Special Topics:Surgery for Engineers

Using the resources of Carnegie Mellon University Libraries

http://www.library.cmu.edu/

Biomedical Engineering Research Guide:http://www.library.cmu.edu/Research/EngineeringAndSciences/BioMed/index.html

I can’t find it at CMU

InterLibrary Loan, ILLiadhttp://www.library.cmu.edu/Services/ILL/

Visit the University of Pittsburgh’s Hillman Library:http://www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/hillman/hillman.html

Take your CMU ID and jump drive to Hillman Library's reference desk. Ask for authorization to use at their Library that allows you to access their system’s online resources. You will have to make this request in person each time you log-in.

Background Material

CAMEO – Library Catalog

http://www.library.cmu.edu/

Search for “robotic surgery” Try: “medical devices”

Someone has the book checked out that I want

What is my pin?

PIN is the last four digits of your CMU ID

Relevant titles at E&S Library

Biomedical Engineering – 610.28– Biomedical technology and devices handbook:

610.28 B615994

Surgery – 617– Navigation and robotics in total joint and spine surgery:

617.47 N325– Computer and robotic assisted hip and knee surgery:

617.581 C738– Engineering for patient safety: issues in minimally invasive

procedures: 617.9 E57

Checking the World Catalog

WorldCat– Example search for “Biomedical Engineering”

Using “Subjects” to find subject headings then narrower subject headings

– Medical instruments and apparatus  [ Expand  ] Using “Keyword” search for “surgical navigation”

Access WorldCat: http://www.library.cmu.edu/

find under “Databases by Name, A-Z”

Encyclopedias/Dictionaries Ideas for topics/definition of terms

AccessScience—Encyclopedia of Science & Technology online

Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia (example, Biomedical devices)

Xreferplus (medical dictionaries) Browse topicshttp://www.library.cmu.edu/Search/AZ.html

Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering:

610.28 E56, 2 vols. E&S Reference

Review articles

Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering– http://bioeng.AnnualReviews.org/– Also available in print at E&S Library: 610.28 A615

Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering– Shelved alphabetically by title: E&S Library

Limit to “review” in select databases – PubMed example—Limits: Type of Article: Review– Web of Science example— Restrict search by languages

and document types: Review

Cochrane Library reviews

Cochrane Library available ONLY via Pitt log-in– Refer to this guide:

http://www.library.nhs.uk/nlhdocs/gf_newcochrane220405.doc

When authorized to use Pitt’s databases, go to their list of all databases, http://www.library.pitt.edu/

access via: Wiley Interscience – Cochrane database of methodology reviews– Cochrane database of systematic reviews

Web of Science

Science Citation Index Expanded (1945-present) – 18,000 new articles added each week

General Search– robot* AND surg*

Cited Reference Search– Example: David Vorp

Citation Alerts—Help Index– Let’s you know when article cited by a new article

http://www.library.cmu.edu/Search/AZ.html

EI Compendex and Inspec

Compendex contains over 9 million references and abstracts taken from over 5,000 engineering journals, conferences and technical reports.

Inspec provides access to literature in electrical engineering, electronics, physics, control engineering, information technology, communications, computers, computing, and manufacturing and production engineering. Contains over 8 million bibliographic records.

Compendex and Inspec continued

Can search both Compendex (Engineering Index) and Inspec

– surg* AND navigation*Refine Results--Add a term: laparoscopic

RSS feeds

http://www.library.cmu.edu/Search/AZ.html

PubMed (pubmed.gov)

Developed by National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at National Library of Medicine (NLM)

16 million + bibliographic citations, 1950-

Provides access to MEDLINE

Medline

National Library of Medicine (NLM) premier bibliographic database

13 million records from 1966-present

Medline

Medline at CMU http://www.library.cmu.edu/Search/AZ.html

– Via PubMed

– FirstSearch 1965-present (search with other databases such as ASTA or BasicBIOSIS)

– Web of Science *includes Old Medline 1950-1965, 1950-present (search with Web of Science

– Scifinder Scholar 1950-present (search with CA-Chemical Abstracts database)

MeSH Vocabulary

PITTCat example Subject Headings

http://www.library.pitt.edu/

– Quick search: “surgical navigation” – Found this book: Minimally Invasive Therapies – Library of Congress & Medical Subject Headings,

including:

Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive

MeSH in PubMed

Used for indexing journal articles MeSH Tree Structure, narrower terms under

broader terms MeSH Tutorials:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=search&DB=mesh

NCBI introduction page

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ All Databases Example search: tracheoesophageal fistula and/or esophageal atresia

– Look at results: PubMed, OMIM, MeSH Subheadings, restrictions, limits

MeSH/PubMed searching

Search for computer assisted surgery in MeSH database

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=mesh

Surgery, Computer-Assisted and show Links, then completed search

PubMed and BioMed Central

BioMed Central is an independent publishing house committed to providing immediate open access to peer-reviewed biomedical research.

http://www.biomedcentral.com/

PubMed Central is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/

IEEE Xplore

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Proceedings of the First IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics

http://www.library.cmu.edu/Search/AZ.html

SciFinder Scholar

SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts)

http://www.library.cmu.edu/Search/DB/scifinder.html

Indexes more than 9,000 journals back to 1907, as well as patents from 29 countries, technical reports, books, conference proceedings, and dissertations. It covers world-wide literature in all areas of chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering, materials science and related sciences—including medical.

SciFinder Scholar example search

Explore—Search for Scientific Information– “surgical navigation”

Substance Identifier– Advil, adverse effect

Related resources/government

U.S. Patents http://www.uspto.gov/Patents, Search: Issued Patents/Published Applications

example: “Intuitive Surgical” (plug-in to view images)

NTIS National Technical Information Service– Government sponsored researchhttp://www.library.cmu.edu/Search/AZ.html

Clinical Trials: http://clinicaltrials.gov/

Searching across multiple databases

MetaLib, federated searching

http://www.library.cmu.edu/

Try search: “capsule” “endoscopy” under Engineering/Tech category

Full-Text Journals and Collections

Full-Text Resources:

http://www.library.cmu.edu/Search/fulltext.html

Biomedical Engineering online:

http://www.biomedical-engineering-online.com/home/

Elsevier ScienceDirect

http://www.library.cmu.edu/Search/alphaj.html

Knovel Full-Text references

Link available via CAMEO record

or Available under Databases by Name, A-Z

http://www.library.cmu.edu/Search/AZ.html

Reference books, Handbooks such as:Standard Handbook of Biomedical Engineering

Hints for Writing/Presentations

Hints for writing:– CAMEO keyword search for “technical writing” – Books also on grant writing at Hunt Library

EndNote– Software tool for publishing and managing bibliographies. – You must pay a licensing fee to be given access to

download this software. You may pay this licensing fee at the Computer Store located in the lower-level of the University Shoppe in the University Center.

Writing Guide for Engineering and Science students (hosted by Virginia Tech)

– http://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/

If I just HAVE to Google…Try instead…

Google Scholar (Advanced Scholar Search)– Carnegie Mellon Links http://scholar.google.com/

Try alternative search engines (example: “surgical navigation”)– Vivisimo: http://clusty.com/– Scirus: http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/– OMNIMedicalSearch: http://omnimedicalsearch.com/

EEVL– http www.eevl.ac.uk/about.htm ://– Internet Guide to Engineering, Mathematics, and Computing

Site Map, Subject Classification, Biomedical Engineering example search: “devices”

Helpful Websites

Health Sciences Library System, University of Pittsburgh

http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/about/libraries/falk

Mayo Clinic (Clinical Trials)http://www.mayo.edu/

National Library of Medicinehttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/ (Biomedical Research & Informatics)

Internet for Surgeons

Web resources listed in book: Internet for Surgeons / Jeff W. Allen : 004.678 A42I

– Examples for “Minimal Access Surgery”:European Association for Endoscopic Surgery

International Society for Computer Aided Surgery

Laparoscopy

Ask a Librarian

Ask a Librarian page linkhttp://www.library.cmu.edu/Research/ask.html

Thank you for your attention!Donna Beck, Engineering

LibrarianCarnegie Mellon UniversityUniversity Libraries