LibGuides: Biochemistry: Patents, Protocols, and Dissertations

Patent Searching

Patentscope (WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization)
Using PATENTSCOPE you can search 84 million patent documents including 3.8 million published international patent applications (PCT).

Google Patents
Indexed patents and patent applications from USPTO, EPO and WIPO
freepatentsonline
USPTO Patent Public Search
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office official site for searching U.S. Patents

Protocols

Available through WSU

Springer Nature Experiments
A way to search for Springer Protocols, Nature Protocols, Nature Methods, and Nature Reviews Methods all on one platform. We have access to 2003-2014 Springer Protocols. Request others through interlibrary loan.
Methods in Enzymology
Methods in Molecular Biology
We own selective Methods in Molecular Biology in print.
Sage Research Methods
A database full of information about all things research. Be sure to check out the Project Planner and the Methods Map!

Online Resources

Protocol Exchange This link opens in a new window
The Protocol Exchange is an open resource where the community of scientists pool their experimental know-how to help accelerate research. This resource enables researchers to discover protocols, share a protocol, join a lab group, comment on protocols, organize your favorites and personalize your experience.

protocols.io - Life Sciences Protocol Repository
Open access repository of science methods and collaborative research platform.
Biology Methods and Protocols
Oxford open access journal started in 2016 and indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), a part of the Web of Science Core Collection.
Bio-Protocol
A peer-reviewed protocol journal
Open WetWare
Current Protocols
WSU does not subscribe to Current Protocols. You can request individual articles through interlibrary loan.
Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory Free Protocols
We do not subscribe to CSH Protocols, however they do make some protocols freely available. Others can be requested through interlibrary loan.

Protocol Online This link opens in a new window
Database of research protocols in a variety of life science fields. Contains protocols and links to web protocols hosted by worldwide research labs, biotech companies, personal web sites.

Dissertations & Theses

Dissertations completed at WSU can be found in the WSU Catalog by searching for the author or title. Speed your search by limiting the source type to "Dissertations & Theses."

Owen Science Library holds print copies of WSU dissertations in scientific disciplines through 2008. There are also several options for electronic access to WSU dissertations. For more information:

FAQ: How do I find dissertations and theses?

Quick Links:

Dissertations & Theses
abstracts on over 2 million doctoral dissertations and master's theses, open-access dissertations
WSU Dissertations - ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (Dissertation Abstracts)
WSU dissertations (and some theses). Many are fulltext.
See the Libraries' institutional repository, Research Exchange, for full-text access to recent theses and dissertations (and more!)
OpenDissertations
An open access database that incorporates EBSCO's previously released American Doctoral Dissertations along with additional dissertation metadata contributed by select colleges and universities from around the world. The database provides researchers with citations to graduate research from the early 20th century to the present. Formerly called American Doctoral Dissertations.

Submitting a WSU Thesis/Dissertation

Theses and Dissertations at WSU

Libraries

Biochemistry