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Find It:

• Articles, Engineering (search article databases)  Compendex |  CSA |  IEEE |  Scopus |   more
       (Tip: After identifying desired article citation(s), click "Find Text@TAMU" for text retrieval options.)
• Articles, Industry News & Trade Publications ABI Inform | Ebsco Business | Lexis-Nexis |  Masterfile |  MD&DI
• Articles, Medical & Consumer Health Ebsco Medline | Ebsco Health Source Consumer | MedlinePlus 
• Books (search catalogs) LibCat (TAMU holdings) |  Chiron (TAMU Medical) |  WorldCat (worldwide) 
       (Tip: To borrow a book from another library, use the  Get it for me  link in its WorldCat record.)
  • Subject browse LibCat for "biomedical materials"
  • Subject search Chiron for "biocompatible materials"
• Dissertations & Theses  ProQuest Dissertations (National, international) |  TxSpace (TAMU Digital since ~2000) |  LibCat (TAMU)
       (Tip: To borrow or purchase a dissertation from another library, use the  Get it for me  service.)
• E-Books (multidisciplinary)  Ebrary |  netLibrary |  SpringerLink | Synthesis Digital Lib | Encyclopedias
  A sampling of relevant E-book titles available in TAMU-subscribed E-book packages:
  • Artificial Organs from Synthesis Lectures on Biomedical Engineering
  • Biological and Bioenvironmental Heat and Mass Transfer (netLibrary; also available in eBrary)
  • BioNanotechnology from Synthesis Lectures on Biomedical Engineering
  • Encyclopedia of Materials Science and Technology (Elsevier Science Direct)
  • Encylopedia of Polymer Science and Technology (Wiley Interscience)
  • Engineering Materials for Biomedical Applications (netLibrary)
  • Handbook of Biomaterial Properties (Knovel) 
• Handbooks Online   ASM |  ChemNetBase |  CRC EngNetBase |  Knovel 
• Journals LibCat subject search "Biomedical materials periodicals"
• Legal and Regulatory Information and News FDA | Lexis-Nexis (Select legal tab) | Wilson Legal
• Materials Science Getting Started Guide Online Handout
• Medical Illustrations & Images CSA Illustrata | image.MD | SMART Imagedatabase | also see Patent drawings, A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia
• Patents  Patent Subject Guide | USPTO (Use this for patent lookup) | www.pat2pdf.org  (Use this for pdf copy of patent)
• Reference Shelf Acronyms Lookup | Biomaterials glossary | A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia
• Standards  IEEE |  SAI Standards database |  Standards Subject Guide
• Technical Reports   GPOAccess |  NASA |  NTIS |  Science.gov | STINET
• Web sites Biomaterials Network www.biomat.net | FDA Center for Devices 

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Get Full Text:

• Find Text@TAMU will give you document retrieval options; online access is listed first when available
• Get it for me Service will (free of charge to TAMU users):
  • Scan the articles, book chapters, and conference papers of 50 pages or less into electronic format when the library owns the source publication in print only
  • Borrow from another library material not owned by the TAMU Libraries; electronic copies for items <=50 pages, or the physical item by conventional interlibrary loan when it is longer than 50 pages
  • First time users must register [link to registration form]
• Articles Step by Step 
  • Use the recommended databases and E-journal packages to search for journal articles, conference papers, and other indexed material. 
  • Some of the databases contain links to the full-text of articles, but when the full text of an article is not linked directly from the database, click on the Find Text@TAMU or the SFX link, if present, to identify additional retrieval options.
  • When no Find Text/SFX link is present, use the Search Now for E-Journal on the library home page to search for TAMU electronic subscriptions to the journal title (not the title of the article) and browse through the journal's archival list of volumes to go to the volume, issue, and page number of the article that you are seeking.
  • If no electronic source is available, search the catalogs  LibCat (Evans & WCL) and  Chiron (Medical Sciences Library) for the TAMU print holdings of the journal, or use the   Get it for me service to order an electronic copy of the article from a consortium of libraries. (Available free to TAMU faculty, staff, and students only).

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