Knovel is a key source of technical information for engineers and scientists. It provides an interactive platform for e-books and databases and gives fully searchable online access to hundreds of handbooks, data books, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, technical reference books and conference proceedings.
Knovel also provides tools to analyse, manipulate, export and use this data, and provides materials properties and a unit conversion tool.
Knovel provides accessible and relevant engineering answers and insights. Data can be interpreted or analysed to answer a specific question, allowing users to build expertise in various subjects and solve engineering problems quickly.
It is used in industry to enhance research and productivity and is therefore helpful to students in preparing for a career in engineering. Engineering Newsfeed allows users to keep up to date with the latest news from prominent engineering sources.
Learn more about how Knovel is used by engineers through educational videos
The following videos provide examples of how you might use Knovel for a specific assignment – designing a bike or beer brewing:
Use the Search option in Knovel, located at the top of the homepage and most Knovel pages, to search for:
You may limit your search to a particular field or type of content before you type anything in the search box by using the Pre-filter Search Bar drop-down.
Advanced Search allows you to specify one or more pieces of information from across fields (Title, Author, Publisher) and/or use the Free-text search box.
To search interactive content (tables and graphs) by material or substance, property, or a combination of the two, conduct a more targeted search using Material Property Search.
More guidance on using Knovel can be found in the Knovel libguide
Resources and videos showing how to use Knovel include:
You can see two videos for CCCU students on finding data in Knovel for chemical and mechanical engineering further down in this guide
Try searching Knovel by following the steps outlined below. This will help you to familiarise yourself with some of the most common functions:
Knovel has been tested against the publisher Elsevier's accessibility checklist. This requires Knovel to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), an international set of accessibility guidelines developed by the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C), the governing body of the Web.
For accessibility information for this resource, please see Elsevier's accessibility webpage or contact accessibility@elsevier.com
Your Learning and Research Librarian will be able to help you make the best use of online resources. For detailed guidance, book a tutorial via the Learning Skills Hub.
These videos provide a guide to finding data in Knovel for chemical and mechanical engineering students
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