Knovel Interactive Library ebooks in academic libraries

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Knovel Interactive Librarye-books in academic
libraries

• 9th November 2006

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What is Knovel?

• eBook collection?
• Knovel is an online resource for scientists and
  engineers.
• Knovel combines text and data from best of
  breed reference books, encyclopaedias,
  handbooks, conference proceedings and databases.
• Unique interactive features allow users to search
  for text and/or data and then to analyse results
  with desktop tools and integrate easily into
  workflow. 

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Knovel

• 960 titles/databases
• 1 million pages of text
• 30 million data points
• aggregation from gt 30 publishers
• 18 subject areas specialist collections
• growing at the rate of 20 titles per month

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Knovel Content
Aggregated from over 30 different publishers and
integrated into a consistent interface across all
references.
Subject areas covered include
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 Oil
and Gas Engineering Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics
Toiletries Plastics Rubbers Safety, Health
Hygiene Semiconductors Electronics Textiles
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Home page
www.knovel.com - Home Page
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Browse within subject areas
. or search
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Explore table of contents
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View PDF click within the blue border of the
table in the PDF
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and it converts to an interactive data table
with spreadsheet options
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Search full text by keywords
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What sets Knovel apart?

• Knovelized references
• Interactive features
• Interactive Data Tables
• Equation Plotter
• Graph Digitizer
• Graph Plotter
• Excel Spreadsheet Modelling
• Chemical Structure Search
• Spectra Viewer
• Searching text and data

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The most useful way to use Knovel is by searching
Search for structural vibration
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Search results list of titles with hits in
order of most relevant. Click on the first title
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Sections containing hits shown. Select the top
result Text(2)
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PDF is opened with the search terms highlighted
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• SEARCHING
• Boolean logic
• Keyword1 AND Keyword2 same page / same data
  table
• Keyword1 Keyword2 5 word proximity
• Database of synonyms and alternative spellings
• Search whole collection, subject area or
  individual title
• Search full text, title, author, ISBN
• Search text AND data

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This search produces results in Tables
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Tabulated data which we can export to an Excel
file
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Data exported to Excel
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• Example Problem 1
• Test a resin in a solvent
• Identify suitable solvents
• alcohol with BP gt 100 C lt 200C and density gt0.8
  lt 1
• Test over temperature range so VP data important
• Safe handling of solvent in lab

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Advanced Search allows searching by keywords and
data values
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Property Categories for Advanced Search

• keyword
• bibliography
• applications
• bearing properties
• creep properties
• electrical properties
• flexural properties
• hazard-related properties
• material composition
• materials and substances
• mech. hardness
• mechanical properties
• optical properties
• permeability
• physical constants

• processing properties
• rheology
• shear properties
• solution properties
• special indices
• spectral properties
• stability
• surface properties
• tensile/compressive properties
• test/exposure conditions
• thermal properties
• thermodynamic properties
• toughness
• transport properties
• tribological properties/wear

Almost 200 individual property types to search on
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Search results
Results from selected title
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Tabulated data from the title allows spreadsheet
manipulation
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Filter data
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Then export the filtered data
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To Excel
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Copy CAS No. for next stage search
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Search results
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Note the symbol in results from this title
Data extracted from table in the book
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Interactive equation plot
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Customise the plot and capture/export data
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For further processing in Excel
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coming soon

• Web-Mathematica for general solving of maths in a
  broad range of titles
• Site wide chemical structure search
• Beam Design Tool
• More Content
• more

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Knovel subscriptions for Universities

• Subscription pricing according to size of
  university (measured by number of
  postgraduate/higher level students
• Choose subject areas, collections, Knovel
  Interactive Library and premium content
• Annual subscription with no limit on number of
  users or pages downloaded
• MARC records available free of charge for
  subscriptions gt 10,000
• Detailed usage reports
• Web site for electronic material plus printed
  material to assist with subscription roll out
• Online training via iLinc plus local support
• ATHENS/Shibboleth coming soon