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INFOMAT: The international materials assessment and application centre’s internet gateway

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INFOMAT is an electronic directory structured to facilitate the search and retrieval of materials science and technology information sources. Linked to the homepage of the International Materials Assessment and Application Centre, INFOMAT presents descriptions of 392 proprietary databases with links to their host systems as well as direct links to over 180 public domain databases and over 2,400 web sites. Among the web sites are associations/unions, governmental and non-governmental institutions, industries, library holdings, market statistics, news services, on-line publications, standardization and intellectual property organizations, and universities/research groups.

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  1. International Materials Assessment and Application Centre, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Carmen Lucia Branquinho (information manager)

  2. APPI Tecnologia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Leandro Tavares Colodete (systems analyst)

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For more information, contact C.L. Branquinho, CETEM-Centro de Tecnologia Mineral and IMAAC/UNIDO-International Materials Assessment and Application Centre, Av. Ipe, 900-Ilha da Cidade Universitária, 21941-590 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; e-mail branquinho@cetem.gov.br.

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Branquinho, C.L., Colodete, L.T. INFOMAT: The international materials assessment and application centre’s internet gateway. JOM 56, 10–13 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-004-0174-7

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