Knovel Accessibility Statement

At Knovel, we are dedicated to ensuring web accessibility by providing an optimized experience for individuals with disabilities, including auditory, cognitive, physical, speech, and visual impairments.

We strive to comply with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, established by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), as well as the U.S. Section 508 Standards of the Federal Rehabilitation Act. Additionally, we aim to meet similar accessibility standards implemented globally.

For a detailed overview of Knovel’s compliance with WCAG 2.1 and Section 508 criteria, please refer to our Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT). Our latest accessibility conformance report was updated in November 2024.

Accessibility Support & Feedback

• If you encounter any accessibility issues or require support, please contact us at [email protected].
• For general customer support related to Knovel, please visit our Contact Us page.

Commitment to the European Accessibility Act (EAA)

Knovel is committed to supporting the European Accessibility Act (EAA) ahead of its implementation on June 28, 2025.

Key initiatives include:

• Enhancing web accessibility and platform functionality through significant updates over the past year.
• Redesigning the reading experience to improve accessibility for content sourced from EPUBs.

  • Example Title 1, Example Title 2
• Providing PDF versions for content not available in EPUB, though these may not always be fully accessible.

We remain committed to continuous improvement in accessibility and inclusion.

Knovel Accessibility Remediation Roadmap

Many accessible issues were remediated in preparation for the European Accessibility Act (EAA) in 2025 but some pages have a few issues that remain and will be resolved throughout 2026. 

Q1 2026

Remediate Critical and Serious priority issues on all pages such as:

• Text contrast
• Missing button, form, or icon labels
• Dropdown or autosuggest labels and descriptions
• Video captions
• Alt Text for images on the Platform (not within Publisher content)
• Pages not scoped: Corrosion, Equation Solver Worksheet

Q3 2026

Remediate Moderate priority issues on all pages such as:

• Proper <h> tag ordering
• Missing Landmarks 
• Major issues on the Corrosion pages 

Q4 2026

• Remediate Minor priority issues.

Partially Supported Features and Workarounds

• Equations: The Equation Solver Worksheet page does not support keyboard navigation and has some issues such as text contrast and missing link labels 
   

  

  
   

Elsevier’s Accessibility Policy https://www.elsevier.com/about/accessibility