The Yellow Pages will list virtually every business of any size in the area. In addition, many businesses purchase advertisements in the yellow pages. If you want a particular product or service, you can go through the main body of the Yellow Pages in alphabetical sequence until you find the appropriate section. If the product does not have a section of its own, look in the index, usually at the rear of the book, to find out in which section the product or service you are looking for is located.

For example, the Yellow Pages for Manhattan, which is part of New York City, has more than a thousand pages of listings from everything from Abdominal Supports to Zoos. Following this section is a full index. If you were looking for furniture stores, you could find a separate listing about 10 pages long. If you were looking for someone to duplicate a house key, and you looked under "Keys" in the main part of the book, you would not find a section. If you looked under "Keys" in the index, you would be told to look under either "Hardware" or "Locks and Locksmiths". Once you use the Yellow Pages a few times, you will have no trouble finding just what you want. Most telephone directories have several pages in the front of the book that explain how to use the book.

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