Rich Patterson's Reference Desk

Find People, Places, Businesses, Information and Things on the Net


Finding People

At Western

Faculty and Staff at Western - Western's Online Phone Directory
Students at Western - Western's Online Phone Directory

Nationwide

AnyWho Reverse Lookup -- Have a phone number but no name or address? Run a reverse white-pages lookup here
Area Code Look-up - Find area codes throughout the U.S.
Bigfoot -- Provides an extremely simple way to track down e-mail addresses
DoubleClick Inc.'s Internet Address Finder -- Useful for finding people on the net
Four 11 - Directory of Nationwide E-Mail Addresses and Web Pages
Infospace's People Search -- This premier online white pages lets you search for an individual based on name or location. Will also print a street map when it finds the person you want
Switchboard - White Page directory of over 90 million names with addresses and phone numbers nationwide
Telephone Directories on the Web - Links to telephone directories around the world
The Ultimate White Pages -- Search the world for a phone number and/or an address from a name, get a street map of any address, or get a zip code. Also does a reverse search -- it will find a name and address from only the phone number.
United States Postal Service Zip + 4 -- Just type in an address and you get a ZIP code. Also has good information on the postal service
Who Where - Search for E-Mail addresses, businesses and organizations Nationwide
World Pages -- You'll find 112 million U.S. and Canadian white and yellow pages listings, 9 million e-mail addresses, 30 million URLs, and links to over 200 directories.
Yahoo's People Search - Search for E-Mail addresses and phone numbers from the same site
ZIP2 -- Finds addresses, phone numbers and maps but gives door to door directions


Finding Businesses and Government Agencies

AT&T Toll-Free Internet Directory - Lists toll-free (1-800) numbers throughout the country
Big Book - Lists over 11 million businesses with address and phone number
Big Yellow - Lists millions of businesses with address and phone number. (Similar to Big Book)
FedWorld Information Network -- A one-stop site with links to just about every federal agency that's online
Infospace's Yellow Pages -- This premier online yellow pages lets you search for a business or government agency based on name, category or address. Will also print a street map when it finds the business you want
LocalEyes -- Easy-to-use interface lets you search for business web sites both local and nationally
Yahoo! Yellow Pages -- Rated as one of the top search engines. Does not do a reverse lookup

go back Return to Appetizer Page

Return Home Return to my Homepage

Comments or questions about this section of Western Online should be directed to Rich Patterson: E-Mail at:rich.patterson@wku.edu


Date last Modified: July 17, 1999
All contents copyright (c) 1999
Western Kentucky University