This electronic guide envisages a means to facilitate the search and retrieval of important information sources for students, professionals, and all others interested in the mineral-metallurgical sector. Linked to the homepage of CETEM-Centre for Mineral Technology, the guide is a result of the laborous task of research, compilation, storage, analysis, selection and organization of a wide range of data normally dispersed in print and in electronic formats. The main sources of information comprised in the guide are: 246 proprietary and public domain databases and the over 850 brazilian and foreign websites. Among the websites, you will find: associations/societies/unions, governmental and non-governmental institutions, industries, library holdings, market statistics, museums, news services, publications online, standardization and intellectual property organizations, universities /research groups, and many other categories. This pioneer reference work is available at http://www.cetem.gov.br/infomimet. Constant maintenance and expansion of this guide is highly recommended.
Metals; minerals; information sources; databases; websites
