Consumer Information Resources

Free Premium Resources

A list of top-quality databases funded by Mid-York Library System. Simply click on the link, log in with your library card number, and explore.

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Proquest Platinum:

Periodicals covering a broad range of material: business, education, general reference, health, language arts, sciences,social sciences, and many other curriculum-specific subject areas.
(funded by the Mid-York Library System)

Grolier Online:

Includes access to the Encyclopedia Americana, New Book of Knowledge and Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia as well as Roget's II: The New Thesaurus and the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.

Quality Internet Resources

New York State Attorney Generals Links Page

Links to many New York State agencies by subject such as real estate, crime, investing, civil rights and seniors.

New York State Attorney Generals Consumer Helpline

Contains links to many other sites by topic such as cars, charities and identity theft.

Better Business Bureau

An Upstate New York non-profit organization that provides dispute resolution and company reliability reports within a 50 county service area. Consumers can file complaints, access over 2 million local and national company/charity reports and receive consumer education on many topics.

Epinions

A consumer reviews platform on the Web and a source for consumer advice, product evaluations and personalized recommendations.

National Automobile Dealers Association

You can find values, specifications and information on new and used cars and trucks as well as motorcycles, snowmobiles, boats and many other vehicles.