Knovel Arrives at UCSD!!

October 5, 2006 on 11:33 am | In Books and Encyclopedias, Database News |

The UCSD Libraries are pleased to announce that UC San Diego now has access to the Knovel’s collection of scitech & engineering handbooks and reference works from a wide variety of publishers. The database currently contains 950 titles (including databases and data tables) in these areas:

Adhesives, Coatings, Sealants & Inks Aerospace & Radar Technology Biochemistry, Biology & Biotechnology Ceramics & Ceramic Engineering Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Construction Materials & Engineering Electrical & Power Engineering Environment & Environmental Engineering

Food Science General Engineering References Mechanics & Mechanical Engineering Metals & Metallurgy Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics & Toiletries Plastics & Rubbers Safety, Health & Hygiene Semiconductors & Electronics Textiles

Contest for Students

Take an Open Book Quiz…Knovel Style! You could win one of 15 prizes- a 30G Video iPod, an iPod Shuffle or the $500 Grand Prize!

Open to UCSD students and postdocs. Use www.knovel.com to answer the questions. Contest ends November 13th.

MORE THAN JUST E-BOOKS

Users can use keyword and/or data searches. The new chemical structure searching feature even allows users to even draw the chemical compound before searching. Knovel has developed a sophisticated search engine that brings a researcher immediately to what they need to see - using text, data, text and data, or data ranges, with all results normalized and ranked and everything oriented to keep the researcher focused and on track. Users have the flexibility of navigating through e-References page-by-page or to search across the site and manipulate interactive tables, graphs, equations, spreadsheets, and other structured information like spectra.

HIGHLY REGARDED CONTENT

Here’s a sample of what’s included in Knovel. From the homepage, you can browse the subject areas to what’s available for your discipline.

LEARNING TO USE KNOVEL

For the most part, browsing and searching on Knovel are fairly straightforward and are not unlike using Google, particularly when doing keyword(s) searching. Interactive features often invoke Flash (or Java) application tools that enhance the searching experience that can provide for iterative what-if-scenarios. Knovel offers a variety of online manuals, user guides, feature demos, and on-demand tutorials. From the home page click on Help Center and/or Explore Knovel Features to get you started.