The Sheridan Libraries

Biomedical Engineering and Design

Information specific to BME and BME/CBID design teams.

Who Can Help Me?

Sue Vazakas

  • svazakas@jhu.edu
  • 410-516-4153
  • MSEL C-level, along the back wall

Yunshan Ye (Government and Law)

  • yye@jhu.edu
  • MSEL M-level

Find Journal Articles, News, and More

Save your time! Use these search techniques:
  • Put quotation marks around PHRASES (two or more words), so that the words are searched together
    --- Example: "chicken pox"
     
  • Put an asterisk at the end of words, so that you get all of the word endings
    --- Example: high* = high, highs, higher, highest
     
  • Think of alternate spellings or synonyms
    --- brain OR neural; healthcare OR "health care"
     
  • Start by putting your search words in the Title. If you get nothing, you can take them out of the Title and move them to "Anywhere."

Get an overview of your topic by searching textbooks and review articles.


Consumer Information:

  • MedlinePlus.gov -- This National Library of Medicine site is the FIRST place you should go for health information.
    "Health Topics" is the link to medical information, and there are also links to a medical encyclopedia and dictionary.

Textbooks:

Review Articles -- These are overviews of a topic, including its history and state of the art. They are longer than most articles, and have lots of references. 

  • Engineering -- Do a search in Compendex, and add the word  "review" to the article TITLE

  • Medicine and related topics -- Do a search in PubMed, and choose "review article" (left, under "Article Type")

Statistics -- This page lists sources for data and statistics.

Market Research -- This page has the best databases for market forecasts and information in our field.

Articles: where to Start

 

Finding Information about BME and Everything Else


 

1. Library home page --> Databases

2.  Click "Browse list of databases"

Library home page, databases link


3. Choose a subject to see the databases with information about it.
 

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4. In each list, start with the databases under CORE -- they are the best and most relevant 

  • For a description about what's in the database, click "More Info" next to the database name

5. Technical info -- Use the databases in the Engineering list, starting with Compendex (includes IEEE, ACM, crypto conferences, etc.)

6. Patents -- Please go to the Patents page on the Engineering guide, and take your time reading through the information. Looking for patents can take some time, so be patient.

7. News -- News items can give you the most recent information about products, companies, and other information sources about your topics.

8. Very Broad Search for Articles -- see the Google Scholar page

For time-saving tips about the best ways to use Google Scholar, see the Google Scholar page in this guide.

RefWorks is the citation manager that is supported by JHU. It is free for you.
 
  • Citation managers let you export citations FROM databases INTO the manager, so that you can put them into separate folders, and print out a bibliography in whatever style you want
     
  • Here is our guide about how to use it

Use the NEW RefWorks! Log in here.
  • Here are video tutorials about the NEW RefWorks
  • NEVER search from WITHIN RefWorks; always search from within the database itself
Your librarians will be available on Zoom on Thursday, December 9, 4:30-5:30pm to help you and answer your questions!
Your assignment is attached at the bottom of this page.
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PAPER

  • IEEE citation format is on the guide for Citing Sources --> More Styles (Purdue's OWL guide is the easiest to use)
  • In IEEE Xplore, look up either of the journals listed to see how to organize your paper (IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering or IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems)

PATENT

  • Attached is a patent about a Christmas-tree watering device
  • Last Updated: May 26, 2022 10:49 AM
  • URL: https://guides.library.jhu.edu/biomedical
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