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Directories

Directories are broadly defined as an alphabetical list of names and addresses. Many directories are specialized, as identified on the following tabs in this box. Be sure to ask a librarian if you need help locating contact information for a business or other entity.

Business and Address Directories

Business Insights: Essentials
Provides information on companies, industries and more in the context of timely news, statistical data, and in-depth reports.
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Gale Directory Library
Gale Directory Library offers an online collection of premier directories providing information on companies, publishers, associations, and more—giving access to sources that are unavailable or difficult to find on the internet: Market Share Reporter, Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources and Scholarlships, Fellowships and Loans. Terms of Use
Reference Solutions
A provider of consumer and business research; Reference Solutions aids in creating marketing plans, coducting competitive analysis, rasing funds, and locating people. It includes two databases: U.S. Businesses, and U.S. New Businesses. Also includes U.S. Jobs and Internships federated search. Formerly known as Reference USA.
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Zip code lookup
USPS site. Provides the zip+4 code for any U.S. address given. Formed by the union of many individual state directories.

National Trade and Professional Associations of the United States by Colgate, Craig, Russell, John J.
Call Number: REF HD2425 .N37x
Publication Date: Current Edition
Lists some seven thousand trade associations, labor unions, professional, scientific, or technical societies and other national organizations. Preceding Serial Title: National Trade and Professional Associations of the United States and Canada and Labor Unions

Government and State Agency Directories

Kansas Directory
A publication that provides contact information for numerous government resources and provides general information about Kansas. Published by Office of the Secretary of State
Kansas Legislators
House and Senate contact information
Kansas Members of Congress
House and Senate contact information
Kansas State Employee and Agency Directory
Published by Kansas Department of Administration
Washington Information Directory
Provided by CQ Press

Grant Directories and Lists of Funding Sources

Note: This list does not include student scholarships. See the Career and Employment LibGuide for scholarship sources.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Contains detailed descriptions of over 2,000 federal assistance programs.
Foundation Center
Nonprofit; accessing some information on this site requires a subscription
Grants.gov
Find and apply for federal grants.
Grants and Related Resources (Michigan State University)
MSU Libraries is a member of the Foundation Center's Funding Information Network (FIN) and they have a fairly comprehensive library guide about funding resources with a page on crowdfunding.
Kansas Foundations On The Web
Master list of foundations in Kansas that maintain a web address.
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
An independent federal agency.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Part of the United States Department of Health and is responsible for biomedical and public health research.
National Science Foundation (NSF)
A United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering.

Directory of Research Grants
Call Number: REF LB2338 .D57
Publication Date: 2016 (39th ed.)
Located in Reference
Foundation Directory by Foundation Center
Call Number: REF AS 911.A2 F65
Publication Date: 2015 (37th ed.)
Located in Reference
Grants Register
Call Number: REF LB 2338 .G7
Publication Date: Current edition
Located on Reserve

Education, Museum and Library Directories

Sports Market Analytics (formerly SBRnet)
Full-text news and market research on all facets of the sporting goods and sports marketing industry. Includes a complete directory of U.S. and Canadian college sports programs with links to over 10,000 sports organizations. Includes full-text articles and industry statistics.

American Library Directory; A Classified List of Libraries in the United States and Canada, with Personnel and Statistical Data by R.R. Bowker Company. Jaques Cattell Press.
Call Number: REF Z731 .A53
Publication Date: Current Edition
Europa World of Learning.
Call Number: REF AS2 .W6 v1-2
Publication Date: Current Edition
Most recent edition located in Reference

Periodical and Publishing Directories

MLA Directory of Periodicals
Presents detailed information on more than 7,100 periodicals in the areas of literature, language, linguistics, and folklore, with 4,400 currently indexed in the MLA International Bibliography. The entries list editorial addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, e-mail addresses, frequency of publication, descriptions of the periodicals' scopes, circulation figures, subscription prices and addresses, advertising information, and submission guidelines.
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Ulrichsweb.com
Authoritative source of bibliographic and publisher information on more than 300,000 academic and scholarly journals, open access publications, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters and more from around the world.
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An Author's Guide to Social Work Journals by Terry Cluse-Tolar; Stephanie Souza; Michel Coconis; National Association of Social Workers Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: REF HV85 .A93 2009
ISBN: 9780871013927
Publication Date: 2009
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Willing's press guide.
Call Number: REF Z6956 .E5 W5 v1-3
Publication Date: Current Edition
Most current edition located in Reference