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Cleveland Jewish News
Cleveland Jewish News and Cleveland Jewish News Archive. Full text, from the current issue to the first issue published October 30, 1964.
Cleveland Jewish News Olive Digital Edition
Cleveland Jewish News ActivePaper Archive

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icon Alt HealthWatch from EBSCO Host
This alternative health database provides full text for more than 140 publications in the collection, including full text for many peer-reviewed journals.
Tags: Health, Consumer Information, Science

icon Autotropolis
Offers you all new & used auto information along with research, reviews, photos, comparative research, build & price, dealer locator & local quotes.
Tags: Cars, Consumer Information, Mechanics

icon Better Business Bureau - Cleveland
The Better Business Bureau reviews, posts and processes complaints about businesses and charitable organizations
Tags: Fraud, Ohio, Business, Consumer Information

icon Breast Cancer DIY
A website created for women with breast cancer, by women with breast cancer. Blogs, resources and links. All links are checked monthly, and many are multi-lingual.
Tags: Consumer Information, Health, Cancer, Breast Cancer

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icon Chilton's Auto Repair
Online auto repair manuals available with diagrams, videos and pictures, for professionals and do-it-yourself users
Tags: Cars, Consumer Information, Mechanics

icon Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) program produces monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services
Tags: Federal Government, Statistics, Consumer Information

icon Consumer Reports - Full text
Searchable full text articles from EBSCO. Must have a library card. Provided by CLEVNET. Enter search terms and type "Consumer Reports" in the Publication text box.
Tags: Consumer Information

icon Fraud Hotline
The Social Security Administration's Office of the Inspector General Fraud Hotline provides an avenue for individuals to report fraud, waste, and abuse within the SSA’s programs and operations. We handle allegations regarding violations of law or regula
Tags: Fraud, Consumer Information

icon Health Source - Consumer Edition
This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition features searchable full text for nearly 150 journals. This database is updated on a daily basis.
Tags: Health, Science, Consumer Information

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icon Household Products Database: Health and Safety Information on Household Products
What's under your kitchen sink, in your garage, in your bathroom, and on the shelves in your laundry room? Learn more about what's in these products, about potential health effects, and about safety and handling.
Tags: Consumer Information, Health, Household

icon How Products Are Made
This database describes the details of how products are made, from everyday household items to complicated industrial machinery.
Tags: Science, Consumer Information

icon Internet Fraud Watch
Helps consumers to distinguish between legitimate and fraudulent promotions in cyberspace
Tags: Seniors, Consumer Information, Fraud

icon Kelley Blue Book New and Used Cars
Trusted and well-known Kelley's Blue Book offers a wealth of new and used automotive prices, reviews, marketplace. Essential tool for anyone looking to buy or sell a new or used car.
Tags: Cars, Consumer Information

icon Medpedia
In association with Harvard Medical School, Stanford School of Medicine, Berkeley School of Public Health, University of Michigan Medical School and other leading global health organizations, Medpedia is a repository of up-to-date unbiased medical information, contributed and maintained by health experts around the world, and freely available to everyone.
Tags: Health, Medical, Consumer Information

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icon Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Online
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services is responsible for the regulation of out of home child care environments and the administration of the publicly-funded child care program. Child Care assistance is provided to eligible parents to keep Ohio's families engaged in work and training efforts, while on the road to self-sufficiency. Child care is the stabilizing force that contributes to skilled, healthy Ohioans, successful businesses and strong communities.
Tags: Consumer Information, Children, Child Care, Family, Ohio

icon Ohio Legal Services
OSLSA is a nonprofit, publicly funded, legal services program with nine offices that provide civil representation to low-income Ohioans in 30 Ohio counties. OSLSA acts as general counsel to Ohio's poor. It is committed to searching out the patterns, causes and solutions of the repetitive and fundamental legal problems facing our client community, and seeking legal recourse necessary to redress the grievances of our clients.
Tags: Ohio, Law, Legal, Consumer Information

icon Pipl.com
Unlike a typical search-engine, Pipl is designed to retrieve information from the deep web. It interacts with searchable databases and extracts facts, contact details and other relevant information from personal profiles, member directories, scientific publications, court records and numerous other deep-web sources.
Tags: People Search, Reference, Consumer Information

icon Vocational and Career Collection
Vocational & Career Collection is designed for vocational and technical libraries servicing high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public. This collection provides full text coverage for more than 350 trade and industry-related periodicals.
Tags: Careers, Consumer Information, Jobs

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