COMMUNITY RESOURCES - Consumer Organizations
Looking for information on a Consumer Organization? To search in one of our electronic resources, please click one of the following database titles:
- America's News Magazines - Provides full-text articles from various familiar magazines, such as Family Life, Newsweek, Parenting, Slate, U.S. News & World Report, and more.
- Biography Resource Center - This comprehensive online biographical reference database is designed to meet the needs of public, school and academic libraries in the areas of literature, science, multicultural studies, business, entertainment, politics, sports, government, history, arts and newsmakers.
- General Reference Center GoldTM - Integrates a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.
- Indianapolis Star/News - Each paper provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, organizations, and people in the community. Paid ads are excluded.
- Newsbank National Newspapers - All Johnson County news and information center. Local job resource center. U.S. newspaper resource center. National obituary and death notices collection.
- ReferenceUSA - A research and reference tool for locating individuals and businesses. Helps users in creating marketing plans, conducting competitive analysis, and locating people. Gives information on more than 20 million business, 222 million consumers, new businesses, new homeowners and movers.
One of these websites may have the information you are looking for on Consumer Organizations
GOVERNMENT WEBSITES
- Administration on Aging - Helps aging people and caregivers explore ways to participate in all aspects of society and community life, to maintain their health and independence, and to remain in their own homes and communities for as long as possible.
ORGANIZATIONAL WEBSITES
- AARP - A nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization that helps people 50 and over improve the quality of their lives.
- Better Business Bureau (BBB) - A resource to turn to for objective, unbiased information on businesses and charities.
- Chamber of Commerce:
- Johnson County Development Corporation - Provides searches for Industrial sites and buildings, economic data, demographic data, regional Workforce data, and incentives and assistance.




