INLS 111: INFORMATION
RESOURCES AND SERVICES I
School of Library and
Information Science
University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
DIRECTORIES
I. BIBLIOGRAPHIES
AND GUIDES
Directories in Print. 6th ed. Detroit: Gale Research,
1989- . Annual. [Davis Ref. Desk AY2001
.D49]
Annotated guide to over
10,000 business and industrial directories, rosters and directory databases published
in the U.S. of all kinds. Subject index
and cross references. Updated in between editions with supplements.
International Directories in Print. Detroit, MI: Gale
Research, 1989- . [Davis Z5771 .I59]
Lists 5,000 directories
published outside of the U.S. or that are international in scope. Organized around broad subject categories
with geographic, subject, and title and keyword indexes.
II. GOVERNMENT
The Book of the States. Lexington, KY: Council of State
Governments, 1935- . [Davis Ref. Desk JK2403 .B6]
Carroll’s Federal Directory: Executive, Legislative,
Judicial.
Washington, D.C.: Carroll Publishing, 1980-. [Davis Ref. Desk; JK6 .F42; Davis
Ref. Electronic Resource: CD-ROM 10-24]
Keyword index, alphabetical listings broken down by branch
and department. Contact information for officials in every branch of the
government. Carroll’s also publishes a
similar State Directory.
Congressional Quarterly’s Washington Information Directory. Wash.: CQ, 1975- . Annual. [Davis Ref. Desk F192.3 .W33]
Indexed compilation of
both “federal government and private, non-profit” agency officials, addresses,
and phone numbers. Short descriptions
of agency functions included. Ready reference lists, margin index, name index,
and subject index.
Municipal/County Executive Directory. Washington, D.C.:
Carroll Publishing, 1984- . [Davis JS39 .M85]
Administrative and legislative offices of municipal
and county governments. Alphabetical
listings, organizational listings, and an alphabetical listing of
municipalities and counties.
U.S. Congress Joint
Committee on Printing. Official
Congressional Directory. Wash.: GPO. 1809-
. Biennial. [Davis
Ref. Fed. Docs. Y4.P93/1; JK1011 .A12]
Includes list of members
of congress with biographical information, congressional committees, executive
departments personnel, and independent agencies.
United States Government Manual. Wash.: GPO, 1935- . [Davis Ref. Fed. Docs. AE2.I08/2; JK421
.A3]
Provides “comprehensive”
information about the judicial, legislative and executive branches of the
federal government, including sources of information, a list of officials,
statements of purpose, and brief history and description of programs and
activities for various agencies.
Published as a special edition to the Federal Register. Also
available online at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara001.html
III.
TELEPHONE & ZIP CODE
DIRECTORIES
AT&T Toll-Free 800 National Directory: Business Edition. Parsippany, NJ:
AT&T, 1987/88- . [Davis Ref. Desk HE8811 .A7]
Zip Code Directory.[ http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/lookup_zip+4.html]
The Zip Code Directory is part of the United State Post Office home page. Near the very top of the home page is a link
to Zip Codes. There are multiple search options offered, including known
address search and the ability to search for a specific city.
IV. ASSOCIATIONS
Encyclopedia of
Associations: National Organizations of the U.S. 3 vols. Detroit: Gale Research, 1956-.
Annual.
[Davis Ref. Desk HS17 .E52; Davis Ref. CD-ROM] (DIALOG File 114).
Indexed
(name and keyword) directory of 30,000+ commercial, agricultural, legal,
scientific, educational, cultural, medical, fraternal, religious, vocational,
athletic, and benevolent organizations, arranged alphabetically by subject with
address, phone #, and executive officer listed. Also includes geographic and
executive indexes, a guide to association periodicals, and a new association supplement.
Encyclopedia of Associations: International Organizations. 2 vols. Detroit: Gale
Research, 1956- .
Annual. [Davis Ref. Desk
HS17 .E523] (DIALOG File 114)
Provides much the same
information as does the above volumes with the organizations’ foreign-language
names, working languages, and geographic scope. Updating service available.
National Trade and Professional Associations of the United
States. N.Y.: Columbia Books, 1965- . Annual. [Davis
Ref. HD2425 .D53]
6,000 organizations arranged
by subject. Indexed by title, key word,
location, budget, and executive officers.
Gives data on annual budget, general information, address, and phone
number.
V. BUSINESS
DIRECTORIES
Brands and Their Companies. Detroit: MI: Gale
Research, 1990- . [Davis Ref. T223.V4 A22] Annual.
This two volume set
identifies consumer-oriented trade names and the supporting companies. With
over 40,000 manufacturers representing over 250,000 products, this set
represents an annual look at consumerism. For each trade name listed, there is
a short product description and company name.
Companies International: Ward’s and World Business
Directories.
Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1993- . [Davis Ref. Electronic Resource CD-ROM:
10-34]
“An official publication
of the World Trade Centers Association.”
D & B Million Dollar Directory. 5 vols. New York: Dun
& Bradstreet, 1959-. [Davis Ref.
HC102 .D8]
160,000 U.S. companies
names, addresses, number of employees, sale, and contact names are included
within three alphabetically arranged volumes and two cross-referencing
volumes. The businesses are arranged
alphabetically, geographically, and by industry. Helpful indexes are included for cross-referencing.
North Carolina Business Directory. Omaha, Neb.: American Directory Publication,
1989- . [Davis Ref. CR658 N87b; HC107
.N8 N7525] Annual.
This dual volume set
includes 248,000 business entries arranged by Yellow Page Category as well as
by city and product. Each section has
its own index.
Standard & Poor’s Register of Corporations, Directors
and Executives, United States and Canada. 3 vols. New York: Standard and Poor’s, 1963-
. [Davis Ref. HG4057 .A4]
Includes entries of
corporations covering the United States, many from Canada, and some from Mexico. Corporate names, addresses, products sold,
and upper management personal names incd.
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers. New York: Thomas Pub.
Co., 1906- . [Davis Ref. T12 .T612; [http://www/thomasregister.com]
Lists major
manufacturers and their products and services.
VI. FOUNDATIONS
AND GRANTS
Annual Register of Grant Support. Wilmette, IL: National
Register Publishing Co., 1969- . [Davis Ref. Desk AS911 .A2A67]
Provides information on
governmental agencies, public and private foundations, and profession
associations among others. Subject
index provides easy access to topic areas. Also indexed by organization,
geography, and personnel. Also includes chapters on planning and
proposal writing.
Directory of Research Grants. Phoenix, AZ: Oryz
Press, 1975- . [Davis Ref. LB2338 .D5]
Provides detailed
information on granting agencies and their interests and requirements. Subject index allows grant seekers to locate
relevant granting programs quickly. Includes funding for research,
scholarships, fellowships, conferences, & internships. Covers over 5,800 programs.
The Foundation Directory. New York: Foundation Center, 1960- . Irregular. [Davis Ref. Desk AS911 .A2F65] (DIALOG File 26)
Provides information on
the finances, government, and giving interests of the nation’s largest
grantmaking foundations--those with assets of $1 million. Entries are arranged alphabetically by state
and, within states, by the foundation name.
Five indexes to the descriptive entries and two appendixes are included
to assist users of this volume. Entries
include the following: the foundation’s
name and address, financial data for the latest year of record available, a
description of funding interests, a list of officers and trustees, its IRS
Employer Identification Number, and if applicable, the types of grants and
other forms of support awarded, restrictions on the giving program by
geographic or subject area, publications available from the foundation,
application procedures and deadlines, and the number of staff employed by the
foundation.
GrantSource Library
[http://research.unc.edu/grantsource/library.html]
The GrantSource Library at UNC offers a GrantSource Service
which includes several online,
searchable grant databases.
VII. RESEARCH
Government Research Directory. Detroit, MI: Gale
Research, 1985- . [Davis Ref. Desk Q179.98 .G68] (DIALOG File 115: Research Centers and Services Directory)
Information on
approximately 3,900 U.S. and Canadian government research installations.
Includes contact names and addresses and three indexes.
International Research Centers Directory. Detroit, MI: Gale
Research, 1982- . [Davis Ref. Desk AS8 .I5]
(DIALOG File 115: Research Centers and Services Directory)
Covers all countries
except the U.S. and all types of research including private, governmental, and
nonprofit. Many indexes and cross
references.
Research Centers Directory. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1960- . 2 volumes.
[Davis Ref. Desk AS25 .D5] (DIALOG File 115: Research Centers and Services
Directory)
Information on over
13,000 university and nonprofit research institutions in the U.S. Indexes by
geography and subject.
Research Services Directory. Detroit, MI: Gale
Research, 1981- . Irregular. [Davis
Ref. Desk Q179.98.R47] (DIALOG File
115: Research Centers and Services Directory)
Information on over
4,000 private sector research facilities that provide contract or fee-based
services. Indexed by research firm, geography, personal name, and subject.
VIII. LIBRARIES
AND LIBRARIANS
American Library
Association. ALA . Membership Directory.
Chicago: ALA, 1980/81- . Annual. [Davis Ref.; SILS Z720 .A4 .U37]
http://www.ala.org/
Guide to all units of
ALA, the book includes a personal name index for all officers, editors and
committee members. Includes listings for all members.
The American Library Directory. 2 v. New York: Bowker,
1923- . Annual. [Davis Ref. Desk; SILS Workroom Z731
.A53] (DIALOG File 460)
Public, academic, and
special libraries in the U.S. and Canada are arranged by state, city, and
institution. Personnel, statistical
data, sub-interests, and special collections are listed.
ArchivesUSA.. Chadwyck-Healey.
ArchivesUSA is a current directory of over 5,000
repositories and nearly 120,000 collections of primary source material across
the United States. Repository
records provide detailed information including phone and fax numbers, hours of
service, materials solicited, email and home page URLs when available. Each
collection record links to its corresponding repository record, simplifying the
research process. ArchivesUSA integrates the following information into
comprehensive collection records: The entire collection of NUCMC from 1959 to
the present. The National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC)
includes information gathered and indexed by the Library of Congress, covering
more than 80,000 collections. Only ArchivesUSA makes all of NUCMC fully searchable
in electronic form. Names and detailed subject indexing of over 50,000
collections whose finding aids have been published separately in
Chadwyck-Healey's microfiche series, National Inventory of Documentary Sources
in the United States (NIDS). Collection descriptions submitted directly from
repositories. A growing number of more than
3,000 links to online finding aids.
IX. PUBLISHERS
AND BOOK TRADE DIRECTORIES
American Book Trade Directory. New York: R.R. Bowker,
1915- . [Davis Ref. Desk; SILS Ref. Z475 .A5]
Emphasis on retailers
and wholesalers of books in the U.S. and Canada. Includes other information on
book trade such as statistics. Indexed
by type of store and also a general index.
International Directory of Little Magazines and Small Presses. Paradise, Calif.: Dustbooks, 1973- . [Davis
Ref. Desk Z6944.L5 D5]
Good directory for anyone
interested in alternative and small presses.
Full of interesting publications and very useful information on
community publications. The indexes are
by region and by subject.
International Literary Market Place. New York: R.R. Bowker,
1965- . [Davis Ref. Desk Z291.5 .I5]
Includes information on all aspects of the world wide
book trade in 175 countries. Features industry
yellow pages, library resources, and an international reference section.
Literary Market Place. New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1940- . Annual. [Davis Ref. Desk; SILS PN161 .L53]
Contains addresses/phone
#’s for entire spectrum of U.S. & Canadian publishing industry contacts:
publishers, obviously (provided they publish 3+ books p.a.) advertising,
agents, awards, binding, book clubs, book review opportunities, conferences,
distributors, electronic publishing, manufacturing, newspapers and magazines, paper
suppliers, printing, radio/TV wholesalers.
Publishers Directory. Detroit: Gale Research, 1984- . [Davis Ref. Desk Z475 .B65]
Covers over 19,000 publishers, distributors, and
imprints. Comprehensive coverage of U.
S. and Canadian publishing industry.
The Writer’s Market. Cincinnati: Writer’s Digest, 1922- . [Davis
Ref. Desk PN161 .W83]
Covers over 4,000 places to sell articles, books,
etc. Also includes interviews and
advice to writers.
X. EDUCATION
American Council on
Education. American Universities and
Colleges. New York: Walter deGruyter, 1928-. [Davis
Ref. Desk LA226 .A65]
Provides basic and
essential information on over 1400 higher education institutions. Each edition also includes survey articles
on topics of current interest.
CollegeSource. San
Diego: Career Guidance Foundation, 1994-.
[Davis Ref. Electronic Resource: CD-ROM 10-44].
College catalog collection on CD ROM. Issued in October, with cumulative updates
in December and March.
Commonwealth Universities Yearbook. London: Association of
Commonwealth Universities, 1958- . [Davis Ref. LB2310 .Y5]
Companion to International Handbook of Universities. Includes information about universities,
scholarships, fellowships. Multi-volume
work with many indexes.
Handbook of Private Schools. Boston:
Porter Sargent, 1952- . [Davis
Ref. Desk L901 .H3]
Provides information for parents to assist in
selecting a private school. Includes some illustrative portraits of some
schools.
The HEP Higher Education Directory. Falls Church, VA:
Higher Education Publishers, 1983- . [Davis Ref. L901 .H45]
Lists accredited
post-secondary educational institutions in the U.S. Also lists accrediting
agencies & higher education associations.
Indexes by key administrators and accreditation.
International Handbook of Universities. New York: Stockton
Press, 1962- . [Davis Ref. Desk L900 .I58]
Information on over
7,000 education institutions in 169 countries (excluding Commonwealth nations).
Patterson’s American Education. Mount Prospect, Ill: Education
Directories, 1953- . [Davis Ref. L901 .P3]
Includes information on
approximately 34,000 public, private, and parochial secondary schools;
thousands of school districts; and 7,300 colleges and universities.
Peterson’s Guides/Graduate Programs in (titles vary). Princeton, N.J.:
Peterson’s Guides, 1976- . Annual.
[Davis L901 .P462]
Peterson’s Annual Guides/Four-Year Colleges. Princeton, N.J.:
Peterson’s Guides, 1976- . Annual.
[Davis L901 .A552]
Both of these works give
basic information on American colleges and universities. This includes programs, degrees,
requirements, costs and many other areas.
World of Learning. London: Europa Pub. Co., 1947- . Annual. [Davis Ref. Desk AS2 .W6]
Worldwide information on
learned societies, research institutions, libraries, museums and universities.
Chase’s ...Calendar of Events. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1995- . [Davis Ref. Desk D11.5
.C48]
Includes more than
10,000 entries for international events and observances in 1996. Names and dates of the events as well as
addresses and phone numbers of related local contacts are included. A detailed index of entries arranged by
subject and geographic location is included.
All annual editions from
1984 and forward are in the stacks.
Directory of Electronic Journals, Newsletters, and Academic
Discussion Lists.
6th ed. Washington, D.C. Association of
Research Libraries, Office of Scientific and Academic Publishing, 1996. [Davis
Ref. Desk Z286 .E43 D57 1997; latest
edition at:
[http://www.lib.unc.edu/ejournal/restrict/arldej.shtml]
Useful to both reference
librarians and patrons searching for discussion lists or journals. Includes a section on how to cite (the National
Library of Medicine recommended format) electronically found materials. Additionally, there is useful information on
how to subscribe to discussion lists.
Internet Scout Report. [http://www.scout.cs.wisc.edu/scout/report/]
The
Scout Report provides a weekly update on subject-specific Web resources. It covers areas from world affairs to
science to engineering. The K.I.D.S. page will be of particular importance to
school and public libraries. This site, located in the Department of Computer
Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is well maintained and funded
by a grant from the National Science Foundation.