Лако-красочные материалы — производство

Universities and colleges have them, cities and municipalities have them, many associa­tions have them, even some corporations have them. Libraries serve as a collection point for books, magazines, journals, newspapers, films, directories, encyclopedias, reference books, art, and other expressions of communication. Obviously, not all libraries have the same focus, and the degree of specialization is […]

Just as with associations, for every facet of industrial and commercial activity, there is at least one publication dedicated to reporting on the activities of that segment of the econ­omy. In fact, there almost always are more than one publication, each covering the news in its own distinctive way, and with its own focus on […]

There are an astonishing number of departments, agencies, bureaus, services, boards, administrations, laboratories, and commissions in the U. S. federal government that inter­face in one way or another with the adhesive and sealant industry, or impact the conduct of business. Researching resources at the federal level gives a new perspective to the term ‘‘big government.” […]

Directories come from a variety of sources, and although most typically consist of an alphabetical listing of names and addresses, they often cover a much broader range of topics. Most magazines oriented to the industrial market publish some sort of buyer’s guide or directory issue each year for their readers. These are handy reference publications […]

Every year, every month, every week there are meetings, workshops, trade shows, sympo­sia, conferences, expositions, and short courses of interest to those who use or make adhesives and sealants. These are regional, national and international in scope. An inter­ested student of the technology could easily spend a major portion of each month through­out the year […]

Consultants are individuals or companies, i. e., groups of individuals, that market their expertise in specific areas to those who do not possess that expertise, or perhaps have limited expertise and wish to obtain more. Sometimes, a degree of the expertise desired may be available from individuals within an organization, but there simply is not […]

Books are the mainstay of the researcher and educator. They contain the collected wisdom and knowledge of humankind. Somewhere, sometime, someplace there has been published a book on every topic known to man. Finding the book that has the vital piece of information needed is the key, of course. It is doubtful that any library […]

People form naturally groups of like interests. Sometimes these are social organizations, some are service organizations, some are religious in nature, some are special interest groups. Some groups are professional organizations formed around a particular occupa­tion, and some groups are formed to promote the benefits of a particular industry or trade. According to the Encyclopedia […]

Information sources fall rather naturally into several categories, which are listed alpha­betically in Table 1. This, of course, says nothing about the validity of information avail­able from any of these sources. Nor does it indicate the ease or difficulty in mining information from a particular source. Each of these categories will be reported on sepa­rately. […]

William F. Harrington Adhesive Information Services, Mishawaka, Indiana, U. S.A. I. INTRODUCTION We are now living in the Information Age, according to many of today’s pundits and commentators. This followed naturally from the Computer Age, which obviously followed the Post Modern Industrial Age, which followed the Industrial Revolution Age, and so forth and so on, […]