Customer quotes

Knovel has vast content devoted to our industry, plus its unique interactive graphs and charts have a technological edge over anything else I have seen.

Peter Bowler, Polyone

Knovel saves me time and effort by bringing together the many resources I need in one quick and easy-to-use reference.

Process Engineer, Chevron

Rather than spending hours using search engines like Google to obtain raw data—or no data at all—students using Knovel obtain relevant results in minutes, helping them solve the practical problems they will encounter in industry.

Dr. Vladimir Genis, Associate Professor & Program Director Applied Engineering Technology, Drexel University

Knovel has saved me time, especially through the use of the interactive tables and charts that permit me to export property data. I use these data to minimize risk exposure in manufacturing processes by developing risk-based strategies that clients use to direct their cleaning and process validation efforts. The data I find in Knovel is very important for evaluating the hazards and toxicity of raw materials within a manufacturing process.

Director of Quality Services, JM Hyde Consulting, Inc.

Finding the answer quickly meant getting the pipeline back up the same day, which translated into avoiding $1M a day in lost revenue.

Production Engineer, Major Oil Company

Most anything I do needs references and a technical source even if I "know" it's correct. Knovel makes it simple to find such information and supplements the usual Google search. I can't reference a sketchy wikipedia article in a memo, I can reference whatever book Knovel finds. Also, it's more technical than a general search and it serves the purpose of multiple books in many different engineering and scientific disciplines that I have to understand, but don't have on a shelf.

Process Development Engineer, Baxter Healthcare

Knovel is a time saver! All I did was enter the keywords in the basic search engine and Knovel came up with a plethora of references, each with the relevancy of its content listed. It also highlighted my keywords in the document, making searching for information so much easier! “Knovel saved me time and effort by bringing together the many resources I needed in one quick and easy-to-use reference.

Process Design Specialist, Major Energy Producer

Using Knovel, I found critical information early in the design phase, so I didn’t waste time wandering down the wrong path. I’d estimate that checking Knovel first to optimize the process design saved me at least a month of rework time, significantly condensing the project timeline and improving process quality.

Associate Process/Specialty Engineer, Major Engineering Company

We selected Knovel because of ease of use, full text content, interactive features, and time savings. It offers the most comprehensive set of references for scientists and engineers on the market today. I highly recommend Knovel to organizations that need to create innovative products in the marketplace.

Business Research Analyst, United Technologies

I had a specific situation where I needed a good reference to back up a calculation I had made and was previously unable to find a reliable one. I went to Knovel and was able to find the reference I needed to complete the process.

Chemical Engineer, Washington Group International

As an engineering graduate entering the piping world for the first time, it was important for me to be able to learn as much as possible about piping materials, valves in particular. With Knovel at my fingertips I have been able to search through handbooks for diagrams and explanations that have been very beneficial in my on-the-job educating, thus enabling me to do my job well.

Piping Materials Engineer, Major Engineering Company

Apart from saving time by almost 25%, Knovel helped in confirming my observations in industry (I work as a consultant) and has increased my reliability in technical judgment, making my recommendations more acceptable to my clients.

Sharad S. Vengsarkar, Chemical Industry Consultant

The Knovel library affords me access to quality engineering references while traveling. When I have an immediate and critical need for this type of information, access and timing is everything. Using my laptop I can locate several references to provide me with engineering data and methods at any hour of the day from any location. It increases my productivity and the value I provide to my clients.

Vice President, CH2M HILL

Knovel is very useful when a specific piece of data is needed. I like the interactive graphs and calculations, the use of Boolean operators to focus a search, and the references to sources that could be found within a 'hit.'

R&D Chemist, Oilfield Technology Group

Knovel can help with my projects by providing ready access to engineering/technical information at my desktop, and access to a technological tool that will aid in development and retention of top engineering talent.

Mechanical Engineer & VP, Parsons Corporation

I am a design engineer, so finding physical data and constants for molecules and materials of construction are very important to my work. Using Knovel instead of digging for the information in hard copy reference books saves me a lot of time. I’d estimate that Knovel increases my information seeking efficiency by 80% and that my time savings will equate to approximately $8,000 this year.

Design Engineer, Air Liquide Electronics US

Knovel has given me electronic access to handbooks relative to my profession that I would not have easy access to otherwise. It has helped in design and selection of process equipment, finding physical properties, and in gaining an understanding of technical subjects.

Principal Process Engineer, Arkema, Inc.

There is no excuse for not knowing the facts to solve the most complicated problems. Go to Knovel.

James Wei, Professor, Princeton University, former president of AIChE

Access to data in Knovel will take minutes that could take many hours in a library.

Chemical Engineer, EG&G

I have pretty much deleted all my stand alone desktop unit converter because of the success I have had in using the Knovel online converter. It is a great tool and one which saves me time again and again over the course of my day.

Mechanical Engineer, ConocoPhillips

Having such a wealth of resources available electronically at Knovel saves time. I was really impressed by the volume and variety of information. The Knovel database contains useful information relevant to my work. I especially like the ease of looking up the physical properties and hazard information of chemicals.

Senior Process Engineer, FMC Corporation

Giving engineers the ability to quickly test several what-if scenarios and merge the results into their workflow will save them tremendous amounts of research time without sacrificing quality.

Walter Pilkey, Author, Peterson's Stress Concentration Factors

Knovel can help with method development, equipment troubleshooting, formulation development for pharmaceutical work in my lab. We often have to develop pharmaceutical formulation and methods from scratch, and knowledge from basic chemistry principles to case studies from other experiments can be very helpful

R&D Chemist, Medical Delivery, Major US Medical Device Company

In the past I’ve struggled with hard-to-read graphs and the challenge of extracting exact values from graphs, but since Knovel has digitized graphs it’s no longer an issue.

Design Engineer, Major Medical Device Company

We incorporate Knovel into our coursework because many of our students will undoubtedly encounter it when they enter the workforce.

Dr. Robert Malloy, Professor and Chairman, Plastics Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

BRAVO! The presentation of the Energy Efficiency Manual on Knovel is SUPERB! The interactivity is breathtaking! Knovel perceived the potential of the Energy Efficiency Manual and developed it to the full.

Donald Wulfinghoff, Publisher of Energy Efficiency Manual

Rather than spending hours using search engines like Google to obtain raw data—or no data at all—students using Knovel obtain relevant results in minutes, helping them solve the practical problems they will encounter in industry.

Dr. Vladimir Genis, Associate Professor & Program Director, Applied Engineering Technology, Drexel University

I find Knovel to be unique in its capacity to be dynamic and interactive. To me, it seems like the next generation of e-books is already here!

Domenic Iannello, Datasets Librarian, RMIT University Library

I know students, myself included, who have spent hours using less reliable search engines that turn up mounds of irrelevant data that may not even be accurate. Since learning of Knovel, I have spent less time finding and verifying sources and more time learning important course material; which is what I’m at school to do.

Senior Biological Engineering Student, Cornell University

Knovel is the first place we go to answer chemistry, engineering, and materials related questions. I almost always find what I’m looking for because I’m able to search across so many different sources and I know that the sources within Knovel are of high quality and reliable.

Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Librarian, University of Minnesota

I wish I’d known about Knovel earlier in my academic career. It would have saved me a lot of time and hassle while doing research for my classes. I’ve realized that a project in my Engineering Materials class last semester could have taken me days instead of weeks had I used Knovel.

Mechanical Engineering Student, Georgia Tech

Ready access to credible technical information and the ability to quickly filter down do information pertinent to projects is a powerful tool for product delivery. Information is up-to-date, credible, and covers a wide range of technical topics. Filtering tools are extremely powerful and provide flexible presentation capability.

Engineer, Major Appliance Manufacturer

I am working in a field that is new to me, so I can track down information without knowing the right books to consult. The search engine picks information from a whole range of sources that I would not necessarily know to consult.

Engineer, Electronics Manufacturer

We are a small, private chemical company competing on a global scale. Our chemists and engineers have the same need for technical information as a Fortune 500 company. Until Knovel, our library resources were modest. The system is easy to use, powerful and flexible.

Dori Whitehurst, Information Research Services Manager , PQ Corporation

Knovel helps me direct clients as well as designers in resolving technical problems by having access to scientific data. What I refer to as "mini-marketing": always being able to add value to projects or programs.

Program Manager, Parsons Corporation

We need the ‘best of the best’ references for our customers. With Knovel, we know that we are getting current, regularly updated information, in a useful format, with minimum additional work on our part. It’s a great resource!

Bill Benson, Reference Librarian, Air Force Research Lab Tech. Library

Knovel saves me around 5 to 6 hours a week looking for reference material. It is fully traceable, always kept up to date and complies with QA Audit requirements.

Engineer, BAE

Legacy aircraft platforms require innovative solutions to provide continuing availability and upgrade to capability. Knovel provides a continuing source of candidate ideas and relevant information.

Engineering Manager, Top Ten Aerospace Company

I needed to estimate the vapor pressure of chemicals at elevated temperatures. Nine of the last 10 chemicals I needed could be found in Knovel... where I could see a graph and pick a vapor pressure for any temperature I needed. I did this in 2 hrs for nine substances versus a literature search and a reconstruction of data to estimate the equation to determine vapor pressure - 40 hrs at least for 9 substances.

Chemical Engineer, Top Ten Chemical Company

Knovel saves me around 5 to 6 hours a week looking for reference material. It is fully traceable, always kept up to date and complies with QA Audit requirements.

Engineer, BAE

Using Knovel, engineers at The Shaw Group can easily search for and find information they need and share it and collaborate with employees who work in different geographic regions. ‘We’re spread out in various offices,’ says John Preston, an engineer with The Shaw Group. ‘It’s not like I can just hand a book over to someone else.’ The system also ensures that everyone has access to the same, current information. It’s much easier for them to collaborate when they—regardless of their location—are all looking at the same content.(Excert from November 9, 2010 article in Econtent)

John Preston, Shaw Group

"I recommend Knovel to everyone. I think it's important that we promote it. We want our students and staff to use it because it saves them time. This a key part of my job,showing students and staff how to save time researching and providing tools, such as Knovel,that they can use easily."

Lynne Meehan, University College of London

Knovel contains a significant amount of engineering data, including fatigue test results for many materials. The use of these results allowed my company to eliminate a costly production and rework change.

Lead Structural Analyst, Spirit Aero

Several times a month, I need to acquire the know-how and new domains of how things fail, how to calculate the causes / effects of ever more inventive test labs. Customers and management innovate new ideas and I need to find new ways to break their parts.

Project Engineer, Caterpillar

Knovel provides detailed information on several technical issues that would not have been otherwise available. This is a very valuable and irreplaceable resource and a big time saver. The level of detail and source material is NOT available on the internet (or would be very expensive to purchase).

Lead Mechanical Engineer, GE Energy

Knovel allows you to search a more comprehensive list of possible sources of information rather than having to rely on the information you may have acquired over time, which quickly becomes outdated.

Six Sigma Black Belt-2 & Design Engineer, Caterpillar

If Knovel was not available, we would have to rely on legacy information that other people have, which could be old and out of date.

Design Engineer (ED&C) , Major Engineering Design Firm

Knovel has a lot of the specific materials data that I need in tables that I can just download.

Mechanical Engineer (ED&C), Major Engineering Design Firm

When I am looking for materials data in the initial design phase, I most often use MMPDS within Knovel because it is searchable.

Strength Analyst (Aerospace), Major Engineering Company

I use the data search tool to find materials properties. I like that I can type in parameters, and Knovel will tell me which materials fit those criteria.

Structural Design Analyst (Aerospace) , Major Engineering Company

[Knovel] has become the gold standard among its target user base, based on its ability to anticipate the needs of its users and serve them as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Laura Ricci, STM E-Books: 2012 Market Size, Share, and Forecast

I need a lot of information on materials properties.  Reliable, relevant information on these topics is often difficult to find on the Internet, but Knovel has a good collection of references on these topics that makes it easy to find information I trust and can use to make recommendations to my internal clients.

Principal Research Chemist, Major Engineering Firm

I use the data search tool to find materials properties. I like that I can type in parameters, and Knovel will tell me which materials fit those criteria

Structural Design Analyst, Aerospace

Most anything (I do) needs references and a technical source even if I "know" it's correct. Knovel makes it simple to find such information and supplements the usual Google search. I can't reference a sketchy Wikipedia article in a memo--I can reference whatever book Knovel finds.

Process Development Engineer, Baxter Healthcare

I had a specific situation where I needed a good reference to back up a calculation I had made and was previously unable to find a reliable one. I went to Knovel and was able to find the reference I needed to complete the process.

Process Engineer, Washington Group International

As an engineering graduate entering the piping world for the first time, it was important for me to be able to learn as much as possible about piping materials, valves in particular. With Knovel at my fingertips I have been able to search through handbooks for diagrams and explanations that have been very beneficial in my on-the-job educating, thus enabling me to do my job well.

Piping Materials Engineer, Major Engineering Company