Best-selling Knovel
Stephanie Marshall
Product Specialist
Why Knovel saves thousands of research hours for
engineers and scientists worldwide
Knovel might be brand new to the
Adept product range, but
thousands of scientists and
engineers are already using it in their
research to find valuable and reliable
technical reference information more
quickly and easily. Knovel gives them a
head start in the product-to-market race
and propels them to the finish line in
front of the competition.
When professionals need to get up to
speed on a new topic fast, solve a design
problem or spec out project plans, look
up formulae or compare the properties of
substances, Knovel can seriously cut the
effort and time taken to search for
material of interest. That can provide a
big boost to meeting deadlines, because
the longer engineers take to locate the
right material, property, formula or best
practice at the research and design stage,
the greater the subsequent delays and
negative repercussions further down the
development line.
Knovel sets out to solve the problems
engineers experience with the search
capabilities of most standard online
reference collections which just aren’t
designed to deal with technical topics.
Due to insufficient indexing capabilities,
they often miss relevant information
hidden within charts and tables, or
inundate engineers with irrelevant
responses.
“It saves me around
5 to 6 hours a week
looking for reference
materials.”
Engineer/BAE
Knovel is different because it's smart
about units and recognises like-for-like
answers. For example, if you search for a
value in lb/ft3, Knovel will find the relevant
results even if they are published in g/cm3.
Investigating the properties of polyester?
Knovel's understanding of materials means
it will return polyethylene terephthalate
(PET) and polybutylene terephthalate (PBT)
hits even when the term 'polyester' is no
where in the table. What's more, Knovel
indexes all content, including information
contained in tables, graphs, charts and
figures. And unlike most reference
collections, if what you're searching for is
buried in a table or database, Knovel
returns just the relevant rows. So engineers
and scientists get the answers they need
without having to wade through the waffle!
This interactive internet-based
tool is
available on an annual subscription basis
and because it’s maintained by the
software provider, users typically require
very little support. And when it comes to
managing your subscription, and making
sure employees know about and
use Knovel, there’s a
whole range of administration tools,
customisable marketing materials and
training resources available to help
subscribed organisations drive usage
with the minimum of effort, to make the
software really work for its licence fee.
We know Knovel works because more
than 96% of customers return year after
year to renew their subscriptions. Those
organisations are able to produce more
competitive products through higher
quality and reduced costs, and complete
more projects per year. |
