Knovel provides electronic access to leading engineering reference handbooks, databases, and conference proceedings.
To access knovel from the Library’s web site, go to Electronic Databases and then click on Knovel:Engineering & Scientific Online Reference.
In order to download a citation into either Refworks or ENDNOTE, first click on the citation from the list of items you found after a search. Click on ‘Citation’. Click on ‘Export’. Select either ‘ENDNOTE’ or “Refworks’ for downloading your citation.
With this new feature in Knovel, you will now be able include citation(s) of any electronic book from Knovel in your bibliography. In engineering design projects, you often need to use electronic handbooks in order to develop background necessary in a particular subject area for your project. This new feature will allow you to download references from Knovel automatically so that your bibliography can now include electronic books as references in addition to your scholarly journal articles you may have found using engineering databases such as Engineering Village, Earthquake Engineering Abstracts, Environmental Engineering Abstracts and IEEE Xplore.
Knovel provides electronic access to leading engineering reference handbooks, databases, and conference proceedings.
To access knovel from the Library’s web site, go to Electronic Databases and then click on Knovel:Engineering & Scientific Online Reference.
Knovel search widget allows you to access Knovel from almost anywhere on the web- email it to colleagues, embed it in your personal homepages (like iGoogle, MyYahoo or Live.com), post it to your blog, add it to dozens of other social platforms.
See: How can I use the Knovel search widget?
For more information: Knovelblogs, Knovel search widget, Knovel Search Toolbar and Add Knovel as a Search Engine
See also: Knovel Video Tutorials and Using Knovel in the age of You Tube
Knovel is also on Facebook.
The Knovel University Challenge starts on 9/14/09 and is open to all universities with current subscriptions and trials to Knovel. You have until (midnight) December 1st to submit your answers and contact information (full name, school name, email address) via the contest widget available at www.info.knovel.com/challenge.
All entries with a total of at least 3 correct answers will be placed into a random drawing for one of (1) Kindle, (2) Nintendo Wiis, (4) iPod Nanos and (6) iTunes Gift Cards. The drawing will take place on December 1st, 2009.
The Prizes will be awarded to entrants in the US, Canada, Asia, Eastern Europe, Western Europe and all other regions. All winners must present correct answers to 3 quiz questions. All universities, domestic and international, are eligible to participate and win. For entries to be valid, and to qualify for prizes, students must use Knovel to answer the questions.
Join the ranks of Drexel Knovel University Challenge winners!
This contest is open to current students in all schools with active trials and subscriptions to Knovel. The contest starts 9/29/08. You have until (midnight) December 1st to submit your answers and contact information (full name, school name, email address) via the contest widget available at: Knovel University Challenge
See also: Knovel’s Contest Resources Page
All entries with a total of at least 3 correct answers will be placed into a random drawing for one of (2) Nintendo Wiis, (3) iPod Nanos and (6) iTunes Gift Cards. The drawing will take place on December 1st, 2008. The Prizes will be awarded to entrants in the US, Canada, Asia,Eastern Europe, Western Europe and all other regions. All winners must present correct answers to 3 quiz questions. All universities, domestic and international, are eligible to participate and win. For entries to be valid, and to qualify for prizes, students must use Knovel to answer the questions.
For more details, see: Knovel announcement
To access knovel from the Library’s web site, go to Electronic Databases and then click on Knovel:Engineering & Scientific Online Reference.
See: Knovel Video Tutorials and Knovel Instructional Handouts
Knovel provides electronic access to leading engineering reference handbooks, databases, and conference proceedings.
See: Knovel – Engineering and Scientific online reference books
To help introduce the power of Knovel to users, Knovel has developed 3 short instructional web videos. Each provides a quick guided overview of the product to help users get up to speed on how to make the most of Knovel.
The three videos cover Basic Searching, Using Fielded Search, and Using Interactive Analysis Tools in English, French, Spanish, German and Arabic language versions.
See: Knovel Video Tutorials
To access knovel from the Library’s web site, go to Electronic Databases and then click on Knovel:Engineering & Scientific Online Reference.
