How to Find People on the Internet

There is a wide array of search mechanisms for finding people on the Web. A word of warning: The information you find may be out-of-date by several years.

AnyWho: AT&T's search mechanism for personal and business phone numbers; also searches businesses by category

AOL NetFind: search for people's email addresses or phone numbers, or search the yellow pages for businesses

BigFoot: searches personal phone numbers and email addresses, as well as business yellow pages

InfoSpace: offers white pages and yellow pages searches, as well as a reverse lookup (find out who's assigned to a phone number)

Lycos WhoWhere?: search for a person's phone number and address, email address, or Web address

Meta Email Search Agent: the largest worldwide email database, based in Germany   

Yellow Pages:   search mechanism for businesses' and individuals' phone numbers, addresses, and email addresses  

Switchboard: CBS's search lets you look for message boards and maps as well as addresses and phone numbers  

UNT Directory: UNT's official email and phone number database.  

Yellow Book: one-stop searching for phone numbers and more  

Yahoo! People Search: search for people's phone numbers and email addresses (can be limited by domain name)