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Consumer Reports
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Access to Consumer Reports' unbiased product and service Ratings and recommendations, selections from the latest issue of Consumer Reports, a searchable archive of the past four years of Ratings, Consumer Reports' exclusive product- and car-reliability reports, comprehensive decision guides,access to consumer/user reviews, and much more.
Consumer Reports Health In Library Use Use at home!
Offers Consumers Union's rich array of research and recommendations about health care and healthy living on one continuously updated Web site. The goal of the website is to answer your pressing questions-from which diet plan is rated the best to cost-effective alternatives to your prescription drugs-and to help you make better health-care decisions.
Consumers' Checkbook  In Library Use only
Provides consumer ratings for businesses around the Chicagoland area. Ratings cover health service, mechanics, repair shops, stores of all kinds and much more.
ProQuestIn Library Use  Use at home!
Offers full and partial text articles on the humanities, social sciences, health topics and more from a wide variety of magazines and newspapers including the Wall Street Journal and more.
Consumer Reports -Full Text: 1996 - 2009
Consumer Reports Money Adviser - Full Text: 2006 - 2009
Consumer Reports on Health - Full Text: 2005 - 2009
Illinois Department of Professional Regulation This database offers information on professionals who hold a professional license in the State of Illinois and are regulated by this division. Select a search criteria to look up your doctor, accountant, chiropractor and even funeral directors. You can find information on their status and if they have been disciplined by the state.
Illinois LP/LLLP/LLP Search /Certificate of Existence By searching the LP/LLLP/LLP Database, you can view a File Detail Report on a particular limited partnership, limited liability limited partnership or limited liability partnership, obtain a Certificate of Existence/Authorization on an existing entity
Better Business Bureau BBB ensures that high standards for trust are set and maintained. We exist so consumers and businesses alike have an unbiased source to guide them on matters of trust. We provide educational information and expert advice that is free of charge and easily accessible.
Consumer Reports WebWatch Through research, the promotion of guidelines for best practices and other means, we seek to improve the credibility of content on the World Wide Web. Through research and analysis, we have developed guidelines for specific sectors of the Web. These sectors have included travel Web sites, search engines, auto insurance sites, and health sites.
Consumer Search At ConsumerSearch, you will not find reports that read like advertising copy or warmed-over press releases. We strive to make our content objective and precise; at no point are our editors influenced by advertising or other commercial considerations. Our goal is to report the truth about what experts and users are saying as well as important developments in each product category we cover.
CNET Reviews is your home for the best unbiased reviews of computers, digital cameras, cell phones, and more. CNET Reviews editors are your personal guides to tech. We give you in-depth reviews and video reviews of the latest gadgets and tech products.
RepairClinic.com This commercial website contains tips, helpful hints, and troubleshooting for a variety of appliances: Washers & Dryers, Ranges, Refrigerators, Dishwashers, Garbage Disposals, Icemakers, Air Conditioners, and others. Find an explanation on how the appliance looks and works, what might be wrong, what parts you’ll need. Error codes, recalls, and news are also available.
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