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NY Crime Victims Legal Help

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Crime victims often have legal needs as a result of becoming a victim of crime. Get information about your legal needs and what your rights are. You can also search the directory to find a trusted nonprofit legal aid program that may be able to help and find legal forms for matters that you can handle yourself.

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NYHeritage

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Primary source materials from Over 350 libraries, museums, archives, and other cultural institutions in New York. 

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NYS Historic Newspapers

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The NYS Historic Newspapers project provides free online access to a wide range of newspapers chosen to reflect New York's unique history.

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OCLC FirstSearch

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An online reference search tool that delivers quality content from WorldCat and dozens of quality, respected databases of bibliographic and full-text content. Login: 100196568 Password: putt5thaw

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Open Payments

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The Open Payments program is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system. Open Payments houses a publicly accessible database of payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies, make to covered recipients like physicians. Open Payments has released a new, short video to show how Open Payments works, what’s in the data, and how to use the search tool.

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OpenSecrets.org

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Nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit, the Center for Responsive Politics research group tracks money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy.

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PDFescape

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Edit PDFs in your browser. PDFescape is a free, online PDF reader, editor, form filler, and form designer.

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Pixabay

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Over 2.7 million+ high quality stock images, videos, and music.

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Pixlr

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Edit photos and create stunning designs right in your browser, on your phone or desktop for free.

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PolitiFact

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A fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others who speak up in American politics.

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Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER)

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PACER is an electronic public access service that allows users to obtain case and docket information online from federal appellate, district, and bankruptcy courts, and the PACER Case Locator.

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Qello Concerts

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Stream the world's largest collection of on-demand full-length music performances, concert films, and music documentaries.

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Snopes

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Reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.

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Squoosh

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Reduce the size of images without installing software.

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TechBoomers.com

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Techboomers.com is a free educational website that teaches older adults and other inexperienced Internet users with basic computer skills about websites that can help improve their quality of life.

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The Great Courses

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This collection includes more than 250 courses, led by the world’s top experts, covering a broad range of subjects, such as science, mathematics, philosophy, history, literature, fine arts and music, travel, business, and personal development.

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The New York Times

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Search the full text of The New York Times (starting in 1985). (NOVELny)

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The World Factbook

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Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.

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