Electromagnetic radiation is scattered by the interfaces it encounters. This scattering can be mathematically described using the Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF). BRDFs are studied in many fields, and the diverse BRDF literature was surveyed with the goal of developing a software library of BRDF representation schemes. The Oregon BRDF Library was subsequently employed in the construction of a visualization tool that is useful for both research and education. This tool, known as BRDFvis, was built using Advanced Visual Systems Inc. Express. BRDFvis permits interactive viewing of the scatter predicted by the models present in the Oregon BRDF Library as well as reflectance distributions stored in a database of measured samples. The Nonconventional Exploitation Factors (NEF) database and the Oregon BRDF Library models were then used to generate images.