Data Axle Reference Solutions, formerly ReferenceUSA, contains business, medical and residential directories. Records include over 12 million U.S. businesses and 120 million U.S. residents. Businesses include private, public, and non-profit organizations, regardless of employee size or sales. Uses include: * Searching for particular individuals or organizations (or type of organization) within a certain location or industry * Identifying business opportunities and suppliers * Targeting a market * Making credit decisions * Preparing for job interviews or researching career opportunities * Obtaining business counts for planning purposes * Conducting research and surveys. The data from Data Axle, when used with ARCView Mapping software in Government Publications, may help to visually assess correlations between Census data and business or industry data, for a geographic location.
