The material browser utilizes software interacting with the user using customer application criteria to determine the most appropriate raw material required for an application. The customer application criteria used to determine the best raw material type includes: print method, minimum application temperature for adhesive, service range of adhesive, facestock types, and adhesive type. The material browser provides raw material specific information including master width, areas of concern regarding the raw materials use, description of facestock, description of adhesive, description of liner, description of typical applications for which the raw material selected may be used.