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Streamline Your Science and Engineering Research
www.knovel.com
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Overview

• Our Subscription to Knovel Library
• How it works
• Time-saving research tools
• Real-life applications

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What is Knovel?
Your Gateway to Science and Engineering
Information

• Search reliable information with the ease of
  Google
• Browse 900 pedigreed references in 18 Subject
  Areas
• Interact with graphs, charts and tables
• Compare data from multiple sources in the same
  interface
• Export results to your desktop applications

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The Knovel Library
Below is a sample of the titles that are
integrated together in the collection.
Food Processing Technology Principles and
Practice
Wiley Encyclopedia of Food Science and Technology
Yaws' Handbook of Thermodynamic and Physical
Properties of Chemical Compounds
Food Chemicals Codex (5th edition)
Perrys Chemical EngineersHandbook
Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary
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Smart Searching, Sorting and Filtering



Pinpoint information in Minutes, not Days!
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Interactive Productivity Tools
Chemical Structure Search-draw the structure of
an organic or inorganic compound, then search
hundreds of thousands of chemicals and associated
data on Knovel Unit Converter- convert values
from one unit of measurement to another Excel
Spreadsheets- populate Microsoft Excel on your PC
with data and equations that allow you to
calculate various process parameters Slide Show
Viewer- designed for convenient viewing and
printing of images Knovel Reader- supports
full-text search and find functionalities. Print
or export a specified page or range of pages

• Tables- find, filter, sort and customize data as
  you would with spreadsheet applications. Export
  to HTML, PDF, Excel, and ASCII
• Digitized Graphs- display, capture, and export
  coordinates of any point on a curve
• Equation Plotter- calculate and plot scientific
  data using parameters stored in the database
• Graph Plotter- plots up to 12 curves on the same
  diagram from data points stored in the database
• Spectra Viewer- displays NMR and MS spectra data
  along with the chemical structure of an element
  or compound

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Knovel Technology Interactive Tables Graphs
Sort, filter and find data on materials,
properties, compositions, behaviors and more.
Plot points, digitize, calculate, save, print and
export information.
Follow links to related information in the text.
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Equation Solving
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Real-Life Application

• Scenario
• A food manufacturing company plans to produce a
  new spice flavor by using an oleoresin (prepared
  by solvent extraction of ground spices). The food
  technologist in charge of the project plans to
  use acetone as the solvent for extraction, given
  its wide availability and economical cost.
  However, it is necessary when using chemicals in
  commercial food preparation to ensure the correct
  purity of the substances used. The food
  technologist would like to know the purity of
  acetone needed to meet acceptable standards, and
  what tests can be performed to measure its
  purity. Knovel can help.
• Knovel can help.

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Real-Life Application

• Step 1
• In the Search box on the Knovel Library home page
  enter the term acetone. In the lower right
  drop-down box, change the selection from "All
  Subject Areas" to "Food Science".
• The query entered means, "find any page of text
  or row of data from an interactive table where
  the term acetone is present AND the title must be
  part of the Food Science Subject Area."
• Click the button.
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Real-Life Application

• Step 2
• The search results page shows 53 titles
  that match the search query.
• The second title listed is Food Chemicals Codex
  (5th Edition)--this issue's Featured Title.
• Click on the
• name of that title.
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Real-Life Application

• Step 3
• The Table of Contents appears. Only those
  sections/chapters containing hits for the search
  query are displayed by default.
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Click on the Table (2) link next to the entry
called "Interactive Table - Monographs".
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Real-Life Application

• Step 4
• A Knovel Interactive Table opens displaying
  properties information for acetone and acetone
  peroxides. Also included in the table are links
  to the corresponding monographs with full
  details.

Click on the first view monograph link (the
first row shown, record 3).
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Real-Life Solution

• Step 5
• The Knovel Reader launches showing the full text
  of the acetone monograph from the FCC, including
  the Assay value of "Not less than 99.5 and not
  more than 100.5 of C3H6O, by weight."
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Also shown, when scrolling down the page, are a
variety of tests to verify purity.
Solution The food technologist now has the
needed information to proceed.
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Always Up to Date

• Regular new title releases and productivity tools
• The latest editions and addendums
• Addresses your requests for hard to find or
  in-demand resources

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New Releases

• Steam Tables and Calculators

Knovel Steam Tables are seamlessly integrated
with Knovel Library's collection of mechanical
and chemical engineering references

• Exclusive features include
• Digitized graphs, unit converter
• Interactive tables
• High resolution calculators
• Power cycle efficiency calculators.

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Upcoming Releases
Site-Wide Chemical Structure Search
Beam Analysis Tool
Draw and perform searches on chemical structures
across all content in Knovel Library, includes
exact and substructure searches. Resize,
reposition, and rotate the structures and upload,
modify, and search on your MOL files.
A robust tool designed specifically for
calculating stresses and deflections of linear
structural beams and shafts