Thomas Register
Encyclopedia
Yellow Pages
Yellow Pages refers to a telephone directory of businesses, organized by category, rather than alphabetically by business name and in which advertising is sold. As the name suggests, such directories were originally printed on yellow paper, as opposed to white pages for non-commercial listings...
of industrial
Industry
Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...
product information covering 650,000 distributors, manufacturers and service companies within 67,000-plus industrial
Industry
Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...
categories.
It was first published in 1898 by Harvey Mark Thomas as Hardware and Kindred Trades. The company stopped publishing its print products in 2006 due to declining circulation as Internet searches eroded the products' usability.
Thomas has moved its database online
ONLINE
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as ThomasNet, published and maintained by Thomas Industrial Network, one of Thomas’ five business units. ThomasNet has expanded to provide not only product and company information, but Online catalog
Online Catalog
An online catalog might refer to:* The retail product offerings of an online shopping service* An electronic library catalog...
s, computer-aided design
Computer-aided design
Computer-aided design , also known as computer-aided design and drafting , is the use of computer technology for the process of design and design-documentation. Computer Aided Drafting describes the process of drafting with a computer...
(CAD) drawings, news
News
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, press releases, forums
Internet forum
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and blogs.
Thomas Publishing Company, LLC of New York City
New York City
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has been privately-held since its inception. It used independent representatives to sell advertising space around its listings in print products like the Thomas Register and the Thomas Industrial Regional Directories, and these representatives continue to sell Internet related products to manufacturers, distributors, and other companies.
ThomasNet ceased publishing its print directories in 2006. In April 2006 the New York Public Library
New York Public Library
The New York Public Library is the largest public library in North America and is one of the United States' most significant research libraries...
named ThomasNet.com as one of its 25 Best of Reference sources for the reference librarian.
In November 2010, ThomasNet has been a founding partner of GlobalTrade.net, a marketplace for international trade service providers.