PTRC | Spectrum of Product Development

Patenting an invention is only one small piece of the spectrum of tasks necessary to develop a product and take it to market. Here are a few of the other resources the Libraries offers to help with other steps in the process. The categories below may overlap.

Science & Technology	Research & Development	Business & Marketing	Company Information
Information on the pure science and technologies that make new products possible	Information on science and technology specific to an industry or broad academic discipline	Business, marketing, and political news and events	Financial and other data on individual companies
In many cases may cross over multiple disciplines	Pertinent to the research and development of new products	Used to analyze new products, find markets, and review trade policies	Used to assess company health, industry position, and investment opportunities
PubMed	Compendex	Business Source Premier	LexisNexis (Company Dossier)
SciFinder Scholar	Textile Technology Index	LexisNexis (News and statistics)	ReferenceUSA
Web of Science	BioEngineering Abstracts	Global Insight	Standard & Poor’s NetAdvantage
INSPEC	FSTA	Frost & Sullivan	Thomson One Banker
Agricola	IHS Specs & Standards	Euromonitor GMID Passport	ThomasNet
GeoRef	USPTO's databases EPO's databases	Mintel	IBISWorld
Computers & Applied Science Complete	Derwent Innovations Index	More information is also available in the Business Research Guides

Note: many of these databases are applicable for more than one phase of product development. Please contact a librarian if you need help finding an appropriate database.