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Business references

  • Business Researcher's Interests (BRINT) index — an extraordinarily comprehensive site described as "a searchable knowledge map of contemporary business, management and information technology issues" providing access to hundreds of full-text papers, magazines, journals, case studies and other on-line resources; site catalogued by Yogesh Malhotra, an engineer and management consultant in Pittsburgh, PA, who established BRINT to "launch initiatives at the intersection of business and technology."
  • Copyright Clearance Center — CCC Online provides assistance in interpreting U.S. copyright law; operated by the nonprofit Copyright Clearance Center Inc. in Danvers, MA.
  • The Currency $ite — provides international monetary exchange rates among 164 different currencies, including the German Mark, Albanian Lek, Austrian Schilling, Bangladeshi Taka and Estonian Krone, as well as the Euro; the OANDA site is maintained by Olsen & Associates (Zurich, Switzerland), a developer of predictive investment technology for the foreign exchange market.
  • BizWeb — a categorical listing of company and product information with nearly 5,000 business entries; site maintained by BizWeb, Atlanta, GA.
  • D & B's CompaniesOnline — Dun & Bradstreet has assembled a linked index of more than 60,000 public and private companies with web sites; site developed by Lycos Inc. in partnership with Dun & Bradstreet, Murray Hill, NJ.
  • Fortune 500 — organize the fabled list of corporate leaders as you choose, ranked by sales, profits, market value or earnings growth, grouped by state or industry type, or listed by company name; site maintained (of course) by Fortune Magazine, New York, NY.
  • Hoover's Online reference — includes a searchable directory of financials and contact information for 10,000 companies; Hoover's Inc., Austin, TX.
  • Thomas Register of American Manufacturers — database for 168,000 product and service suppliers in 63,000 categories.
  • Wall Street Research Net — a database providing information on public companies, including SEC filings, company profiles and news, annual reports and stock earnings on NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX, and OTC Bulletin Board tickers (U.S. companies) and Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, and Alberta exchanges (Canadian companies); the site, which also provides links to stock markets, mutual funds, research publications and brokers, is operated by Wall Street Research Net, Greenwich, CT.
  • How to Find U.S. Company Information — the Science, Industry and Business Library within the New York Public Library has assembled this comprehensive guide listing steps and resources useful in researching information about American companies; the site also lists information on market research, international trade, and patents and trademarks.
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation — How's your bank doing? This searchable site will display demographic data and financial profiles of any FDIC-insured institution according to quarterly reports filed with federal regulators; site maintained by FDIC, Washington, DC.
  • Nolo's "Law For All" — this electronic "law center" offers free information on laws pertaining to small business, employment, independent contractors, real estate, taxes, trademark and copyrights, and numerous other topics; Nolo.com is a Berkeley, CA, publisher of self-help law books and software.
  • FindLaw — a comprehensive site containing references to legal codes, case law, legal associations, law reviews, law schools and law firms, as well as a searchable archive of US Supreme Court opinions from 1937 to the present, with hypertext references in each case linking related decisions; site operated by FindLaw, Palo Alto, CA.
  • Judicial Opinions — a web site providing information on American court systems and links to judicial decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals, federal district courts and state courts; site maintained by the Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
  • LawLinks.Com (Internet Legal Resource Center) — an on-line legal reference site with resources for consumers and attorneys, including an on-line law library, geographical listings of lawyers and law firms, and discussion forums focusing on legal issues; operated by Internet Solutions, Inc.
  • CNN Financial Network — a searchable index of stock, mutual fund and money market fund quotes; sponsored by the Cable News Network.
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office — how to register a trademark.
  • U.S. Business Cycle Indicators — from data published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce; sponsored by NetLink, an Internet access provider in Austin, TX, in cooperation with Media Logic Enterprises.
  • Merck Manual of Medical Information, Home Edition — access this leading medical reference work as a searchable on-line database, without cost; site maintained by Merck & Co. Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ.

Marketing and research resources

  • The Gallup Organization — statistical reports on consumer preferences, habits and opinions, compiled by the nation's most respected polling and market research organization; site maintained by Gallup, Inc., Lincoln, NE.
  • Advertising Age magazine — marketing, advertising and media news, analysis and information.
  • PR Newswire — free access to this news wire service that charges companies a fee to distribute their news releases; users can search by keyword, or browse by industry type, company name, ticker symbol, or location; site maintained by PR Newswire, Jersey City, NJ.
  • InfoMine — this "Scholarly Internet Resource Collections" site contains categorically arranged directories of Internet resources on biological, agricultural and medical sciences, government, education, maps and GIS (geographical information systems), visual and performing arts, social sciences and humanities, and the physical sciences, engineering, computing and mathematics; maintained by the library at the University of California, Riverside.
  • Kelley Blue Book Official Guide — a free consumer edition of the guide that for 70 years has been the authoritative source for U.S. values of new and used automobiles; the site, which includes links to web sites of automobile manufacturers and dealers, is maintained by Kelley Blue Book, Irvine, CA.
  • Frugal Fun — this site, devoted to economical marketing techniques, includes free articles on cultivating news media relationships and efficient use of radio advertising, along with a list of 22 budget marketing tips; site maintained by Shel Horowitz, Massachusetts-based author of The Penny-Pinching Hedonist: How to Live Like Royalty with a Peasant's Pocketbook and Marketing Without Megabucks: How to Sell Anything on a Shoestring.
  • U.S. Census Bureau — data on aging, finance, genealogy, international trade, labor and more.
  • Statistical Abstract of the United States — a collection of statistics on population, financial markets, crime, education, economic indicators, government funding and social programs; site operated by the U.S. Census Bureau.
  • Population and housing unit estimates — produced through the Federal State Cooperative Program for Population Estimates and the U.S. Census Bureau.
  • Geographic Nameserver — keyword-searchable index at MIT provides profile information on American cities and towns.
  • U.S. Census Bureau Tiger Mapping Service — a free digital map database correlated to 1990 census data; sponsored by the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
  • City.Net — information and maps of American cities and towns; maintained by Excite, Inc.
  • SPOT Satellite Images — enter latitude and longitude coordinates, and this site will show you up to five images generated by SPOT (Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre) satellites from an archive of more than 4,500,000 images; site maintained by Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, France.
  • Chambers of Commerce Directory — international directory of chambers of commerce; maintained by BIZ-NET, Phoenix, AZ.
  • Worldwide Holiday and Festival Site — lets you search by nation, by religion or by other parameters for national and religious holidays and major events observed in different countries throughout the world; site maintained by Brian Prescott-Decie.
  • Today's Calendar and Clock Page — displays more data than you ever wanted to know about the significance of today's date, along with links to Jewish, Moslem, Baha'i, Chinese, Persian and Parsi, Buddhist, African, Hindu and other Indian calendars, as well as celestial and countdown calendars; site maintained by Will Linden of New York.
  • Perpetual Calendar — lets you view any month, any year; site maintained by Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
  • Self Discovery Workshop — this site contains a database of "Self-Help Web Sites," as well as a free on-line I.Q. test developed by the Institute For Self Improvement; site maintained by Edg Duveyoung, a developer of intelligence profiles in Fairfield, IA.
  • Genealogy Home Page — this site encompasses directories of genealogists, genealogical societies, software, events, libraries and other resources, along with a FamilyFinder Index containing information on 123 million family names; maintained by Broderbund Software, Novato, CA.

Government agencies

  • California Legislative Analyst's Office — provides analysis and nonpartisan advice to the Legislature on fiscal and policy issues.
  • California State Senate
  • California State Assembly
  • California State Government — indexed information on state government agencies and programs.
  • U.S. Senate — a comprehensive web site containing information on current legislative activities, committee assignments, and mail, phone and e-mail contact information for U.S. senators.
  • FedWorld Information Network — links to U.S. government ftp, telnet and WWW servers; site operated by National Technical Information Service, Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA.
  • IRS Electronic Services — this site, maintained by the IRS, provides information for individuals, businesses and tax preparers wishing to use the "e-file" system enabling taxpayers to prepare returns on a personal computer using commercial tax preparation software and transmit the information through their modem.
  • U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission — searchable EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval) database system performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies and others required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
  • Thomas legislative information on the Internet — the Thomas Index, a bill search service of the Library of Congress.
  • State and Local Governments — index of resources maintained by the Library of Congress.
  • U.S. and State Tax Forms — a comprehensive list of links to downloadable tax forms from the federal government and 43 states, most of which are in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format; site maintained by Mary Jane Ledvina of the Louisiana State University Libraries, Baton Rouge.
  • Cop Net — index of U.S. federal, state, county and municipal law enforcement agencies.
  • USDA Agriculture Fact Book — contains items of interest not only to growers and food processors, but to investors, economists, exporters and others (this document, in Adobe Acrobat PDF format, requires the free Adobe Acrobat Reader; maintained by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
  • U.S. Postal Service — this site has information about domestical and international postage rates, express and priority services, bulk matter, business reply mail and passports; site operated by U.S. Postal Service.
  • U.S Naval Observatory real-time clock — precise Coordinated Universal Time from the U.S. Naval Observatory, the official source of time used in the United States; technical stuff: made possible through "server push" animation of GIF images.

Writing resources

  • Writer's Block — a creative reference source for writers and editors; this on-line magazine is published by NIVA Inc., a leading technical documentation and communications firm in Ottawa, ON, Canada.
  • Writer's Toolbox — Internet Resources for Writers, including reference and marketing tools for journalists, business writers, dramatists and authors of fiction and nonfiction works; site maintained by Brian Pomeroy, a web editor with Slack Internet Development Services, Thorofare, NJ.
  • Writing-World.com — a repository of more than 250 articles on various aspects of writing, plus more than 500 links to other resources, market information, contest listings, and more.
  • Acronym and Abbreviation Server — a searchable database that spells out abbreviations and acronyms; site maintained by University College, Cork, Ireland.
  • Internet Anagram Server — Did you know that Western Union is an anagram of no wire unsent? Or that Clint Eastwood an anagram of Old West Action? An anagram is a word or phrase made by transposing the letters of another word or phrase, and this interactive site will unscramble 'em for you; site maintained by Anu Garg.
  • Bartlett's Familiar Quotations — from Bartleby.com, which describes itself as the pre-eminent Internet publisher of free reference, literature and nonfiction publications.
  • The Elements of Style, by William Strunk, Jr. — from Bartleby.com.
  • A Simple Rhyming Dictionary — enter a word of your choosing, and the results, you'll find, can be quite amusing; site maintained by Doug Beeferman, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Travlang's Translating Dictionaries — repository of free on-line foreign language dictionaries including German, Dutch, French, Spanish, Danish, Finnish, Portuguese, Afrikaans and even Esperanto. Dictionaries provide various translating combinations (e.g., English-to-Finnish, German-to-Afrikaans, Esperanto-to-French); site maintained by the Travlang Co., San Jose, CA.
  • AJR NewsLink — comprehensive American Journalism Review index of news and broadcast media in the United States and other countries, including listings of major dailies on line, U.S. newspapers by states, magazines, news services, radio and television stations and networks; site operated by NewsLink Associates, an academic and professional research and consulting firm.
  • Ecola's 24-Hour Newsstand — web links to newspapers and magazines; site maintained by Ecola Design, Beaverton, OR.
  • Editor & Publisher magazine — Web edition.
  • National Press Club — the "News Sources" section of this site is an exhaustive searchable database of news media contacts in companies and organizations on topics ranging from accounting, addictions and aerospace to waste management, women's issues and workplace trends; site maintained by the National Press Club, Washington, D.C.
  • Yearbook of Experts, Authorities and Spokespersons — a searchable index of interview sources for working members of the news media; site operated by Broadcast Interview Source, Washington, D.C.
  • Noble Group Experts Directory — roster of experts and spokespersons from the Noble Group of San Francisco, an Internet publishing company specializing in web site development, computer systems and software integration.
  • Ask an Expert — provides access to 2,800 experts in a wide variety of subjects, at no charge (Java required); Site maintained by Steven Gordon, New York.
  • BookWire — billed as the largest on-line book information site, this guide to the book publishing industry provides information on thousands of titles, authors, and publishers, bestseller lists and other book-related resources; a service of Cahners Business Information, New York.
  • BookZone — bills itself as "Home of the Net's Most Interesting Books," but this venerable Web site is much more than that. BookZone, which is supported by hosting the Web sites of 800 publishers and authors, is home to the 3,400-member Publishers Marketing Association and Audio Publishers Association, and encompasses more than 1,200 book-related links (Literary Leaps), and articles and information about publishing; site operated by BookZone Corp. Scottsdale, AZ.
  • Society of Professional Journalists — The "Electronic Journalist," an on-line service of SPJ, includes extensive Freedom-of-Information resources as well as a collection of links to sites of interest to journalists; maintained by the Society of Professional Journalists, Greencastle, IN.
  • IABC — The International Association of Business Communicators is a resource for professionals in public relations, employee communication, marketing communication, public affairs and other forms of communication; with 119 chapters in 13 countries, the organization is headquartered in San Francisco.
  • Virtual Reference Desk — a collection of government documents, scientific data, maps, dictionaries, thesauri and other reference sources; operated by the Libraries of Purdue University, Indiana.
  • IPL Ready Reference Collection — the Internet Public Library maintains a collection of on-line ready reference works and responds to reference questions; operated by the University of Michigan School of Information, Ann Arbor, MI.
  • World Wide Web Virtual Library: Journalism — an index of compilations and collections of interest to journalists, including news bureaus, associations, institutes, research services and academic journalism departments; site maintained by John S. Makulowich of The Writers Alliance, Inc., an Internet training firm in North Potomac, MD.
  • Animated ASL Dictionary — this site makes use of animated gif files to illustrate sequences of hand movements constituting words in American Sign Language (ASL), a distinct language with its own grammatical rules and syntax structure. ASL is the primary language for an estimated 500,000 Americans who are deaf or have impaired hearing; site maintained by Randy Stine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

News media

  • NewsDirectory.com — This directory of 16,000 English-language print news media links was formerly known as Ecola Newsstand; operated by NewsDirectory.com, Arroyo Grande, CA.
  • News and Newspapers Online — A comprehensive directory of news media worldwide; a service of the Walter Clinton Jackson Library at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.
  • AJR NewsLink — A directory of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations; site operated by American Journalism Review.
  • Media Central — daily briefing on news and information for media and marketing professionals; site maintained by PRIMEDIA Intertec, Overland Park, KS.

Internet communication resources

  • Web Developer's Virtual Library — a repository and index of web development tutorials, tools and reference materials comprising 1,600 pages and 6,000 links; site maintained by Internet.com LLC, Westport, CT.
  • D.J. Quad's Ultimate HTML Site — a free site providing links to HTML information including tutorials, style guides, HTML editors, HTML Standards and proposed improvements, mailing lists, usenet newsgroups, CGI, Java, ActiveX, publishing tips including server pushes, browser-specific tags, animation, plug-in support and multimedia information; site maintained by Phil Iovino of Fort Wayne Internet, Ft. Wayne, IN.
  • c|net: The Computer Network — this San Francisco-based developer of television programming that airs on the USA Network, the Sci-Fi Channel and in national syndication, also operates a network of sites on the web, providing reviews and information about computers and the Internet, resources for free software downloads, and a categorized collection of more than 400 Internet search engines and tools.
  • Extropia.com — a repository of CGI (common gateway interface) and PERL (Practical Extraction and Report Language) Web applications that you can download at no charge, including applications for on-line shopping operations, database management, form processing, banner generation, java applet creation and more. Site maintained by Extropia.com, a developer of applications for the Web, with offices in Singapore and Los Angeles.
  • Dr. HTML — a free service that you can use to analyze the HTML command structure and check for spelling and other errors in your own web pages; site sponsored by Imagiware, a developer of World Wide Web applications in Madison, WI.
  • [LogScribe] LogScribe — a free CGI script designed to record and display statistical information about activity on your web site, with numerical and graphical output; created by computer programmers Daniel Cedras and Usama Wazeer [note: EditPros uses LogScribe to maintain web stats].
  • CERT Computer Virus Alerts — the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) in the federally funded Software Engineering Institute at CarnegieMellon University in Pittsburgh provides reliable information about the identities, symptoms and sources of remedies for known computer viruses.
  • Computer Virus Myths Home Page — this site, which contains detailed information on virus hoaxes, urban legends and myths, is maintained as a public service by Rob Rosenberger, Barn Owl Software, O'Fallon, IL.
  • CIAC Internet Hoax Page — check the authenticity of virus warnings at this resource, the U.S. Department of Energy's Computer Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC) Internet Hoax Page; site maintained by CIAC, a component of the Computer Security Technology Center at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, Calif.
  • Hoax Warnings on the Run — this site provides a listing of known virus hoaxes and false alerts; site maintained by Data Fellows of San Jose, Calif., a developer of data security products.
  • Don't Spread That Hoax! — consult this site's "Hoax Catalog" about hoaxes and pranks on the Internet; site maintained as a public service by Charles Hymes, an expert in cognitive psychology and object-oriented programming with the Hewlett-Packard Corp., Cupertino, CA.
  • Urban Legends and Folklore Homepage — this site lists and authoritatively debunks hoaxes, urban legends and unfounded rumors; site operated by About.com, New York, NY.
  • McAfee AVERT Virus Alerts — the latest virus alerts are posted on this site, which includes an on-line library providing descriptions of confirmed viruses confirmed by McAfee AVERT (Anti-Virus Emergency Response Team); McAfee, a business unit of Network Associates, Inc., is a prominent developer of computer virus detection, identification and disinfection software utilities, based in Santa Clara, CA.
  • Symantec Antivirus Center — this comprehensive list of virus hoaxes is maintained as a free service by Symantec Inc., a widely respected developer of computer diagnostic and virus detection and repair software based in Cupertino, Calif.
  • Anti-Virus Developers Listing — electronic links to more than 50 companies that produce antivirus software applications; site maintained by Virus Bulletin Ltd. of Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England.
  • Filez — a searchable database of 4,000 FTP (file transfer) servers for Macintosh, Windows, DOS, OS/2, Unix, Atari and Amiga software, including graphics, fonts, movies, games, midi files and sounds; sponsored by an Internet provider in San Diego, CA.
  • Create a Free E-Mail List — allows individuals or organizations to establish their own e-mail lists on the topics of their choice—at no charge because the service is supported by advertising revenues; site maintained by ONElist Inc., Belmont, CA.
  • E-Groups Free E-mail List Hosting — another site that will host your e-mail list at no charge; site maintained by eGroups.com, San Francisco.
  • WhoIs.Net — find out if someone has registered your company or organization name as an Internet domain name, or what other companies or organizations may have domain names similar to yours, using the WhoIs.Net gateway to the domain name records of InterNIC, which administers the national registry of domain names; site operated by Verio Inc., Englewood, CO.

Phone and e-mail directories

  • Switchboard — a free searchable index providing telephone listings for 10 million American businesses and 90 million individuals; operated by Banyan Systems Inc., Westboro, MA
  • 555-1212.com Business Directory — organized by area code and business category; maintained by Maaznet Directory Services, Inc., Lafayette, CA
  • Info Space — a comprehensive directory database providing listings for U.S. and Canadian business, residential and fax telephones, companies on the Internet, e-mail addresses, U.S. government agencies and employees, and toll-free numbers by name or geographic location
  • Internet Sleuth — a catalog of 1,500 searchable databases, including news wires, business directories, computer resources, education, employment, government, health care and more; maintained by Internet Business Connection, Ormond Beach, FL
  • AT&T Toll-Free Internet Directory — Directory of "800" toll-free telephone numbers, from AT&T
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  • BigBook Online Yellow Pages — from BigBook, Inc., San Francisco
  • Sales Leads USA — a searchable directory of sales leads, mailing lists and profiles of individual businesses; maintained by American Business Information, Inc., Omaha, NE
  • Phone directories for selected public institutions — gopher menu maintained by University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign
  • Telephone area codes in numerical order — maintained by UC San Diego
  • [440: Satisfaction] 440: Satisfaction — a bibliographic index of radio broadcasting personnel spanning four decades, including information on present-day whereabouts of personalities, plus links to broadcast media and news organizations, audio clip archives, and music business resources; site developed by 440: International, a radio commercial copywriting, consulting and production firm based in Honolulu, HI
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Search engines and databases

  • MapQuest — an interactive atlas site that lets you input city names, zoom in at will for neighborhood close-ups, or zoom out for a regional perspective. The site's "TripQuest" section identifies best routes between cities you choose; site operated by GeoSystems Global Corp., Lancaster, PA
  • How Far Is It? — server calculates air miles between U.S cities; maintained by Bali Online, Pittsburgh
  • Guide to Computer Vendors — maintained by SBA Consulting, Bellmore, NY
  • ZIP Code lookup form — ZIP+4 finder from U.S. Postal Service
  • AltaVista — search engine from Digital Equipment Corp.

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  • Commercial Search Engine — maintained by WebAudit, Portland, OR
  • Domain name lookup — provides information about Internet domain name registrants, directly from InterNIC
    Domain Name Lookup:
    Find:
    (Example: editpros.com)
  • Excite! — search engine "spider" operated by Architext Software of Mountain View
  • Four11 Directory Services — telephone, e-mail, U.S. federal government e-mail addresses & web sites, and links to e-mail and mailing addresses for celebrities, including actors, authors, sports figures, business leaders, musicians, film studios and television programs; site operated by Four11 Corp., Menlo Park, CA
  • HotBot — high-powered search engine operated in conjunction by Inktomi Corp., Berkeley, CA, and HotWired, the electronic service of Wired magazine, Wired Ventures, Ltd., San Francisco
  • InfoSeek Net Search — search engine operated by Infoseek Corp. of Santa Clara
  • Internet Mall — index of commercial products and services; from mecklerweb.com
  • Internet Address Finder — e-mail address "white pages" directory that searches for individuals by their proper names or identifies them by their e-mail addresses; site (which includes a link to the Deja News catalog of usenet news postings) is maintained by DoubleClick, Inc. of New York City, a new Internet advertising buying agency
  • [LinkStar] LinkStar — search engine from Linkstar Corp., Deerfield Beach, FL
  • Liszt, the mailing list directory — searchable directory of more than 65,000 e-mail listserv discussion groups; site maintained by Scott Southwick, a freelance PERL and CGI scripter in Bloomington, IN.
  • Lycos — index at Carnegie Mellon University
  • Magellan Internet Guide — search engine from the McKinley Group in Sausalito, CA
  • Open Text Index — operated by Open Text Corp. of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
  • [ReelRadio] Reel Top 40 Radio Repository — a nostalgic on-line archive of "top 40" radio station airchecks, featuring sound clips of legendary air personalities from the 1950s-80s (requires Real audio software, which may be downloaded at no charge); site maintained by Richard Irwin, Sacramento, CA

  • [Starting Point] Starting Point — index operated by Superhighway Consulting Inc., Chicago
  • Tile.Net — a categorical index of usenet news groups, mailing lists and ftp sites, arranged by description, name, subject, host country and sponsoring organization; site developed by Shelby Group Ltd., Oakland, CA
  • Weather Channel — on-line searchable weather database provides current conditions and forecasts; maintained by the Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA
  • WebCrawler — search engine operated by America Online
  • Whois Lookup — use this search tool to identify institutions by their domain name (the last two segments of the e-mail address); site maintained by Rob Kabacoff, Ph.D., Portland, ME
  • WhoWhere? E-mail Addresses — a search engine that indexes people as well as the organizations for which they work; operated by WhoWhere? Inc., Mountain View, CA
  • Yahoo! — web site database from Yahoo! Corp., Sunnyvale, CA




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