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ReferenceUSA
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- Description
- ReferenceUSA offers several searchable database modules containing detailed information
on more than 14 million U.S.
businesses; 135 million U.S. residents; 675,000 U.S. health care providers; 1.5 million Canadian
businesses; and 12 million
Canadian residents. Two special modules are CorpTech, covering 95,000 hi-tech companies in the
U.S. and Canada, and
EmployersUSA, with information on more than 14 million public and private sector firms and
organizations.
- Help
- Database search tips and Frequently Asked Questions may be accessed from the Help button on the top
menu bar.
- Dates covered
- Current information only.
- Updating frequency
- Continual.
- Sources
- Telephone directory (white and yellow pages) listings, postal service Change of Address updates,
industry and specialty directories, corporate annual reports, and business publications.
- Type of coverage
- All directory listings include names, addresses, telephone numbers, and
an external link to a local map. Displays of U.S. residential listings
include the median household income and home value for the community,
based on information from the latest Census. Displays of company
listings include internal links to subsidiary and parent companies,
where applicable, as well as lines of business, senior executives and
their titles, and an external link to Google News for recent articles
on the firm. Where available, displays of health care providers include
the hospital affiliation and the number of patients seen per week.
- Print Counterpart or related resources
- Telephone, industry, and specialty directories.
- Funder
- NJKI - New Jersey Knowledge Initiative
- Producer/content provider
- InfoUSA Inc.
- Vendor/electronic presentation provider
- InfoUSA Inc.
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