November Vendor Spotlight: ReferenceLegal

ReferenceLegal is an Internet-based reference service from infoGroup. The site was designed for use as a reference tool in law firms and legal libraries and is continually enhanced based upon suggestions from librarians and legal professionals. The ReferenceLegal database contains, in module format, detailed information on more than 14 million US businesses, 210 million US residents, 855,000 US health care providers, 2 million UK businesses,1.5 million Canadian businesses, and 12 million Canadian households. Other modules include Corp Tech and International Businesses. Legal professionals may customize the product by purchasing one or more modules.

Information is compiled from the following public sources: Secretary of State filings; annual reports, 10-Ks and other SEC information; Utility feeds from businesses turning on their gas, power, phone, etc.  Continuing Medical Education (CME) directories; federal, state, provincial and municipal government data; Chamber of Commerce information; leading business magazines, trade publications, newsletters, major newspapers, industry and specialty directories; and postal service information, including both US and Canadian National Change of Address updates.

250 employees make telephone calls to verify the information on each business and health care provider in the database. 17 million phone calls are made each year, and businesses with 100 or more employees are phone-verified at least twice a year.

ReferenceLegal's residential information is compiled from more than 3,900 White Page telephone directories. Each listing appears in the database exactly as it appears in the phone book. Information is available eight to 12 weeks after it appears in the phone book, and the file is processed through US and Canadian National Change of Address records on a monthly basis.

Each US residential listing also contains information from the most recent US census, including median household income, median home value, latitude/longitude and percentage of owner-occupied housing.

Founded in 1972, infoGroup is the leading provider of business and consumer information products, database marketing services and Internet marketing solutions. We offer the most comprehensive databases in the industry and are the only company to build and maintain a proprietary database of virtually all US and Canadian businesses and residents.

The infoGroup databases power the directory services of the top traffic-generating Internet sites, including Yahoo!, InfoSpace and Microsoft. infoGroup has partnership agreements with several Internet companies, including Mapquest.com, DoubleClick, Network Solutions, USWeb/CKS, Dell and MyWay.com. More than three million customers use our products and services for direct marketing, telemarketing, market research, sales lead generation, sales planning, customer analysis and credit decisions.

See http://www.referencelegal.com/ for more information on this AALL2009 Exhibitor

 

Comments

[Rakesh Mathur]

good & informative blog.

Quite a lot of legal information is in pdf, tiff jpeg formats difficult to cut and paste, unless its converted to text easily.
One way to do is click: http://www.onlinedocumentconversion.com/ upload, convert to rtf & then edit in MS Word. 24x7, Paypal, few cents per page is worth it.

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