[cyber]

использование патерна фабрика, как правильно
так

function ( app ) {
    app.factory ( "Distributor", [ "$resource", function  ( $resource ) {
        return $resource(
          '/cw/cmb/translator/messageDistributorSources', {}, {
          query: {
            method: 'POST'          
          }
        } );
      } ] );
  }

или так

function ( app ) {
  app.factory ( "Distributor", [ "$resource", function  ( $resource ) {
    var distributor = new  $resource(
        '/cw/cmb/translator/messageDistributorSources', {}, {
        query: {
          method: 'POST'
        }
      } );

      distributor.catalogType = "ALL";

      return distributor;
    } ] );
}