Tag Archives: data

Global Stat: GlobalStat.eu

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From Library Journal, Mar. 1, 2017, “Best Free Resources 2016”, by Gary Price:

“From the European University Institute, this database compiles publicly available data from over 100 sources offering statistical information on globalization sustainability and human development. Users can search on a range of topics including income distribution, energy consumption, water resources, dwellings, migration, land use, food production, nutrition, school enrollment, and life expectancy and create data visualizations.  See the list of underlying sources by clicking the sources/entities link at the bottom left of the main page.”  http://www.globalstat.eu

Knovel News

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120 new volumes have been added to Knovel.  Here are 4 from the category of Electrical and Power and Engineering:

Alternatively Fuelled Vehicles Alternatively Fuelled Vehicles Fuel Cells, Engines and Hydrogen - An Exergy Approach Fuel Cells, Engines and Hydrogen – An Exergy Approach
Electromagnetic Theory Electromagnetic Theory Instantaneous Power Theory and Applications to Power Conditioning Instantaneous Power Theory and Applications to Power Conditioning

 

Knovel Critical Tables

One of Knovel’s most popular titles, this 2nd edition of Knovel Critical Tables has been updated and enhanced with over 40 new interactive tables. A total of more than 16,000 new records have been added.

New tables have been introduced in areas including:

  • Electrical Properties
  • Thermal Expansion
  • Transport and Flow
  • Density and Compressibility
  • Vaporization and Vapor Pressure
  • Reaction, Thermodynamics and Equilibrium

To see the Spring 2008 newsletter and get tips and demos, visit:

http://www.info.knovel.com//knews/KNewsSpring2008_05_02.html

It includes an example of a fielded search for the tensile and compressive properties of materials — of which it contains thousands.