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Get Personal with My Knovel

Neil Schulman — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:34:10 +0000

In November, Knovel launched My Knovel, a personal space where users can manage and save content of all types. New features include:

My Bookshelf – Save frequently used titles and organize them into folders users create

My Saved Content – Save and organize content into the folders users create

My Saved Searches – Save search queries and re-execute them with one click

The personalization features available with My Knovel continue to expand. Clip to Knovel gives you the ability to save information from all over the Web to your My Knovel account. Clip to Knovel is currently available for preview in Knovel Lab. Check it out and let us know what you think. Enter Knovel Lab

If you are not currently signed up for My Knovel, please contact support@knovel.com. User registration is quick, easy and free.

Congratulations to the 2009 University Challenge Winners!

Neil Schulman — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:25:42 +0000

We’d like to thank everyone who participated this Fall. The Knovel University Challenge requires students to use Knovel to correctly answer three engineering questions across multiple disciplines in order to be entered into a prize drawing. This year’s questions were difficult, yet more than 2,200 students participated in the challenge. Of those who participated, 17 were awarded prizes.

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Knovel in the News

Neil Schulman — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:23:56 +0000

If you haven’t seen the latest news from Knovel, here’s your chance. Knovel has been featured in prominent industry publications including Design News, Desktop Engineering, and Information Today.

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Knovel Presents

Neil Schulman — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:21:53 +0000

Monday, February 8, 2010

6:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Discovery Science Center

Santa Ana, California

Attendance is free.

Join us as our panelists, including Nobel Prize winner Dr. Woodrow W. Clark II, discuss what it means to be green today, market drivers and the evolution of corporate level green initiatives.

This panel discussion will be convened in conjunction with the 2010 Pacific Design & Manufacturing show, February 9-11 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. Visit Knovel at Booth 3261.

New and Noteworthy

Neil Schulman — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:19:49 +0000

We want to make sure you’re aware of everything we’ve been up to – from signing on 16 new publishers to becoming a finalist at the CODiE awards, we have been busy.

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Major Utility Taps Knovel’s Trusted Technical Information

Neil Schulman — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:17:52 +0000

Engineers at Atlanta-based Southern Company have started turning to Knovel in large numbers to help solve complex problems faster and increase the efficiency of their technical decisions.

Southern Company enhanced their Knovel subscription by including Knovel Math, a new product that delivers engineering reference content directly into the Mathcad work environment.

Southern Company’s Engineering and Construction Services organization has a strong core of internal expertise – including engineering, procurement and construction capabilities – that is unique among integrated utilities. Considering the importance of trustworthy technical information to their projects, Knovel is natural fit.

“Innovation, speed and quality are fundamental elements of the expertise our engineers bring to every project, so we continually look for the best resources available to increase efficiency and maintain a competitive advantage in terms of cost and productivity. Knovel’s content is directly related to our business, so our engineers can quickly find relevant information and make efficient technology decisions. Furthermore, the interactive tables are valuable because we can incorporate them directly into reports. This is otherwise a tedious, manual process.” Carl Toner, project manager, Engineering and Construction Services, Southern Company.

We welcome Southern Company to the ranks of over 600 companies and Universities that depend on Knovel.

When Size Really Matters, Knovel’s New Nanotechnology Subject Area Can Help

Neil Schulman — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:15:49 +0000

With contributions from leading publishers including Springer, Smithers-Rapra, Elsevier, World Scientific, McGraw-Hill and Woodhead, this subject area helps support engineers in their efforts to bring to market some of the most innovative materials being used today.

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Knovel Solutions- Identifying the Root Cause for a Drop in Yield

Neil Schulman — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:13:36 +0000

When an Operations Manager at an electronics manufacturing company needed to troubleshoot the root cause of a drop in yield, he relied on basic search and Knovel Math.

Knovel Math provides fully documented Mathcad^® worksheets for engineering calculations from trusted reference works, reducing the time it takes to find, solve and document equations.

Introducing An Enhanced and Updated User Experience!

Neil Schulman — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:40:30 +0000

Over the last few months, you may have noticed a series of enhancements that make searching easier and new features like GET Search that take the guesswork out of pinpointing numerical data. We are building on the upgrades released in August and September to help Knovel users find trusted technical information more easily – and to do it faster. The result is a new search interface look and feel with simplified navigation, an improved browsing experience, results display pages and a new ‘recent searches’ feature to help users access and retrieve data quicker.

To learn more and get a walkthrough of all the new features now on Knovel, we invite you to join us for a free online webinar. We’ll be hosting a series of walkthrough sessions throughout October.

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The Next Big Thing From Knovel…

Neil Schulman — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:36:46 +0000

Powerful Personalization Features!

If you’ve ever wanted to save a search, share links with colleagues, or set up folders that contain only the information you need…personalization is coming.

Knovel users soon will be able to create a personal space for saving frequently used references, searches, and results and place them into customized project folders for easy access, retrieval and sharing!

Check in on Knovel Lab to try these features as they develop. Not one piece of feedback goes unread so please tell us what you think!

Building A Solid Foundation With Help From Knovel Math

Neil Schulman — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:25:16 +0000

When designing a stage for a theater or concert hall, the sky is the limit- structural and mechanical engineering services can range from the common proscenium or ‘picture frame’ stage found in any high school auditorium to highly complex portable, mechanized structures built to support hundreds of thousands of concertgoers.

In this issue, our team takes several considerations into account, including total weight for lights and equipment, load on cables and accomodating the necessary stage hands. Read along as Knovel Math is put to work designing a stage platform. [ READ MORE ]

See This Solution Story in Action on October 15th!

Mark your calendars for 2:00 PM Eastern on Thursday, October 15th. You’re invited to watch as we walk through every step of this use case. We’ll show you how to leverage Knovel Math’s powerful features in real-life projects and open the floor up to questions, comments and user feedback! [ Register Here ]

Have You Used Knovel to Help Solve a Problem?

Neil Schulman — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:21:28 +0000

Share your experience- whether you found background information for a project or implemented best practices for product design- if we publish your story, you will win a gift card valued at $500 or we’ll donate $500 to a charity of your choice.

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