Directories
Email & Telephone
411.com
http://www.411.com
This
website provides "online directory assistance services to consumers."
It includes white pages, yellow pages, a reverse phone directory, and
tools for finding area codes and ZIP codes. The listing information
"comes from publicly available local telephone records for published
telephone listings. Non-published or unlisted numbers may appear if the
number is still being provided by directory assistance." Includes a
form for removing a listing. (LII)
Big Yellow (Yellow Pages)
http://www.bigyellow.com
Sponsored by Verizon," in addition to basic business information, the
site contains more than 10 million business profiles; links to business
Web sites; restaurant and hotel reservation options; user reviews;
coupons; and movie listings and show times. "
BigBook
http://www.bigbook.com
Provides yellow pages and business information and includes maps and driving information.
BigFoot
http://www.bigfoot.com
Includes white pages, yellow pages, reverse look-up, e-mail search, area code, maps, and other directories.
Directories
http://www.att.com/directory/
AT&T's online directory to find phone numbers, addresses, maps and directions
for businesses and people in the U.S.
Infospace
http://www.infospace.com
Access
to over 112 million U.S. and Canadian listings of people, government
offices, and businesses. Search for a listing by name, address,
business category, phone number, or address. You can access federal,
state, and local people and addresses. (LII)
Switchboard
http://www.switchboard.com/
Claims
phone numbers for 93 million people and 11 million businesses. Queries
can be made with just a name or searches can be narrowed by state or
city. (LII)
Telephone Directories on the Web
http://www.infobel.com/teldir/default.asp
Includes
links to online telephone, fax, and business directories from around
the world. Includes white pages, yellow pages, and toll free
directories.(LII)
Specialized Directories
American Hospital Directory
http://www.ahd.com
"Provides
on-line data for over 6,000 hospitals." Free information includes
hospital name, address, phone number, and may also have number of beds,
type of ownership, Medicare provider identification number,
accreditation, medical school affiliation, a list of services provided,
utilization statistics, and a link to the hospital's Web page.
Searchable by hospital name, city, state, zip code, area code, or
combination of these. Additional information is available with paid
subscription. (LII)
American School Directory
http://www.asd.com
Directory of Open Access Journals
http://www.doaj.org/
"This
service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and
scholarly journals." Includes listings for journals from a variety of
subject areas and countries. Searchable, and browsable by subject or
journal title. From Lund University Libraries, Sweden.
EuroPages (European business directory)
http://www.europages.com
This
Web site lists some 500,000 businesses in Europe, searchable by company
name, product, and service. There are company catalogs, European and
other yellow pages, European Union (EU) business news and trends, trade
fairs, and more. Available in German, English, Spanish, French,
Italian, and Dutch. Users may find it easiest to find features by using
the site map. (LII)
FirstGov (directory of U.S. Government web sites)
http://www.firstgov.gov
Have
a question about federal programs, benefits, or services but don't know
which U.S. government agency to contact? This site groups those most
frequently asked questions by topic, links to the FAQ pages of specific
government agencies, and provides the FirstGov search engine. Portal
site of award-winning FirstGov. (LII)
Idealist (Non profit and community organizations)
http://www.idealist.org
A
searchable directory of nearly 50,000 nonprofit organizations in over
160 countries. Individuals can find jobs, volunteer opportunities,
internships, programs, campaigns, and events. Nonprofit and
community-based organizations can find consultants, freelancers, and
other resources. Available in English, Spanish, and French. From the
nonprofit organization Action Without Borders, whose mission is "to
find practical solutions to social and environmental problems, in a
spirit of generosity and mutual respect."
Lawoffice.com
http://lawyers.findlaw.com/
Martindale-Hubbell (Directory of Lawyers)
http://www.martindale.com