MSOLAR says: "What kind of directory is likely to help you?"

Choose from the following list:

• Telephone directories
• Postal directories
• Business directories
• Directories of non-profit enterprises
• Government office directories
• Directories of publications

Some other relevant directories and lists are found elsewhere in MSOLAR:

• Directories of colleges and universities
• Directories of libraries
• Statistical directories

Telephone directories

• Switchboard is a commercial Web-based U. S. telephone directory, apparently based on national white and yellow pages. At this writing, it was free.
• AT&T Toll-Free 800 Directory: an interactive Web site.
• Telephone book contents are available on a CD-ROM workstation across from the IRC desk on the main level of the Main Library.
• National Directory of Addresses and Telephone Numbers, in CD-ROM, is available in the Software Library on the 4th Floor, Main Library.  Business has a paper copy with call number E154.5 .N3.
• There are two copies of the National Fax Directory in the Main Library with call number TK6710.N37: one at IRC, one in SSHR.
• FaxUSA, an annual directory, is shelved at Business (call number TK6710.F39).

Postal directories

• ZIP codes via the Web: this form browser from the United States Postal Service home page provides ZIP+4 information if you enter an address.
• The National Five-Digit ZIP Code and Post Office Directory, in paper, is available in Business and at IRC, with call number HE6361.A315; the Software Library has a CD-ROM version.

Business directories

• Hoover's Online is an interactive Web site with information and hot links to many corporations and other useful sites.
• Hoover's Handbook of American Business, is shelved in SSHR and at Business with call number  HF50030.H6686; it covers a smaller list of companies.
• Standard and Poor's Register, a basic directory for larger corporations, is shelved in Business and at the SSHR Desk with call number HG4057.A4.
• The Dalton Philadelphia Metro Directory: Business/Industry, shelved in paper in Reference (REF HF3163.P5D34), covers Philadelphia and the surrounding region.
• Dun's Regional Business Directory: Michigan Metros is available in Business, at call number HG4057.M5D86.

Directories of non-profit enterprises

• Encyclopedia of Associations, available at IRC, behind the Desk at SSHR and at Business (call number HS17.E5), is an extensive directory of organizations of all kinds in the U. S. Use the "Name and Keyword Index" volume to find entries.
• Encyclopedia of Associations: International Associations, available at IRC and behind the Desk at SSHR (call number HS17.E54), is a companion set for groups outside the United States.
• World of Learning, shelved behind the Desk in SSHR (call number AS2.W6), provides addresses and basic information about museums, libraries, universities and learned societies world-wide.
• Remember as well the "blue pages" sections of most telephone books.

Government office directories

• The Federal Web Locator from the Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy is one of the best assemblies of information on the Web, and covers a dizzying array of United States federal offices. Maybe too many ... if this is overwhelming try the next tool instead.
• United States Government Manual is somewhat simpler to use because it is less detailed: the latest edition of this annual is posted on the Web by the National Archives and Records Administration.
• United States Government Manual is also available in paper at IRC, behind the Desk at SSHR, and at Business: it has the call number JK421.A3 or the Government Documents (SuDocs) number AE2.108/2:. Earlier editions are in the Stacks.
• Europa Year Book, available behind the Desk at SSHR (call number JN1.E85), has entries for all world states (and international organizations) in alphabetical order. Included are addresses for government offices and many other institutions.
• Washington Information Directory, shelved at IRC and behind the Desk at SSHR (call number REF F192.3 .W3) lists offices in Washington, D.C., including foreign embassies; look in the index to find the correct pages.

Directories of publications

• "Books in Print" is available online to members of the Tri-College community through the library web page. Choose Electronic Resources, then click on FirstSearch, then scroll down to "Books in Print" and click on the link. This is a licensed commercial database, and Internet visitors from off-campus will not be able to use it.
• Books in Print is available in paper  at IRC, Science Reference and at Business, with call number Z1215.P971. It includes a one-volume directory of publishers.
• Verzeichnis lieferbarer Buecher, the German "books in print," is available in  the Technical Services area of the Main Library.
• Whitaker's, the British "books in print," is available in microfiche in the Acquisitions department..
• Livres disponibles, the French "books in print," is available in Technical Services.

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