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The library is a great place for print and online sources to help you find what you need. Phone numbers and addresses can be found in a variety of places. Certainly online as listed here but also in some places or books you might not think of right away. If you can't find it here, stop in or call the Reference Desk for help.

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Landline versus cell phones – most cell phone numbers will not be listed in a public directory.

Highlights

In the Reference area on the second floor we have approximately 117 paper Wisconsin phone directories, great for yellow page searching or small Wisconsin communities. We also have a few directories for select cities outside of Wisconsin.

Resources @ La Crosse Public Library

AtoZdatabases:AtoZ databases an online directory of addresses and telephone numbers for businesses and residential listings.  Search them separately or together, by name, address or telephone number.  Funded by and available to City of La Crosse residents.   

 

 

 La Crosse Area Community Directory  Our best kept secret. Here you will find contact information and links to local community clubs and organizations 

Books located in the library  

  • In the Reference area on the second floor we have approximately 117 paper Wisconsin phone directories, great for yellow page searching or small Wisconsin communities. We have a few select cities outside of Wisconsin on the shelf.

 

External Resources

General

Cell phone imageAnywho A quick way to search to find a business, find a person, and reverse lookups for telephone numbers. Once you find a listing you can map it. The site is provided by AT&T Infonet. 

Dexonline Search for businesses by business name, category, keyword or phone number, can include city, state, address or zip code to narrow down your search. Search people by name and location, look under Local Searches for the White Pages. Can also search by reverse address or reverse phone number under the people search. 
 
Switchboard offers tabs for searching Find a Business (business name or category and location), Find a person (name, city, state & zip code, reverse phone lookup), maps & directions (search by location and business or category), search by phone(reverse phone and reverse address), area & zip codes (search by city, reverse area code-exchange lookup, reverse zip code lookup). Information provided by InfoUSA.
 
Superpages Offers users:  the most "complete nationwide" Yellow Pages directory, a nationwide residential directory, CONSUMER GUIDE product reviews and recommendations, classified ads, and maps and driving directions. Includes people search, reverse phone, reverse address, area & zip codes.
 
State and Local Government on the Net  A one-stop shopping center for state and local governments online. Click on the state for a list of Web sites in that state, starting with state government, then counties and cities and miscellaneous sites.
 
Maps Enter your search, city and state and see a list of results including phone number and address.
 
Fone Finder  Can’t find the exact listing but want to know where a phone number is coming from? Search by phone number. Gives you the area or service the phone number is coming from.
 
Zip Codes
 
Zip Codes  allows you to get a list of all ZIP codes in a city, county, or area code.
 
Area Codes
 
Area Codes  allows you to look-up zip codes, city names, area codes, and phone number.  The area code search is best used when you enter the city's name.
 
Toll-Free Numbers              800         888         877         866
 
AT&T 800 offers a search feature to track down toll free numbers. You can search by business name.
 
Internet 800/888 Directory  Enter a product, service, company name or toll free number.
 
International       
 
Canada411 Locate persons and businesses in Canada. It also includes postal codes.
 
International Infobel  Infobel's directory provides links to yellow pages, white pages or web site directories from more than 187 countries.  Please note not all phone directories will be in English.
 
International Calling Codes for Long Distance Calls
 
All Nations Expatriates Telephone Search Engine  "An engine based on placing international calls from international locations."  It gives you the calling code instructions from each of the world's national calling codes to any other nation.
 
Country Calling Codes  This is an easy way of figuring out how to make phone calls to other countries.  From the drop down menu choose the location of where you are calling from, to where you are calling to.

CountryCode.org Country, city, international and national code listings.
 

 last updated 1/13 by Pam Gleason  Winking Smiley image

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