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I LIBRARY NEWS Focus ON . . .LIBRARY DATABASES RbeferenceUSA is one of the online services offered country or within a particular county. Consumers can y the Library. This comprehensive database find a contact name to use in writing to a company or offers information on more than 12 million businesses. a telephone number for a phone call. Information from Over half of these are the hard-to-find small businesses ReferenceUSA can be used for market analyses, research, with just 1-4 employees. This information can be helpful surveys, and government planning purposes. -�` to job seekers, small business own- How is this information collected? ReferenceUSA - ers, market researchers, and general employees compile information from: consumers. q>5,200 yellow and white page telephone directories 0 _ a I Information provided goes tt>Annual reports and 10-Ks -_ -= �' beyond basic directory information q>Federal, state and municipal government data 'ti and includes address; phone and q>Chamber of Commerce information fax numbers; contact names; company size; estimated q>Business magazines and trade publications annual sales; SIC and NAICS codes; number of employ- q>Postal Service information ees; links to stock quotes, Edgar financial information q>Industry and specialty directories and the company's Web page; and ticker symbol. In Employees also make 17 million telephone calls each addition, you will find links to news headline articles to year to verify the information on each business in the bring you up-to-date on recent developments relating to database. Businesses with 100+ employees are phone- a company. verified twice a year. The online database is updated ReferenceUSA's custom search screen allows you to monthly. build a search form by selecting one criteria or a combi- ReferenceUSA is available from within the Library nation of criteria to find the precise type of information or from your home. From home, go to the Library's you need. For instance, you could use the database as a Website—www.ci.louisville.co.us/library—and click on "crisscross" directory by entering an address or a phone "Search Library Databases."After entering your name number. If you're relocating, you could look up all the and library card number, you will be able to access this businesses in the area you're moving to. You can quickly information. find a company's parent or subsidiaries. Business owners could come up with a list of their competitors across the START YOUR INTERNET INFORMATION SEARCH FROM HERE . . . « earch Recommended Websites" is a spot on and new topics include Art &Architecture, Education, the Library homepage that links to Internet Personal Finance, History/Social Studies/Opinion, En- sites selected by library professionals for the quality of tertainment, and Science and Technology. their content. While `Googling' a subject often gets good If you want to follow up your — Lam) results, sites still have to be evaluated carefully to make research with even more recom- r1i lag sure the information is reliable and current. Our "Search mended sites, you can find links ! �p Recommended Websites" spot gives you a starting point to two excellent resources on the ®� s for finding reliable sites from trusted sources. Library Library's Website, under "Search 111 Wm staff uses reviews, recommendations from published the Internet."The Internet Public M �' ,a,441111 sources, and their own research to select these sites. Re- Library and Librarians' Index to �®litj cently we revised and reorganized this area and hope that the Internet are large collections of you will find the new arrangement helpful. We try to quality Websites arranged by broad subjects. Librarians cover subjects and sites that will be useful to our patrons; maintain tens of thousands of entries, and millions of visitors use these sites each month. February-March 2006 4