Knovel K-News features instructional tips on how to find specific data or information using online scientific and technical books availble through knovel. Spring 2008 edition of K-News provides demos on Basic Searching, and Interactive Graphs and Tables.

Within ‘Did you know..’ category, it features: ‘Did you know that Knovel can search the Tensile and Compressive properties of thousands of materials?‘ and within Knovel Solution categoty, ‘Manufacturing Plastic from Soybeans?’ is highlighted.

To access knovel from the Library’s web site, go to Electronic Databases and then click on Knovel:Engineering & Scientific Online Reference.

Follow the links below to access ENDNOTE presentation and various handouts for engineering and biomedical databases.

ENDNOTE Presentation
Biomedical Databases Handout
Engineering Databases Handout

Courtesy: Julie Allmayer, IRT, Drexel University

All That JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources is a registry of Web resources that list or provide access to the full title of journal abbreviations. These include:

ISI Journal Abbreviations (Science Citation Index / Social Science Citation Index / Arts and Humanities Citation Index) (Institute for Scientific Information)

ISI Master Journal List (Institute for Scientific Information)

PubMed Select ‘Journals’ from the the ‘Search’ menu and type the abbreviation of the journal title for which you need the complete title. For example, annu rev med