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Description: Contains the full text of over 700 leading science and engineering reference handbooks, technical data and reports, textbooks, and conference proceedings. Some of the contributing publishers are CRC Press, McGraw-Hill, Institute of Physics, Butterworth-Heinemann, Kluwer, Reed Elsevier, and John Wiley & Sons. Popular titles include: Chemical Properties Handbook (McGraw-Hill); CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics; Lange's Handbook of Chemistry; Machinery's Handbook; Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers; and Perry's Chemical Engineer's Handbook.

Users can browse works page-by-page or search across titles and manipulate interactive tables, graphs, equations, spreadsheets, and other structured information. The chemical structure-searching feature allows users to draw the chemical compound before searching. Subject areas covered:

  • Adhesives, Coatings, Sealants & Inks
  • Aerospace Engineering & Radar Technology
  • Agriculture
  • Architecture
  • Biochemistry, Biology & Biotechnology
  • Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering & Construction Materials
  • Earth Sciences
  • Electrical Power Engineering
  • Electronics & Semiconductors
  • Environment, Pollution, & Environmental Engineering
  • Food Sciences
  • General Engineering & Engineering Management
  • General Science & Technology
  • Health Sciences
  • Industrial Design & Industrial Engineering
  • Industry Information
  • Materials Engineering
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanics & Mechanical Engineering
  • Metals & Metallurgy
  • Oil & Gas Engineering
  • Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics & Toiletries
  • Plastics & Rubber
  • Safety & Industrial Hygiene
  • Textiles
Knovel's Quick Reference Guide and quickstart instructional video .

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Applied Sciences, Engineering & Technology
Biology, Genetics & Life Sciences
Computer Science & Mathematics
Environmental Studies
Full Text Resources (Selective)
Science & Technology
Subscription Database List
Technical Reports and Standards

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