Inga Messer from ReferenceUSA (Omaha, Nebraska) will be at the NMRLS Office on Thursday, March 20, 2003 from 10-12pm. Please join her while she provides an overview and training on ReferenceUSA, an Internet reference tool, which is available to all NMRLS members. Please register at http://www.nmrls.org/ce/ceform.shtml.

Inga's workshop is a friendly and fun introduction to this great reference tool. It will prepare you to use ReferenceUSA to respond to many reference questions. Bagels and coffee will be served. If you can't attend this workshop, please email Inga or contact her at 1-800-808-1113 ext 3790 to arrange an on-site training session at your library.

ReferenceUSA can help to answer reference questions such as:

"How can I find all the nut growers and nut shops in the state of Alabama?"

"I need a list of all the businesses in St. Louis, Missouri, with fewer than 10 employees."

"I'm moving to Cedar City, Utah, and need to find a daycare center, church, school, and realtor. Can you help me?"

"My classmate moved to Manchester and married a man with the last name Pinkney. I need to find her phone number."

ReferenceUSA contains information on 12 million US businesses and 102 million US residents. Everyone in your community, from job seekers, sales people, students, consumers and reunion planners will enjoy using this product to find the answers they have been seeking.

Database Remote (Home) Access Link Changes:

Please be advised that there have been changes to the NMRLS remote (home) access links. For more information, please visit http://www.nmrls.org/reference/remotelinksannounce.shtml.