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C Live gives you free access to Consumer Reports magazine. To get started, go to the NC Live site, click “Articles” and scroll down to “Consumer Reports”. Or click
here
. Choose your library (Perry is under the V’s as
H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library/Vance County
), and use your card number to log in.
From the search page for Consumer Reports, you can access information two main ways. You can look at a specific issue by clicking the
+
next to the year on the right-hand side, then clicking the issue you want. You will see each article listed, and the
PDF Full Text
options will give you the best results.
If you are researching a specific item, you will want to use the
Search within this publication
, then
Advanced Search
. Leave the
JN "Consumer Reports
"in the top box, then use the next box to input what item you are researching. For example, a search on refrigerators might look like this:
