Research Guides: Quick Reference Guide: Directories

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Biography

Biography.com
A&E sponsored biographical information on over 25,000 people

Gale Literature Resource Center
Good place for biographies of authors or introductions to literary works. Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
The national record of men and women who have shaped British history and culture, worldwide, from the Romans to the 21st century.

Nobel Prize Winners

Philanthropy

GuideStar
GuideStar gathers, organizes, and distributes information about nonprofits working within the United States. Database features include information regarding size, cause, location and people in leadership as well as current financial data, IRS forms, and visualizations of financial trends for over two million nonprofits, however only a limited amount of information is available without a subscription to the database.

Resources

Craigslist
Local community classifieds and forums - a place to find jobs, housing, goods & services, social activities, advice, personals, community information, and just about anything else. Arranged by city.
IQS Directory of Manufacturing
IQS Directory is a FREE, comprehensive listing of manufacturers and suppliers serving major segments of the OEM industrial manufacturing marketplace across the United States and Canada. Industrial engineers and buyers rely on IQS Directory to specify products within a series of categories and buy products directly from manufacturers.

Ulrichsweb: Global Serials Directory
Bibliographic and access information for over 300,000 serials. Entries provide ISSN, publisher, language, subject, abstracting & indexing coverage, full-text database coverage, tables of contents, and reviews written by librarians.

Telephone Directories

LincMad Telephone Area Codes & Splits
This site contains information about the original area codes from 1947, their evolution to the current state, and future developments, including area code splits and area code overlays.
Whitepages.com
Searchable national directory of telephone and email listings for people and businesses
Worldwide Telephone Directory
Directories for telephone entries from different parts of the world.