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*[[Williams' Akron, Wooster & Cuyahoga Falls Directory, City Guide, and Business Mirror (1859)]]<br/>
 
*[[Williams' Akron, Wooster & Cuyahoga Falls Directory, City Guide, and Business Mirror (1859)]]<br/>
 
*[[The Akron, Portage Lakes, Barberton, Cuyahoga Falls Official Street Directory and Handy Guide (1944)]] published by The Burch Directory Co in Akron, Ohio<br/>
 
  
 
*[[Annual Business Review of Wayne County (1887)]]
 
*[[Annual Business Review of Wayne County (1887)]]
  
*[[Directories|Wayne County Directories]]
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*[[Wooster and Wayne County Directory 1894-1895]]
  
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*[[Neikirk and Snyder Wooster City and Wayne County Directory (1904)]]
  
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*[[Wooster Phone Book 1903]]
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| content='''ReferenceUSA'''  — The premier source of business and residential information for reference and research.  Used by entrepreneurs, businesses, students, job-seekers or anyone wanting access to information on tens of millions of businesses and hundreds of millions of consumers in an easy to search format.
 
  
ReferenceUSA - Instructions to Accessing Databases Remotely:
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*[[Wooster Phone Book 1912]]
  
# Go to the WCPL website www.wcpl.info
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*[[Wooster Directory 1915]]
# Scroll down, looking on the left side menu for Research Databases
 
# At the A - Z listing categorized by subject. Click desired link.
 
# Once listing displays, scroll down to the desired database
 
# You will be asked to enter your library card no. (without A)
 
 
'''U.S. Businesses'''
 
  
Use this module to search for comprehensive, accurate and up to date information on more than 34.5 million U.S. Businesses.  Data is telephone verified and updated monthly.  Use the more than 3 dozen search selections to create custom queries.  Results link to individual profiles for each business containing essential information.
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*[[Wooster Directory 1925]]
  
'''U.S. Standard White Pages'''
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*[[The Akron, Portage Lakes, Barberton, Cuyahoga Falls Official Street Directory and Handy Guide (1944)]] published by The Burch Directory Co in Akron, Ohio<br/>
  
With  more than 150 million U.S.listings, this module gives you access to people all over the United States.  Records are continuously updated against the USPS National Change of Address and  Delivery Sequence File (DSF) to be the most current source for residential listings available.  Records include maps and key demographic data.
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* Listing of [[Directories|Wayne County Directories]]
  
'''U.S. Consumers / Lifestyle'''
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Searchers use the Consumer / Lifestyle data to understand the buying habits of groups of consumers.  Drawn from a variety of sources the results are a blend of purchase preference information with household and census type data.
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'''U.S. New Businesses'''
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Updated on a weekly basis with information from a variety of sources, the U.S. New Business module is the ideal resource for anyone wanting to connect with businesses in their start up and early phases of development.
 
 
 
'''U.S. HealthCare'''
 
 
 
Profiling more than 1 million physicians and dentists, the U.S. HealthCare database gives researchers a unique look at a doctor’s practice.  Essential information includes the doctor’s specialty, age, medical school attended, year of graduation and hospital affiliation.
 
 
 
'''U.S. New Movers /Homeowners'''
 
 
 
Each year 15% of the country’s population moves to a new location.  Each week ReferenceUSA adds more than 300,000 New Movers/ Homeowners to this module.  Search using key data elements including Residential Details, Mortgage Details, Confirmed Homeowner status and Move Distance.
 
 
 
'''Canadian Business'''
 
 
 
The Canadian Business data module is one the most robust information sources of Canadian business information available. Researches create custom searches using criteria from a list of search options and results link to profiles of more than 1.5 million businesses.
 
 
 
'''Canadian  White Pages'''
 
Records are 100% publicly sourced to comply with Canadian privacy laws and contain information on more than 12 million Canadian households.</p>
 
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* [[Business Letterheads]]
 
* [[Business Letterheads]]
 
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| content=New to business research? These business guides will help steer you in the right direction.
 
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Latest revision as of 17:59, 15 May 2017


Business Portal

Wayne County, Ohio Online Resource Center Portals OrganizationGenealogyLocal History

Business Indexes Historical Businesses & Letterheads

Welcome to the Wayne County Public Library Business Portal.

Business history Business Letterheads Defunct Businesses
Historical Gallery
Photography from area businesses. Submit photographs that you took or own the rights to the photo.
Historical Business Letterheads
Business letterheads help researchers trace business histories. Often times they provide addresses or locations of the business and years that the business was in existence.