Finding People and Businesses
The Stark County District Library offers a variety of reference books, online databases, and a list of recommended websites to assist your search for people or businesses. While reference books can only be used in the library, the databases can be accessed through the library’s website www.starklibrary.org both in the library and from home using your library card number. Websites can be accessed from home, in the Main Library’s Technology Center, or at any library branch location. The library’s professional staff will be happy to assist you in finding information. Come to the library, call Reference Services at (330) 458-2754, or email the staff at Ask a Reference Librarian for further assistance.
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Finding People
Finding People - Reference Books: The books listed in this tutorial are reference books located at the Main Library on the second floor. These books can not be checked out but may be photocopied or used within the library.
Canton McKinley High School Alumni Directory Planning a high school reunion? This directory lists McKinley High School attendees from 1917 to 2001 and provides biographical information as well as name changes along with addresses and phone numbers.
Haines Criss Cross Directory This directory searches for people by address or by telephone number. The library has directories for Canton, Akron, and the surrounding area.
How to Locate Anyone Anywhere Without Leaving Home Written by a former FBI agent, this work describes how to conduct searches for people using a wide variety of resources such as: telephone directories, police departments, city and county permits, licenses, and reporting agencies.
How to Locate Anyone Who Is or Has Been in the Military Use this resource to locate current and former members of the military, service numbers, retired members, veterans, military unit records, Reserve members, National Guard members and ship rosters.
Polk City Directories Search for people by name, address, or telephone number. The directory provides information such as head of household, home ownership, home value, and median age of household. The library has directories for the following Ohio cities: Canton, Akron, Alliance, Massillon, and New Philadelphia.
Public Records Online This work provides information about 8,500 federal, state, and county government agencies.
Telephone Directories The Main Library’s Reference Division has telephone books for almost every location in Ohio, as well as many major cities within the United States.
Finding People - Online Database: The library subscribes to a wide range of databases available to the public from the library’s website at www.starklibrary.org/databases.htm. These databases are available at any library location. The majority of databases can be accessed from home by using your library card number.
ReferenceUSA This database is a national criss-cross telephone book with detailed information on more than 12 million US businesses and 102 million US residents. The database can be searched by last name, address, or telephone number.
Finding People - Websites:
* denotes a subscription website
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction http://www.drc.state.oh.us
*The Search Systems DirectPass Ohio http://www.searchsystems.net/list.php?nid=507
*The Search Systems Free Criminal Records Search Guide http://www.searchsystems.net/free-criminal-records-search-guide.php
*The Search Systems Public Records Guide http://www.searchsystems.net
Switchboard www.switchboard.com
White Pages Phone Directory www.whitepages.com
Yahoo! People Search http://people.yahoo.com
Finding Businesses
Finding Businesses - Reference Books: The books listed in this tutorial are reference books located at the Main Library on the second floor. These books can not be checked out but may be photocopied or used within the library.
American Big Businesses Directory Detailed information is provided for 63,000 organizations in this directory, including SIC codes, sales volume, number of employees, key personnel, and credit rating scores.
American Manufacturers Directory Use this directory to find information on 171,000 manufacturers with 20 or more employees includes annual sales figures and credit ratings.The directory is indexed by company name, city, and SIC classification.
American Wholesalers and Distributors Directory The directory offers details on more than 27,000 companies and contains information about the products, number of employees, date the business was established, and sales figures.
Brands and Their Companies Looking for the company that produces your favorite brand or product? This directory is indexed by the product name and the company.
Constructor: Directory of Membership and Services Arranged by state, this directory indexes construction members and provides company profiles. The directory has a buyers guide listing, index of suppliers, and related organizations.
D&B Directory of Service Companies This directory focuses on both private and public service oriented companies. The directory utilizes easy cross referencing along with the names and titles of key personnel of over 50,000 companies.
D&B Industrial Guide: A Guide to US Manufacturing Companies A multi-volume set used to locate private and public manufacturing companies. Each entry includes hard to find information such as the square footage of the company’s facility and provides the company’s web address.
D&B Million Dollar Directory: America’s Leading Public and Private Companies
This five volume set of the top 160,000 public and private businesses in US, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands contains alphabetical, geographical, and industry classification indexes of companies which includes their names, addresses, line of business, officers, and marketing data.
Directory of United States Exporters Use this directory to find companies that export products. It is indexed by state, name of company, and by product.
Directory of United States Importers This directory provides an alphabetical listing of companies that import products by state as well as a listing of products with their Harmonized Commodity Codes.
Haines Criss Cross Directory This directory searches for businesses by address or telephone number. The library has directories for Canton, Akron, and the surrounding areas.
Harris Ohio Industrial Directory Descriptive and statistical data are included in this directory for companies comprised of manufacturers, machine shops, fabricators, assemblers, and printers.The directory provides information on the number of employees, sales figures, and square footage of each company.The library has individual industrial directories for each state.
LexisNexis Corporate Affiliations In eight volumes, this set covers public and private US companies, and International companies that have at least $50 million in sales. Information included in this set is company name, geographic, and SIC code index. Subsidiaries of a parent company are also listed.
Ohio Business Directory The Ohio Business Directory contains 511,000 business listings arranged by city and by yellow page category. Besides providing address, fax number, and company officers, this directory includes national statistics, top 50 companies, and chamber of commerce listings.
Polk City Directories You can search for a business by name, address, or telephone number. The directory also provides information for marketing research. The library has directories for the following Ohio cities: Canton, Akron, Alliance, Massillon, and New Philadelphia.
Telephone Directories The Main Library’s Reference Division has telephone books for almost every location in Ohio as well as many major cities within the United States.
Finding Businesses - Online Databases:
Business Source Premier This is a database providing full text for more than 36,000 scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and much more.
MasterFILE Premier This database indexes 1,900 various periodicals covering a wide range of subjects including business and consumer information.
National Newspapers Premier This database provides coverage of 27 national newspapers in one seamless search.
Regional Business News Regional Business News database provides full-text newswire service that incorporates international business wires as well as 75 national business journals and newspapers.
Finding Businesses - Websites:
AnyWho Online Directory www.anywho.com
Business.gov: The Official Business Link to the U.S Government www.business.gov
Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce www.cantonchamber.org
City of Canton Community/Economic Development and Planning www.cityofcanton.com/citygov/ecdevdept