How many of you still use a paper catalog to find electronic component products?

How many of you still use a paper catalogue to find your electronic component products? Is there anyone strictly using only the paper catalogue still? Do you only use online catalogue? If not, how are you searching for and finding products you need for your projects?

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turfgnome over 11 years ago +2

I like the pdf catalogs you can flip threw them like paper with your tablet and they do not take up much room on the shelf. Other then that I use online searches for what I am looking for. As for learning…
mcb1 over 11 years ago +1

I still prefer the paper version. It's faster to find it, and doesn't require you to guess what category it falls under. Mark
nlarson over 11 years ago in reply to mcb1 +1

Thanks for sharing, Mark! I'm curious if you fall in the majority or minority on this conversation - we shall see!

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mcb1 over 11 years ago

I still prefer the paper version.
It's faster to find it, and doesn't require you to guess what category it falls under.

Mark
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nlarson over 11 years ago in reply to mcb1

Thanks for sharing, Mark! I'm curious if you fall in the majority or minority on this conversation - we shall see!
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Robert Peter Oakes over 11 years ago in reply to nlarson

Not me, always on line searches

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mcb1 over 11 years ago in reply to nlarson

It could be interesting.

I have to agree with some of the others, use of both can be an advantage, but the printed specials that element14 does are always a must read.

A pdf is fine if you don't have to use the online versions to view it ...ie download and read.
And like Johns says if your customer doesn't know you sell it, you're not going to buy it.

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mcb1 over 11 years ago in reply to nlarson

It could be interesting.

I have to agree with some of the others, use of both can be an advantage, but the printed specials that element14 does are always a must read.

A pdf is fine if you don't have to use the online versions to view it ...ie download and read.
And like Johns says if your customer doesn't know you sell it, you're not going to buy it.

Mark
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