The Merck Index Available via Knovel

["Laura Cox" <laura.cox@frontlinegms.com>]

New York, NY - December 14, 2007 - Knovel 
<http://www.knovel.com/> and Merck Publishing 
<http://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 <http://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 74 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 <http://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.

Media Contact:

Laura Cox
Frontline Global Marketing Services Ltd
+44 (0) 1327 860949