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Product and Manufacturers

Buyer's guides, databooks, and product catalogs are very helpful to engineers. More and more of these catalogs are available online, making it easier to find parts and components, tools, equipment, and corresponding specifications.

Manufacturers

Thomas Register

(Free registration required)

This directory lists ~160,000 manufacturers of industrial products and services. Free registration on the site is required.

The library also maintains a print edition of the books in the General reference collection on M-level call number T12.T6

Products
Several good websites for products are:

IC Master (Free Registration Required)

IC Master is a database of currently available integrated circuits. It includes more than 100,000 base part numbers, including 13,000 new device listings.

From this site you can review the latest IC product information, and identify and locate manufacturers and distributors.

McMaster-Carr

McMaster-Carr is a large on-line catalog of products for industry. It contains over 410,000 items including:

Hand tools
Hardware
Storage equipment
Springs
Protective clothing
Drills and drill bits
Pumps
Piping and tubing
Plumbing equipment
Measuring, leveling, and inspecting equipment
and much, much more

Sigma Aldrich

Search for over 200,000 chemicals and laboratory research supplies. Site allows you to search by product name, CAS number, molecular formula, or you can even do substructure searchres.

A print copy of the catalog is held in the Scienece Reference collection on C-Level, call number TP202.A38

Last revised: November 27, 2007