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Biomechanical Systems Subject Guide

Indexes to Journal Articles (Information Gateway)

Compendex

Covers all journals listed below except those indicated with an *. Compendex indexes 5,000 journals in all areas of engineering.

Example: " biomechanics spine" in title illustrating KULink

Example of accessible full-text

Example of Library Catalog ISSN search

volumes owned
volumes not owned

Turnaround time for items not available…

Example of Request a Loan with WebRetrieve form filled-in

PubMed

Covers all journals listed below. PubMed includes MEDLINE and related databases.

KULink available.

Web of Science

Covers all journals listed below. Interdisciplinary coverage of 5,900 journals in all fields of science and engineering beginning 1983.

General Search Example: spin* AND biomech* AND whiplash [not limited]. Sort results by Times Cited

Cited Reference Search Example: First item in above sort.

KULink available.

Sport Discus

Indexes journal articles on sports biomechanics and related topics such as strength and conditioning, physical medicine and rehabilitation, physical therapy, etc. Most of the journals listed are covered, but only articles related to sports are indexed.

Journals Recent years available online unless otherwise indicated.

Applied Ergonomics.

Biomaterials.

Clinical Biomechanics.

*Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research.

*Gait and Posture.

Journal of Applied Biomechanics. Print edition only; in Anschutz Library.

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering.

Journal of Biomechanics.

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Parts A & B.

Journal of Orthopaedic Research. KU-Med only; use WebRetrieve.

*Spine.

Library Catalog: How to find journals and books

Journal title searches:

Example: Journal of Biomechanics: holdings split between print and online; Anschutz holdings by Retrieve from Shelf; 1997-1999 missing volumes by WebRetrieve.