links to  electronic books. You can also limit to articles from scholarly publications, including peer-review.

• See:  Nature’s inspiration: Solving sustainability challenges , Strategic Direction24. 9 (2008): 33-35.

Engineering Databases

Use databases below to find scholarly journal articles on the topic of your research project.

• ASCE Digital Library
• Annual Reviews
• BuildingGreen – (BuildingGreen Suite integrates online versions of GreenSpec, Environmental Building News, and a database of more than 160 high-performance building case studies.)
• Earthquake Engineering Abstracts
• Ei Compendex and INSPEC
• GeoRef
• Google Scholar
• GreenFILE
• Home Depot Smart Home
• IEEE Xplore
• MAD CAD – (NOTE: access to cross-referenced collections of building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, fire, and maintenance codes from BOCA, SBCCI, ICBO, ICC, and NFPA.)
• ScienceDirect
• Transportation Research Information Services Online
• Web of Science
• How do I obtain full papers from the Proceedings of the SPIE and other conferences that are not available in the library?

ILI Standards Infobase

The ILI standards database is a bibliographic standards database. It covers over 600,000 worldwide standards. Over 250 major Standards issuing authorities are covered, from the US, Europe, the international bodies ISO and IEC to Japan and Australia. Any ASTM standards can also be requested through ILI Standards Infobase.

Interdisciplinary Databases

• Database/Article Indexes for Interdisciplinary Research

Web Resources and Journal Articles

• Life Cycle Assessment (EPA)
• Winter Barley Ethanol receive a “green” rating
• Evaluation of Risks of Metal Flows and Acumulation in Economy and Environment
• Practical Handbook of Material Flow Analysis
• The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to LCA
• Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Goods and Services (Book will be in the Library)
• Life Cycle Energy Analysis of a Water Distribution System
• Sustainability Assessment: Criteria and Processes
• Urban Transformations and Sustainability
• Eco Design checklist

What is FSAE?

Formula SAE is a student design competition organized by SAE International (formerly Society of Automotive Engineers). The first competition was started back in 1978 and was originally called the Mini Indy.The concept behind Formula SAE is that a fictional manufacturing company has contracted a design team to develop a small Formula-style race car.

The prototype race car is to be evaluated for its potential as a production item. The target marketing group for the race car is the non-professional weekend autocross racer. Each student team designs, builds and tests a prototype based on a series of rules whose purpose is both to ensure onsite event operations and promote clever problem solving.

SEE: Rules & Important Documents and Drexel FSAE

Drexel Formula SAE is a team comprised of undergraduate students that designs and builds a race car from the ground up every year for international, intercollegiate competition.
FSAE Facebook Group: Drexel Formula SAE Information Resources and Tools

This group will serve to enhance awareness of various information resources available to participating Drexel students so that they can efficiently use them in their design of the prototype race car for this competition. You can post any material or books you need on the wall of this group. My Facebook ID is bhattjj@drexel.edu

See also ‘Searching SAE Literature’ from ‘Engineering Library Instruction’ Blog and Mechanical Engineering – Materials Engineering Senior Design from ‘Englibrary’ blog.

Books

Click on the links below to see what books are available in the library in some key areas related to Cardiovascular Engineering, Tissue Engineering and Biomedical Mechanics

Artificial Organs
Cardiac and assist devices
Coronary circulation
Artificial heart
Biomechanics
Tissue Engineering
Bone and cartilage
Prosthetics
Biomaterials
Drug Delivery

To find additional books on ‘Biomedical Engineering’, search in our online catalog using Advanced Keyword searching and using the term ‘Biomedical Engineering’.

Using Summon:

Try Summon to find books, articles and more. See also What is Summon? How can I use it?

• Click on Articles & More Tab in the Library Home page
• For example, type ‘Stem Cells’ and click on Search Library link.
• Refine your search results by selecting an option from the left column. For example, select ‘ebook’ option. You will see a listing with links to  electronic books.
• Try Summon for quick search. For more in depth search, explore the resources below.

Electronic Books

Click on the links below to access electronic books (Access only to Drexel faculty and students)

• AccessMedicine
• ASM Materials Information
• Books@OVID
• ebrary
• Electronic Lectures on Biomedical Mechanics from Synthesis Digital Library
• Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
• ENGnetBASE
• Knovel: Engineering and Scientific Online References
• MATERIALSnetBASE
• NEUROSCIENCEnetBASE

Selected Electronic Books Organized by Subject

• Anatomy
• Electronic Lectures on Biomedical Mechanics from Synthesis Digital Library Cardiology
• Pharmacology
• Orthopedic Surgery
• Physiology
• Surgery

Electronic Databases

Use databases below to find scholarly journal articles on the topic of your research project.

• American Physiological Journals
• Annual Reviews
• Biomaterials Properties Database from the University of Michigan
• Ei Compendex and INSPEC
• Google Scholar
• IEEE Xplore
• HUBMED
• ILI Standards Infobase – ASTM and other standards
  Please contact Jay Bhatt bhattjj@drexel.edu to check if the availability of the  standard you are looking for.
• Journal Citation Reports
• Journals@OVID
• Matweb
• MDConsult
• MEDLINE via ISI Web of Knowledge
• PubMed
• ScienceDirect
• Web of Science
  (Search in Journal Citation Reports section to locate journals with high impact factors in a particular area)
• Wiley Interscience

Brief description for electronic databases: Various Electronic Databases

Important Electronic Journal

• Tissue Engineering

Obtaining articles not available in the Library

• How do I obtain Full papers from the Proceedings of the SPIE, other conferences and journal papers that are not available in the library?

Searching for Associations

• Encyclopedia of Associations
• The Scholarly Societies Project - Search for Biomaterials

News and Business Information

Use the following databases to find information on breaking news in biomedical technologies in magazines and newspapers

• Academic Universe(Lexis/Nexis)
• Expanded Academic
• Factiva
• Proquest

Instructional Tutorials

• Refworks (RefWorks is a web-based software application that helps you manage citations. It helps you keep track of the sources you are using for your research and your own notes about the sources)
• Refworks Tutorials

• Is this a scholarly publication?
• Deciphering Citation

Images for Presentations

• Usage and Copyright Guidelines for using images
• Medical Images

Click on the links below to see what books are available in the library in some key areas related to Bioinstrumentation

• Bioinstrumentation
• Biomedical Engineering Instrumentation
• Medical and Instrumentation
• Sensors and Handbook
• Biomedical and Devices
• Medical and Sensors
• Pressure and Flow and Measurements
• Cardiovascular and Devices

To find additional books on ‘Biomedical Engineering’, search in our online catalog using Advanced Keyword searching and using the term ‘Biomedical Engineering’

Using Summon:

Try Summon to find books, articles and more. See also What is Summon? How can I use it?

• Click on Articles & More Tab in the Library Home page
• For example, type ‘Spinal cord and technology and treatment’ and click on Search Library link.
• Refine your search results by selecting an option from the left column. For example, select ‘ebook’ option. You will see a listing with links to  electronic books. You can also limit to articles from scholarly publications, including peer-review.

Electronic Books

Click on the links below to access electronic books (Access only to Drexel faculty and students)

• AccessMedicine
• Books@OVID
• ebrary
• Electronic Lectures on Biomedical Mechanics from Synthesis Digital Library
• Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
• ENGnetBASE
• Knovel: Engineering and Scientific Online References
• MATERIALSnetBASE
• NEUROSCIENCEnetBASE

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This web site is dedicated to the memory of  Dr. Elizabeth Papazoglou whose encouragement and guidance inspired me to create it  particularly for the students in her Biomaterials class but it can also be used by researchers, faculty members and other students across various disciplines. I am sure students will continue to find this compilation of resources helpful and stimulating as they think about commercialization of their innovations.

Our collaboration resulted into a workshop on Patent searching during the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education conference.

-Patent Searching

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
The USPTO offers web access to bibliographic and full-text patent databases. These databases provide full-text of patents from 1976 to the present and full page images from 1790 to the present.

See What is a Patent?
See Anatomy of a U.S. patent

See Patent Searching Tips.
See ‘What is Intellectual Property?’ in Frequently Asked Questions for Inventors
See ‘Manual of Patent Classification’

Fresh Patents
Provides access to the latest published US patent applications each week BEFORE the USPTO decision to
grant/deny.

pat2pdf.org
Given a patent number, pat2pdf.org will return a free, pdf formated version of the patent.

The Google Patent Search covers the entire collection of patents made available by the USPTO—from patents issued in the 1790s to present.

Medical Device Manufacturers Association – Patent Issues

How do I find International patents?

The Intellectual Property Digital Library- WIPO GOLD-IP Reference Resource

WIPO GOLD is a free public resource which provides a one-stop gateway to WIPO’s global collections of searchable IP data. It aims to facilitate universal access to IP information

See Technology Commercialization at Drexel and See Patent Policy (Re: Intellectual Property) from the Office of the Provost at Drexel University.

The Top 10 Biosimilar Players:  (Note: Search in ‘Business Insights’ database and use keyword ‘patent’ to locate this and other reports on patents)

Nanotechnology related initiatives

FDA’s Nanotechnology Task Force
National Nanotechnology Initiative
Nanomedicine from NIH

Nanotechnology to revolutionise drug delivery
Cancer nanotechnology: opportunities and challenges

Dr. Papazoglou’s Electronic Book – Bionanotechnology – available from the Synthesis Digital Library

Important Key words in Drug Delivery and Nanotechnology:

Nasal and transdermal drug delivery, Injectable drugs, Implantable delivery systems, Nanocapsules, Nanoparticles, Nanovehicles, Nanomedicine, Oral drug delivery system, Controlled drug delivery, Cancer nanotechnology

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