Guides @ UF: BME3012: Clinically-Inspired Engineering Design: Articles

Is it peer reviewed?

To find out if a journal is peer reviewed or refereed use the Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory. Search by journal title, ISSN, etc. and look for the tiny referee shirt as an indicator.

Finding Preprint Articles

Preprints can provide some of the latest information on a topic. However, they are preliminary reports of work that have not yet been peer reviewed.

arXiv
Includes open access e-prints on Physics and more specific areas such as Medical Physics and Optics
bioRxiv
Archive for preprints in the life sciences.
engrXiv
Open archive of engineering preprints. Covers most areas of engineering.
medRxiv
Collection of biomedical-related preprints.
Web of Science's Preprint Citation Index
Discover preprints for key research articles ahead of the formal publication in a journal from a range of international selected and evaluated preprint repositories in the sciences, social sciences and arts & humanities.

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PubMed This link opens in a new window
The premier biomedical literature database. Contains MEDLINE via National Library of Medicine. More than 30 million citations to articles from the 1930's - present.
Embase This link opens in a new window
Major biomedical literature database, with a particular focus on international coverage. Additional focus also given to chemicals and drugs.
Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
The Cochrane Library contains high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making
Compendex (in Engineering Village) This link opens in a new window
This engineering literature database includes peer reviewed and indexed publications from 77 countries across 190 engineering disciplines.
INSPEC (in Engineering Village) This link opens in a new window
Inspec provides access to the world's scientific literature in electrical engineering, physics, control engineering, computers, and manufacturing and production engineering.

IEEE Xplore
Provides indexing and full-text access to IEEE and IEE transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings published since 1988 and all current IEEE standards. Access to the full text is restricted to current UF students/staff/faculty.

SciTech Premium Collection This link opens in a new window
Includes the Natural Science Collection and Technology Collection databases and provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications and more.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Scopus is a multidisciplinary abstract and citation database with a powerful search interface. In addition to records of over 84 million scholarly publications, it also includes author and institutional profiles.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Broad database great for multidisciplinary topics. Includes the Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Index
Dimensions Analytics This link opens in a new window
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BME3012: Clinically-Inspired Engineering Design: Articles

Is it peer reviewed?

Finding Preprint Articles

Preprints can provide some of the latest information on a topic. However, they are preliminary reports of work that have not yet been peer reviewed.

Find Articles in Our Databases

Looking for more clinical sources? Here's a complete list of our health databases.