Knovel Partners With Synapse Information Resources


NEW YORK, Aug. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Knovel Corporation (www.knovel.com), a leading provider of revolutionary Web-based research and information services, announced a partnership today with Synapse Information Resources, Inc. to make available a wide range of premium chemical and chemical engineering content, on an interactive platform.

Synapse Information Resources has carved its own niche in the chemical world; it provides the Chemical Industry with timely, integrated access to thousands of chemical manufacturers and information on hundreds of thousands of chemicals. Areas of focus include additives, preservatives and specialty chemicals and target dozens of industries.

Knovel offers an exclusive and specialized collection of interactive analysis tools that calculate data, resolve equations, sort and export tabular data, and extract data from traditionally static graphs, charts and tables- providing researchers with practical new ways to finding and applying critical information faster than any other method.

As a result of this partnership, reference handbooks essential to research and development in the Food Science, Pharmaceutical, and Chemical Manufacturing industries will be added to Knovel Interactive Library and enhanced for real-life application with next-generation technology.

"By bringing Synapse into Knovel's existing chemistry and chemical engineering reference collection, we can provide customers with richer solutions, offering a combination of up-to-the-minute content and analysis tools that match the needs of our global customer base," said Delores Meglio, Editorial Director at Knovel Corporation.

Irene Ash at Synapse Information Resources said that, "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 Information resources joins McGraw Hill, John Wiley & Sons, Elsevier, Springer, World Scientific, and other prominent Sci-Tech publishers as a publishing partner to Knovel.

About Knovel

Knovel Corporation -- www.knovel.com -- is one of the most comprehensive providers of revolutionary Web-based information services that increase productivity for millions of engineers, scientists and librarians worldwide. Knovel integrates references from over 40 publishers into virtual libraries embedded with analysis software. Knovel's intuitive platform helps researchers quickly locate data, analyze it, and export the results. Knovel is used by over 490 major corporations, universities, and government agencies worldwide.

About Synapse Information Resources, Inc.

Synapse Information Resources, Inc. was established in 1981 and maintains an in house trade name and chemical database that is continuously revitalized by gathering information from chemical manufacturers, researching chemicals in reference books and databases, and investigating new products and companies in numerous industrial and chemical trade journals.

Source: Knovel Corporation

CONTACT: Christina Pierce, Marketing Communications Manager of Knovel Corporation, +1-607-773-1840 x675, cpierce@knovel.com

Web site: www.knovel.com/

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