http://www.lib.vt.edu/subject-guides/IDS/materials-products-patents.html en Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:27:30 -0400 tomlin@vt.edu tomlin@vt.edu http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/M/material-connexion.html <div style=" float: left; width: 200px;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/M/S_material-connexion.jpg" alt="Material ConneXion" height="138px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/icons/L_vtonly.gif" title="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" width="15" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://library.materialconnexion.com/AdvancedSearch.aspx?&amp;Keywords=&amp;Attributes=&amp;Category=&amp;Country=&amp;Manufacturer=&amp;Tag=&amp;MC=&amp;Lang=en&amp;ProdID=&amp;PageNum=&amp;ItemsPerPage=20" title="Material ConneXion" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://library.materialconnexion.com/AdvancedSearch.aspx?&amp;Keywords=&amp;Attributes=&amp;Category=&amp;Country=&amp;Manufacturer=&amp;Tag=&amp;MC=&amp;Lang=en&amp;ProdID=&amp;PageNum=&amp;ItemsPerPage=20')" shape="rect">Material ConneXion</a> </span></h2><p><i>Material ConneXion</i> provides full-text data on materials used in architecture, interior and industrial design, fashion and apparel, and landscaping. 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Sources include newspapers, magazines, and journals, books and book chapters, conference papers, reports, dissertations, and patents. 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You can search by: Product or service, company name, or, brand name and limit by geographic location. 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