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Product Searching
When you begin a design project you may want to search catalogs and websites to see what is already being produced.
These general shopping websites will give you a good overview of products on the market.
Find Articles
- Business Source Premier
This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education.
An industry perspective on engineering design. Full-text coverage of more than 2,800 journals in business, economics, political science and public administration.
- Engineering Village
Find articles, conference papers, and technical reports from every engineering discipline going back to 1884.
- Web of Science (ISI)
Search 8,000 international journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Business Resources
- Frost & Sullivan market research reports
Frost & Sullivan's 1800 analysts and consultants cover more than 300 markets and 250,000 companies for industrial markets organized into categories for Aerospace and Defense, Automotive and Transportation, Chemicals, Materials, Food; Electronics and Security, Energy and Power Systems, Environment and Building Technologies, Healthcare and Medical Devices, Measurement and Instrumentation, Information and Communication Technologies, and Industrial Automation and Process Control.
- Global Market Information Database (Student and Staff)
The Global Market Information Database (GMID) is an integrated on-line information system providing key business intelligence on countries, companies, markets, and consumers. Statistics and profiles on 205 countries worldwide, lifestyle reports for 52 countries, market size for more than 330 consumer products in 52 countries, 3,500 market reports offering strategic analysis for consumer, industrial and service sectors, and profiles of 3,000 leading fast-moving consumer goods companies.
Note that this database is contractually restricted by the publisher to University of Minnesota-Twin Cities students and staff only; the public is authorized to use the version of the database called Countries and Consumers.
- IBIS World
IBIS World provides independent, accurate, comprehensive, and up to date research on over 700 industries, including statistics, analysis and forecasts. Includes industry and economic reports, global industry reports and China Industry Reports. Does NOT include company reports.
- Mintel Market Research Database
Mintel publishes over 45 reports each month, covering a wide range of sectors and focusing on topical marketing issues. Divided between UK-specific, European and USA reports, Mintel reports analyse market sizes and trends, market segmentation, and consumer attitudes and purchasing habits, as well as assessing the future of the market. By providing a comprehensive picture of the consumer, Mintel's reports provide thorough analyses of specialist sectors.
- Value line investment survey (Online)
The Value Line Investment Survey is a comprehensive source of information and advice on approximately 1,700 stocks, more than 90 industries, the stock market, and the economy.
It has three parts: The Ratings & Reports section contains one-page reports showing Value Line's Timeliness, Safety, and Technical ranks, financial and stock price forecasts for the coming 3 to 5 years, an analyst's written commentary, and more. The Summary & Index contains an index of all stocks in the publication as well as many up-to-date statistics. It also contains a variety of stock "screens" designed to help investors identify companies with various characteristics.
The Selection & Opinion section contains Value Line's latest economic and stock market forecasts, one-page write-ups about interesting and attractive stocks, model portfolios, and financial and stock market statistics.
Also available in print in the Business Library, basement Wilson Library, at: HG4501 .V262
Older issues are available on microfiche in the Business Library at the class number shown above.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library Business Reference Quarto HG4501 .V262
• Check MNCAT Record for Location and Availability
Find Books And More
- MNCAT Plus
Search for books, conference proceedings, journals, maps, and other items in our collection.
Electronic Reference Books
- CRC Handbook of Mechanical Engineering (2nd Edition)
This Second Edition of the CRC Handbook of Mechanical Engineering covers every important aspect of the subject in one single volume. It provides a reference for the practicing engineer in industry, government, and academia, with relevant background and up-to-date information on the most important topics of modern mechanical engineering. These topics include modern manufacturing and design, robotics, computer engineering, environmental engineering, economics and project management, patent law, bioengineering, and communication and information systems. The final chapter and appendix provide information regarding physical properties and mathematical and computational methods.
- Sage Sourcebook of Modern Biomedical Devices: Business Markets in the Global Environment
Presents unique quantitative data and brief comparative analysis of the commercial performance of more than 180 types of biomedical devices. Covers devices from practically all major therapeutic areas of application, such as orthopedic devices, cardiovascular devices, gastrointestinal devices, cancer treatment devices, imaging devices, and spinal implants, as well as emerging markets for cardiac surgery devices. Offers global analysis of markets per device per therapeutic area, including North America, the Pacific Rim, and Europe.
Find E-Books
- Engineering Pro
Books 24x7 provides titles in a wide variety of engineering topics.
- ENGnetBASE
ENGnetBASE is an online reference source providing access to over 600 handbooks published by CRC Press. The handbooks include a wide variety of titles on engineering specialties, including Civil Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Engineering, HVAC, Nanotechnology, and more. Users can either browse the table of contents of each individual handbook or use keyword searching to retrieve and display related full-text information. Full- text results are displayed in .pdf format.
- Knovel
Knovel provides online access to reference books, databases, and conference proceedings from a number of publishers that cover all areas of engineering and includes content relevant to related sciences (e.g., chemistry and earth sciences). It includes interactive graphs and tables and is a good starting point when you need a piece of data quickly.
Standards
- IHS/Global Standards Search
An excellent resource for searching and ordering engineering standards.
It includes ASTM standards in the full text.
Patents
- USPTO Web Patent Databases
This database from the the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office offers the full text of all US patents issued since January 1, 1976 and full-page images of each page of every US patent issued since 1790 through the most recent weekly issue date.
Manage Your Research
- RefWorks: Personal Citation Manager
RefWorks is a web-based citation manager that allows you to create your own databases of citations by importing references from MNCAT and other databases, and then in seconds automatically generate bibliographies in all major styles (MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago, etc.).
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