Leah GiarritanoLIS504LE: Reference and Information ServicesSources Exercises: Directories SourcesJuly 8, 2011

1. Using the Encyclopedia of Associations (Associations Unlimited) resource via the University of Illinois Library website, I was able to determine that there is one National Organization in the United States for people interested in origami called Origami U.S.A.

3. I was able to answer these questions using the Netadvantage website from Standard and Poors. As of January 29, 2011, Gap Inc. operated 3.068 stores: 1,111 Gap North America; 576 Banana Republic North America; 1,027 Old Navy North America; 184 Gap Europe; 135 Gap Asia; 29 Banana Republic Asia; five Banana Republic Europe and one Athleta with 38.2 million sq. ft. of total retail space. Another 178 stores are franchised. There are a total of 135,000 employees as of January 31, 2010.

4. By doing an advanced search using the College Catalogs database via the University of Illinois Library website, I was able to determine that there are 14 colleges and universities within a 25 miles radius of San Antonio, TX.

5. Using the website for American Booksellers Association (www.bookweb.org), I performed a search of their directory to determine which California booksellers specialize in mysteries. There are three: Book’em Mysteries in South Pasadena, M is for Mystery in San Mateo and The Mystery Book Store L.A. in Los Angeles.

6. Using Hoover’s Online, I discovered that Steven Medlik is the CFO of Oriental Trading. Oriental Trading sells more than 30,000 products, including party supplies, toys and novelties, arts and crafts and home décor through its websites and catalogs.

7. Using the Zip Codes website of the United States Postal Service, I determined that the zip code is 61103. www.usps.com/ncsc

8. I found this information using the resource Museums of the World, 7th Edition.

9. I used the Standard and Poor’s NetAdvantage database to get information on the current market conditions facing companies that manufacture cardboard boxes or “containerboard” as they are called. Paper makers (those in the Paper & Forest Product market, including those that make containerboard), have made a determined effort in recent years to keep capacity in line with demand by shutting down unneeded and high-cost facilities and by refraining from building new machines. These efforts led to a long period of steadily higher prices, despite a generally declining demand trend. Conditions in the containerboard market, specifically, are expected to remain fairly strong in 2011. Because boxes are used to ship a wide variety of consumer and industrial goods, this segment is one of the most economically sensitive. However, unlike some other paper grades, demand for containerboard has not been affected by secular changes in print communications.

10. I found the contact information for Just for Keeps in Publishers, Distributors and Wholesalers of the U.S., 2009.

Just for KeepsP.O. Box 60091San Diego, CA 92160619-265-9300

I set out to challenge myself by submitting this Directory Sources assignment, as we had been forewarned that it was a tricky assignment. Challenge myself I did! Finding each answer took a lot of time and patience. In some cases in was hard to find one resource to answer a question, much less a second one to verify what I discovered in the first resource (like question number 5 about bookstores in California specializing in mysteries). Overall, I found this assignment very intriguing and empowering. Finding the answers to these questions has taught me so much about the variety of directory resources that are available and how to use each of them. I am gaining a lot of experience and confidence by going to the library (as well as using online resources) and searching through the once intimidating reference collection.