How do you apply materials from different files?

Kind of in a hurry (hah) so can’t be arsed to skim through tuts, so I’ll ask precisely what I’d like to know

Just can not find a way to copy one objects material and apply it to another…

Right now, I have to copy the object from a diff. file … and JOIN (ugh) two objects together so they have the same material…

So yeah, would love a Photoshop like application, where you just easily copy and apply [blending options] to another…

Thanks a lot for your response!

P.

Ah jeez… got it… its there, hidden in that pesky little icon… where you see all materials…