The Merck Index Is Now Available through Knovel's Online Technical Reference Collection


NEW YORK, Jan. 3 -- Knovel (www.knovel.com) and Merck Publishing (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) 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 75 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) 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.

Source: Knovel Corporation

CONTACT: Carmen Petro of Knovel, +1-646-747-8644

Web site: http://www.knovel.com/
http://www.merckbooks.com/

All Topics