Knovel

• civil & mechanical engineering, materials & metals engineering, chemical engineering, Earth sciences, electronics, electrical & power engineering, properties of materials, biochemistry

The Knovel database, published by Elsevier, contains over 13,000 books, conference materials and data on the properties of materials such as chemicals, plastics, metal alloys, composites, optical glass and materials used in electronics. In addition, Knovel offers access to interactive analytical tools: tables and spreadsheets, charts and diagrams, equations, and a unit converter. In total, the Knovel platform contains over 90 million data points. 

The database resources come from over 170 leading scientific associations and publishers.

AGH University users have access to all Knovel subject collections (except ‘premium’ collections) – 36 in total, and the Knovel AI research assistant, which uses advanced artificial intelligence techniques to speed up and increase the accuracy of searches.

In 2026, a new feature will be added to the database – AI summaries generated on the basis of reliable sources available in Knovel.

For more information about the database, visit the publisher's website.

Tutorials:

• AI search,
• Project Based Learning: Design a bike,
• other video tutorials.

According to the licence agreement, the following is prohibited:

• significant (no more than 25 pages or 10% of the publication, whichever is less) or systematic reproduction,
• redistribution, resale or sublicensing the contents in any manner, 
• systematic delivery or distribution in any form to a person other than an authorised user (i.e. an AGH employee or student),
• systematic or significant download of the contents.

Contact: The Reference Department+48 12 617 32 15oin@bg.agh.edu.pl