0903 - Biomedical Engineering
UQ ERA rating in 2012: 3
UQ ERA rating in 2010: 4
Preamble
The University of Queensland (UQ) Library is committed to supporting the University's research, and teaching and learning agenda. UQ librarians maintain subject assessments based on the Commonwealth Government Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative's Field of Research codes. The assessments reflect current trends at UQ, and respond to changes in direction through regular updating.
Purpose of the collection
UQ Library's collection in this area supports the teaching and research activities of staff and students in the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering. All Schools and Centre are part of The Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology.
Description of the collection
The Library's collection may be searched via the Web.
The Library holds print and electronic book titles in the area. Experienced librarians develop the collection, and welcome input from academic staff. Relevant print collections are grouped under the classification number QR, R, TA and TP. The following specialist electronic book collections are available:
- IEEE Xplore Digital Library
- ACM Digital Library
- Wiley online library
- Springer Ebook Collection
The Library subscribes to journals in the area. Most are available in electronic format. 86.32% of titles in the ERA journal list are held by UQ Library.
- Annual review of biomedical engineering
- Biomaterials
- Acta biomaterialia
- Biomedical materials
- Biomedical microdevices
- Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology
- IEEE transactions on medical imaging
- Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A
- Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
- Journal of neural engineering
- Journal of materials science
- Medical image analysis
UQ Library offers electronic databases in this subject area. These include:
- IEEE xplore
- ACM Digital Library
- PubMed
- Scopus
- Web of Science
- Compendex
- Derwent Innovations Index
Scope of current collecting
1. Languages collected or excluded
Primarily English language material is collected.
2. Geographical areas collected or excluded
No geographical areas are excluded.
3. Chronological periods collected or excluded
No chronological periods are specifically excluded.
4. Types (formats) of material collected
Material is collected in all forms both physical and electronic.
5. Publication dates
Latest 5 years' material is collected. Older material is purchased when academic staff make specific requests.
6. Special considerations
Nil.
Updated: July 2013


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