Featured: New Businesses and Lifestyle Modules added to ReferenceUSA

---

APL now offers two new ReferenceUSA modules, New Businesses and Lifestyles.

New Businesses is updated weekly with more than 40,000 new businesses nationwide and more than 200 in Travis County. Search by business name, type, filing type, geography, phone, home-based business, and time frame. Track new areas of economic development and research and find new businesses that could use your goods or services.

Lifestyles offers 19 categories with subheadings to identify consumers based on their lifestyles, hobbies, and interests. Search specific geographic areas for potential customers who have interests in your products or services. Economic factors such as median home income and median home value can also be incorporated into the search.

ReferenceUSA provides directory information for 14 million U.S. businesses and 135 million U.S. households. Search by name, address, phone number, company name, brand, industry, state, county, city, zip code, and other special selections. Details on businesses include toll free and fax numbers, Web address, sales volume, number of employees, ticker symbols, and owner/executive names and biographies. Use the Custom or Guided Search features to create and save customized lists.

ReferenceUSA is available to everyone at all Austin Public Library locations. APL cardholders can access the databases 24 hours a day from home or office computers. To find out more call 974-7400 or stop by and ask any of your neighborhood librarians for more information.

See past featured databases.

---

Popular Databases

• Austin American-Statesman
• eLibrary Curriculum Edition
• Encyclopedia Britannica Reference Center
• Factiva
• HeritageQuest Online
• MasterFILE Premier
• PressDisplay
• ReferenceUSA
• TumbleBook Library
• WorldCat

---

Tips on Finding the Right Database for your Search

• Use the subject listings on the right of the page to select a database.
• See a brief description of each database under the title. Click on more for details.
• Use the individual database's help feature for tips on searching the database.
• Search eJournal Finder to find a specific journal, magazine, or newspaper in the databases. A link to eJournal Finder is under tools on the left side of the screen.
• See the APL database help pages for more tips.