Boston Public Library
Telephone Directories
Kirstein Business Library
700 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
617-859-2142

Kirstein's telephone directory collection includes white pages, yellow pages, and business-to-business directories of cities/metro areas with populations over 100,000 people. All Massachusetts and New England communities, as well as all capital cities in the U.S., are included regardless of population. These directories are shelved by state and are indexed by city/town/place name.

In addition to our print phone books, Kirstein also subscribes to:


D&B Million Dollar Database (Online)  also available from home with a valid BPL card.
Information provided for more than 14 million U.S. companies. Offers up to 35 searchable fields such as SIC and NAICS codes, company size and sales, business type and age, and contact criteria. Includes specialty information such as executive name lists and president biographies.

There are many telephone directories available for free online as well.

Superpages.com (Verizon)
Search for names, addresses, and phone numbers of over 16 million businesses across the U.S. in this "Yellow Page" database. This site can also find phone numbers and e-mail addresses of individuals.

InfoSpace
White page & yellow page searching for individuals and businesses. Includes a company fax number directory.

International Telephone Directories

Switchboard
Online telephone directory of over 90 million individuals and over 10 million businesses (search by name or business category).