Knovel: Quick Start Guide: About

Knovel is a technical e-book database accessible to all VDOT employees from the VDOT network. VDOT’s subscription to Knovel provides access to electronic versions of books from core publishers in transportation, including: AASHTO, TRB, Wiley and Elsevier. This “virtual” library collection is an important supplement to the VDOT Library’s “physical” collections. Knovel offers 35 separate collections on topics from Aerospace & Radar Technology to Textiles through the URL: https://library.virginiadot.org/resources/knovel

However, at this time VDOT only subscribes to the following sets for a total of about 1,200 e-book titles:  

•    Civil Engineering & Construction Materials
•    Engineering Management & Leadership
•    General Engineering & Project Administration
•    Transportation Engineering

If you are logged in as a "Guest" you'll be able to search through all Knovel content, and it will look like you're about to get to the full text you need. But the excitement will soon be replaced with frustration if you see a message like this: 

If you see this message you need to either log in using your existing account or create a new account and log in that way.