Directories

Colleges & Universities (6) People/Phone Books (7) Publications (4)

Organizations & Universities (3) Zip Codes (2)

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Colleges & Universities

	American Universities - http://www.clas.ufl.edu/au/ Links to the homepages of American Universities granting bachelor or advanced degrees.
	Community Colleges - http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/cc/ Search for community college web sites by name, location, or keyword.
	Directory of Internet Universities -  http://www.geteducated.com Browse by graduate or undergraduate programs.
	ERIC Clearinghouse for Community Colleges -  http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/ccs/resources.htm Find a community college, search the ERIC database for documents, and read about community college related graduate programs.
	IPEDS College Opportunities OnLine -  http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool/ Link to over 9,000 colleges and universities in the United States, including large universities, small liberal arts colleges, specialized colleges, community colleges, career and technical college and trade schools.
	Peterson's College Search - http://www.petersons.com/ugchannel/ Search for colleges and universities by name, location, tuition, enrollment size, average GPA, or student/faculty ratio.

 

	People & Phone Books
	Bell South  - http://www.realpageslive.com/html/Main.asp/ The online version of The Real Yellow Pages with residential, business, and government listings.
	Infospace.com  - http://www.infospace.com/ Search yellow pages, white pages, and public records.
	Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator -  http://www.martindale.com/Home.aspx Search for lawyers by name, firm, location, or specialty.
	Social Security Death Index - http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com An interactive search at RootsWeb of over 72 million social security death records.  This source is updated monthly.
	Switchboard Dictionary - http://www.switchboard.com/ Nationwide telephone and address directory.
	Reverse Look-Up - http://www.anywho.com/rl.html Enter a phone number to retrieve the person or business associated with that number.   This is an AT&T sponsored directory.
	YellowPages.com - http://www.yellowpages.com/sp/yellowpages/ Another AT&T sponsored directory.  It includes separate search pages for businesses or residences in addition to city and consumer guides.

 

	Publications
	Online Newspapers - http://www.ipl.org/div/news/ A directory of online newspapers from around the world which can be searched by keyword or browsed by region or title.
	OnlineNewspapers.com -  http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/ A directory of online newspapers listed alphabetically and searchable by location.
	PubList.com - http://www.publist.com/ A directory of 150,000 publications and more than 8,000 periodicals with publisher information and links to the Web.
	Serials Solutions - AVL resource - if you are Off Campus, click here. You will be prompted to enter your username (student ID or employee ID number) and password (last name) to access this resource An index of periodicals made available through the Alabama Virtual Library (AVL).

 

	Organizations
	Associations on the Net - http://www.ipl.org/div/aon/ A collection of hundreds of Internet sites providing information about a wide variety of professional and trade associations, cultural and art organizations, political parties and advocacy groups, labor unions, academic societies, and research institutions.
	BioAlabama -  http://www.bioalabama.com/ The site of the Biotechnology Association of Alabama.  In addition to membership information, site includes news and events information on the state and national levels.
	NIRA World Directory of Think Tanks - http://www.nira.or.jp/past/ice/nwdtt/ Links to public policy institutes from over one hundred countries, including more than 70 from the U.S.
	Process Register - http://www.processregister.com/ A database of manufacturing suppliers and services.  With 80,000 vendors and over 20,000 products, it is worth a look, but does not come close to replacing Thomas Register of Manufacturers (see below) for depth and coverage.
	Thomas Register of Manufacturers - http://www.thomasnet.com/home.html?navsec=header ThomasNet is an industrial search engine that allows you to keyword search or browse by company or category to find products, services, or suppliers. It also includes line-item product details, CAD drawings, and more.

 

	Zip Codes
	PostalRates Info (International) -  http://www.postalrates.info/ A reliable source for information on postal rates, postal codes, and postal authorities around the world.  Not all countries are included and some pages are available only in the country's native language.
	Zip Code Directory - http://www.usps.com/zip4/ From the US Postal Service, a database that lets you look up zip codes by address, city, or company.