Print and digital engineering content provider McGraw-Hill Professional, US, and the Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE), the professional organisation of television and radio engineers, have announced a new project to create a standard reference handbook for the broadcast engineering field.

The SBE Broadcast Engineering Handbook will be edited by Jerry Whitaker, Vice President of the Advanced Television Systems Committee, and written by dozens of subject experts drawn from the broadcast engineering community.

This comprehensive handbook will explain DTV (digital TV) and DAR (digital audio radio) within the context of existing radio and TV technologies, providing key equations and reference data used in the design, specification, and installation of broadcast transmission systems; the Handbook will publish in Spring 2015.

Technical professional organisation IEEE recently announced that all IEEE-owned peer-reviewed journals now offer open-access (OA) publishing options, the latest sign of OA's growth as it continues to transform the scholarly research publishing industry.

Open access allows all technologists and the general public to access research articles online for free, as opposed to the traditional scholarly publishing model that requires paid subscriptions. By removing these access barriers, OA publishing can help gain more exposure for new concepts that can advance research and scientific applications. Additionally, studies have shown that OA publishing may increase article citations.

As of June 2012, there were more than 7,600 OA journals published in 117 countries, according to a report from the UK-based Working Group on Expanding Access to Published Research Findings. IEEE joins the open-access ranks in a big way by adding to the total figure of more than 100 journals capable of accepting open-access content. Each of IEEE's journals is written by technologists for technologists, and many of those journals are considered among the most prestigious in their respective fields.

Under its "hybrid" journal model, IEEE's existing, subscription-based journals give authors the choice to publish either via the traditional model or pay an article-processing charge to publish open access. This approach allows authors to take advantage of the many IEEE journals that carry established Impact Factors, a measure of average citations per recent article in a journal. The large number of journals also provides wide topic options, which means authors should be able to find the right publications for their articles.

In addition to these hybrid journals, IEEE also offers four fully open-access topical journals: IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society, IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, IEEE Photonics Journal, and IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine. IEEE also publishes a newly launched, fully open access mega-journal entitled IEEE Access, which publishes articles that are at the boundaries of traditional engineering fields or that cross multiple disciplines of engineering and thus don't easily fit into more targeted journals.

All of IEEE's open-access articles are available through its Xplore Digital Library database of articles.

Sparrows, the global provider of oilfield engineering services, has selected Knovel to increase efficiency in its global business by enabling its engineering teams to work 'smarter and faster' with access to a consistent source of engineering references. Used by engineers worldwide, Knovel is a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools that delivers answers engineers can trust.

Feedback from internal evaluations conducted by Sparrows pointed to an estimated time saving of between 20 and 30 percent for engineers to find answers and data using Knovel compared to searches using textbooks.

Sparrows is a fast growing, dynamic company and the market leader in engineered lifting and handling solutions to the offshore sector. Sparrows' projects span new build designs, equipment upgrade and refurbishments and mechanical handling schemes involving mechanical, structural, electrical and hydraulic disciplines. These types of projects require information that Knovel provides. Knovel works with a network of more than 100 recognised societies and publishers to provide validated technical references and data across more than 30 subject areas.

Knovel has more than 700 customers worldwide including top 10 firms in the oil and gas, engineering design, industrial equipment and process industries such as BP, Shell, Chevron and Subsea 7.

Scientific and medical information resources provider McGraw-Hill Professional, US, has signed an exclusive agreement with IHS, the premier source of insight and information to professionals in the field. As part of the agreement, IHS will provide McGraw-Hill Professional's innovative AccessEngineering platform as part of its suite of resources and expertise for professional organisations and companies worldwide. The agreement makes IHS the exclusive reseller for AccessEngineering to the corporate market.

AccessEngineering, McGraw-Hill Professional's innovative reference and learning platform for engineers, draws on the company's more than 100 years of expertise in creating the critical engineering content and services that are necessary to professionals throughout their working lives. The platform provides access to widely adopted titles such as Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook, Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain, as well as a plethora of newer publications, such as Advanced MEMS Packaging and Energy Systems Engineering. It was recently honoured with the 2012 PROSE Award for Best eProduct in Physical Sciences and Mathematics.

Through the agreement, IHS will offer AccessEngineering as a standalone solution as well as through IHS Goldfire, a product that helps technical professionals achieve dramatic improvements in productivity and knowledge capture and reuse.

AccessEngineering also comprises dynamic online features, such as instructional videos, downloadable data and interactive charts, as well as personalisation tools allowing users to organise crucial project information as they work. These trusted resources allow engineers to apply broadly accepted industry best practices in context as part of their daily workflow while updating and expanding their skills.

The American Society of Civil Engineers has announced that the 2013 ASCE E-Books & Standards collection is now available for purchase at a special pre-launch rate. The collection will launch on ascelibrary.org on May 1, 2013. Access options include an annual subscription or one-time, perpetual access purchase.

ASCE E-books and Standards encompass all civil engineering content areas, including construction, structures, transportation, geotechnics, environment, water resources, and professional practice. For more information, including 2013 purchase options and rates, interested parties may visit http://ascelibrary.org/page/ebookrates.

The ASCE Library is a full-text database containing over 950,000 pages of civil engineering content published in ASCE Journals, Proceedings, Books, and Standards. Coverage includes all disciplines of civil engineering research and its practical application.

Scientific and medical information resources provider McGraw-Hill Professional, US, has announced that its innovative reference and learning platform for engineers, AccessEngineering, was honored as the best eProduct in Physical Sciences and Mathematics at the 2012 Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (the PROSE Awards), in a year of record entries to the competition.

Established by the Association of American Publishers, the PROSE Awards, which are judged by peer publishers, academics and librarians, recognise the very best in professional and scholarly publishing by bringing attention to distinguished and groundbreaking books, journals, and electronic content in more than 40 categories.

AccessEngineering draws on McGraw-Hill Professional's more than 100 years of expertise in creating critical engineering content and services and includes classic titles such as Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook, Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain, as well as a plethora of newer publications, such as Mechatronics in Medicine and Energy Systems Engineering. It builds on these with dynamic online features, such as faculty-created teaching videos, filtered search, downloadable data, and interactive graphs. These, along with curriculum maps that tie core content to real-world engineering problems and help save educators time, make AccessEngineering a clear leader in the fast-evolving world of next-generation reference tools.

Knovel, provider of a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced a partnership with Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB-USA). EWB-USA is a non-profit humanitarian organisation established to support community-driven development programmes worldwide through partnerships that design and implement sustainable engineering projects.

Knovel will support the organisation through grant funding, and will provide access to a subset of its product to EWB-USA members free for one year. Participating publishers include Elsevier, John Wiley & Sons, Industrial Press, American Society of Plumbing Engineers, Woodhead Publishing, and the International Council on Mining and Metals.

The materials for inclusion have been selected with the special requirements of EWB-USA projects in mind, and include water storage, piping and plumbing system design, metal fabrication (including welding), land surveying, water and wastewater treatment, land grading for drainage, sustainable power (including wind and solar) and sanitation systems. The collection further covers the engineering fundamentals that underpin these methods (strength of materials, mathematics, fluid mechanics, hydrology, soil mechanics, geology and general construction methods), to empower engineers with the resources they need to develop and implement new and innovative solutions in the field. These resources will help engineers complete their projects more efficiently and safely, maximising the value of the volunteers' time and efforts.

Knovel's Web-based application offers a unique value to EWB-USA engineers. Knovel will help these engineers have immediate access to validated information, improving decision-making time, reducing errors and allowing for more flexibility in finding solutions to everyday engineering challenges.

Knovel, provider of a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced the addition of the Crude Oil Assay Database to its growing Critical Content line. The database is designed to assist engineers designing and upgrading refineries and oil processing equipment in the Engineering Design & Construction, Mechanical & Industrial Equipment and Oil & Gas sectors.

Knovel's Critical Content line addresses major gaps in technical content that prevent engineers from doing their jobs efficiently. Once Knovel identifies a gap through customer requests, interviews and deep industry knowledge, the company works strategically with credible sources and renowned experts to create the content to meet this critical market need.

The Crude Oil Assay Database was developed by petroleum expert Dr. James G. Speight. The database will launch with assays covering the 200 most common crudes on the market, sourced from seven crude producers, marketers and US Government agencies, and will expand further in 2013 and 2014. Highly relevant, real-world data describing actual crudes commercially available on the market will help engineers in a number of areas including Process and system design; Equipment, transportation and plant engineering; and upgrading and optimizing refinery operations.

Business information provider UBM Tech, US, has launched EE Times University, a six-month, free live digital educational experience for design engineers. The University is designed by EE Times, an independent engineering resource for design decision makers in the electronics industry.

EE Times University takes learning to the next level by revealing the latest technologies. Each track consists of five one-hour courses hosted by a guest lecturer, combining live educational broadcasts with interactive chat and a downloadable presentation. All courses are also available on-demand. Future track topics may include microprocessors, ARM architecture, microcontrollers, high-speed digital design, embedded design & software, OEM, Software instrumentation, interconnectors, power and circuits, LEDs, wireless, and security.

Interested parties may visit http://university.eetimes.com/lecture-calendar.asp?cid=500 to register for EE Times University.

Knovel, provider of a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced the addition of the Titanium Alloy Database to its growing Critical Content line.

The mission behind Knovel's Critical Content line is to fill major gaps in technical content that make it difficult for engineers to do their jobs efficiently. Once Knovel identifies a gap, the company strategically works with credible sources and renowned experts to create the content those engineers are demanding.

Developed by J. Gilbert Kaufman, the Titanium Alloy Database includes physical and mechanical property data for more than 80 alloys, with summarised descriptions of condition and processing history.

Compelling features of this new database include high temperature properties information such as strength and fracture data at high temperatures; an extensive list of often used properties of titanium alloys including the alpha, alpha-beta and beta type alloys; and typical applications and available product forms for numerous alloys.

Knovel, provider of a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced its latest subject area, Fire Protection Engineering and Emergency Response. The offering provides practical guidance for the design of safe buildings and structures, modeling performance of fire suppression and ventilation systems, planning for efficient egress of people, and emergency response that works with first responders.

Knovel's 30th subject area includes reference material from leading publishers and societies. With a focus on the design side of fire protection, the unique collection aims to support the inherently interdisciplinary work of fire protection engineers, whose work requires the ability to work with many disciplines – from structural engineers and architects to tradesmen and constructors. Coverage of emergency response helps engineers think beyond egress design and suppression systems, empowering them to include the staging of first responders, risk management, investigation and recovery.

The new offering complements Knovel’s existing Safety and Industrial Hygiene subject area, which serves the needs of health, safety and welfare managers at industrial or manufacturing facilities. The new subject area serves fire and risk management engineers working for engineering design and construction, petroleum, manufacturing, and specialty chemical firms that design buildings, factories and plants that are subject to risk from fire or explosion.

Knovel's Fire Protection Engineering and Emergency Response Subject Area provides over 70 titles covering a wide range of information, including Fire Protection Analysis; Fire Protection Management; Fire Science & Human Behavior; Fire Protection Systems; and Passive Building Systems.

Key publishers in the new subject area include John Wiley & Sons, PennWell, ASHRAE, ICHemE, Elsevier, AWWA, Steel Construction Institute/FABIG, US CDC, American Society of Plumbing Engineers and Smithers-Rapra.

Technical professional organisation IEEE, US, has partnered with The MIT Press to offer access to a special selection of computing and engineering eBooks as part of the IEEE Xplore digital library. The MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The new titles will be available via a new collection delivered in IEEE Xplore called The MIT Press eBooks Library – Computing and Engineering Collection. This special collection features over 400 eBooks within the fields of computer science and engineering technologies, with approximately 40 new titles to be introduced each year. The collection features numerous titles that have won the American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE). Each eBook meets The MIT Press rigorous review processes and the collection covers a wide range of technology disciplines.

An advanced search engine will allow subscribers to find and download specific chapters within eBooks that will be discoverable alongside thousands of articles of related content within IEEE Xplore. The eBooks will be available as an add-on to existing IEEE Xplore subscriptions or as a stand-alone product.

The MIT Press eBooks Library – Computing and Engineering Collection will soon be available from the IEEE Xplore digital library.

Knovel, provider of a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced the addition of Yaws' Critical Property Data for Chemical Engineers and Chemists to its growing Critical Content line. This new interactive database is exclusively available to Knovel customers.

Knovel aims to deliver content that allows engineers to find answers dramatically faster than they would otherwise. With this goal in mind, Knovel has a dedicated programme in place to expand its Critical Content line to provide engineers with information that is not otherwise easily available. While Knovel sources a significant amount of validated content from more than 90 publishing partners, including international societies, the company also strategically works with credible sources and renowned experts to create content that fills gaps in engineering information resources.

Developed by Professor Carl L. Yaws, this new collection of chemical properties data launches with 85 Tables covering more than 5000 inorganic substances, 34,000 organic substances and 293,000 records. The information closely follows the content in Section 2 of Perry's tables, but significantly expands the number of organic and inorganic substances covered.

This database also offers a number of interactive features that are not found in traditional chemical properties resources. These include interactive graphs providing visualisation of data points and the ability to calculate and plot additional data values as functions of variables such as temperature and pressure. Additionally, interactive tables with Sort and Filter capabilities allow for easy assessment and comparison of data.

This first release of Yaws' Critical Property Data for Chemical Engineers and Chemists is part of Knovel's plan to develop the largest compilation of multi-point data for chemical engineers online. Additional properties and substances will be added over time.

JISC Collections, the membership organisation that supports the provision of digital content for education and research in the UK, and Knovel have signed a new three year agreement which gives UK universities and colleges streamlined access to Knovel. Knovel is a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools.

Knovel is used in over 300 universities worldwide and more than 30 universities in the UK have independent licenses, including Imperial College, UCL and Manchester. It is also used by major employers of engineering and science graduates, such as BP, Arup, Unilever and GlaxoSmithKline.

Knovel works with a network of more than 90 recognised societies and publishing partners to provide validated technical references and data across 29 subject areas in engineering and science disciplines. Using Knovel, students can conduct research, select materials, manipulate graphs, charts and equations, document and share research on team projects.

The Parthenon Group recently conducted a survey, according to which, it is increasingly difficult for engineers to quickly find accurate and trustworthy technical information.

Sponsored by Knovel, the Engineering Tools and Information Spring 2012 Survey’ finds that navigating multiple sources of information, finding best practices, securing approvals and permissions, along with the difficulty in validating the accuracy of the information, topped the list of frustrations of engineers polled in the survey. Knovel is a provider of a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools.

Parthenon Group surveyed more than 600 engineers working in the Aerospace & Defense and Engineering Design and Construction industries about their use of technology, their information needs as well as their satisfaction with various providers of engineering information and tools including Knovel. The survey identified a number of challenges that engineers face as they aim to improve how they find and interact with critical data.

Industry codes and standards provider Techstreet, US, a business of the Intellectual Property & Science division of Thomson Reuters, has announced the launch of the newly enhanced ‘Techstreet Subscriptions’. This improved enterprise offering for web-based management and distribution of Techstreet information seeks to provide technical, engineering and R&D professionals with accurate and easy access to current and relevant industry standards.

The Techstreet Subscription service, which provides unlimited access to a controlled set of documents for multiple users in one or more locations, now has faster and more responsive search options to locate documents quickly. These include suggested search, filtered search and the ability to save searches for future use. Users can also learn of newly added, relevant industry standards with a new document notification centre for managing content alerts. A redesigned user interface offers a clean and modern look for easy navigation.

Techstreet uses advanced web technologies to speed delivery of industry codes and standards to engineers and technical professionals worldwide. According to the company, anyone can freely and easily search an online database of over 500,000 codes, standards and technical books aggregated from over 350 of the world’s leading authorities. Standards are available for individual purchase in PDF and print, or as an enterprise licence through Techstreet Subscriptions.

Techstreet, a Thomson Reuters business, has signed agreements with the Society of Automotive Engineers International and the British Standards Institution. The deal grants Techstreet additional rights to distribute industry-critical standards in PDF format for each organisation.

Engineering and technical professionals will now have a one-stop online location to access aerospace, automotive and British standards, quickly and easily at www.techstreet.com.

The SAE International catalogue contains over 9,300 individual standards covering design, manufacturing, operation and maintenance of vehicles in the automotive and aerospace industry. It also includes standards for self-propelled sea and space vehicles.

The BSI Standards Ltd catalogue contains over 50,000 standards in PDF format of which over 31,000 are current. It includes standards of UK origin, European standards from CEN/CENELEC and international standards from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) which have been adopted into the UK system of standardisation. BSI’s coverage is pan-disciplinary and includes standards on building and civil engineering, materials and chemicals, engineering, electrotechnology, consumer products and services, healthcare, management systems and information technology. BSI standards are also available through Techstreet Subscriptions, a managed information solution providing unlimited enterprise access to an online standards library.

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Scientific and medical information resources provider McGraw-Hill Professional, US, has announced enhancements to AccessEngineering platform, featuring technological and user interface improvements.

Redesigned to meet the needs of engineering professionals, students and faculty, the online reference features a completely new user interface. The aim is to provide users with faster, more accurate and more relevant searches; improved navigation; and a curated aggregation of up to the minute global engineering news.

AccessEngineering's assemblage of content includes thousands of interactive tables and graphs; more than 100 instructional videos and animations depicting core engineering concepts; and curricula maps designed to help faculty more effectively integrate use of engineering content in the classroom and accelerate learning outcomes for students.

In April 2012, McGraw-Hill will roll out new usage reporting features and personalisation tools that allow students, faculty and engineers to further integrate AccessEngineering content into their workflows.

In the second half of 2012, AccessEngineering will offer a new subject category - Operations Management - featuring some of McGraw-Hill's best-known reference works, such as The Six Sigma Handbook and Juran's Quality Handbook. This category expansion is seen to prove especially valuable to every engineer - across the broad range of engineering disciplines - tasked with innovation through continuous improvement of production processes. AccessEngineering is available in the US and globally through McGraw-Hill and its subsidiaries.

The new AccessEngineering platform was developed by Semantico, claimed to be widely recognised by the publishing and library communities for its innovative solutions in digital content development.

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The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has selected Atypon's Literatum publishing platform to power the next generation of the ASCE Library. The new platform will launch third quarter 2012.

The new ASCE Library will make use of Atypon's latest innovations in publishing technology to become a single destination for all ASCE technical content. The new platform will be augmented by powerful discovery tools including taxonomic browsing and data visualisations, placing ASCE firmly at the center of civil engineering knowledge.

The ASCE Library (ascelibrary.org) claims to be an extensive resource for civil engineering research and application-oriented content, with more than 86,000 technical and professional articles from 33 ASCE Journals (1983 to the present), and more than 300 Conference Proceedings. ASCE publishes about 7,000 new articles in the ASCE Library each year.

Founded in 1852, the American Society of Civil Engineers represents more than 140,000 civil engineers worldwide and claims to be America's oldest national engineering society.

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Technical professional association IEEE, US, has announced that the November/December issue of IBM Journal of Research and Development has been published and appears exclusively in the IEEE Xplore digital library.

This issue focuses on cloud computing and emphasises new technologies that form the foundational building blocks for scalable and secure computing. Cloud computing has the potential to greatly reduce the complexity of information technology (IT) management. Building on virtualisation technologies, cloud computing transforms the traditional model of IT into a set of easily configurable, manageable, and scalable services.

Delivering on the promise of utility computing, cloud computing will enable ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of computing resources that can be released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction. The latest issue of IBM Journal of Research and Development presents many challenges as well as opportunities in a broad range of areas that span systems, software, and services related to cloud computing.

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Engineering resources provider Knovel, US, has introduced Knovel Databases, a series of new offerings in the company’s growing Critical Content line addressing gaps in convenient access to authoritative engineering data.

Knovel aims to deliver content that allows engineers to find answers dramatically faster than they would otherwise. Knovel sources validated content from more than 90 publishing partners, including prominent engineering societies and associations. When critical content is not available from partners, Knovel strategically works with credible sources and renowned experts to create it.

Knovel’s Critical Content line launched several years ago with Knovel Critical Tables to provide access to physical constants and other properties of over 20,000 inorganic and organic compounds, including 385 common solvents. Today, Knovel’s Critical Tables are among the top three resources accessed on Knovel.

Most recently, Knovel commissioned the creation of Knovel Databases to provide its engineering customers with highly interactive tables, graphs and data compiled from authoritative sources.

The first two Knovel Databases are now available. The Magnesium Alloy Database, developed by J. Gilbert Kaufman, covers properties of magnesium alloys. This is of particular interest to many of Knovel’s automotive and aerospace customers as pressure grows to identify new ways of lowering fuel loads and consumption. The Knovel Optical and Filter Glass Database is a unique compilation of properties of commercial optical and filter glasses from commercial manufacturers around the world. Development for additional databases is underway.

The exclusive, interactive content from the first two databases will supplement the company’s existing subject areas. The Magnesium Alloy Database will complement the Aluminum Alloy Database in the Metals & Metallurgy subject area. The Knovel Optical and Filter Glass Database will be an anchor in the Optics & Photonics subject area, representing the properties of glasses from 16 manufacturers and growing.

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Engineering resources provider Knovel, US, has announced Computer Hardware Engineering as a new subject area. The new offering is designed to help electronics, computer, aerospace and mechanical engineers meet the requirements for electromagnetic shielding and control, increase the stability of the systems they design and improve the performance of computer-controlled and assisted equipment.

Knovel's Computer Hardware Engineering Subject Area features information on best practices, design guidelines, new technologies, innovative chip architecture and optimised system design.

The subject area launches with more than 75 titles on circuit design, embedded systems and programming, networks and sensors, computer architecture, processors, memory and peripherals. This is Knovel's 28th subject area, and third subject area the company launched this year.

Knovel's Computer Hardware Engineering Subject Area provides a wide range of information including details about computer hardware design; testing and systems integration; RFID/Wireless network connections; circuit and chip optimisation plans; managing electromagnetic interference; and designing new devices for manufacturability.

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Engineering resources provider Knovel, US, has expanded its partner ecosystem with the addition of six publishing partners. To best serve the needs of customers, Knovel continues to deepen and broaden its content collections with new partnerships. Knovel has added a total of 10 new publishing partners in 2011.

The new partners include American Society for Microbiology (ASM); American Welding Society (AWS); Helvetian Press; Hobart Institute of Welding Technology; The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (The AUSIMM); and The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).

Knovel partners with more than 90 societies and publishers worldwide to ensure engineers have access to trusted sources of technical content across 26 engineering subject areas.

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Technical professional association IEEE, US, has announced that the IEEE Xplore digital library recently added its three millionth document to its vast digital library. IEEE Xplore digital library claims to be one of the world's largest collections of high quality technical literature in engineering and technology.

'Protecting Smart Grid Automation Systems Against Cyberattacks,' which appears in the current issue of IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, reflects a sample of the diverse technical disciplines represented in the collection. It took five years to grow the IEEE Xplore repository from one million to two million documents; and less than two-and-a-half years to reach this latest milestone.

According to IEEE Publications Staff Executive Anthony Durniak, the significant growth of the IEEE Xplore digital library is a direct reflection of the pace of today's multi-disciplinary engineering and technology innovations, and the fact that authors increasingly come from all corners of the world.

'Protecting Smart Grid Automation Systems Against Cyberattacks' was authored by Dong Wei and Yan Lu, two IEEE members from Siemens; Mohsen Jafari, an IEEE member from Rutgers University, N.J.; Paul M. Skare, an IEEE member from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and Kenneth Rohde from the Cyber Security Research and Development Department at the Idaho National Laboratory. There are more than 2,500 smart grid articles in the IEEE Xplore digital library.

The IEEE Xplore online collection includes content from IEEE's own 151 journals and magazines, papers from more than 1,000 annual conferences, and over 2,000 technology standards. Its growth has also been aided by content from partners such as the American Institute of Physics (AIP), IBM, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), and VDE, a publishing house for electrical engineering and information technology. The information in IEEE Xplore dates as far back as 1872. The scope of the collection includes all major technology areas including: aerospace, computer hardware and software, digital signal processing, power electronics, renewable energy, semiconductors, and wireless technologies.

As the collection has grown larger and more diverse, IEEE has developed a range of online subscription options for large institutions, small corporate workgroups, and individuals. Most documents can also be purchased online individually.

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Technical professional association IEEE, US, has released new content for the IEEE Xplore digital library, including IEEE Redline Standards. The first instalment of IEEE Redline Standards is now available for select subscription packages.

Redline versions allow technical professionals to more quickly and efficiently implement updates to their procedures, products or organisations. A redline version shows the actual revisions made to an approved standard or draft when a version changes. Content added to a standard shows up in blue text and content removed from a standard shows up in red.

Redline versions are beneficial because the client does not have to read through the entire revised standard (a document they may already be very familiar with), but only the parts that have been changed.

Also new in IEEE Xplore this month are more rights and permissions links. This is the result of an expanded service agreement with Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., a not-for-profit organisation and leading provider of licensing solutions.

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Engineering resources provider Knovel, US, has announced the addition of more than 600 new Mathcad worksheets from PTC e-Libraries. These new worksheets are fully compatible with Mathcad 14.0, 15.0 and the recently introduced Mathcad Prime 1.0.

Knovel Math delivers engineering reference content in a Web-based format directly into the Mathcad work environment. The Knovel Math expansion enables engineers to quickly find and solve systems of equations across a wider range of topics via a collection of fully documented and validated Mathcad worksheets. Knovel Math offers the largest commercially available collection of validated Mathcad worksheets.

With Knovel Math, Mathcad users find the worksheet they need using powerful search tools, download it into Mathcad 14.0, 15.0 or Mathcad Prime 1.0 and customise it using specific input values for problem solving. Blending more than 600 worksheets from PTC's Mathcad Engineering Libraries with Knovel's content expertise, this upgrade expands the worksheets available in mechanical, electrical and power engineering.

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Engineering resources provider Knovel, US, has announced the addition of two senior executives to its management team – Lou Desiderio as Chief Financial Officer and Steve Dunn as Senior Vice President of Global Sales at Knovel.

Collectively adding more than 45 years of experience to the management team, both executives will provide strategic guidance as the company accelerates growth internationally and continues to evolve its product to ensure engineers find answers to technical questions fast.

Joining as Knovel's Chief Financial Officer, Lou Desiderio brings 25 years of financial and operations expertise. Prior to joining Knovel, Desiderio held senior finance roles at several public and private companies in the technology and professional services industries.

As Senior Vice President of Global Sales, Steve Dunn will use his 20-plus years of experience building global sales organisations in both private and public software companies to drive Knovel's worldwide sales and meet targets for revenue growth and customer retention. Prior to joining Knovel, Dunn was Dyadem Corporation's Vice President of International Sales and Global Alliances.

Knovel offers a web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools for engineers. It is stated to have over 700 customers worldwide including 74 of the Fortune 500 companies and more than 300 leading universities.

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Technical professional association IEEE, US, has announced that the IEEE Standards Wireless Dictionary app is now available on the Android platform. A singular resource for wireless industry practitioners, researchers, and students, the app offers immediate, intuitive access to the comprehensive IEEE standards dictionary of wireless technology terms and definitions.

With a body of work in wireless technologies that spans decades, IEEE has collected and catalogued more than 3200 industry terms and definitions. This continually expanding wireless lexicon is culled from numerous IEEE standards. Users can easily search by keyword or standard number, or browse the extensive database alphabetically. An autocomplete functionality automatically identifies terms being searched, simplifying and speeding the search process. The IEEE Standards Wireless Dictionary app also provides complete source citations, ideal for researchers, editors, and students.

Designed to expand IEEE-SA's penetration of the mobile arena, the IEEE Standards Wireless Dictionary Android app joins the previously released iPhone app of the same name and marks a new milestone in its mobile initiative. In July 2010, IEEE-SA launched its National Electrical Safety Code (NESC) Mobile Standard, optimised for mobile devices including smartphones and tablet PCs.

The IEEE Standards Wireless Dictionary Android app is available from the Android Market at http://market.android.com/details?id=ieee.Standards_Wireless_Dictionary, and the Amazon Appstore for Android at http://www.amazon.com/IEEE-Standards-Wireless-Dictionary/dp/B0055EO9XA.

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Scientific and medical information resources provider McGraw-Hill Professional, US, has announced that it has begun development on AccessEngineering 3.0, a new platform that will bring unprecedented functionality to its vast store of engineering reference content.

McGraw-Hill's web-based platform includes such valuable resources as Perry's Handbook for Chemical Engineers, Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, and Roarks Formulas for Stress and Strain. The redesigned AccessEngineering will offer this engineering content displayed and amplified in the most interactive, multimedia formats in their history. Available as a desktop platform, AccessEngineering will also be accessible for tablets and smart phones providing remote access to more than 200,000 content pages, 10,000 charts and graphs and 50,000 images.

McGraw-Hill will work with Semantico, a digital publishing solutions provider, to develop the redesigned platform. The new version of AccessEngineering will allow students, academics and professionals to better integrate McGraw-Hill content into their workflow in new ways. It will provide visual, video, and graphical enhancements that will accelerate learning outcomes for engineering students, and incorporate content assets from select businesses within The McGraw-Hill Companies' portfolio.

The new platform, launching at the end of 2011, will also contain the latest engineering news from industry publications such as McGraw-Hill's Engineering News- Record; a complete library of course related problems, solutions and examples; teaching videos and animations for major engineering concepts and examples, new curriculum maps, and thousands of interactive graphs, tables, and charts.

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Technical professional association IEEE, US, has released an upgrade to the IEEE Xplore digital library that highlights a new partnership with the German Electrical Engineering Society, VDE. The alliance reportedly offers subscribers access to all English language papers from more than 20 annual VDE conferences.

The VDE content includes 3,100 full-text VDE conference papers from over 20 annual conferences - complimentary for subscribers of IEEE/IET Electronic Library (IEL) and Proceedings Order Plan All (POP All). In addition to IEL, VDE content is also available via other IEEE Xplore options, such as an IEEE Enterprise corporate subscription, a standalone package or single-article purchase. Subscribers will also gain access to 1,000 papers added annually, with regular updates; links from your library OPAC catalogue to IEEE titles; and a variety of technologies, including computing systems, optical communications, power systems, RFID technologies and telecommunications.

A new search result feature adds the ability to sort search results by those most cited. This capability is stated to provide users with greater control over finding the research with greater impact. Scitopia search results have been integrated into IEEE Xplore to provide researchers with additional content from 15 key society publishers in science and technology.

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Engineering resources provider Knovel, US, has announced the launch of Mining Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy as a new subject. Knovel's Mining Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy subject area supports engineers involved in mining engineering, extractive metallurgy as well as affiliated engineers working in design and construction and for equipment manufacturers.

The new subject will provide must-have guidance on managing critical health and safety issues, practical information on improving mineral processing efficiency and ways to maximise the value of extraction efforts. Mining Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy launches with 68 titles from notable societies and publishers including the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME), Elsevier, CDC NIOSH, US EPA, Wiley, International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), and others.

The collection, which includes SME's 'Mining Engineering Handbook 3rd Edition' and SME's 'Mining Reference Handbook,' will offer more than 100 titles by the end of Q3 2011. Topics in this collection include Economic Geology; Exploration and Geophysics; Health and Safety; Mine Design and Construction; Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy; Operations and Management; and Sustainability and Environment.

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Engineering resources provider Knovel, US, has announced that it has expanded its sales and business development team to address global growth and product demand. Its new EU-based team is led by IHS veteran Gary Kearns, who joins as Knovel's Business Development Director EMEA.

Kearns brings more than 20 years of international experience in direct sales, marketing, new business development and channel management. Kearns is responsible for Knovel's customer expansion in the EMEA region. The new team includes Jenny Hemming, Corporate Sales Manager for the UK and Ireland, and Andy Brown, Director of Academic Sales EMEA. Brown is a trained Aerospace Engineer who previously worked at ESDU. In addition to this team, Maro Iordanou joins Knovel as Director of UK and Channel Marketing, responsible for building Knovel's brand in the UK and for managing channel partners.

Knovel offers a web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools for engineers. It is stated to have over 600 customers worldwide including 73 of the Fortune 500 companies and more than 300 leading universities.

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Techstreet, a Thomson Reuters business, has announced a new online marketplace for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standards Association, to help speed innovation and ensure compliance by providing a central location for critical industry standards for engineering professionals. Techstreet created the architecture and is hosting the global online store for the IEEE Standards Association at http://standards.ieee.org/store.

Technical professionals who need access to computing, electrical engineering and electronic standards can now efficiently search the entire IEEE standards collection using state-of-the-art search engine technology for fast, accurate results.

The online store includes intuitive e-commerce functionality for easy online purchasing, time-saving account management tools, a standards tracking alert service and other features to effectively manage standards information. Users can order print copies or download digital editions with full copyright protection.

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Technical professional association IEEE, US, has launched new features for the IEEE Xplore digital library that expands subscription options and adds increased value to content and search results.

The recent update includes a new IEEE Standards Dictionary Online, a single, complete source of 39,000 IEEE standards terms and definitions presented in HTML format. IEEE Standards Dictionary Online is included with online subscriptions to IEEE/IET Electronic Library (IEL), All Inclusive Standards, All Power & Energy Standards, All Information Technology Standards and All Telecommunications Standards. It is also available as a stand-alone subscription.

'Cited-by' links now appear in all journal article abstracts, including articles from other publishers. IEEE Xplore journal article abstracts have been enhanced to show a listing of all articles that have cited the subject document. This enhancement is the result of IEEE's participation in the CrossRef Cited-by Linking programme.

Additionally, to provide more complete abstract records for conference content, IEEE has partnered with third parties to add reference information to conference paper abstracts in IEEE Xplore. Also, IEEE has developed a comprehensive thesaurus that includes index terms that map to individual documents in IEEE Xplore. The new IEEE Index Terms appear on all abstract pages for journals and conference papers.

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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has collaborated with Access Innovations, Inc. to complete a comprehensive re-indexing of about 2.1 million of the 2.8 million IEEE article records in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library database.

IEEE Xplore contains IEEE publications from 38 specialised societies and seven technical councils serving more than 400,000 members in 160 countries. IEEE publishes more than 1,300 standards and sponsored over 1,200 conferences in 2010.

Currently, Xplore's electronic library includes 2,828,776 documents, of which about 2.1 million (74 percent) are IEEE publications. IEEE Xplore's additional articles come from IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology), the AIP/AVS Applied Physics Library and the IBM Journal of Research and Development.

This is the seventh major collaboration between IEEE and Access Innovations. To complete the latest project, Access Innovations used an implementation of Data Harmony Metadata Extractor to determine the article's content type and then built an improved rules base to identify content types in order for each type to be indexed in a specific way using the IEEE Thesaurus.

Access also reviewed term usage throughout the IEEE Thesaurus. It also suggested ways to continue to improve the IEEE Thesaurus going forward by providing gap analysis to identify areas not covered specifically and term overuse reporting.

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Knovel, a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced that it doubled new business revenue in 2010 and its annual subscription renewal rate continues to exceed 90 percent. Knovel's sustained year-over-year growth will fuel expansion in 2011. The company plans to hire more than 20 new employees this year.

In 2010, Knovel expanded its partner ecosystem with 10 new publishing partners; added two new subject areas bringing the total offered to 25; and launched four industry essential packages enabling companies to jumpstart their use of Knovel.

Knovel is a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools to drive innovation and deliver answers engineers can trust. It seeks to help engineers to find answers to technical questions, build competency on a variety of subjects and reduces the time it takes to research projects by offering interactive data and a tight integration of three key elements - validated content, optimized search and data analysis tools.

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Knovel, a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced new content partnerships with four publishers and societies. These new partners, in addition to the six others announced earlier this year, further position Knovel as the go-to, interactive reference for engineers.

Currently, Knovel partners with more than 70 international professional societies and publishers to ensure engineers have access to trusted sources of technical content across 24 engineering subject areas. The latest partners include American Water Works Association (AWWA) – the authoritative resource on safe water; Editions Technip; PennWell; and SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics.

AWWA offers technical content on water resource development, water and wastewater treatment technology, water storage and distribution, and water utility management and operations. Knovel will initially license 61 titles, including more than 40 current AWWA Manuals of Water Supply Practices and the Operational Guides to AWWA Standards.

Founded in 1956 by the Institut Français du Pétrole (IFP), which is now the IFP Energies nouvelles, Editions Technip is well known worldwide for its research in the field of oil and gas. Through its latest partnership with the company, Knovel seeks to expand its offering in Oil and Gas, particularly in the upstream segment.

PennWell is an established business-to-business media company offering deep, industry-specific content. This partnership will expand Knovel's offering in two subject areas - Oil and Gas Engineering and Electrical and Power Engineering.

SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, was founded in 1955 to advance light-based technologies. SPIE Press books cover a wide range of applications, from electronics to energy, to medicine to defense and security. Knovel will offer 51 books from SPIE. Of these, 31 titles will be available in its new subject area - Optics and Photonics - which will launch later this month.

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Knovel, a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced that members of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) now have access to the latest features offered by Knovel. Notable functionality includes simplified navigation, improved browsing and user interface, as well as the ability to save and organise frequent searches, titles and content. As a benefit of membership, ASME offers free access to a collection of Knovel's content and interactive tools.

ASME members will continue to access Knovel through ASME's e-Library. Members use the e-Library to find answers to technical questions fast, particularly related to material selection and streamlining project documentation. They also take advantage of powerful data analysis tools. Knovel has been offered as a member benefit in ASME's e-Library since 2005.

In a survey of ASME members announced in 2009, one-third (34 percent) of respondents indicated that using Knovel in the e-Library improved their productivity by 20 percent or more. More than 600 major corporations and academic institutions turn to Knovel to search the Company's validated content.

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Knovel, a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced the launch of a new subject area - Process Design, Control and Automation - bringing the total number of areas offered to 24. Developed to help process and control engineers increase efficiency through better design and control of industrial scale processes, Knovel's Process Design, Control and Automation includes best practices for selecting, sizing and integrating instrumentation.

Engineers need reliable access to best practices and basic know-how from unbiased sources to corroborate information from control technology manufacturers. This is particularly useful as engineers seek modeling methods and techniques to evaluate systems with different or possibly unknown parameters.

Process Design, Control and Automation launches with 65 reference titles from notable societies and publishers including the International Society of Automation, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Cambridge University Press, Gulf Publishing, Industrial Press, Wiley and others. Sub-topics in this subject area include automation; control systems; control theory and optimization; process data management and security; process modeling and simulation; and sensors and instrumentation for control and measurement.

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Technical professional association IEEE has announced the launch of the IEEE eLearning Library. The IEEE eLearning Library is composed of nearly 200 short, online courses in core and emerging technologies. Each course was developed and peer-reviewed by subject experts and awards continuing education units (CEU) or professional development hours (PDH) upon successful completion.

IEEE eLearning Library courses can be viewed in the IEEE Xplore digital library and accessed via the IEEE Learning Management System (LMS). The IEEE LMS allows users to keep track of their courses and progress, and then print earned continuing education certificates. Users can choose between introductory, intermediate and advanced levels for many subjects, learn on their own schedule, and resume a course where they left off at any time.

Courses range from one to three hours in length and include notes, a glossary of terms and a post-test. Topics range from smart grid and biometrics to telecommunications and green engineering.

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Technical professional association IEEE has announced a new subscription option, available only to IEEE members, offering full-text access to the IEEE Xplore digital library. Designed for professionals who want to stay current on the latest technology advances, IEEE Member Digital Library Basic provides IEEE members with three new full-text article downloads every month, and the ability to rollover unused downloads for 12 months.

IEEE Member Digital Library Basic contains the same top-cited content as the standard IEEE Member Digital Library, including all IEEE journals, magazines and conference proceedings. Members who need a more robust option for research can still subscribe to the standard IEEE Member Digital Library, which provides 25 monthly article downloads for a prescribed fee.

With over two million documents from more than 149 journal titles and 900 annual IEEE conferences, the IEEE Member Digital Library enables members to keep up with technology advances from a wide range of disciplines.

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Knovel, a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced the appointment of Richard J. Harrington as the new chairman of its Board of Directors. Harrington will replace David Shaffer, who has served as Knovel's chairman since 2007.

Harrington is a General Partner of Cue Ball Capital and the former CEO of the Thomson Corporation, now Thomson Reuters. He led Thomson's transformation into the world's largest information services firm. Under his tenure, the business saw its market capitalisation nearly quadruple.

In addition to Harrington, Anthony Tjan, Cue Ball Capital's Managing Partner and long-standing Knovel Board member, will remain on as a director.

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Techstreet, part of the IP Solutions business of Thomson Reuters, has announced its plan to release Techstreet ASME BPVC Plus, a new electronic version of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. The new offering includes single-user online access to PDF files through Techstreet Subscriptions, in addition to the 2010 printed loose-leaf edition.

This partnership enables ASME to offer new and innovative information solutions to better meet the needs of the global engineering community, like the Techstreet ASME BPVC Plus. The ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code is used in more than 100 countries and has been adopted by all 50 US states. It is on a three-year revision cycle; the 2010 edition was scheduled for release in July.

ASME helps the global engineering community develop solutions to real world challenges. Founded in 1880 as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME is a not-for-profit professional organisation that enables collaboration, knowledge sharing and skill development across all engineering disciplines, while promoting the vital role of the engineer in society. ASME codes and standards, publications, conferences, continuing education and professional development programs provide a foundation for advancing technical knowledge and a safer world.

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Knovel, a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced that content from ASM International, The Materials Information Society, is now available on Knovel.

With a network of over 36,000 members worldwide, ASM provides materials science and engineering professionals with a range of authoritative information and knowledge. The society's best-known information resource is the world-renowned ASM Handbook series, which along with atlases of fatigue curves and stress-strain curves are included in the set of ASM information that will be available from Knovel.

In May 2010, the organisations announced a partnership to combine ASM's materials content with Knovel's optimised search and data analysis features and technical references from more than 70 leading societies and publishers. ASM on Knovel allows engineers to make better choices when selecting and utilising materials in their products, projects and processes.

The combination of expanded materials information alongside best practice information on processing, design and development, is expected to enable engineers using Knovel to quickly access more of the data they need and incorporate it into their work. Engineers working in industries including Aerospace, Design and Construction, Specialty Chemicals, Industrial Equipment and Oil and Gas will benefit greatly from this combined offering.

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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), US, a technical professional association for the advancement of technology, has announced the launch of IEEE Xplore Mobile. The new mobile version of IEEE Xplore incorporates enhancements based on user feedback collected from a beta test period that began in June 2009.

Users can now conduct a basic search from the IEEE Xplore Mobile home page, then refine it by searching within the results or by using subject filters. A predictive type-ahead feature, that suggests searches as you type, is available for mobile devices that are JavaScript-enabled. All results that one would find on the classic IEEE Xplore for abstracts and citations are displayed ten at a time by relevancy. Users can then decide to read or e-mail the abstracts to a remote computer.

Users with proper subscription can view the full-text of an article by e-mailing the link to any e-mail address, then viewing the article directly from the main IEEE Xplore Web site when they are on their personal computer. Non-subscribers can purchase the articles or subscribe to the IEEE Xplore digital library. Some users at subscribing institutions will be able to access full-text PDF documents using a Wi-Fi-enabled mobile device.

The growing popularity of using mobile devices for Internet access was a key motivation driving the development of the mobile version. Another impetus for the mobile search option was the popularity of IEEE content. According to IEEE Publications Staff Director, Anthony Durniak, IEEE Xplore users now conduct an average of 200,000 searches a day and make more than seven million downloads a month. IEEE Xplore Mobile gives users the ability to perform searches of over two million technical documents with any mobile device connected to the Internet.

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Knovel, a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced the immediate availability of Industrial Equipment Essentials, a package offering guidance and best practice information on a wide range of product development topics. These include material selection and tolerances, heat transfer, fluid dynamics, product design, vibration, plastics, resins, environmental impacts and compliance.

Knovel offers validated reference data sourced from over 70 recognised societies and publishing partners. Building upon years of accumulated data, Knovel has created Industrial Equipment Essentials to enable organisations to jumpstart their use of Knovel. As a result, engineers can easily access content that many top firms in the industry frequently use to solve challenging technical problems.

The Industrial Equipment Essentials is one of five industry specific packages that Knovel will launch this year to meet customer demand for fast and convenient access to reliable technical references. Strategically selected from the 23 total subject areas Knovel offers, the Industrial Equipment Essentials package includes content and data analysis tools in Chemistry & Chemical Engineering; Electrical & Power Engineering; General Engineering & Engineering Management; Mechanics & Mechanical Engineering; Metals & Metallurgy; and Plastics & Rubber.

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Knovel, a web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced that it has incorporated real-world problem sets into the 6th edition of the textbook, The Science and Engineering of Materials, by Askeland, Fulay and Wright.

Working closely with publisher Cengage Learning, Knovel has added value to the core text by presenting a unique set of problems and solutions in each chapter. Based upon the topic of each chapter, students can search Knovel's engineering content and use the search optimisation features and data analysis tools to answer a range of questions.

Currently, more than 300 universities, including 12 of the top 15 engineering schools in the US, subscribe to Knovel. Students and instructors at non-subscribing schools will have trial access to select Knovel content for a semester in order to complete problems highlighted in the text.

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Knovel, a web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, has commented upon the findings of a new Aberdeen Group report titled 'Cost Saving Strategies for Engineering: Using Simulation to Make Better Decisions'. The study found that best-in-class companies are using tools such as simulation and access to reference materials in an effort to improve productivity and cut costs associated with product design. The Aberdeen Group report was sponsored in part by Knovel.

Specifically, the study found that in addition to using simulation technologies early in the process, best-in-class companies are 35 percent more likely than their competitors to leverage a library or database of materials properties and 30 percent more likely to provide their engineers with access to reference materials of relevant engineering principles. When armed with the right information, engineers can make even better decisions that will boost the overall profitability of the entire product.

Material selection is a critical part of early stage product design. According to Knovel, companies frequently turn to Knovel for answers during and after this critical stage. Knovel offers validated engineering content, selected from the most trusted sources and delivered to engineers quickly and with precision. More than 600 major corporations and academic institutions turn to Knovel to search the Company's validated content.

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Knovel, a web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced a partnership with ASM International, The Materials Information Society. ASM publishes information on selection, properties, processing and performance of materials ranging from metals and alloys through plastics and ceramics in handbook, dataset and atlas forms.

Knovel partners with more than 70 international professional societies and publishers to ensure engineers have access to trusted sources of technical content across 23 engineering subject areas. ASM's authoritative published content will be combined with Knovel's data search capabilities and interactive analysis tools.

The combination of expanded materials information alongside best practice information on processing, design and development, is expected to enable engineers using Knovel to quickly access more of the data they need and incorporate it into their work. Engineers working in industries including Aerospace, Design and Construction, Specialty Chemicals, Industrial Equipment and Oil and Gas will benefit greatly from this combined offering.

With a network of over 36,000 members worldwide, ASM provides materials science and engineering professionals with a range of authoritative information and knowledge. The society's best-known information resource is the world-renowned ASM Handbook series, which along with atlases of fatigue curves and stress-strain curves are included in the set of ASM information that will be available from Knovel.

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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), US, has announced that the IBM Journal of Research and Development is now available online as part of the IEEE Xplore digital library. IEEE and IBM have entered into an agreement to offer expanded access to all papers ever published in the journal, which now includes the IBM Systems Journal. Both peer-reviewed technical journals address advancements in science, technology and engineering of information systems.

The IBM Journal of Research and Development and IBM Systems Journal have been published online since 1998. In 2009, they merged into one fee-based online publication. Now, the combined journals and the complete back issue archives are available to researchers through the IEEE Xplore digital library.

Going forward, IEEE assumes responsibility for article production, copy editing, data conversion, online hosting and maintenance. IBM will be in charge of content acquisition and peer review. With the IBM journals add-on subscription, IEEE Xplore users will have access to the backfiles of the journals - IBM Journal of Research and Development and IBM Systems Journal (1962–2008); full-text PDFs of all issues from 1957; and more than 5,000 articles in all, published bimonthly in IEEE Xplore. Additionally, they will be able to access all the intuitive features of the recently upgraded and expanded IEEE Xplore digital library.

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The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International, US, has announced a partnership with STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands. Under the deal, both organisations will together deliver extensive automotive and aerospace & defence engineering information to better serve the information needs of industrial, research and academic communities worldwide.

Engineers and researchers will now be able to access SAE International’s more than 20,000 technical papers written between 1906 and 1979, as well as the Society’s entire library of 88,000 documents utilising subject-specific indexing and contextualised searching via Elsevier’s online solutions Scopus and Compendex on Engineering Village. Engineers and researchers can now search and retrieve SAE’s content in context of other publishers, especially in interdisciplinary contexts, such as O&G (including biofuels, fuel cells, alternative energy), plastics, aerospace, electronics, transportation, HVAC, physics and lubricants.

SAE International is a global association of more than 128,000 engineers and related technical experts in the aerospace, automotive and commercial-vehicle industries. Its competencies are life-long learning and voluntary consensus standards development.

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Knovel, a web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced a re-designed user interface for members of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). AIChE members now have the ability to save and organise frequent searches, titles and content. Engineers who join AIChE receive access to a select collection of Knovel’s content and interactive tools through AIChE’s e-library.

AIChE is a leading organisation for chemical engineers with more than 40,000 members from 93 countries. Members of AIChE can take advantage of Knovel's interactive tools to analyse data, including the properties of specific compounds, and incorporate results directly into their work. AIChE has offered earlier versions of Knovel, via its e-library, since 2006.

In a 2009 survey of its members, AIChE found that 92 percent of respondents indicated the time it takes to complete their work would increase by at least 10 percent without access to Knovel. Knovel offers validated engineering content, selected from the most trusted sources and delivered to engineers quickly and with precision. More than 600 major corporations and academic institutions turn to Knovel to search the Company’s validated content.

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Techstreet, part of the IP Solutions business of Thomson Reuters, has announced an agreement with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) to offer enterprise access to fire and electrical safety codes in PDF format through its web-based enterprise portal, Techstreet Subscriptions.

Techstreet has had access to the NFPA codes in print format since 2003. The new agreement extends the offering to electronic documents and enterprise-wide subscriptions. Enterprise-access subscribers can add other related content to create a comprehensive, online standards library tailored to their industry needs.

Techstreet uses advanced web technologies to speed delivery of mission-critical codes and standards to engineers and technical professionals worldwide. Users can freely search an online database of 500,000 codes, standards and technical books aggregated from over 200 of the world’s leading authorities. Standards are available for individual purchase in print or PDF format, or an enterprise license through Techstreet Subscriptions.

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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), US, has announced that the IEEE-Wiley eBooks collection is now available online as part of the IEEE Xplore digital library. IEEE and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. have partnered to offer IEEE customers online access to the more than 400 eBooks that comprise the IEEE-Wiley eBooks collection, which spans numerous content areas including bioengineering, power and energy, and communication technologies, among other growing areas of research.

The IEEE-Wiley eBooks Library is currently searchable via the Xplore platform by keyword or subject, which will return all titles and book chapters relevant to a user's query. It focuses on the content areas that lead today's cutting-edge technologies and help set the standards for future advancements. The collection of titles includes practical handbooks, introductory and advanced texts, reference works and professional books with an emphasis on leading areas of research.

The IEEE-Wiley eBooks Library is available as an add-on to existing IEEE Xplore subscriptions or as a stand-alone subscription via the IEEE Xplore digital library.

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Knovel, an online resource that helps engineers find reliable technical information, has announced partnerships with 16 organisations. Knovel’s comprehensive collection of content is continually updated as new titles are available and reflects the evolving needs of its users – engineers.

Knovel works with its Editorial Advisory Board, comprised of multi-disciplinary industry and academic leaders, to prioritise content additions and editorial features based upon current workflow needs and emerging industry trends. The company has partnered with more than 50 international professional societies and publishers including McGraw-Hill, Wiley and Elsevier. Joining Knovel's growing roster of content partners are SAE International, ASHRAE and 14 other societies and publishers.

Knovel offers validated engineering content, selected from trusted sources and delivered to engineers quickly and with extreme precision. The value of Knovel’s content is extended by its optimised search and data analysis tools, enabling engineers to not only easily find relevant data, but also analyse, document and incorporate it into their everyday work.

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Knovel, an online resource for engineers, has announced the launch of Engineering Cases, a regular content feature. The feature aims to bridge the knowledge gap for engineers by sharing examples of best practices, rules of thumb, and new uses of applications or technologies. The articles, written by engineers and reviewed by experienced editors, are designed to highlight specific examples of how engineers have applied innovative and fresh approaches to both common and uncommon challenges.

Written in a case study format and released on a rolling basis, the articles will focus on four engineering practice areas- mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, product lifecycle management and sustainable development.

Articles will initially appear free of charge at engineeringcases.knovelblogs.com. Thereafter, articles will be made available through Knovel’s web-based application to ensure the collection is accessible to engineers, engineering managers and students that search Knovel each day.

Knovel seeks to help engineers find reliable technical information faster. It offers content and search and interactive tools to enable engineers to solve problems faster by providing answers engineers can trust.

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