Finding Toll-Free #'s Fast! and ReferenceUSA

Hi All,

I just found an interesting and possibly helpful site called Hard To Find 800 Numbers. Click here to go the site. A few things about the site are notable. First, there is an alphabetical list users can choose to find the business or organization phone number they are looking for. Second, there is a notes column that tells users which options to push once you call the telephone number.

I suspect we all have the same feeling of helplessness when we are stuck in an 800-number telephone tree of options (1 for Customer Service, 2 for Help, 3 for Information Regarding Your Account, 4 For More Information, 5 To Return to the Previous Menu...) so this extra column of options is pretty helpful.

Now, to segueway to an online database that the library provides for free...the database is called the ReferenceUSA and is a business type database. The database gives users the name, telephone number, contact information, maps, name(s) of the officers of the company, credit information, number of employees and more in an easily organized, easy-to-use, easy-to-read format!

Once users get to the library homepage (click here to go to the library homepage) Users should click on the Reference Tab on the homepage and then click on the Business link. Once you click on the business link scroll down to the name ReferenceUSA. Click on the link and you'll need to enter your Farmingdale library card number - the number is located on the back of the card and is 14 digits long. No spaces required and just enter the number - no capitals or anything else.

Once inside the database users can sift through company names by state, zip code, phone number, area code, size of business and much, much more. Information is updated once per year by InfoUSA - the parent company of RefUSA - so it is current.

Once last excellent feature of the resource - you can find peoples' address and phone number by clicking on the US Standard White Pages link a bit down on the page on the left side. Note also that users have the option of looking for New US Businesses, Canadian Business, US Healthcare businesses, or US New Movers/Homeowners.

For salespeople or for people who are just looking up a persons address this FREE database is the cat's meow!

Regards,
Stu