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A Hearty Buffet of Look-Up Databases Grows Larger and More Useful
Back in 2003, long before I started working here as news editor, I occasionally wrote a SearchDay stories for Chris while still also compiling ResourceShelf. One of those SearchDay stories was titled: A Hearty Buffet of Look-Up Databases, and looked at the many and free online databases that Melissa Data made available. Melissa Data is a mailing company and offers these online tools as a public service. Everything from “Zip Codes within a certain radius” to Income Tax stats to “area codes within a certain radius.” Most of the databases listed in my 2003 article are still available. Ok, so after looking at that overview (an invite to do so) you’ll be happy to know that Melissa Data continues to offer free lookup databases. In fact, when I wrote the article in 2003, 18 databases were listed. It’s almost 2006 and that “hearty buffet” of databases, has grown even larger, now home to more than 30 databases and tools.

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