INTERNATIONAL

CONTENTS:

• Who's Who in European Business & Industry
• Who's Who in International Art
• Branchenbuch

WHO'S WHO IN EUROPEAN BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

Internet Prospector reviews lean toward free sites rather than fee-based. But as resources continue to move online, the Internet becomes the perfect access point for researchers to find information for a small per-record fee. That makes the fee-based services accessible to all. Who-database.com provides just this type of service. For 5 Euro ($4.48 US), registered members can retrieve "detailed requests" -- a brief profile -- of a company or "manager." More detailed profiles of companies are available for 10 Euro ($8.97 US). Personal Agent, the third product offered at this site, alerts you to changes that you register to track. For 2 Euro ($1.79 US), you will receive an e-mail message directing you to a Web site where you can review promotions or other changes for the individuals you wish to follow. Choose Information Now at the home page to get to samples from the database, or stop there for a minute for a free review of the business news about top European officers and companies. Who-database.com currently has 20,000 profile-type records, lining it up to become a formidable contender as an information provider in this developing industry.

http://www.who.de/

WHO'S WHO IN INTERNATIONAL ART

Find artists around the world via this collection of brief profiles. Begin your visit by reading the Presentation to learn the publisher's goal. Then choose Recherche to look for the artist who is your affiliate. The bonus is this site is in English as well as French.

http://www.whoswhoart.ch/

BRANCHENBUCH

Find contact information for over 500,000 businesses and 5.2 million people at this Swiss directory site. Don't be intimidated by the lack of English here -- just use a "throw the ball, catch the ball" approach. Drop an individual name into the Branche box or a company name into the Firmen box. To your relief, you'll find that the results returned often include a bit of English.

http://www.branchenbuch.ch/

Cecilia Hogan