{"id":36657,"date":"2025-03-21T16:31:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T20:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/?post_type=elib-resources&#038;p=36657"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:11:09","slug":"consumer-reports-2","status":"publish","type":"elib-resources","link":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/elib-resources\/consumer-reports-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumer Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Consumer Reports is a nonprofit product-testing organization which helps users to compare prices, performance, and reliability all in one place with expert reviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consumer Reports was founded in 1936 at a time when consumers had very few options to gauge the value, quality, or authenticity of goods and services. It remains a trusted source because their rigorous, independent testing and research still creates a marketplace built on credible information, greater transparency, and fairness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-fill has-medium-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-dark-gray-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/login.ezsc.ez.cwmars.org:10443\/login?url=https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?authtype=ip,cpid&amp;custid=s1018921&amp;groupid=main&amp;site=crcro&amp;return=y\" style=\"border-radius:30px;background-color:#d9da55\">Visit Consumer Reports<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:10px 0;border-width:2px;border-color:#008d7f\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-elib-categories wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\"><strong>Subjects<\/strong>: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/elib-categories\/consumer-info-finances\/\" rel=\"tag\">Consumer Info &amp; Finances<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/elib-categories\/featured\/\" rel=\"tag\">Featured<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:400\" class=\"taxonomy-provider wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">Access provided by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/provider\/scl\/\" rel=\"tag\">Springfield City Library<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Product testing, reviews, and price comparisons for consumer goods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":36772,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","footnotes":""},"elib-categories":[217,256],"provider":[212],"class_list":["post-36657","elib-resources","type-elib-resources","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","elib-categories-consumer-info-finances","elib-categories-featured","provider-scl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/elib-resources\/36657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/elib-resources"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/elib-resources"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/elib-resources\/36657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37959,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/elib-resources\/36657\/revisions\/37959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"elib-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/elib-categories?post=36657"},{"taxonomy":"provider","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/provider?post=36657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}