Have you ever wondered what happened to the boy/girl that sat in the front seat fourth row of the dreaded Biology class? Have you misplaced an e-mail address of a friend? Do you need an address for a Senator or Representative? The Internet and World Wide Web have a vast data base of information on all conceivable questions, including e-mail addresses, street names, phone numbers, etc. There are a variety of search devices that can help you in finding that missing address. None of these search engines have a complete data base, but they are large and improving. As the old saying goes "If at first you don't succeed try, try again": Don't give up after using one search engine. Several useful sources for these addresses were "How to Find Almost Anyone on the Internet," The Net August 1966, 24-31 and the PCNovice Guide to the Web, vol. 4, issue 11., 1966. These search devices are divided into the following categories:

1. Universities--Vast list of Web Sites
2. Legislature--U.S. Representatives and Senators
3. White Pages--Email Search Engines
4. White Pages--Telephone Numbers, Addresses, and Zip Codes
5. Yellow Pages--The Advertisements

(1)Universities and Email Addresses

• American UniversitiesThis is a vast list of American universities. If you know what school your friend is addressing and little else, select the university and then look up the email address of your friend.
• American Universities:Community Colleges--This is a list of 546 community college Web links.
• Canadian Universities
• International and American Universities--This is a list of 3,000 universities.

(2)LegislatureU.S. Representatives and Senators

• Congress--They have a complete and directory of information about Congress. It is also has several nice search engines for finding your representative.
• The Zipper--Just provide a zip code and your representative and senator will "pop up."

(3)White Pages--Email Search Engines

• American UniversitiesThis is a vast list of American universities. If you know what school your friend is addressing and little else, select the university and then look up the email address of your friend.
• Big Foot--This has a listing of over 4 million entries.
• ClassMates Online--This is a listing of high school alumni.
• Deja News--This is a somewhat indirect, but effective way to find an email address. This is database of messages posted to Usenet/BB's. Type in a name and see if they have posted a message.
• FAQ: How to Find E-mail Addresses--This is a frequently asked question file on searching for email addresses.
• Finding an E-mail Address--This is list of hints and resources to search for email addresses.
• Four 11 Email Directory--This is one of the best search engines of E-Mail addresses of people and businesses.
• Internet Address Finder--They have a database of five and a half million addresses.
• MIT's Usenet Address Finder--Another list of four million addresses.
• Netfind--This is one of Yahoo's search devices.
• People Finder
• Reunion Hall--High School alumni search device.
• SavvySearch
• SearchAmerica--A vast database of 220 millions names, but they have a charge for the service.
• Switchboard--Search engine for persons and businesses.
• WhoWhere?
• WED World Email Directory--Access to email adresses, business, phone, and fax adresses world-wide.
• Women's International Center--Short biographies on famous women.
• Yahoo Maps--This is an amazing, if not slightly frightening, search engine. Type in an address and name and it will give you an exact map location of your house and the surrounding neighborhood.
• Yahoo People Search
• Yahoo White pages

(4)White Pages--Telephone Numbers, Addresses, and Zip Codes

• American Directory Assistance-Phone number for people nationwide
• Infospace--Adressess and phone numbers for friends, government offices, businesses,etc.
• National Address Server--Write in a valid US address and this server will return the zip code and even provide a Postscript file for printing.
• Zip Code Search--Another sevice from the US Postal Service

(5)Yellow Pages--The Advertisements

• Ad Quest Classifieds--Classified ads from most states
• Big Book
• Big Yellow--A yellow page directory for the entire country.
• Toll-Free Internet Directory--800 Numbers
• Yellow Pages Online--Business Phone Numbers

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