Engineering, Chemical Subject Guide
Buyers' Guides and Directories
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Buyers' guides and directories are periodical publications that provide up-to-date contact information for vendors and suppliers of chemicals, equipment and other products. Some of the guides below will also list companies by type of service offered.
Chemical Engineering Buyers' Guide
TN 1 .M45 (Latest edition kept on reserve at the Science Reference Desk.)
This buyers' guide includes directories for:
- Chemical process companies and associations
- Trade names, and
- Products and services.
Also available in online format at URL: http://www.che.com/buyersguide/public/
(Note: free registration required for use.)
Chemical Week Buyers' Guide
TP 1 .C37 (Latest edition kept on reserve at the Science Reference Desk.)
This buyers' guide provides:
- Lists of manufacturers of chemicals and raw materials
- A company directory, and
- An index to chemical trade names
Also available in online format at URL: http://www.chemweekbuyersguide.com/public/
More infoGlobal Chemical Suppliers Search (ICIS)
TP 12 .O6 (Latest edition in Science Reference)
This guide includes directories for:
- Chemicals and related materials
- Chemical suppliers
- Consultants and engineers
- Environmental services
- Custom manufacturing companies
Also available in a more limited online format at ICIS Search. (URL: http://www.icis.com/Search/)
More infoModern Plastics World Encyclopedia and Buyer's Guide
TP 986 .A1 M621x (Latest edition in Science Reference)
This guide contains:
- Listings to products, suppliers, trade names and plastics associations
- Additives charts
- Primary processing machinery charts
- Feature articles on the plastics industry
Also available in online format at URL: http://www.modplas.com/worldencyclopedia/search
Plastics Technology Processing Handbook and Buyers' Guide
TP 986 .A1 P529 Supp. (Shelved with current issues of Plastics Technology Magazine.)
9 Sections include:
- Product line reviews
- Chemicals & Additives
- Materials Specifications
- Classified Directory of Suppliers
- Alphabetical Directory of Suppliers
The suppliers guide is available in online format at URL: http://www.ptonline.com/suppliers/
This extensive chemistry index supplies abstracts of journal articles, conferences, dissertations, technical reports, patents, substance records, formula, structure and reaction searching. Covers all aspects of chemistry including chemical engineering, environmental science, pharmacology, medicine, and food science. Coverage from 1907-date. Updated daily.
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Librarian's Comment: You can use SciFinder Scholar to find suppliers of particular chemical substances by clicking on "Explore substances." On this page, select "Substance identifier." This enables you to search by substance name (common or chemical name). Once you see your substance listed, then select the "Commercial Sources" link under the relevant chemical name.