{"id":2850,"date":"2014-04-17T16:12:41","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T16:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/?p=957"},"modified":"2014-04-17T16:12:41","modified_gmt":"2014-04-17T16:12:41","slug":"database-of-the-week-referenceusa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/2014\/04\/17\/database-of-the-week-referenceusa\/","title":{"rendered":"Database of the Week: ReferenceUSA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each week we will highlight one of the many <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/files\/2014\/04\/RefernceUSA.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-958 alignright\" alt=\"RefernceUSA\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/files\/2014\/04\/RefernceUSA-300x195.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" \/><\/a>databases we have here at the Pomerantz Business Library.<\/p>\n<p><b>The database: <\/b>ReferenceUSA<\/p>\n<p><b>Where to find it: <\/b>You can find it <a title=\"ReferenceUSA\" href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.uiowa.edu\/ReferenceUSA\">here<\/a>, and under S in the databases <a title=\"Database A-Z list\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/databasesaz\/\" >A-Z list<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Use it to find:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Directory information for 24 Million US Businesses<\/li>\n<li>Often includes Executive Name, Address, Phone Number, Sales Volume, Employee Size<\/li>\n<li>US Consumers\/Lifestyle Database<\/li>\n<li>US Jobs\/Internships Database<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/files\/2014\/04\/RefUSACustom.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-965   alignleft\" style=\"margin-right: 40px\" alt=\"Custom Search\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/files\/2014\/04\/RefUSACustom-188x300.png\" width=\"113\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Tips for searching: <\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use the &#8220;Quick Search&#8221; to search by Company Name, Executive Name, City, State or Phone<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Use the &#8220;Custom Search&#8221; to build a more complex search.\u00a0 Can refine by Business type (Industry Code \/ Group), Geography (Radius, County, Map Based Search, etc), Business Size, Ownership, and more<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/files\/2014\/04\/RefUSADisplay.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-974\" alt=\"RefUSADisplay\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/files\/2014\/04\/RefUSADisplay-300x287.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Demos: <\/strong>The following demo (from the University of Texas) shows how to make lists with ReferenceUSA:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EW6NmgZIB90?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Want help using ReferenceUSA? Contact <a href=\"mailto:willow-fuchs@uiowa.edu\">Willow<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:kimberly-bloedel@uiowa.edu\">Kim<\/a> and set up an appointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each week we will highlight one of the many databases we have here at the Pomerantz Business Library. The database: ReferenceUSA Where to find it: You can find it here, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2850"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}