Knovel K-News Archive

FEATURED TITLE: Open Access to Coastal Engineering Manual

Readers of K-News have two weeks of open access to a select title or group of titles in each issue. This issue features access to a title from the Environment & Environmental Engineering Subject Area:

Coastal Engineering Manual  (c) 2002, 2006, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This manual provides a single, comprehensive technical document that incorporates tools and procedures to plan, design, construct, and maintain coastal projects. This engineering manual includes the basic principles of coastal processes, methods for computing coastal planning and design parameters, and guidance on how to formulate and conduct studies in support of coastal flooding, shore protection, and navigation projects. New sections have been added on navigation and harbor design, dredging and disposal, structure repair and rehabilitation, wetland and low-energy shore protection, risk analysis, field instrumentation, numerical simulation and the engineering process, among other topics.

Start using Coastal Engineering Manual now! You have immediate and unlimited access for two weeks with no registration required. Be sure to check out the Tutorial in this issue for an illustration of how to use the information in this title!

BRIEFS: Knovel Partners with Synapse to Provide Chemical References

Knovel is excited to announce a partnership with Synapse Information Resources, Inc. to make available a wide range of premium chemical and chemical engineering content as part of the Knovel Library service. Synapse holds an excellent reputation in the chemical world for providing the chemical industry with timely, integrated access to thousands of chemical manufacturers, and for detailed information on hundreds of thousands of chemicals. Synapse references include information on additives, preservatives and specialty chemicals for dozens of industries.

As a result of this new partnership, reference handbooks essential to research and development in the food science, pharmaceutical, and chemical manufacturing industries will be added to Knovel Library and enhanced with Knovel's interactive, next-generation technology. Irene Ash of Synapse commented, "The quality of the Knovel collection and their experience in providing functional and innovative solutions to the delivery of information contributed to our decision to form this partnership. We are pleased by the value added to our products through our partnership with Knovel."

Synapse joins McGraw-Hill, John Wiley & Sons, Elsevier, Springer, World Scientific, and other prominent science and technical publishers as a Knovel publishing partner. Watch for new Synapse titles to appear soon in Knovel Library!

BRIEFS: Knovel Continues Rapid Expansion - Looks for New Employees

Last week Knovel celebrated the expansion of its Binghamton, New York office space with a ribbon-cutting ceremony (pictured below). Knovel's tremendous growth over the past several years means we continue to add new employees and expand our office space. Three local television stations attended the ceremony and ran coverage on their evening newscasts. Click on the links below to view their coverage:

• WBNG-12 Action News (CBS Affiliate)
• Fox 40 WICZ (Fox affiliate)
• Newschannel 34 WBGH (ABC affiliate)

Knovel is seeking more high-quality professionals to join our team! Current opportunities include:

• Java Programmer (Binghamton, NY)

• Scientific Data Analyst (Binghamton, NY)

• Staff Accountant (Norwich, NY)

• More positions coming soon!

If you're interested in working for a rapidly growing, exciting company with great benefits and great people, send your resume to: hr@knovel.com. You may also send questions or request more details about the positions listed to the same address. Come grow with Knovel!

Pictured above (from left to right): John Serino, Director of Economic Development for Broome County, NY; John Hayek, Executive Director of the Southern Tier Opportunity Coalition; Matthew Ryan, Mayor of Binghamton, NY; Chris Forbes, President & CEO of Knovel; Sasha Gurke, Vice President & CTO of Knovel; and William Woishnis, Chairman of the Board of Knovel.

BRIEFS: Become a K-Friend!

Knovel is looking for K-Friends! Starting in September, Knovel will launch the K-Friend program, comprised of new and experienced users of the Knovel online service. K-Friends will be asked to participate in completing surveys about the Knovel service, joining focus groups, and beta testing new products and services being developed by Knovel. This is a no-risk commitment for a fixed period of time. We want your input as we work on some exciting new projects this Fall, and we're willing to make it "worth your time!" For more details, visit: www.info.knovel.com/friend.

BRIEFS: Recently Released Aerospace & Radar Technology Titles

Bistatic Radar
Copyright (c) 2005, SciTech Publishing. This book provides a history of bistatic systems that points out to designers the applications that have worked and the dead-ends not worth pursuing. This title reviews basic concepts and definitions, and explains the mathematical development of relationships, such as geometry, Ovals of Cassini, dynamic range, isorange and isodoppler contours, target doppler, and clutter doppler spread. It defines and resolves many issues and controversies plaguing bistatic radar, including predicted performance, monostatic equivalence, bistatic radar cross section and resolution bistatic Doppler, hitchhiking, SAR, ECM/ECCM, and, most importantly, the utility of bistatic radar.

Spacecraft Power Technologies
Copyright (c) 2000, World Scientific. This is the first comprehensive text devoted to the technologies critical to the development of spacecraft electrical power systems. The science and engineering of solar, chemical, and nuclear systems are fully examined together with the constraints imposed by the space and thermal environments in which the systems must operate. Details of present technology and the history that led to current state-of-the-art technology are presented at a level appropriate for the student as a textbook, or for the practicing engineer as a reference.

Antenna Engineering Handbook (3rd Edition)
Copyright (c) 1993, McGraw-Hill. This best-selling reference provides the essential principles, methods, and data needed to solve the engineering problems that arise in antenna design and application. An array of leading experts from RCA, Raytheon, Scientific-Atlantic, and other major firms makes it the most authoritative A-to-Z collection of state-of-the-art information available. Anyone involved with antennas will be an eager user of this updated classic. Technicians will use it to better understand the antennas they work with. Beginning engineers will want its descriptive material and design data. Experienced engineers will use it as their primary source of design data. Senior engineers will use the Handbook to get up to speed on new antennas and applications. Additionally, design engineers will find ideas to solve new and difficult problems.

Be sure to visit Knovel's New Titles page for a complete list of newly released titles. For more information about the Knovel Library service or about the new or updated titles mentioned in this issue of K-News, contact Justin Skogen at jskogen@knovel.com, or call him toll-free US/Canada 1-800-260-4106 (outside US/Canada +1-608-655-1447).

BRIEFS: Learn How Knovel Helps Researchers - Attend a Knovel Webinar

Please join us for an online demonstration of Knovel Library's content and unique technology. All you need is a telephone and an Internet connection. The Knovel webinar session takes approximately 30 minutes, although we will stay on longer to answer questions. During the session, you will learn how to use the features that transform Knovel from a simple e-book service to a workflow and productivity tool that can save you a great deal of time and effort in your research. The bottom line: Knovel helps researchers do their jobs cheaper and faster while improving the quality and quantity of the work they produce.

A few of the subjects covered in the webinar include:

• An overview of the Knovel product

• Benefits provided by Knovel's advanced searching capabilities

• Benefits provided by Knovel's interactive productivity tools

• Actual search examples to show you the power of the product

For a full description of Knovel's webinars and the material covered, click here. Don't wait to register! Sessions fill up fast. Just choose a registration link for one of the upcoming webinars below:

• 8/25/2006 (Monday) 9:00 AM EST Register Here (a few spots remain open)
• 8/29/2006 (Friday) 12:00 PM EST Register Here (a few spots remain open)

BRIEFS: Trade Shows & Events

SIIA Global Information Industry Summit 2006, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sept. 14-15, Hilton Amsterdam. William Woishnis, Chairman of Knovel, will participate in the "Small Players in a BIG World" panel session on Friday, Sept. 15 at 11:45 am.

AIAA Space 2006, San Jose, CA, Sept. 19-21, San Jose Convention Center. The conference will address a wide array of topics, including technical, economic, and policy themes, to provide a forum to discuss "the value proposition for space." Knovel representatives Chuck Paulsen, Joe Saigol, and Monica Nogueira will be available to demonstrate Knovel Library at Booth 210.

Österreichischer Bibliothekartag (Austrian Librarian Day), Bregenz, Austria, Sept. 19-23. William Woishnis, Chairman of Knovel, will present "Bringing Sci-Tech Data to Life" on Wednesday, Sept. 20th at 2:00 pm during the "E-Books" session. Be sure to stop by the Knovel booth and meet Bill and the Knovel crew!

If you would like to make an appointment to meet with a Knovel representative at any of the events we attend, please contact Knovel at: 1-866-303-3336 or email at sales@knovel.com.

TUTORIAL: Calculating Wave Scour

Scenario: A shipping port is expanding its facilities and needs to build a new retaining wall near the open sea. A civil engineer working on the project needs to calculate potential wave scour (erosion) and its likely effects around the toe of the retaining wall to be sure a comfortable safety margin is built in. The engineer would like to know what models or equations exist that might assist in calculating wave scour. Knovel can help.

1. In the Search box on the Knovel Library home page enter the phrase wave scour. The query entered means, "find any page of text or row of data from an interactive table where the terms wave and scour are both present and near each other on the same page or in the same row of data." Click the Search button.
    
    
2. The search results page shows 2 titles that match the search query. The first title (Coastal Engineering Manual) is this issue's Featured Title. Click on the name.
    
    
3. The Table of Contents appears. Only those sections or chapters containing hits for the search query are displayed by default. A quick glance shows a number of very interesting possibilities that may be relevant. Let's start with the very first section, "(2) Common Scour Problems". Click on the Text (3) link next to it.
    
    
4. A new window appears launching the Adobe Reader and displaying an entire section devoted to a discussion of scour and scour protection. By scrolling down a few pages, we notice a sub-section devoted to the prediction of scour, and an equation that may be used to estimate maximum scour for waves against a vertical wall. The civil engineer now has the information necessary to calculate the effects of scour for the retaining wall project.
    
   

KOOL TIPS: Using Search and Browse for Maximum Success

One of Knovel's strengths is that it allows users to shift easily in and out of both search and browse "modes." One of our favorite phrases is, "Search like a database, browse like a book." Both searching and browsing are usually required to locate an answer to a question or problem. Take today's tutorial as an example. By entering the query phrase "wave scour," a list of possible results was returned. When we clicked on and viewed the first section with hits, the resulting pages were very close to the information we were seeking. But only after browsing (or paging down) for a few pages did we get to the exact information we were looking for. Don't forget; search will often get you most of the way there, but browse will often complete the journey.

FEATURED TITLE: Open Access to Corrosion Survey Database (COR-SUR)

Readers of K-News have two weeks of open access to a select title or group of titles in each issue. This issue features access to a title from the Metals & Metallurgy Subject Area:

Corrosion Survey Database (COR-SUR)  (c) 2002, NACE International. This interactive database is the online version of the NACE COR-SUR and COR-SUR 2 for Windows databases and companion volumes, Corrosion Data Survey - Metals Section (6th ed.) and Corrosion Data Survey - Nonmetals Section (5th ed.). The data document the performance of 87 metal and nonmetal materials in over 1,500 different chemical environments, under various exposure conditions. The database provides a cost-effective method for quickly reducing the field of choice of construction materials for particular applications, based on corrosion behavior and chemical resistance. Users can easily obtain a given material's performance for the concentration and temperature of a specified exposure medium.

Start using Corrosion Survey Database now! You have immediate and unlimited access for the next two weeks--no registration required. Enjoy! Be sure to check out the Tutorial in this issue for an illustration of how to use the information in this database.