LibGuides: Biomedical Engineering: Standards, Dissertations and Patents

Standards

IEEE Standards
UCSD subscribes to the full suite of IEEE standards online. Access them here.
NSSN: Search Engine for Standards
Comprehensive search engine for 300,000+ standards from ANSI-accredited organizations, other U.S. private sector standards bodies, government agencies and international organizations.
ASTM Standards
UCSD subscribes to the full set of online ASTM standards, as well as ASTM journals and conference proceedings.
ANSI Standards Store (American National Standards Institute)
Search/browse for standards from over 80 standards publishers, including ANSI, IEC and ISO. Full text not available online, use ILL to get a full text copy.
ISO Standards
Search/browse the ISO Standards catalog. UCSD faculty, staff and students may obtain copies of standards via interlibrary loan (fees may apply).

For help with getting to dissertaions or theses, please see UCSD's guide.

Dissertations and Theses
1861-present. Dissertations/master's theses from 1,000+ graduate schools & universities. Full text available for many UCSD documents.

For help and tips on searching for patents, see the UCSD guide to patents.

US Patent and Trademark Office Databases
General web site for the USPTO. Contains information on patenting an idea, doing a patent search and locating the nearest patent depository library for hard copies.

esp@cenet (Searchable Worldwide Patents database)
Free worldwide patent information with full-text patents. Search recent patent applications from EU member states.

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