MET 102 Expert System - Product Catalogs

 

Books

Indiana manufacturers directory. (1995). Chicago, IL: Manufacturers’ News, Inc.
REF 380.10294772 In2

Thomas register regional industrial buying guide. Ohio Valley. (2005). New York: Thomas Pub. Co.
REF 381.4500029477 R263

Online

IHS. Catalog Xpress. [Database]. Available via http://purl.lib.purdue.edu/db/db158

FreeTradeZone.com. Available via http://www.freetradezone.com/

IC Master. Garden City, NJ: Hearst Business Communications. Available via http://icmaster.com/

IQS Directory. Information about industrial products and services, technical terms, related articles, a listing of professional organizations and associations. Available via http://www.iqsdirectory.com

Building Materials by McGraw-Hill Sweets. New York: McGraw Hill. Available via http://products.construction.com

Thomas Register of American Manufacturers and Thomas Register Catalog File. New York: Thomas Pub. Co.
Available via http://www.thomasnet.com/home.html?WTsource=TR

Note: Many company product catalogs are now on the World Wide Web

Open Directory Project is a good place to look for vendor's catalogs on the web, by searching or browsing.
Two subheadings to try are:

Industrial Goods and Services (lists thousands of vendors, grouped by type of product for easier browsing.)
Available via http://www.dmoz.org/Business/Industrial_Goods_and_Services/

Materials (lists materials vendors by type of material.)
Available via http://www.dmoz.org/Business/Industrial_Goods_and_Services/Materials/