New York, NY - December 14, 2007 - Knovel (www.knovel.com
<http://www.knovel.com/> ) and Merck Publishing (www.merckbooks.com
<http://www.merckbooks.com/> ) announced today that The Merck Index has been
integrated into Knovel's online reference collection, enabling Knovel's
thousands of subscribers to find answers to more of their technical
questions from a single website. Chemists and engineers who regularly use
The Merck Index - the go-to reference for generations of professionals and
academics - can now benefit from Knovel's optimized search to find and use
material in The Merck Index faster.
John Dooley, VP of Sales at Knovel said "The addition of The Merck Index
will provide Knovel's subscribers with a key source of precise,
comprehensive information on chemicals, drugs, and biologicals. By adding
The Merck Index to our extensive collection of technical reference titles
and databases, our online collection has become a one-stop source for
reliable, relevant data for the chemists and chemical engineers in our
customer base."
About Knovel
Knovel (www.knovel.com <http://www.knovel.com/> ) is an online resource used
by applied scientists and practicing engineers around the world to quickly
locate relevant and reliable technical information. Knovel's thousands of
customers include 74 of the Fortune 500 companies and 300 leading
engineering and science universities worldwide.
Knovel has uniquely optimized content, search, and interactive tools for
specific engineering disciplines. Knovel's content includes material
properties, process and design information, standard procedures, equations,
and formulations. Close to 2,000 leading reference works and databases from
over 40 international publishers and professional societies are integrated
to provide a single source of answers to technical questions.
About Merck Publishing
Merck (www.merckbooks.com <http://www.merckbooks.com/> ) has a long
tradition of providing trusted medical and scientific information to
doctors, nurses, chemists, veterinarians, pharmacists and other healthcare
professionals. For over a century, Merck Publishing, in cooperation with
Merck Research Laboratories, has been dedicated to providing the best,
timely and relevant resources in the world.
The Merck Publishing Group publishes these best-selling references - The
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, The Merck Manual of Medical
Information - Home Edition, The Merck Manual of Health & Aging, The Merck
Manual of Geriatrics, The Merck Index, and The Merck Veterinary Manual - all
on a non-profit basis as a service to the medical, veterinary and scientific
communities.
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