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Informed Delivery from the United States Postal Service

Sep 1, 2018 | From the Reference Desk

Want to know what’s arriving in your mailbox in the next day or two? Take advantage of a new FREE service offered by the USPS and see what will be arriving in your mailbox before you arrive home from work. “If it’s in the mail, it’s in your email.TM” Informed Delivery...

WhistleOut – Compare Phone/Internet/TV Service Plans

Aug 1, 2018 | From the Reference Desk

WhistleOut is a search engine designed to take the effort out of finding the services you need to connect with the world. They provide accurate, unbiased search results and work with all of the major telecommunications providers so users receive a full picture of the...

Michigan Electronic Library – MeL

Jul 1, 2018 | From the Reference Desk

Ever wonder where the books come from that you request from outside the Monroe County Library System? Wonder how your library can afford to subscribe to all those great databases like Chilton Repair, Demographics Now, Gale Legal Forms and HeritageQuest (to name just a...

Eat/Buy Safe Fish in Michigan

Jun 1, 2018 | From the Reference Desk

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is pleased to announce the release of the 2018 regional Eat Safe Fish Guides. These guides can help residents plan their fish meals to ensure they are minimizing exposure to chemicals that can build up...

Michigan Free Legal Answers Service

May 1, 2018 | From the Reference Desk

MI Free Legal Answers is a new way for low-income residents of Southeast Michigan to get answers to their legal questions. It operates like an online legal aid clinic, and visitors to the site, that income-qualify (earning less than 200% of the Federal Poverty...

Earth Day – April 22, 2018 – Ending Plastic Pollution

Apr 1, 2018 | From the Reference Desk

On April 22, 1970, the first Earth Day was celebrated, and for the last 47 years, it has grown into an environmental movement. According to the Earth Day Network’s website, Earth Day is the “largest civic observance in the world” with more than a billion citizens...

Michigan Department of Education's Parent Dashbord

Mar 1, 2018 | From the Reference Desk

Michigan Department of Education officially launched their new “Parent Dashboard” for School Transparency in early January, 2018. The dashboard is Michigan’s newest tool in its commitment to provide transparency about school and district performance. The...

2018 Winter Olympics XXIII – PyeongChang, South Korea

Feb 1, 2018 | From the Reference Desk

February 9 – February 25, 2018 The Official Website of the 2018 Winter Olympics contains news, results, photos and videos, and allows viewers to check out the highlights from past Olympics. It also shows the locations for upcoming games which will be held in: Tokyo –...

Food Safety

Dec 28, 2017 | From the Reference Desk

Has the recent Hepatitis A alert at the Monroe Tim Horton’s left you afraid to eat out? Wondering how to find out more about that and other food-related illnesses? The Food Safety News website is a reliable source for daily information about food recalls, food-borne...

NORAD Tracks Santa

Dec 1, 2017 | From the Reference Desk

https://www.noradsanta.org/ “Twas the night before Christmas, and Santa was near According to NORAD, he would soon be right here So we hopped into bed and dreamt of new toys And awoke in the morning to much Christmas joy” How did it come about that NORAD –...

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