Database Name:	Materials Business File
Acronym:	MBUS; MABU; MATBUS
Producer:	CSA - Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (merged with ProQuest)
Type of Information:	Bibliographic
Group(s):	BUSINESS & ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, LEGISLATION, METALS/ALLOYS/COMPOUNDS, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY, PROCESSES
Database Description:	Contains citations, with abstracts, to worldwide literature on technical and commercial aspects of iron and steel, nonferrous metals, and relevant nonmetallic engineered materials such as polymers, ceramics, composites, and plastics. Coverage includes: energy usage; environmental issues; health and safety; product and process development; applications; management topics; regulations and economics; statistics; resources; and world news.
Information Sources:	More than 2,000 technical journals, trade magazines, newspapers, news briefs, books, conference proceedings, and announcements worldwide. Corresponds to the printed version of "Steels Alert", "Nonferrous Metals Alert" , and "Polymers/Ceramics/Composites Alert".
Time Span:	Since 1985
Numer of Records:	More than 880,000 (CSA), but variable according to the distributor
Language:	English
Updating Frequency:	Monthly
Distributors:	CSA (online) DIALOG (online) STN (online)