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EBSCO Reference Centers from </span><a href="https://mel.org/welcome"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">MeL.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> contain thousands of articles, eBooks, images,
and videos about a variety of topics. In the past, we have highlighted the hands-on content in
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Know Your Rights<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Knowing your rights is important. With
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebscoprofile-lirc"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Legal Information Reference Center</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,
over 30 full-text NOLO Guides such as </span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lir&AN=141537331&site=lirc-live"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NOLO’s
Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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<a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lir&AN=131950451&site=lirc-live"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Building
a Parenting Agreement That Works</span></i></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> are free. There are also links to state-specific legal forms including fillable forms for the state of Michigan and Federal forms for the Eastern
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Including biographical articles photographs, there are usually several sources from which to gather and compare information. The biographies can help enhance displays and programming for Women’s History Month with information about people such as
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