Construction products information

Interior designers and interior architects may need access to product information and will find this using the following sources:

The Barbour Index building product compendium is produced annually in print form and is kept on the shelves 690.029.

The RIBA Product Selector is in 2 volumes and is kept on the shelves at 690.029.

JournalsJournals such as AJ Focus and Building include sections on product news.

Internet sites

Many individual manufacturers have created their own websites in order to display their products and you can trace these using the normal internet search engines.

Internet sites

Many individual manufacturers have created their own websites in order to display their products and you can trace these using the normal internet search engines.

• Building Products Index is a useful way of tracing product information.

• GlobalSpec  Engineering search engine and information service with section for building and construction. Registering (which is free) gives access to a lot of information about companies, products etc.