Special Topics: Surgery for Engineers Using the resources of Carnegie Mellon University Libraries Biomedical Engineering Research Guide:

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Background Material CAMEO – Library Catalog 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 – – Biomedical technology and devices handbook: B Surgery – 617 – Navigation and robotics in total joint and spine surgery: N325 – Computer and robotic assisted hip and knee surgery: C738 – Engineering for patient safety: issues in minimally invasive procedures: 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 ] Medical instruments and apparatusExpand Using “Keyword” search for “surgical navigation” Access WorldCat: 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 topics Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering: E56, 2 vols. E&S Reference

Review articles Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering – – Also available in print at E&S Library: 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: When authorized to use Pitt’s databases, go to their list of all databases, 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

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

PubMed (pubmed.gov) Developed by National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at National Library of Medicine (NLM) 16 million + bibliographic citations, Provides access to MEDLINE

Medline National Library of Medicine (NLM) premier bibliographic database 13 million records from 1966-present

Medline Medline at CMU – Via PubMed – FirstSearch 1965-present (search with other databases such as ASTA or BasicBIOSIS) – Web of Science *includes Old Medline , 1950-present (search with Web of Science – Scifinder Scholar 1950-present (search with CA-Chemical Abstracts database)

MeSH Vocabulary PITTCat example Subject Headings – 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: CMD=search&DB=mesh

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

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

SciFinder Scholar SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts) 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 Patents, Search: Issued Patents/Published Applications example: “Intuitive Surgical” (plug-in to view images) NTIS National Technical Information Service – Government sponsored research Clinical Trials:

Searching across multiple databases MetaLib, federated searching Try search: “capsule” “endoscopy” under Engineering/Tech category

Full-Text Journals and Collections Full-Text Resources: Biomedical Engineering online: Elsevier ScienceDirect

KnovelFull-Text references Link available via CAMEO record or Available under Databases by Name, A-Z 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) –

If I just HAVE to Google…Try instead… Google Scholar (Advanced Scholar Search) – Carnegie Mellon Links Try alternative search engines (example: “surgical navigation”) – Vivisimo: – Scirus: – OMNIMedicalSearch: EEVL – http :// http :// – 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 Mayo Clinic (Clinical Trials) National Library of Medicine (Biomedical Research & Informatics)

Internet for Surgeons Web resources listed in book: Internet for Surgeons / Jeff W. Allen : A42I – Examples for “Minimal Access Surgery”: European Association for Endoscopic Surgery International Society for Computer Aided Surgery Laparoscopy

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