Guides: Biomedical Engineering: Finding articles

Core and additional databases

Database search tips
Here is a handout with key functions to help searching in databases

Core databases

Compendex (Engineering Village) Provides references to journal articles and conference papers in engineering
IEEE Electronic Library Online (IEEE Xplore) Database for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Materials Research Database (ProQuest) Primary database for materials engineering
PubMed (McGill) Open access (free) version of MEDLINE
SciFinder database of the American Chemical Society (registration required)
Scopus (Elsevier) Multidisciplinary database
Web of Science Core Collection (All Indexes) Multidisciplinary database

Additional databases

BIOSIS Previews (Ovid) (1969-2017) Core database for publications related to all aspects of biology
Derwent Innovations Index (Web of Science) International patent information
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global Theses and dissertations from around the world

Key resources

A to Z Journal List

McGill WorldCat Catalogue

BIOSIS Previews (Ovid) (1969-2017)
Combines journal content from Biological Abstracts with supplemental, non-journal coverage from Biological Abstracts/RRM (Reports, Reviews, Meetings). Disciplines included are traditional biology (botany, ecology, zoology), interdisciplinary subjects (biochemistry, biomedicine, and biotechnology), and related areas such as instrumentation and methods. (Coverage 1969-2017)
Ovid Online
Medical research platform. Full-text journals, e-books, and database resources.
PubMed (McGill)
Contains 37 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full text content from PubMed Central, publisher web sites and to the McGill Find Full Text linkresolver.
Scopus (Elsevier)
Web of Science Core Collection (All Indexes)

Resource key

McGill users only
Open access resource
Free resource
In-library use
Catalogue record

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Biomedical Engineering

Core and additional databases

Core databases

Additional databases

Key resources

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