Acquiring mailing lists

Sources for mailing lists include:

- List brokers, found in the phone book or the Internet
- List compilers as found in the direct marketing trade journals
- Magazine publishers, who often sell their lists
- Trade associations
- The Internet
- Catalog publishers

Also visit the Reference Desk at your local library to review the Standard Rate & Data Service (SRDS) Directory of Mailings Lists and the Oxbridge Communications Directory of Mailings Lists. These reference journals contain over 10,000 mailing lists with all the pertinent list data such as who owns the list, the cost, number of records, etc.