Key Resources: Databases for Bioengineering
- PubMed (NU customized) This link opens in a new windowUse this link for direct full-text access to Northeastern's resources through PubMed.
PubMed was developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) and consists of 34 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. View tips on searching efficiently and effectively in PubMed. - Engineering Village This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive interdisciplinary database focused on engineering and computer science. Engineering Village contains the latest academic articles, conference papers and proceedings, dissertations, government reports, book chapters and more.
- Knovel Library This link opens in a new windowInteractive ebooks and databases for scientific and engineering information.
- Web of Science, Core Collection 1975-present This link opens in a new windowWeb of Science is an interdisciplinary database that indexes over 11,000 scholarly journals (1975-present). Use for citation tracking, finding seminal literature, data visualizations, author alerts, institutional affiliations, and impact factors.
- Scopus and Scopus AI This link opens in a new windowEnter a natural language query and receive results from the largest multidisciplinary abstract and citation database including graphical representations showing connections among keywords, pointers to influential papers, and suggested related queries to further your research.
- Scite.ai This link opens in a new windowAn AI-powered research platform that analyzes and provides citation context for scientific papers, helping researchers evaluate the credibility and impact of scholarly articles. Account registration is necessary for some features.
- ScienceDirect Books and Journals (Elsevier) This link opens in a new windowAccess to Elsevier ebooks and select scholarly journals covering biomedical science and medicine, pharmacology, neuroscience, psychology, social sciences and more.
- Annual Reviews This link opens in a new windowScholarly overviews in 37 academic subjects, mostly biomedical sciences, physical sciences, and social sciences. Excellent for finding authoritative overviews of new topics.
- Springer Nature Experiments This link opens in a new windowA database of over 75,000 protocols from Springer Protocols, Nature Methods, Nature Protocols, and Nature Reviews Primer.
Other Resources
- BioCyc This link opens in a new windowOver 20,000 pathway/genome databases (PGDBs). BioCyc encyclopedias integrate a diverse range of data and provide a high level of curation for important microbes. Data can be downloaded and queried, and Pathway Tools can be installed to create your own local database. View more information about this resource.
- NCBI DatasetsNCBI Datasets is an experimental resource for finding and building datasets. Their web interface allows you to download genome sequence and annotation for eukaryotic organisms. For access to data for all organisms, including bacteria and viruses, use their command line tool and RESTful APIs.
- UpToDate (Wolters Kluwer) This link opens in a new windowEvidence-based, physician-authored clinical decision support resource. It offers expert reviews of topics in health care to assist practitioners.
Access to UpToDate requires registration with a Northeastern email address. - Springer Nature Experiments This link opens in a new windowA database of over 75,000 protocols from Springer Protocols, Nature Methods, Nature Protocols, and Nature Reviews Primer.
Finding journal articles
- Journal FinderSearch for print and e-journals available from the Northeastern University Library
- A-Z list of all DatabasesSearch a complete list of databases available through Northeastern. Use the dropdown menus at the top of the page to limit to particular subjects or types of content.
What if Northeastern doesn't have access to an article?
Can't find an article or book on our collections? Request it through Interlibrary Loan and we'll try to borrow it from another library on your behalf. Learn more about Interlibrary Loan.
- ILLiad log-in (Opens in new window)Need a book, book chapter, or article not available at Northeastern? Current US-based Northeastern faculty, staff, and students can request materials that aren't available at the Northeastern University Library through ILLiad, our interlibrary loan software.